Sun Yat-sen

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Father of the Nation
Sun Yat-sen
孫中山
Sun in the 1910s
Provisional President of the Republic of China
In office
1 January 1912 – 10 March 1912
Vice PresidentLi Yuanhong
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYuan Shikai
Premier of the Kuomintang
In office
10 October 1919 – 12 March 1925
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZhang Renjie (as Chairman)
Personal details
Born
Sun Te-ming (孫德明)

(1866-11-12)12 November 1866
Cuiheng, Guangdong, Qing dynasty
Died12 March 1925(1925-03-12) (aged 58)
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Republic of China
Resting placeSun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Political partyKuomintang
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
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(m. 1885; div. 1915)​
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(m. 1905; a. 1906)​
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(m. 1915)​
Children4, including Sun Fo
Parents
EducationHong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (MD)
OccupationPolitician, writer, physician
Signature (Chinese)孫文, Sun's signature in Chinese, from a piece of calligraphy in the National Palace Museum
Signature
Military service
Branch/serviceRepublic of China Army
Years of service1917–1925
RankGrand marshal
Battles/wars
Sun Yat-sen's voice
On the Three Principles of the People
Recorded in Guangzhou on 30 May 1924
Common name in English (Sun Yat-sen)
Traditional Chinese孫逸仙
Simplified Chinese孙逸仙
Hanyu PinyinSūn Yìxiān
JyutpingSyun1 Jat6-sin1
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Yìxiān
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄣ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢ
Wade–GilesSun1 Yi4-hsien1
Tongyong PinyinSun Yì-sian
IPA[swə́n î.ɕjɛ́n]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSyūn Yaht-sīn
JyutpingSyun1 Jat6-sin1
Hong Kong RomanisationSuen Yat-sin
IPA[syn˥ jɐt̚˨ sin˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSun E̍k-sian
Common name in Chinese
Traditional Chinese孫中山
Simplified Chinese孙中山
Hanyu PinyinSūn Zhōngshān
JyutpingSyun1 Zung1-saan1
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Zhōngshān
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ
Wade–GilesSun1 Chung1-shan1
Tongyong PinyinSun Jhong-shan
IPA[swə́n ʈʂʊ́ŋ.ʂán]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSyūn Jūng sāan
JyutpingSyun1 Zung1-saan1
IPA[syn˥ tsʊŋ˥ san˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSun Tiong-san
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese孫載之
Simplified Chinese孙载之
Hanyu PinyinSūn Zàizhī
JyutpingSyun1 Zoi3-zi1
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Zàizhī
Bopomofoㄙㄨㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓ
Wade–GilesSun1 Tsai4-chih1
Tongyong PinyinSun Zài-jhih
IPA[swə́n tsâɪ.ʈʂɻ̩́]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSyūn Joi-jī
JyutpingSyun1 Zoi3-zi1
IPA[syn˥ tsɔj˧ tsi˥]

Sun Yat-sen (/ˈsʊnˈjɑːtˈsɛn/;[1] traditional Chinese: 孫逸仙; simplified Chinese: 孙逸仙; pinyin: Sūn Yìxiān; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)[2][3][4][a] was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (KMT). Uniquely among 20th-century Chinese leaders, Sun is revered by both the Republic of China on Taiwan (where he is officially the "Father of the Nation") and by the People's Republic of China (where he is officially the "Forerunner of the Revolution") for his instrumental role in the 1911 Revolution that successfully overthrew the Qing dynasty.[5]

Educated overseas, Sun is considered one of the most important leaders of modern China, but his political life featured constant struggles and frequent periods of exile. After the success of the 1911 Revolution, Sun quickly resigned as president of the nascent Republic of China, relinquishing the position to the general Yuan Shikai and ultimately going into exile in Japan. He later returned to found a revolutionary government in Southern China to challenge the warlords who controlled much of the country following Yuan's death. In 1923, Sun invited representatives of the Communist International to Guangzhou to reorganize the KMT, resulting in the brittle First United Front with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He did not live to see his party unify the country under his successor, Chiang Kai-shek, in the Northern Expedition. Now residing in Beijing, Sun died of gallbladder cancer in 1925.

A vital component of Sun's legacy is his political philosophy, known as the Three Principles of the People: the peoples' independence from foreign domination, their rights, and their livelihood.[6][7][8] He also composed the lyrics to the National Anthem of the Republic of China.

  1. ^
    • "Sun Yat-sen". Collins English Dictionary. 2020.
    • "Sun Yat-sen". Dictionary.com. 2023.
  2. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (10 February 2021). "China's century-old support for Zionism surfaces in letter". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. 特別策劃 section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition 民國之父.
  4. ^ "Chronology of Dr. Sun Yat-sen". Taipei: [[Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei)|]]. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tung1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Three Principles of the People". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  7. ^ Schoppa, R. Keith (2000). The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. Columbia University Press. p. 73, 165, 186. ISBN 978-0-231-50037-1.
  8. ^ Sun, Yat-sen (3 August 1924). 三民主義：民生主義 第一講 [Three Principles of the People: People's living, Lecture 1]. 國父全集 [Complete collection of the National Father's scripts] (in Chinese). pp. 129–145. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019 – via 中山學術資料庫系統. 我們國民黨提倡民生主義，已經有了二十多年，不講社會主義，祇講民生主義。社會主義和民生主義的範圍是甚麼關係呢？近來美國有一位馬克思的信徒威廉氏，深究馬克思的主義，見得自己同門互相紛爭，一定是馬克思學說還有不充分的地方，所以他便發表意見，說馬克思以物質為歷史的重心是不對的，社會問題才是歷史的重心；而社會問題中又以生存為重心，那才是合理。民生問題就是生存問題......


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