Three Principles of the People

Three Principles of the People
Sun Yat-sen, who developed the Three Principles of the People
Traditional Chinese三民主義
Simplified Chinese三民主义
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSānmín Zhǔyì
Bopomofoㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ
Wade–GilesSan1-min2 Chu3-i4
Tongyong PinyinSan-mín Jhǔ-yì
IPA[sán.mǐn ʈʂù.î]
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingصً مٍ ﺟُﻮْ ىِ
Wu
Romanizationsae min tsy nyi
Hakka
Romanizationsam24 min11 zu31 ngi55
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsaam1 man4 zyu2 ji6
IPA[sam˥ mɐn˩ tsy˧˥ ji˨]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSam-bîn Chú-gī

The Three Principles of the People (Chinese: 三民主義; pinyin: Sānmín Zhǔyì; also translated as the Three People's Principles, San-min Doctrine, or Tridemism[1]) is a political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen as part of a philosophy to improve China made during the Republican Era. The three principles are often translated into and summarized as nationalism, democracy, and the livelihood of the people (or welfarism). This philosophy has been claimed as the cornerstone of the nation's policy as carried by the Kuomintang; the principles also appear in the first line of the national anthem of the Republic of China.

  1. ^ Stéphane Corcuff, Robert Edmondson Memories of the Future: National Identity Issues and the Search for a New Taiwan Archived 24 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine p. 77. ISBN 0765607921