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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT). Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing the Qing dynasty. He served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912) and as the inaugural premier of the Kuomintang.
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Born 12 November 1866 · Died 12 March 1925 · Q8573
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2026· 10 entries
EurekAlert!: Professor Li Zhang of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China (IMAGE)
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Know Your Meme: Sun Yat-sen was such a fanboy of the Taiping Rebellion that his friends called h...
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ArchDaily: Galería de Gimnasio en el Campus de Zhuhai, Universidad Sun Yat-sen / BIAD South Center - 5
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The Standard (HK): Govt preparing citywide exhibitions to mark 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth
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中山大学SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY: Top college fencers cross swords in Guangzhou - 中山大学SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
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Noticias Ambientales: Estudio de la Universidad Sun Yat-sen: Días de calor extremo aumentarán 4 horas diarias para 2100 bajo altas emisiones
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ArchDaily: Galería de Gimnasio en el Campus de Zhuhai, Universidad Sun Yat-sen / BIAD South Center - 1
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U.S. News Travel: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
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Yahoo Finance: The 6th Cross-Strait Sun Yat-sen Forum Successfully Held in Zhongshan, Guangdong
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2025· 3 entries
UPI: Sun Yat Sen elected president of new Republic of China
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scmp.com: Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
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Foreign Affairs: Sun Yat-Sen and Communism
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2022· 2 entries
Yahoo: Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park holds reopening ceremony in Chinatown
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MutualArt.com: Dr Sun Yat-sen
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2019· 1 entry
Based on the book "Road to Revolution: Dr
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2011· 1 entry
The Mandopop group Zhongsan Road 100 (中山路100號) was known for singing the song "Our Father of the Nation" (我們國父)
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2010· 1 entry
The theatrical play Yellow Flower on Slopes (斜路黃花) was created and performed
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2008· 1 entry
Jiang Zemin was willing to offer US$10 million to sponsor a Xinhai Revolution anniversary celebration event
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2006· 1 entry
The NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit called one of the hills that was explored "Zhongshan
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2002· 1 entry
In a private letter to Jiang about the distortion of history
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2001· 2 entries
Sun's granddaughter Lily Sun said that the Chinese Communists were distorting Sun's legacy
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Former CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin claimed that Sun supposedly advocated for the "New Three Principles of the People
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1997· 1 entry
The Dr Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation was formed online as a virtual library
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1993· 1 entry
Lily Sun, one of Sun Yat-sen's granddaughters, donated books, photographs, artwork and other memorabilia to the Kapiʻolani Community College library as part of the Sun Yat-sen Asian Collection
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1981· 1 entry
Lily Sun took a trip to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing
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1973· 1 entry
The Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, which built to resemble a traditional Chinese building in honor of Sun
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1956· 1 entry
Mao Zedong said, "Let us pay tribute to our great revolutionary forerunner, Dr
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1944· 1 entry
Chiang had Wang's tomb demolished after the war
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1940· 1 entry
The Republic of China (ROC) government had bestowed the title of "father of the nation" on Sun
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1936· 1 entry
“Chung-shan Ch'üan-shu (Zhongshan Quanshu), vol. II (1936)”
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1927· 2 entries
Chiang married Soong Mei-ling, a sister of Sun's widow Soong Ching-ling, and he could now claim to be a brother-in-law of Sun
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Splitting with the Communists and starting the Chinese Civil War, each group claimed to be his true heirs, and the conflict that continued until World War II
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1926· 1 entry
Construction began on a majestic mausoleum at the foot of Purple Mountain in Nanjing, which was completed in the spring of 1929
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1925· 12 entries
Died 1925-03-12.
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“Jak Bóg zesłał na ziemski padół Chrystusa, tak też i mnie przysłał.”
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Are not known, if one assumes that they were similar to modern rates, the original diagnosis by Taylor was a reasonable conclusion
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“It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.”
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“Opis: wypowiedziane przed śmiercią.”
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“To understand is difficult; to act is easy.”
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“Per rendere libera la nazione, dobbiamo sacrificare la libertà.”
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“The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the carving knife and serving dish; we are the fish and the meat.”
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“China is now suffering from poverty, not from unequal distribution of wealth. Where there are inequalities of wealth, the methods of Marx can, of course, be used; a class war can be advocated to destroy the inequalities. But in China, where industry is not yet developed, Marx's class war and dictatorship of the proletariat are impracticable.”
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“La nostra società non è libera di crescere e la gente comune non ha i mezzi per vivere.”
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“In Cina, i «tre principi» che sono alla base del pensiero politico di Sun Yat-sen, fondatore del Kuomintang, sono ispirati alla democrazia americana: rivendicazione del diritto dei popoli a disporre di se stessi, istituzione di un governo autenticamente rappresentativo e instaurazione di una democrazia sociale. (René Rémond)”
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“In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find.”
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1924· 2 entries
“China as a Heap of Loose Sand (1924)”
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“Capital and the State (1924)”
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1923· 1 entry
After having been in contact with Lenin and other Moscow communists, Sun sent representatives to study the Red Army, and in turn, the Soviets sent representatives to help reorganize the KMT at Sun's request
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1921· 3 entries
Started a self-proclaimed military government in Guangzhou and was elected Grand Marshal
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Career landmark: Extraordinary President of the Republic of China (1921–1923).
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Survived Chen Jiongming's revolt, and collaborated with Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party to form the First United Front
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1918· 1 entry
“The Three Phases of National Reconstruction (1918)”
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1917· 1 entry
Sun established a Constitutional Protection junta in Guangzhou, but before his planned Northern Expedition against the warlords, he was forced to resign due to infighting
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1915· 2 entries
Sun wrote to the Second International, a socialist-based organization in Paris, and asked it to send a team of specialists to help China set up the world's first socialist republic
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Yuan proclaimed the Empire of China with himself as Emperor of China
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1913· 1 entry
Widely attributed to Yuan, Sun led a failed Second Revolution against him, after which Sun fled to Japan
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1912· 1 entry
Career landmark: Great President of the Republic of China (1912–1912).
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1911· 1 entry
A film commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, Winston Chao played Sun
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1910· 2 entries
While Sun spent more than four months in Penang and convened the historic "Penang Conference" to launch the fundraising campaign for the Huanghuagang Uprising and founded the Kwong Wah Yit Poh
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The library was rented on the second floor of Wanhe (万和) Salt Godown, in North Boat Quay
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1908· 1 entry
Two more uprisings failed: the Qin-lian Uprising and Hekou Uprising
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1907· 1 entry
There were a total of four failed uprisings, including Huanggang uprising, Huizhou seven women lake uprising and Qinzhou uprising
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1904· 1 entry
Sun Yat-sen came about with the goal "to expel the Tatar barbarians (specifically, the Manchu), to revive Zhonghua, to establish a Republic, and to distribute land equally among the people" (驅除韃虜, 恢復中華, 創立民國, 平均地權)
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1903· 1 entry
Sun made a secret trip to Bangkok in which he sought funds for his cause in Southeast Asia
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1902· 2 entries
And another 15-year-old schoolgirl, Kaoru Otsuki, whom Sun married in 1905 and abandoned the next year while she was pregnant
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Despite already having a wife in China, he married the Japanese teenage girl Kaoru Otsuki
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1900· 2 entries
Sun Yat-sen temporarily exiled himself to Japan again
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1913, and 1918) or four by counting 1924, when his boat had stopped in Keelung Harbor, but he did not disembark
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1897· 2 entries
About his detention, Kidnapped in London
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Through an introduction by Tōten, Sun Yat-sen met Tōyama Mitsuru of the political organization Genyosha
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1896· 1 entry
Sun raised money for his revolutionary party and to support uprisings in China
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1895· 1 entry
China suffered a serious defeat during the First Sino-Japanese War
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1894· 3 entries
Sun wrote an 8,000-character petition to Qing Viceroy Li Hongzhang presenting his ideas for modernizing China
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Submitted a petition to reform the Qing government to Li Hongzhang, which was rejected
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The Furen Literary Society was merged with the Hong Kong chapter of the Revive China Society
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1892· 1 entry
Studied at Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1887–1892).
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1891· 1 entry
Sun met revolutionary friends in Hong Kong including Yeung Ku-wan who was the leader and founder of the Furen Literary Society
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1888· 1 entry
While he studied medicine in Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
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1887· 2 entries
Sun heard of the opening of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of the University of Hong Kong)
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Studied at Boji Medical College (1886–1887).
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1886· 1 entry
Sun studied medicine at the Guangzhou Boji Hospital under the Christian missionary John Glasgow Kerr
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1883· 1 entry
Studied at Punahou School (1883).
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1882· 1 entry
Studied at ʻIolani School (1882).
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1878· 1 entry
After receiving a few years of local schooling, a 13-year-old Sun went to live with his elder brother Sun Mei, who would later make major contributions to overthrowing the Qing dynasty, and who financed Sun's attendance
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1866· 2 entries
Born 1866-11-12.
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Sun Yat-sen was born to Sun Dacheng (孫達成) and his wife, Lady Yang (楊氏) on 12 November 1866.
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