sun-yat-sen

rememberingSunYatsenLet’slookbackBriefintroductionofSunYatsenSunYat-senwasaChineserevolutionary,firstpresidentandfoundingfatheroftheRepublicofChina.FatheroftheNationforerunnerofdemocraticrevolutionThepoliticaldeedsofSunYatsentwofailureuprisingsinGuangzhouandGuizhouexileTongmenghui(UnitedLeague)ChineseRevolutiontooverthrowthelastEmperorPuyiThreePrinciplesofthePeople:nationalism,democracy,andthepeople'slivelihood.Hestartedtostudyat7inprivateschool.AndhewenttoHawaiianislandswithhismothertostudyabroadat12andcamebacktoChinaat18.HeisgreattoestablishReviveChinaSocietyin1894inHonoluluandbuildupChina’sunionin1905inJapan.ThisisSun’spedigreeofaclan.Hehadalargefamily.HowmanywivesdidSunhave?LuMuzhenSongQinglingChenCuifenSunsubsequentlymarriedSoongChing-ling,oneoftheSoongsisters.TheyweremarriedinJapanon25October1915,thoughhedidnotdivorcehisfirstwife,LuMuzhen,duetooppositionfromtheChinesecommunity.Therelationwiththesisters'fatherCharlesSoongwouldplayaroleinpoliticalaffairs.HishobbiesandpersonalitiesPlaychessReadingLovetraditionalculturepatrioticFrugalvegetarianHehadadreamthatonedaythewholeworldcanbecomeonecommunity.Motto:Studyextensively;Enquireaccurately;Reflectcarefully;Discriminateclearly;PractiseearnestlyEstablished:1924IdeologicalSystemBelief:Buddhism&TaoismChristianChurchThreePeople’sPrincipleSunYat-senMausoleumMemorials&StructuresZhongshanLuZhongshanParkZhongshanMiddleSchoolXiangshanZhongshanMemorials&StructuresSunYat-sensubwaystationSunYat-senhouseinNanjing(南京中山陵)Dr.SunYat-senMuseuminHongKongChung-ShanBuilding(中山大厦)intheSunYat-senMemorialHallinTaipeiSunYatSenNanyangMemorialHallinSingapore.(新加坡中山南洋纪念馆)Memorials&StructuresDr.SunYat-SenClassicalChineseGarden(Vancouver)TheDr.SunYat-senMemorialParkinChinatown,HonoluluThereisalsotheMoscowSunYat-senUniversity.Memorials&StructuresThefirsthighwayinTaiwaniscalledtheSunYat-senexpressway.Twoshipsarealsonamedafterhim,theChinesegunboatChungShanandChinesecruiserYatSen.