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• Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese political leader who was instrumental in the founding of the Republic of China, as well as the Kuomintang and Communist Parties.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: November 12, 1866 in Xiangshan, Guandong Province
  2. Wife: Lu Muzhen 1885-1915, Soong Ching-ling 1915-1925
  3. Provisional President of the Republic of China: January 1, 1912 — April 1, 1912
  4. Premier of the Kuomintang: October 10, 1919 — March 12, 1925
  5. Died: March 12, 1925 in Beijing

• Timeline

  • 1892: Earns a medical degree from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, now known as the University of Hong Kong

  • November 24, 1894: Founds the Xingzhonghui, or Revive China Society, dedicated to helping the country prosper and fostering revolutionary action

  • August, 1905: Announces his philosophy of the Three Principles of the People, which include relation/connection, the power, and the Livelihood/Welfare of the People.

  • October 10, 1911: Military uprising in Wuchang, China, initiates the collapse of the Qing Dynasty

  • February 12, 1912: Emperor Puyi abdicates, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty and Imperial rule in China.

  • December 29, 1911: Sun elected Provisional President of the Republic of China

  • 1917: Wrote The Vital Problem of China

  • 1921: Wrote International Development of China, which included early plans that would become the Three Gorges Dam

• Father of Modern China

  Sun Yat-sen is commonly referred to as the "Father of the Revolution," or the "Father of Modern China" because of his lifelong dedication to bringing and end to corrupt Imperial rule. And although he was durectly involved in numerous revolutionary actions, he was ironically uninvolved in the Wuchang uprising that would directly lead to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.

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  China | History of China | Mao Zedong | Xinhai Revolution | Kuomintang

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