Sun Yat-Sen, known as “The Father of Modern China”, believed in democracy, equalization, and nationalism. He wanted a democratically elected government and a more equitable distribution of wealth. Sun’s ideal democratic system includes civil service, legislative, censorship, judiciary, and executive government. He was born in 1866 in Guangdong, China, and pursued his interest in politics after running a medical practice. Sun died in 1925, but his political ideas lived on in Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist government.
Sun Yat-Sen is a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader known as “The Father of the Republic” and “The Father of Modern China”. He spent twenty years trying to revolutionize China. In 1912, Sun became president of the Republic of China, but his rule was short-lived as he was aggressively stolen by Yuan Shih-Kai.
The three principles underlying Sun Yat-Sen’s political philosophy are democracy, equalization and nationalism. These became known as the Princes of the Three Peoples. Sun did not want foreign imperial power to control the Chinese government, but for the government to be democratically elected. Sun also believed in a more equitable distribution of wealth with government participation in its distribution.
According to Sun Yat-Sen, the ideal democratic system includes the civil service, legislative, censorship, judiciary and executive government. Sun’s theory holds that people should have four powers: the right to vote, the power to remember, the power to change old laws, and the power to create new laws.
Sun Yat-Sen was born on November 12, 1866 in Cuiheng, Guaugdong, China. His father is Sun Dacheng and his mother, Madam Yang. Sun had three sisters and two brothers. He ran a medical practice between 1892 and 1894, but felt his life was too traditional, so he pursued his interest in politics.
Sun’s brother Mei worked in Hawaii and sent for Sun to join him in attending a British mission school. It was there that Sun Yat-Sen converted to Christianity and was baptized. His brother did not expect Sun’s religious conversion. Sun also attended Diocesean Boys School and then Queen’s College Hong Kong before going to medical school.
Sun Yat-Sen was married twice and had a mistress. His second marriage was bigamous as he was still married to his first wife at the time. He had two daughters and a son. Sun died of liver cancer in Beijing on March 12, 1925. Sun Yat-Sen’s political ideals and ideas lived on in Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist government of 1928.
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