Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who helped overthrow the Qing dynasty and became the first president of the Republic of China in 1912.
He is revered as the "Father of the Nation" in both mainland China and Taiwan—a rare figure honored across the political divide.
His Three Principles of the People (nationalism, democracy, livelihood) shaped Chinese political thought throughout the twentieth century.
Chinese nationalist political party
- NanjingEastern Chinese metropolis
- GuangzhouSouthern Chinese trading hub
- CantonSwiss administrative district
- Qing DynastyLast imperial Chinese regime
Devotion to one's country
- democracyRule by the people
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
modernization · constitutionalism · self-determination · sovereignty · unification · nation-building · land reform · equal rights
Organized resistance to power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- Qing DynastyLast imperial Chinese regime
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
insurrection · armed struggle · exile · resistance · liberation · martyrs
Acts honoring past events
- founding fatherMale institutional originator
- national heroCelebrated defender of country
- statuesThree-dimensional sculpted likenesses
- banknotesPaper currency notes
Kuomintang
Chinese nationalist political party
- NanjingEastern Chinese metropolis
- GuangzhouSouthern Chinese trading hub
- CantonSwiss administrative district
Qing Dynasty · Chiang Kai-shek · Republic of China · May Fourth Movement
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- democracyRule by the people
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
anti-imperialism · modernization · constitutionalism · self-determination · sovereignty · unification · nation-building · land reform · equal rights · civil rights
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- Qing DynastyLast imperial Chinese regime
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
revolutionary · insurrection · armed struggle · exile · resistance · liberation · martyrs
commemorations
Acts honoring past events
- founding fatherMale institutional originator
- national heroCelebrated defender of country
- statuesThree-dimensional sculpted likenesses
Sun Yat-senKaiser Wilhelm II
Final Hohenzollern sovereign
Tsar Nicholas II · colonial governors · absolutists · monarchists
Sun Yat-senChiang Kai-shek
Chinese Nationalist leader
Mao Zedong · Stalin · militarists · despots · tyrants
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