Sun Yixian's Early Life

Sun Yixian's Life

Conclusion

Political Ideology

• Sun Yixian set an amazing example for all political leaders to follow.
• Many people look up to his ambitious drive and courage to make sure everyone is getting the leadership they deserve.

• In 1894,Sun began to call for the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic.
• Sun Yixian praised the Boxers in the Boxer Rebellion for fighting against Western Imperialism. He said the Boxers were courageous and fearless, fighting to the death against the Western armies, Dr. Sun specifically cited the Battle of Yangcun.
• In 1895 a coup he plotted failed, and some of his supporters were executed. For the next sixteen years Sun was an exile in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan, raising money for his revolutionary party and bankrolling uprisings in China.
• After taking the oath of office, Sun Yixian sent telegrams to the leaders of all provinces, requesting them to elect and send new senators to establish the National Assembly of the Republic of China. The Assembly then declared the provisional government organizational guidelines and the provisional law of the Republic as the basic law of the nation.
• In the late 1910s, China was greatly divided by different military leaders without a proper central government. Sun saw the danger of this and returned to China in 1917 to advocate unification. He started a self-proclaimed military government in Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong Province, southern China, in 1921, and was elected as president and Grand Marshal
• In the early 1920s Sun received help from the Comintern for his acceptance of Chinese Communist Party members into his Kuomintang. In 1924, in order to hasten the conquest of China, he began a policy of active cooperation with the Chinese Communists.

Key Events in His Career

• In Chinese history, he is known as "The Father of the Revolution" or "The Father of the Republic."
• In the West, he is considered the most important figure of Chinese history in the twentieth century.
• For over twenty years, he struggled to bring a nationalist and democratic revolution to China
• His ideas, however, fueled the revolutionary fever of the early twentieth century and became the basis of the Nationalist government that was established by Chiang Kai-shek in 1928.
• Sun Yixian based his idea of revolution on three principles: nationalism, democracy, and equalization.

Sun Yixian's Early Life

His Legacy

• Sun was born to a family of poor farmers in Xiangshan, which is the South Province of Guangdong.
• He was first introduced to western civilization when his brother had moved to Honolulu.
• His brother, Sun Mei, objected his penchant for Christianity which led to Sun Yixian moving back to his native village in 1883.
• In 1884, he transferred to the Governmental Central School and married Lu Muzhen who was chosen by his parents.

• Sun unfortunately died March 24, 1925 of a liver disease.
• The Qing Dynasty ruled over china since 1644
• Sun Yixian overthrew the Dynasty in 1911
• He wanted to establish a modern government that was based on:

-nationalism- an end to foreign control

-People’s rights- democracy

-People’s livehood- economic security

by Francesca Rotella