Sun Yat-sen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese physician, politician and revolutionary

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1866

Place of Birth: Cuiheng, Guangdong, China

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1925

Profession: physician, politician, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Sun Yat-sen

  • Sun Yat-sen (; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese philosopher, physician, and politician, who served as the first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China).
  • He is referred as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China due to his instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution.
  • Sun is unique among 20th-century Chinese leaders for being widely revered in both mainland China and Taiwan.Sun is considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China, but his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile.
  • After the success of the revolution in which Han Chinese regained power after 268 years of living under the Manchu Qing dynasty, he quickly resigned as President of the newly founded Republic of China and relinquished it to Yuan Shikai.
  • He soon went to exile in Japan for safety but returned to found a revolutionary government in the South as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation.
  • In 1923, he invited representatives of the Communist International to Canton to re-organize his party and formed a brittle alliance with the Chinese Communist Party.
  • He did not live to see his party unify the country under his successor, Chiang Kai-shek in the Northern Expedition.
  • He died in Beijing of gallbladder cancer on 12 March 1925.Sun's chief legacy is his political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People: nationalism (independence from foreign imperialist domination), "rights of the people" (sometimes translated as "democracy"), and the people's livelihood (sometimes translated as "socialism").

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