Dr. Sun Yat-Sen－我就喜歡這樣的妳

Until now Taiwanese people will never forget the hardwork that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen built up the modern China, the smartness that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen wrote the Three Principles of the People and became the fundation of the Constitution of the Republic of China, and an selflesssness devotion to his country - CHINA.

Who is Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

Sun Yat-Sen was a major politician and a Chinese revolutionary. Known as the Father of Modern China, Sun Yat-Sen played a key role in abolishing the Qing Dynasty in China and was the first provisional president of the Republic of China when it was first set up in 1912. The leader, who spent much of his time in exile, holds a distinctive place in the chaotic and convoluted history of China, though none of his cherished dreams came true in his life time; unification of China is one of such dreams. His ideology, famous known as "The Three Principles of the People", the political philosophy of nationalism, democracy and socialism is one of his legacies to the people of China and Taiwan where he is venerated for his revolutionary efforts.

How did he built up China?

( the photo is at 同德书报社：Founded in 1910 by Dr Sun Yat Sen, the United Chinese Library was initially set up to promote general knowledge and culture. Later, it also disseminated revolutionary ideas and generated support for the Chinese Revolution.）

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is the doctor of the modern China, he saved us from autocrat, he taught us what is Democracy, he aroused the consciousness of freedom.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen stepped into revolutionary activities when the Qing government adopted an extremely conservative approach in promoting advanced techniques and education in China. He gave up his medical practice to contribute to the transformation of China into a western style constitutional power. Sun established the Revive China Society in 1894 as his first step towards a full fledges revolutionary activity in order to bring forth a Republic China. Sun was given an exile for nineteen years after a coup he plotted failed in 1895. During the period, he traveled to Europe, the United States, Japan and Canada raising fund for his revolutionary activities and joined dissident Chinese group in Japan, where he spent the maximum years of the exile. After spending almost ten years in Japan, he went to the United States.

On 10 October 1911, a military rebellion at Wunchang ( 武昌） ended over thousand years of monarchy in China. Sun Yat returned to China and was elected as the provisional President of the Republic of China in a meeting of representatives from provinces on 29 December 1911. January 1, 1912 became the first day of the first Year of the Republic; thus making a calendar system that is still used in many parts of China. Sun’s revolution had seen a series of defeats before the establishment of the Republic of China and with the new found success of the revolution, Sun became known as the National Father of Modern China. His Method and Strategies of Establishing the Country came in 1919, suggesting his idea to promote peace, freedom and equality in China.

information of Dr. Sun is from

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sun-yat-sen-71.php

What is Three Principles of the People?

Nationalism is Loyalty to China and to the people.

Democracy is having a representative government

Livelihood is having a decent standard of living for all of China.

中山学术资料库 http://sunology.culture.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dwebmge&cache=1569972602659

What happened to China between 1911 to 1949

Dr. Sun YatSen used up his whole life fighting for people's freedom, people's rights, and people's equilty. After Dr. Sun Yat-Sen established China in 1911, China was cracked into pieces that being occupied by warloads until 1937. In 1937, Japan invaded China and caused a huge death that made two parties to work together to fight with Japan. In 1945, US ended World War two and urged Japan to give all the occupied territories back to Chinese Goverment (KMT). At that time, there were to parties that showed different way of running the country. Thus, KMT (Kuomingtng) and CCP ( Chinese Communist party) extened the war. Finally, CCP took the power of ruling China in 1949 and KMT came to Taiwan where Japanese Goverment give back to Chinese Goverment KMT in 1945.

China never had a chance to take a break.

( photo is from Isabel Crook)

Isabel Crook http://www.isabelcrook.com/modern-history-of-china-timeline/

Where does People in Taiwan memorize Dr. Sun Yat-Sen?

The hall contains displays of Sun's accomplishments from the revolution during and after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and today is a meeting ground for various social, educational, and cultural activities.

https://www.yatsen.gov.tw/