Sun Yat-sen
1866 – 1925 Chinese revolutionary, first provisional president of the Republic of China
Revolutionary leader regarded as the father of modern China, first provisional president of the Republic after the Qing fell.
- Religion
- Christian
- Affiliations
- Tongmenghui, Kuomintang
Sun Yat-sen was a Western-educated revolutionary who spent years in exile organising uprisings against the Qing. After the 1911 Xinhai Revolution ended imperial rule, he served briefly as the first provisional president of the new Republic of China before ceding power to the general Yuan Shikai to preserve unity. He built the Kuomintang and set out his Three Principles of the People, nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood. He died in 1925 with the country still divided among warlords, and is honoured on both sides of the Taiwan Strait as a founding figure of modern China.
Connections
- mentor of Chiang Kai-shek — His protege who took over leadership of the Kuomintang after his death.
- mentor of Chiang Kai-shek — Succeeded him as leader of the Kuomintang.
- successor of Chiang Kai-shek — Succeeded as Kuomintang leader by Chiang.
In the timeline
- 1911 Xinhai Revolution and fall of the Qing revolutionary leader
- 1911 Discovery at Hankow precipitates 1911 revolution mentioned
- 1912 Founding of the Republic of China first provisional president
- 1913 Foreign loan makes Yuan Shih-kai independent (1913) mentioned