Sun Yet-Sen was known as a political and a revolutionary in Chinese history. He is considered to be the co-founder of the Kuomintang and is said to be the father of modern China. Sun Yet-Sen was of the major contributors in the effort to abolish the Qing Dynasty and served as the first president of the Republic of China in 1912. His doctrine was written in “The Three Principles of The People”, which was a philosophical combination of democracy, socialism, and nationalism. Although his ideology influenced the proceeding regimes, he did not accomplish his biggest goal which was a dream to unify China.
Sun Yet-Sen was part of a present family in the village of Cuihang Xiangshan. He moved to Honolulu after completing secondary school to live with his wealthy brother, which provided him with need support to in order to focus on his political activities. He studied in Oahu College where he became influenced by Abraham Lincoln’s republican ideas of upholding the principles of the founding government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Sun Yet-Sen moved back to China in 1883 and realized just how regressed China was in …show more content…
During his absence, China became increasingly divided under military leadership and lacked a central government. Infuriated by the direction China was headed, he decided to return in 1917 and created a military government at Guangzhou in southern China and waged a war in effort to unify China under his rule. Sun Yet-Sen was successful and asserted himself as the legitimate leader of the Republic of China. He accredited his motivation to continue the fight to revolutionize China to the disorder and corruption that ensued. He believed that “The Three Principles of The People” as a guide for a strong and stable Republic. Sun Yet-Sen he was reelected as president of the Kuomintang in 1919 and remained in power until