Sun Yat-sen

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Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
physician
political philosopher
politician
revolutionary
alsoKnownAs Sun I-hsien
Sun Wen
Sun Yat-sen
surface form: Sun Zhongshan
birthDate 1866-11-12
birthPlace Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire
Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Empire
causeOfDeath liver cancer
child Sun Fo
commemoratedBy Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
surface form: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
surface form: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei

Sun Yat-sen University
countryOfCitizenship Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire

Republic of China
courtesyName Démíng
Yìxiān
deathDate 1925-03-12
deathPlace Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Republic of China
describedAs Father of the Nation in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Forerunner of the Revolution in the People's Republic of China
educatedAt Sun Yat-sen University
surface form: Guangzhou Boji Hospital Medical School

Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
Queen's College, Hong Kong
ethnicGroup Cantonese
Hakka
fieldOfWork political theory
revolutionary politics
state-building
founderOf Kuomintang
Republic of China
Revive China Society
Tongmenghui
ideology Chinese nationalism
Three Principles of the People
democracy
people's livelihood
republicanism
influenced Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
surface form: Chinese Nationalist Party

Chinese republican movement
influencedBy Western liberalism
nationalism
languageSpoken Cantonese
English
Standard Chinese
surface form: Mandarin Chinese
movement 1911 Wuchang Uprising
surface form: Chinese Revolution of 1911

1911 Wuchang Uprising
surface form: Xinhai Revolution
name Sun Yat-sen self-link
nativeName Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
surface form: 孙中山

Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
surface form: 孙逸仙

Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
surface form: 孫中山

Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
surface form: 孫逸仙
notableWork Three Principles of the People
occupation physician
politician
revolutionary
writer
positionHeld Director-General of the Kuomintang
Provisional President of the Republic of China
surface form: Extraordinary President of the Republic of China

Provisional President of the Republic of China
religion Christianity
Protestantism
residence Guangzhou
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Honolulu, Hawaii

Shanghai
restingPlace Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
surface form: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
significantEvent Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in 1912
Overthrow of the Qing dynasty
spouse Lu Muzhen
Soong Ching-ling

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Sun Yat-sen alsoKnownAs Sun Yat-sen
this entity surface form: Sun Zhongshan
T. V. Soong brotherInLaw Sun Yat-sen
Guomin Gemingjun foundedBy Sun Yat-sen
Kuomintang founder Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen University founder Sun Yat-sen
Whampoa Military Academy founder Sun Yat-sen
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: Three Principles of the People
1911 Wuchang Uprising influencedBy Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Chieh-shih influencedBy Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Revolution keyFigure Sun Yat-sen
First United Front keyFigure Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen name Sun Yat-sen self-link
Sun Yat-sen University namedAfter Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen nativeName Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 孫中山
Sun Yat-sen nativeName Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 孫逸仙
Sun Yat-sen nativeName Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 孙中山
Sun Yat-sen nativeName Sun Yat-sen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 孙逸仙
Tongmenghui members notableMember Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek predecessor Sun Yat-sen
Chinese nationalism promotedBy Sun Yat-sen
Caodaism recognizesFigure Sun Yat-sen
1911 Wuchang Uprising relatedTo Sun Yat-sen