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Some people are born to redirect the flow of history. The father of modern China, Sun Yat Sen had been such a rare found colossus with unparallel genius and love for work.
Born in a farmer's family in the Shiang province of China, Sun did his schooling in Honolulu. Later he converted into Christianity and was influenced by the ideals of democracy. He joined a rebel party when he was a student at the
medical college in Honolulu.
Back home he founded Shing chung-hui, an organization to bring renaissance
in China.
He had to flee to Japan for his anti-establishment activities. He,
however, continued his operations from Japan. He called for making China a
modern, democratic nation by ousting the ongoing Manchu rule. The
Manchu government, he believed, was responsible for the downfall of
China.
Inspired by his ideals even the Chinese national army rebelled against the
Manchu rule. Soon it spread across the whole nation. Accordingly the
revolution resulted in bringing an end to the the Manchu rule. In 1911
the Republic of China came into being with Dr. Sun as its president.
He worked hard to uplift the Chinese nation. He introduced
three doctrines to unite the nationalists of China. The doctrines are:
People's nationalism, Peoples' Democracy, and Peoples' Livelihood. The
first one called for tuning China into a sovereign republic. The second
one was inspired by the goal of ensuring equal rights for all under a new
constitution. Though Dr. Sun believed Peoples' Livelihood would be ensured
through bringing social reforms. He was in favor of bringing certain
sectors of industry under national ownership as against the private
ownership.
But all were not loyal to the republican rule under Dr Sun. When a civil
war broke out due to some over ambitious army generals, he resigned as president.
Though he was in power for a brief period, he brought in a democratic
renaissance that modernized the Chinese nation. It was under his
leadership the people of China woke up after a long period of slumber
under the regime of medieval darkness and superstition. Indeed, Dr.
Sun Yat sen is rightly called the father of modern China. The people of
China was assured to do this.
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