Dr. Sun was born as Sun Wen in 1866 in the coastal village Tsuihsiang of Hsianshan County, Kwangtung Province, and later changed his name, first to Sun Yat-sen and, later, during his revolutionary days in Japan, to Sun Chung-shan. Raised in a poor farming family, Dr. Sun learned the hardships of working life at an early age and always sympathized with the people's hardships.

To carry out democratic revolution in China, Sun founded the Society for Regenerating China and the Revolutionary Alliance and extensively studied the political systems of European countries and America in formulating the Three Principles of the People: Nationalism, Democracy, and Social Well-being. After failing on several attempts to unite the people to revolt, Sun finally succeeded with the Wuch'ang Uprising on October 10, 1911, leading to the successful overthrow of the Ch'ing government and the establishment of the Republic of China.

Dr. Sun devoted his life to realizing this dream, leaving behind, with his death in 1925, a lasting contribution to his nation and an invaluable legacy for scholars and thinkers. This legacy includes Sun's outline and strategy for nation-founding and the Three Principles of the People.

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