Sun Yat-sen

Sun Wen, Sun Zhongshan or Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was born in China and was a Chinese political leader. Sun helped overthrow the Qing Dynasty in October 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution. This was the last imperial dynasty of China. He is often called as Father of the Nation.

Sun Yat-sen
孫逸仙
Born	Sun Wen (孫文) (1866-11-12)November 12, 1866 Cuiheng, Guangdong, Qing China
Died	November 12, 1925(1925-11-12) (aged 59) Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Republic of China
Resting place	Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Nationality	China
Other names	Sun Zhongshan (孫中山) Sun Deming (孫德明)
Alma mater	Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
Notable work	Three Principles of the People
Title	President of China
Term	1 January 1912 – 10 March 1912
Predecessor	Office estabilished
Successor	Yuan Shikai
Political party	Nationalist Party of China
Movement	Tongmenghui
Spouse	Soong Ching-ling ​ (before 1925)​

He was president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912. He later co-founded the Kuomintang. Sun remains revered in both mainland China and Taiwan. A massive portrait of Sun continues to appear in Tiananmen Square for May Day and National Day.

Early years

Sun Yat-sen was born on 12 November 1866 to Sun Dacheng and Madame Yang in Cuiheng, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Guangdong.He had a cultural background of Hakka (with roots in Zijin, Heyuan, Guangdong) and Cantonese. His father owned very few lands and worked as a tailor in Macau, and as a journeyman and a porter. After finishing primary education, he moved to Honolulu in the Kingdom of Hawaii, where he lived a comfortable life of modest wealth supported by his elder brother Sun Mei.

Death

Sun Yat-Sen died of cancer at the age of 58 in 1925. After his death in Beijing, his body was shown at a temple in the Fragrant Hills.