The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu ILinebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
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The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I
Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925. San min zhu yi
_ 313 International Development_, p. 199. Sun Yat-sen discussed only two
of these essentials (food, clothing) in his lectures on the _San Min
Chu I_. According to Tai Chi-tao, he was to have continued to speak
on the topics of “Housing,” “Health,” “Death,” “Conclusions on
Livelihood,” and “Conclusions on the San Min Doctrine,” but the only
person who may know what he intended to say on these subjects is
Mme. Sun Yat-sen. (See Hsü translation, “The Basic Literature of
Sunyatsenism,” pp. 39-40.)
314 This is based upon statements made by Judge Linebarger to the
author. According to him, Sun Yat-sen had few of the prejudices of
class, one way or the other, that affect the outlook of so many
Western leaders. He did not believe that the only possible solution
to the problem of livelihood was the Marxian one, and was confident
that the Chinese Nationalists would be able to solve the problem.
This question was to him paramount above all others; the life of the
masses of Chinese citizens was the life of China itself.
_ 315 International Development_, p. 11.
316 The same, p. 11.
317 d’Elia translation, cited, p. 326. The discussion of Bismarck runs
from p. 322 to 326; the length of the discussion shows what Sun
thinks of Bismarck’s acuteness, although he disapproved of
Bismarck’s anti-democratic stand.
_ 318 International Development_, p. 4.
319 d’Elia translation, cited, p. 426.
320 Price translation, pp. 434-435. In the d’Elia translation, pp.
465-466. The Price translation has been quoted in this instance
because Father d’Elia translates _min shêng_ as “the economic
Demism,” which—although interesting when used consistently—might not
be clear in its present context. Sun Yat-sen’s courteous use of the
word “communism,” in view of the Canton-Moscow entente then
existing, has caused a great deal of confusion. The reader may judge
for himself how much Sun’s policy constitutes communism.
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