The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I — John Shaqi
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
His _Political Testament_ cites the _Chien Kuo Fang Lo_ (_The Program of
National Reconstruction_), the _Chien Kuo Ta Kang_ (_The Outline of
National Reconstruction_), the _San Min Chu I_ (_The Triple Demism_, also
translated as _The Three Principles of the People_), and the _Manifesto_
issued by the first national congress of the Party.(5) These four items
differ quite sharply from one another in form. No one of them can be
relied upon to give the whole of Sun’s doctrines.
The _Chien Kuo Fang Lo_ (_The Program of National Reconstruction_) is in
reality three works, only remotely related to one another. The first item
in the trilogy is the _Sun Wên Hsüeh Shê_ (_The Philosophy of Sun Wên_);
it is a series of familiar essays on the Chinese way of thought.(6) The
second is the _Min Ch’üan Ts’u Pu_, _The Primer of Democracy_, which is
little more than a text on parliamentary law.(7) The third is the _Shih
Yeh Chi Hua_, known in English as _The International Development __ of
China_, which Sun wrote in both English and Chinese.(8) These three works,
under the alternate titles of “The Program of Psychological
Reconstruction,” “The Program of Social Reconstruction,” and “The Program
of Material Reconstruction” form _The Program of National Reconstruction_.
The _Chien Kuo Ta Kang, The Outline of National Reconstruction_, is an
outline of twenty-five points, giving the necessary steps towards the
national reconstruction in their most concise form.(9)
The _San Min Chu I_ is Sun’s most important work. It comprises sixteen
lectures setting forth his socio-political theories and his programs. The
title most commonly used in Western versions is _The Three Principles of
the People_.(10)
The last document mentioned in Sun Yat-sen’s will was the _Manifesto_ of
the first national congress of the Kuomintang. This was not written by
himself, but was drafted by Wang Ch’ing-wei, one of his closest followers,
and embodies essentially the same ideas as do the other three items, even
though Borodin—the emissary of the Third International—had been consulted
in its preparation.(11)
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