| − | '''Sun Yixian''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 孫逸仙; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 孙逸仙; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Sūn Yìxiān; [[Jyutping]]: Seon<sup>3</sup> Jat<sup>6</sup> Sin<sup>1</sup>), better known in the west as Sun Yat-sen, was the leader of the revolution that overthrew the imperial system in China in the early 20th century. He founded and led the [[Kuomintang]] (also called the KMT or Nationalist Party) to victory and became the first leader of the new [[Republic of China]]. He was the leader of the revolutionary movement that overthrew the [[Qing dynasty]] of China in 1911. He founded the Republic of China and was leader of the [[Kuomintang]] party (KMT). However he never held effective power in China himself, because he was too trusting and naive in dealings with leading generals and politicians. His [[Republicanism|republican]] ideas and modernizing vision based on his philosophy of the [[Three Principles of the People]] proved central to [[China, history|China]], and he became an iconic hero to the Chinese diaspora across the world. | + | '''Sun Yat-sen''', or '''Sun Yixian''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 孫逸仙; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 孙逸仙; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Sūn Yìxiān; [[Jyutping]]: Seon<sup>3</sup> Jat<sup>6</sup> Sin<sup>1</sup>), well known in the west as Sun Yat-sen, was the leader of the revolutionary movement that overthrew the [[Qing dynasty]] of China in 1911. He founded and led the [[KMT]] or Kuomintang (Nationalist) Party to victory and became the irst leader of the new [[Republic of China]]. However he never held effective power in China himself, because he was too trusting and naive in dealings with leading generals and politicians. His [[Republicanism|republican]] ideas and modernizing vision based on his philosophy of the [[Three Principles of the People]] proved central to [[China, history|China]], and he became an iconic hero to the Chinese diaspora across the world. |