Sun Yat-sen ( 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, writer, philosopher, calligrapher and revolutionary, the first president and founding father of the Republic of China. As the foremost pioneer and first leader of a Republican China, Sun is referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China (ROC) and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in People's Republic of China (PRC).

Sun Yat-sen

Names of Sun Yat-sen:

Sun was born as Sun Wen , and his genealogical name was Sun Deming (Syūn Dāk-mìhng; ). As a child, his pet name was Dixiang (Dai-jeuhng; ). Sun's courtesy name was Zaizhi (Jai-jī; ), and his baptized name was Rixin (Yaht-sān; ), While at school in Hong Kong he got the art name Yat-sen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yìxiān). Sūn Zhōngshān , the most popular of his Chinese names, is derived from his Japanese name Nakayama Shō , the pseudonym given to him by Tōten Miyazaki while in hiding in Japan.

Sun Wen

Sūn Zhōngshān

Sun Deming

Zaizhi

Rixin

Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen

Birthplace and early life:

Sun Yat-sen was born on 12 November 1866 to Sun Dacheng and Madame Yang. His birthplace was the village of Cuiheng, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province. He had a cultural background of Hakka 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.

12 November 1866 - 12 March 1925

died at the age of 58

Family of Sun Yat-sen:

Father:Sun Dacheng

Mother:lady Yang

Brothers:Sun Dezhang,Sun Deyou

Sisters:Sun Jinxing,Sun Miaoqian,Sun Qiuqi 

Wifes: Lu Muzhen,Soong Ching-ling

Son: Sun Fo

Daughters:Sun Jinyuan,Sun Jinwan

Sun Yat-sen's family

Four Bandits:

During the Qing Dynasty rebellion around 1888, Sun was in Hong Kong with a group of revolutionary thinkers who were nicknamed the Four Bandits at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese. Sun, who had grown increasingly frustrated by the conservative Qing government and its refusal to adopt knowledge from the more technologically advanced Western nations, quit his medical practice in order to devote his time to transforming China.

The Four Bandits : Yeung Hok-ling, Dr Sun Yat-sen, Chan Siu-bak and Yau Lit

Questions:

1.How many names do Sun-Yat-sen have?(p.5)

2.When was Sun Yat-sen's birth?(p.6)

3. How many sisters do Sun Yat-sen has ?(p.8)

4.Who is Sun Yat-sen's father?(p.8)

5.Who are the Four Bandits?(p.11)

References:

Wikipedia.'Sun Yat-sen'.Retrieved December 7,2017 from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen

Jorge Rangel (1948).'Macau Antigo : Sun Yat-sen e a revolucao de Outubro'.Retrieved July11,2011 from

http://macauantigo.blogspot.hk/2013/10/sun-yat-sen-e-revolucao-de-outubro.html

Chen Weihua.'China Daily:Hawaii marks Sun Yat-sen's 150th anniversary'.Retrieved July15,2016 from

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2016-07/15/content_26110878_3.html

Wikipedia.'four Bandits'.Retrieved June9,2017 from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Bandits

Writer introduction:

Name: Li Choi Ting Charlotte

Sex: Female

Age: 11 years old

School: Lam Tin Methodist Primary School (LTMPS) (Hong Kong)

Grade: Primary 6 (P.6)

Class: 6A

Hobbies:Play Sports