Revolutionary who led the movement that overthrew the Qing dynasty in the 辛亥革命 and became the first provisional president of the Republic of China in 1912. He is honoured on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Sun Yat-sen used many names throughout his revolutionary career. 中山 (Zhōngshān) was a name he adopted while in exile in Japan, derived from his place of refuge, Nakayama. It became his most well-known name.
Sūn Zhōngshān shì Zhōngguó jìndài mínzhǔ gémìng de wěidà xiānqū.
Sun Yat-sen was a great pioneer of the modern Chinese democratic revolution.
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The 中山 he is best known by in Chinese comes from 中山樵 (Nakayama Kikori), a Japanese alias he used while hiding in Japan. The English Yat-sen is Cantonese: his art names 日新 and 逸仙 sound different in Mandarin but the same in Cantonese.
