Dr Yat-sen Sun

 Yat-Sen Sun was born in Kwangtung Province, China in 1866 and died in 1925 in Peking China.

He was the first president of the Republic of China. He is respected by all Chinese people, Nationalist and Communists alike and is officially called “Father of the Nation” also “Father of the Fatherland".

He received his medical training at the Hong Kong College of Medicine, the predecessor of the University of Hong Kong.

He had a traditional arranged marriage by the age of 18 to Lu Mu-chen and she was the mother of his three children. 

His second marriage took place in Tokyo to Soong Ch’ing-ling in 1914 but Dr Sun had not divorced his first wife and Soong Ch’ing-ling remained his constant companion till the end of his life.

The Doctor was the personal friend of V.I. Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Even though a Christian and baptized in Hawaii, he supported the Soviet cause. 

His crystal coffin was donated by Joseph Stalin but was not used. By the time it arrived in Beijing Dr Yat-sen Sun was already buried.

His “Three  Principles of the People”  which included nationalism, people's livelihood and civil rights was inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address - “of the people, by the people, for the people.