Born on November 12, 1866, in Xiangshan, Guangdong, Dr. Sun Yat-sen was educated in Hawaii and Hong Kong, graduating as a medical doctor from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1892. Recognizing that treating social and political decay was even more urgent than healing physical ailments, Sun abandoned medical practice to lead the revolutionary overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, culminating in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China (ROC). Known as Guofu ('Father of the Nation'), Sun formulated the 'Three Principles of the People' (Nationalism, Democracy, and Social Livelihood). In Taiwan, November 12 is designated as Chinese Cultural Renaissance Day and Doctors' Day, recognizing physicians who follow Dr. Sun's ethos of compassionate public service and humanitarian ethics.
Born on November 12, 1866, in Xiangshan, Guangdong, Dr. Sun Yat-sen was educated in Hawaii and Hong Kong, graduating as a medical doctor from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1892. Recognizing that treating social and political decay was even more urgent than healing physical ailments, Sun abandoned medical practice to lead the revolutionary overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, culminating in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China (ROC). Known as Guofu ('Father of the Nation'), Sun formulated the 'Three Principles of the People' (Nationalism, Democracy, and Social Livelihood). In Taiwan, November 12 is designated as Chinese Cultural Renaissance Day and Doctors' Day, recognizing physicians who follow Dr. Sun's ethos of compassionate public service and humanitarian ethics.
