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Three Principles of the People First edition of Min Bao ("People's Report"), the publication in which Sun Yat-sen first published the Three Principles of the People.

Three Principles of the People

Chinese ideology
Also known as: San-Min Chu-i, Sanmin Zhuyi, Three Great Principles(Show More)
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Three Principles of the People, the ideological basis of the political program of the Chinese Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), championing the principles of nationalism, democracy, and socialism. The principles were originally formulated as slogans for Sun’s revolutionary student group, the United League, one of the chief forces behind the 1911 Republican Revolution, which ended the Qing dynasty rule of China. After the failure of this revolution to establish democracy in China, Sun formed a...

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