Sun Yat-Sen's Role in China's 1911 Revolution

Though he did not directly defeat the Manchu dynasty, the revolutionary leader, Sun-Yet-sen significantly influenced the 1911 revolution movement in China. Sun was a leading figure from 1900 to 1924, he proactively opposed the Constitutional Manchu monarch, 1644-1912, and is recognised for his contribution to the nationalist revolution and westernise thinking that formed the republic of China. He is most famously recognised for his Three People’s Principle’s; nationalism, democracy and the people’s livelihood, the founding principles of Modern China. Sun-Yet-sen effectively galvanized an insurgency amongst the Chinese people through his alliance and heading of an amalgam of revolutionary societies. However it is argued The Father of Modern China, is overvalued to this title, criticised for his lack of influence to the 1911 revolution and The Railway Recovery movement, a pivotal period leading up to the 1911 revolution. The imperial government had previously failed in its reforms to modernise China , though it is argued China was bound to revolution as seen through movements in China’s history, the 1911 movement would have failed or been insufficient without a motivational and ambitious forerunner such as Sun-Yat-sen.
Sun Yat-sen is revered as The Father of Modern China largely through his Three People’s principles that emphasise his understanding of the Chinese people and interpretation of western policies. As Sun became increasingly aware of imperial and foreign oppression and it’s demising effect on China he developed the principles of nationalism, people’s sovereignty and of the people’s livelihood to transform China into a free, prosperous and powerful nation . Sun Yat-sen emerged as an unlikely revolutionary leader, as his birth into a proletarian family near Guangzhou, in southern China restricted his political influence, historian G. Leonard explains "he had no government experience, or official contacts" . However Sun's early western education and