A report on Tongmenghui
Secret society and underground resistance movement founded by Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others in Tokyo, Japan, on 20 August 1905, with the goal of overthrowing China's Qing Dynasty.
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Sun Yat-sen
13 linksChinese statesman, physician, and political philosopher, who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China).
Chinese statesman, physician, and political philosopher, who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China).
On 20 August 1905, Sun joined forces with revolutionary Chinese students studying in Tokyo to form the unified group Tongmenghui (United League), which sponsored uprisings in China.
1911 Revolution
9 linksThe 1911 Revolution, or Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.
The 1911 Revolution, or Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China.
On 1 January 1912, the National Assembly declared the establishment of the Republic of China, with Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Tongmenghui (United League), as President of the Republic.
Kuomintang
10 linksMajor political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
In 1905, Sun joined forces with other anti-monarchist societies in Tokyo, Empire of Japan, to form the Tongmenghui, a group committed to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of a republic, on 20 August 1905.
Huang Xing
5 linksChinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China.
Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China.
In Japan, Huang met Sun Yat-sen and helped Sun found the Tongmenghui, another revolutionary party dedicated to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.
Song Jiaoren
5 linksChinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT).
In 1905, together with Sun Yat-sen, Song helped to found and was a leading activist in the Tongmenghui, which was an organization dedicated to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the formation of a republic.
Wang Jingwei
4 linksChinese politician.
Chinese politician.
Born in Sanshui, Guangdong, but of Zhejiang origin, Wang went to Japan as an international student sponsored by the Qing Dynasty government in 1903, and joined the Tongmenghui in 1905.
Cai Yuanpei
3 linksChinese philosopher and politician who was an influential figure in the history of Chinese modern education.
Chinese philosopher and politician who was an influential figure in the history of Chinese modern education.
He established Guangfuhui in 1904 and joined Tongmenghui in Paris the next year, and became a member of the Chinese anarchist group led by Wu Zhihui, and Li Shizeng.
Li Zongren
1 linksProminent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
Prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
He joined the Tongmenghui, the revolutionary party of Sun Yat-sen, in 1910 but had little understanding at that time of Sun's wider goals of reform and national reunification.
Zhang Renjie
4 linksPolitical figure and financial entrepreneur in the Republic of China.
Political figure and financial entrepreneur in the Republic of China.
On his return to Paris, Zhang led Wu and Li to join Sun's Tongmenghui, the more politically radical of the anti-Manchu groups.
Hu Hanmin
3 linksChinese philosopher and politician who was one of the early conservative right factional leaders in the Kuomintang (KMT) during revolutionary China.
Chinese philosopher and politician who was one of the early conservative right factional leaders in the Kuomintang (KMT) during revolutionary China.
He studied in Japan starting in 1902, and joined the T'ung-meng Hui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) in 1905 as an editor of the newspaper Min Bao.