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Sun Yat-Sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography

by Lyon Sharman. 418 pgs.

Contributors:

   Lyon Sharman

Publisher:

   John Day

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1934

Subjects:

Chung-Kuo Kuo Min Tang, Sun, Yat-Sen,--1866-1925, China--History--Revolution, 1911-1912, China--History--Republic, 1912-1949

	CONTENTS
	The Lacquered Image and the Biographer—A Preface	vii
	A Revolutionary in the Making	3
	THE MAKING OF A CHINESE	3
	THE MAKING OF AN ADVENTURER	7
	THE MAKING OF A PROGRESSIVE	15
	THE MAKING OF A REBEL	27
	Adventurers for Change	38
	CONSPIRACY AND EXILE	38
	DETENTION AND DESTINY	45
	OTHER DREAMERS, OTHER DREAMS	51
	THE SOBERING OF SECOND THOUGHTS	57
	AN OLD GRUDGE AND A NEW RESENTMENT	61
	The Crumbling of the Old and the Vigor of the New	70
	EXIT THE OLD EDUCATION, ENTER THE NEW STUDENT	70
	OVERSEAS FOR THE REVOLUTION	75
	PROTAGONIST OF THE PEOPLE	82
	THE STUDENT STREAM FLOWS INTO THE REVOLUTION	93
	The Dream That Came True Too Soon	101
	HOW THE REVOLUTION WAS NOT WON	101
	HOW THE REVOLUTION WAS FOUGHT III
	PROPAGANDA AND PREJUDICE	115
	THE INCIDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC	120
	THE ROMANCE OF BEING OUT OF IT	126
	The Defeat of Optimism	132
	THE CREST OF THE WAVE	132
	THE EXALTED MOOD OF SUCCESS	139
	TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS	143
	A FLATTERING FRIEND	152
	A QUARREL THAT CAME TO BLOWS	158
	The Fall into Obscurity	172
	THE DROP FROM THE ZENITH	172
	MODERNIZATION MADE FLESH	178
	JAPAN 'S DREAM OF A NIPPONIZED CHINA	183
	JAPAN 'S DEMANDS AS SERVED ON SUN YAT-SEN	190
	Dream Chaos	202
	YUAN SHIH-KAI 'S DYNASTIC DREAM	202
	THE SHATTERING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY DREAM	206
	SUN YAT-SEN 'S DREAM OF A CONSTITUTIONAL SOUTH	211
	RATIONALIZING IN THE WRECKAGE	215
	THE NEW TIDE OF YOUTH	219
	and Reorganization	227
	DIAGNOSING THE DISGRACE	227
	RATIONALIZING AND PROGRAMIZING	232
	ADVISERS WITH A PURPOSE	240
	THE NEW TURNING	254
	The Weight of a Patriot's Influence	267
	THE MAKING OF THE PARTY BIBLE	267
	SUN YAT-SEN AND COMMUNISM	277
	FRIGHTENING CHINA INTO NATIONALISM	286
	SUN YAT-SEN 'S POLITICAL PROGRAM FOR CHINA	291
	SUN YAT-SEN AND MILITARISM	300
	THE LEGACY OF PROGRAMS	306
	Demigod or Man?	314
	THE SUN YAT-SEN CULT	314
	THE UNREAL AND THE REAL SUN YAT-SEN	320
	THE EPITOME OF HIS AGE	328
	LEADER OR MISLEADER	331
	The Future of 's Republic	339
	THE PROBLEM OF A CHINA NOW CHANGED	339
	THE RÉGIME THAT WAS WRECKED	345
	THE EXPECTATION AND THE CHAOS	355
	DISINTEGRATIVE BEHAVIOR	360
	SCATTERING SAND	368
	Epilogue 375
	Appendices	377
	APPENDIX A. THE CHRISTIAN-FATHER MYTH	377
	APPENDIX C. SOURCES AND AUTHORITIES
	THE TERRAIN AND ITS PITFALLS	388
	SOURCES AND AUTHORITIES CHAPTER BY CHAPTER	395
	Index	407

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