Names of Sun Yat-sen
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Like many Chinese, Sun Yat-sen used different names at different points in his life and he is known in Chinese under several of them. Names are not taken lightly in Chinese culture. This reverence goes as far back as Confucius and his insistence on "rectification of names."
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Quick Facts Sun Yat-sen (Cantonese), Chinese name ...
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Traditional Chinese | 孫中山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孙中山 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 孫逸仙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 孙逸仙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Tôn Trung Sơn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 中山樵 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Khmer | ស៊ុន យ៉ាតសេន | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quick Facts Lesser known names, Traditional Chinese ...
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Traditional Chinese | 1. Genealogy name: 德明 2. Big name: 文 3. Small name: 帝象 4. Courtesy: 載之 5. Baptised: 日新 6. Pseudonym: 逸仙 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | Same as traditional Chinese except: 4. Courtesy: 载之 | ||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 國父 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 国父 | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Father of the Nation | ||||||||||||||||
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In addition to the names and aliases listed below, Sun Yat-sen also used other aliases while he was a revolutionary in exile.