Issen - Issen

…He was called the Father of the Republic of China as the founder of the Republic of China. His pen name was Yit-sen and his pen name was Zhongshan (often called Sun Yat-sen in the West). He was born into a poor farming family in the village of Cuichen, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province (now Zhongshan County). At the age of 12, he went to Hawaii to live with his eldest brother, who had been successful in earning money, and received a modern Western education at Sunday school. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中華民国の創始者として国父と称された。字は逸仙，号は中山(欧米ではしばしばSun Yat‐senと呼ぶ)。広東省香山県(現，中山県)翠亨村の貧しい農家に生まれ，12歳のとき出稼ぎで成功したハワイの長兄のもとに行き，教会学校で西欧の近代教育をうけた。…

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