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A New Version of San Min Chu I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Allen S. Whiting
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After thirty years in obscurity a complete manuscript of San Min Chu I corrected by Sun Yat-sen has been brought to light by Dr. Lo Chia-lun, chairman of the Historical Commission of the Kuomintang. A careful textual comparison with the published version in use since 1924 reveals significant discrepancies of a theoretical nature, chief of which concerns Sun's widely quoted comparison of min sheng or “people's livelihood” with socialism and communism.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , May 1955 , pp. 389 - 391
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1955

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1 The author wishes to express his appreciation to Dt. Lo Chia-lun fot permitting the author to examine the original manuscript corrected by Sun Yat-sen and for cooperation in providing background information. This study was made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

2 Two English versions are San Min Chu I, The Three Principles of The People, translated by F. W. Price, edited by Chen, S. T., Shanghai, 1927Google Scholar; and The Three Principles, translated by “a well-known Sinologue,” Shanghai, 1927. The latter appeared serially in the North China Daily News and Herald, September-October 1927. Price's translation was based on the tenth edition issued by New Age Publishers in May 1927. A preface by Sun of April 1924 notes “The Principle of Nationalism has just been completed and is being published as a single volume,” xi.

3 Price, F. W., op. cit., 92.Google Scholar

4 This is an unofficial translation made with the kind cooperation of Dr. Tsui Shu-chin, member of the Board of Planning and Review, Central Committee of the Kuomintang.

5 More precisely this should be translated “the problem of society” .

6 This crucial section reads .