Abstract
The term "Kuomintang" here stands for the Chinese Nationalist Party and all its different names in the past.1 This party was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, whose goal was to realize the "Three Principles of the People" in China. Among the three principles, one is literally called the Principle of People's Rights, which means to democratize China. This principle first appeared in the Oath of Initiation of the Xing Zhong Hui or Revive China Society, the first revolutionary body organized by Dr. Sun in 1894. The Oath states that its aim is "to create a republican government," clearly taking American democraay as its model. At the time, the Chinese name for the "United States of America" was translated as Mei-li-jianhe-zhong-guo, and its government was called the "he zhong zhengfu."2 In 1903, the Oath was changed to "creating a min-guo [also means republic]." Meanwhile, "restoring the Chinese rule" was added to the Oath. Both meant to build China as a democratic republic.
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