The Western Factors of the Republican Thought of the Bourgeois Revolutionaries

Abstract

As a pioneer of revolution, Sun Yat-sen's republican ideology is the glorious banner of the Chinese revolutionary democratic movement. His experience of studying abroad in the West had a huge impact on his republican ideology. Firstly, the founding model of the United States and its republican spirit provided a certain theoretical support and template for Sun Yat-sen's founding. Secondly, the Western idea of decentralization also had a profound impact on him, promoting him to creatively incorporate the two powers of examination and inspection on the basis of the separation of powers, localizing and improving the idea of decentralization. Finally, the social contract theory and the theory of sovereignty in the people laid the foundation for Sun Yat-sen's civil rights ideology and the latter half of his revolutionary life. This paper focuses on studying the Western factors in Sun Yat-sen's democratic thought, analyzing its deep theory and internal spirit, in order to critically view the strengths and weaknesses of Sun Yat-sen's thought, and experience the main theme of saving the nation and the patriotic spirit behind his thought at that time.