Guangdong was a barbaric land in ancient society, far from the central government, and basically belonged to an extralegal place that was separated from the government's jurisdiction. However, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the land of Guangdong can be described as a bright star: the Ming Dynasty had yuan Chonghuan, the anti-Qing Optimus Prime, the Qing Dynasty had the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hong Xiuquan, the patriotic general Deng Shichang, the generation of masters Liang Qichao, Kang Youwei, who tossed on the historical stage for 30 years, but in terms of influence, it was Sun Yat-sen in the Republic of China period who was the most dazzling.
In modern history, Sun Yat-sen, the father of the nation, is a well-known figure. He was like a bright light, illuminating the dark Qing Dynasty, and China's two-thousand-year feudal system ended in his hands. A thousand-year-old dark room, a light is bright, this sentence is most appropriately applied to Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

Sun Yat-sen, under the patronage of his elder brother Sun Mei, studied medicine in Hong Kong. It is worth mentioning that when Sun Yat-sen was studying medicine in Hong Kong, he met many like-minded comrades, many of whom became the first revolutionaries to follow Sun Yat-sen. In modern times, because Guangdong is located in a coastal area, has more trade with other countries, is greatly influenced by the West, and has a relatively progressive ideology, so many historical figures with revolutionary ideas have emerged, which is also the reason why Guangdong once became the center of the revolution in the Republic of China period.
Sun Yat-sen discovered that the Chinese nation was wantonly humiliated by the Western powers, and that treating people and treating diseases could not solve the problems of the nation, so he was determined to heal the country. In this regard, the later Lu Xun and Sun Yat-sen experiences are quite similar, except that one chose to abandon medicine and follow literature, and the other chose to abandon medicine and follow martial arts.
<h1>Part 1's failure to write to Li Hongzhang led to a major change in Sun Yat-sen's political views</h1>
Among the officials of the late Qing Dynasty, Sun Yat-sen admired Li Hongzhang more, believing that he was a relatively enlightened official, different from other bureaucrats of the Qing government. In January 1894, Sun Yat-sen wrote the Book of Li Hongzhang, which was ready to be presented to Li Hongzhang. In June, Sun Yat-sen went to Tianjin, hoping to meet Li Hongzhang and tell him in person what he was advocating: reforming the political systems of Western countries. However, it is a pity that Sun Yat-sen did not meet Li Hongzhang on this trip.
Regarding history, there is no hypothesis, otherwise it is really impossible to imagine whether Sun Yat-sen's eloquence could change some of Li Hongzhang's ideas and thus exert a certain influence on the political measures of the Qing government. The only thing that is certain is that Sun Yat-sen still had a glimmer of hope for the Qing government before meeting Li Hongzhang this time, and his thinking at this time was still relatively moderate, mainly following the example of the West in using reform to change the political system, which was closer to the ideas of Liang Qichao, Kang Youwei and others who had previously "changed the law of Penghu".
However, not seeing Li Hongzhang this time became the last straw that crushed the camel. Sun Yat-sen, who had originally given up healing people and turned to the country with enthusiasm, saw that even Li Hongzhang, the Qing dynasty official he admired most, could not count on, but could only change his thinking and use revolutionary means to overthrow the rule of the Qing government. In November 1894, Sun Yat-sen established the Xingzhong Association in Honolulu and clearly put forward his own political ideas: to drive out the Tartars, restore China, and establish a United Government. Completely transformed from reformist to revolutionary.
<h1>Part2 The fall of London made Sun Yat-sen famous overseas and became a revolutionary banner figure</h1>
When Sun Yat-sen established the Xingzhong Association in Honolulu, usa, he mainly propagated the revolution among overseas Chinese, after all, on the territory of the Qing government, the spread of these "rebellious" ideas of Sun Yat-sen would not be allowed. However, the establishment of the Xingzhong Association is of great significance, which is the first democratic revolutionary group in China's modern history and the source of motivation for the subsequent revolution.
In January 1895, Sun Yat-sen returned to Hong Kong to prepare for the establishment of a revolutionary organization in Hong Kong. In February, the headquarters of the Xingzhong Association was established on Staunton Street in Central, and the Kuomintang's Blue Sky and White Sun Flag came from this time, and the "Xingzhong Association Charter" was adopted at the meeting, clarifying the direction of the struggle and the revolutionary task: overthrowing the Qing government.
In October, eight months after the establishment of the headquarters of the Hong Kong Xingzhong Association, Sun Yat-sen and others planned an uprising in Guangzhou, because the plan leaked, Sun Yat-sen's close friend Lu Haodong was arrested and died, and Sun Yat-sen was forced into exile, from the United States to Britain. In October 1896, Sun Yat-sen arrived in London and was abducted by the Qing government embassy in Britain. With his eloquence, Sun Yat-sen persuaded the embassy workers to try to deliver a letter to Sun Yat-sen's teacher when he was studying medicine in Hong Kong, Kang Deli.
Kang Deli published the abduction of his proud protégé Sun Yat-sen in the "Globe Newspaper", which aroused the resentment of British society against the Qing government embassy; and wrote to british foreign minister Salisberg, in the eyes of the British at that time, the Qing government should have been a good baby, how could I arrest people casually in my home. Don't say hello to me yet? The British, who felt very faceless, demanded that the Qing government's ambassador to Britain, Gong Zhaoyi, be released immediately.
The arrest of Sun Yat-sen was widely publicized due to the role of the media. The Qing government lost face, and Sun Yat-sen jumped from an exiled revolutionary party to a world-renowned revolutionary leader. Since then, the revolutionaries of the late Qing Dynasty have not had a single person whose fame and influence can be compared with Sun Yat-sen. By this time he had become a symbol and spiritual leader of the revolution at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
<h1>Part3 The role of public opinion, the transformation of the minority revolution into the beginning of the national movement</h1>
There is nothing wrong with this sentence. Sun Yat-sen's arrest was a dangerous thing for him personally, but being released safely brought great benefits to Sun Yat-sen.
First of all, through this incident, Britain gained a certain understanding of Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese revolutionary movement he led. As we all know, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial powers basically regarded the land of China as their own vegetable garden, and all the robbers wanted a piece of the pie. And a decadent and backward government is not in the interest of the great powers, after all, who wants their vegetable garden to remain dilapidated and overgrown? After the British learned of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary intentions, they gradually began to support Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities.
The second is the improvement of Sun Yat-sen's personal reputation. In this arrest, he was greatly publicized by the media, and the whole world knows that there is such an anti-Qing revolutionary figure in China. After Sun Yat-sen was released, he immediately wrote a book in English, "The Book of London Troubles", and once this book was published, Sun Yat-sen's prestige was further improved.
There is another point, this incident made Sun Yat-sen find a big weapon in his difficult predicament: public opinion and the media. The revolutionary movement, especially the feudal monarchy, which has been pushed to more than two thousand years, is no less difficult than moving mountains in those years. The role of the individual is rather limited, and even if a political group is formed to launch an uprising, it is not obvious because of its strength. However, if public opinion is mobilized and the awakening of the domestic people is widely aroused, it will not only aggravate the collapse of the Qing government, but also greatly strengthen the strength of the revolution. The balance of victory and defeat will naturally tilt in the direction of the revolutionaries. Therefore, in 1899, xingzhong would found china daily.
<h1>The Part 4 Alliance will be formed, waiting for the final blow</h1>
In February 1904, Huang Xing and others took the opportunity of Chinese New Year's Eve to formally establish the Huaxing Association in Changsha, Hunan Province, and many of the people who attended the meeting were future figures: Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, Liu Yi and so on. The Huaxing Association decided to use the slogan "Expel the Tartars and Revive China." This revolutionary viewpoint was directly inherited from Sun Yat-sen, and in fact, many places of the Huaxing Association borrowed from the Xingzhong Association, including slogans, programs, and development footprints from overseas to China. One of the most important points of the Huaxing Association is easy to be overlooked. Since the Huaxing Association was established in Hunan, it was supported by the Hunan Brotherhood of Elders.
The Brotherhood of Elders was a very powerful non-governmental organization in the period from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China. There are many gang members, and many of the Sichuan and Xiang armies are from the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood of Elders is known in Sichuan as the Brotherhood of Robes, and the more famous figures in the Sichuan army are Xiong Kewu, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, Liu Xiang's uncle and nephew, Deng Xihou and so on. The next 4 were all the later leaders of the Sichuan warlords, the army generals of the Nationalist army, and Xiong Kewu, who was also an important leader in the early days of the League, and he produced two famous figures under his hands: Marshal Liu Bocheng and Marshal He Long. The Huaxing Association developed rapidly and was supported by the Brotherhood of Elders, and its strength was greatly strengthened, and its number grew to hundreds of thousands of people.
In November 1903, the Guangfu Association was established in Shanghai. First, let's take a look at how many cattle people there are: Cai Yuanpei, Tao Chengzhang, Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin, Zhang Taiyan. The GuangfuHui was based on the assassination group of the Military and National Education Association organized by Gong Baoquan, and its political slogan was "Restore the Han nationality, return our mountains and rivers, pledge the country with your own body, and retire after meritorious achievements." The Guangfuhui's ideas were also radical, advocating assassination and insurrection as revolutionary means. Therefore, the GuangfuHui actively developed its members, instigated new armies in various places to launch uprisings, and carried out a series of assassinations of high-ranking Officials of the Qing Government.
In 1905, the Xingzhong Association, the Huaxing Association, and the Fuxing Association merged in Tokyo, Japan to form the Chinese League Association. As mentioned above, Sun Yat-sen was elected as the prime minister of the League because of his high revolutionary prestige. At this time, Sun Yat-sen ascended to the highest position of the revolutionary group, 11 years after he failed to write to Li Hongzhang and changed from reform to revolution.