Category: Research

Sun Yat-sen’s Christian Schooling in Hawai`i**  Abstract Irma Tam Soong. “Sun Yat-sen’s Christian Schooling in Hawai’i.” The Hawaiian Journal of History 31 (1997): 151-178. The schooling that Sun Yat-sen received in Christian schools during his first sojourn in Hawai’i (1879-83) exposed him to Western ideas and Christianity, both of which influenced him thereafter. In September 1879 Sun entered Iolani College, a boarding school for boys established by the Church of England. Boarding school life was carefully regulated and the curriculum and instruction were rigorous, but Sun did well, receiving second prize in English grammar at completion exercises in July 1882….

Selected List of Chinese Works   Compiled by Xin Li Last Updated: May 4, 1998 BOOKS Soong, Irma Tam and Wei-tung Lin. Five Hsing Chung Hui Men of Valor. Taipei: Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations, 1989. Su, Teh-yung. “Mr. Sun Mei.” Notable Overseas Chinese. Taipei: Chinese Cultural Publishing Committee, 1955. Wu, Hsiang-hsiang. Biography of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Taipei: Far East Publishing Co., 1981. Hang, Ting Yung. Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Seven Visits to America and Hawaii. Taipei: China Publishing Co., 1982. Lo, Chuan-hua. The Chinese in Hawaii: A Bibliographic Survey. Taipei: China Printing Co., 1972. Wu, Chun-lieh. The Chinese of Hawaii….

Selected English Language Resources on Sun Yat-sen   1. Biographies of Sun Yat-sen Bergère, Marie-Claire. Sun Yat-sen. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. Linebarger, Paul. Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Republic. New York, 1925; reprint, New York, AMS Press, 1969. Sharman, Lyon. Sun Yat-sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1968. Schiffrin, Harold Z. Sun Yat-sen and the Origins of the Chinese Revolution. Berkeley, Ca.: University of California Press, 1968. Schiffrin, Harold Z. Sun Yat-sen, His Life and Its Meaning: A Critical Biography. Stanford, Ca.: Stanford University Press, 1968. Soong, Irma Tam and Wei-tung Lin….