Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t5.5

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Sun Yat-sen was born to a peasant family in Xiangshan County of Guangzhou Province in China. He inherited the tradition of struggle of the people of Guangdong and always aspired to the cause of the Taiping Revolution. He spent his entire lifetime in the effort to transform China from a poor, backward feudal monarchy into forward thinking modern republic, leaving behind an indelible mark of his achievements on the annals of history and precious heritage for his political successors. He received his early education in his native village in the traditional learning of the classics. However, at the age of 13, he migrated to Honolulu along with his mother where he completed his high school and college education studying Western science and Christianity.