Staging and leading the 1911 revolution

           (November, 1894—March, 1912)    (1)

I. Founded The Hsing Chung Hui (China Renaissance Society)
    and raised the flag of revolution

    1. An exterior view of Li Chang’s residence
    Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded the earliest revolutionary     society of the Chinese bourgeois—The Hsing Chung     Hui—by recruiting young revolutionaries from among     overseas Chinese in Honolulu in November, 1894, and     declared his democratic revolution     program of “Driving     away the Manchus, restore the Chinese rule and set up     a united government.” The picture shows the site where     the first batch of members took their oaths to join the society—Li Chang’ residence.

    2. Declaration of the Founding of the Xing Zhong Society     in Honolulu



    This is the Declaration of the Founding of the Xing Zhong     Society in Honolulu drafted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in which it     is clearly stated that the tenet of the society is “specially     for the revival of the Chinese rule and maintaining of the     political system.”

    3. Original site of Wang’s School
    Soon after setting up the Hong Kong Hsing Chung Hui,     Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded a branch of the society in     Guangzhou together with Lu Haodong, Zheng Shiliang,     etc., using Wang’s School as its headquarters. Dr. Sun     Yat-sen traveled between Guangzhou and Hong Kong in     preparation of the Guangzhou uprising. This is the     original site of Wang’s School.



    4. Wanted posters and confidential letters by the Qing     Government


    This is a wanted poster by the Qing government to     arrest Dr. Sun Yat-sen after the failure of Guangzhou     uprising in 1895 and a “confidential letter” about     subornation of Chen Tingwei, a traitor of Hsing Chung     Hui, for the capture of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.