Word: yat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...longest faces in Chungking today are worn by those who fear that inflation may yet have a profound effect on the silent peasant millions. For 30 years after Sun Yat-sen's 1911 Revolution the slow trend was toward peasant ownership of the parcels tilled; today a new and powerful land-owning class is in the making...
Inside the flag-hung hall 400 high offi cials and one woman, Mme. Chiang, stood as the Generalissimo recited the testament of Sun Yat-sen and reached for the single sheet of white paper inscribed with the oath of the Presidency. The Generalissimo, in full-dress uniform, was taut, expectant; his decorations gleamed and his immaculate white gloves moved restlessly. Kuomintang Elder Wu Chih-hui, scholar and veteran of 1911, solemnly handed the new President the great jade seal, wrapped in red silk, and Chiang was ready to deliver his Double Ten address, doing double duty as his inaugural...
...Yat-sen's . . . revolution has as its ... ultimate goal to make all the people take part in the administration of state affairs. . . . However . . . the democratic spirit lies in the observance of law and discipline. If I should ever transgress the limit of my power, it is the duty of every citizen to censure and correct...
...words of their leader. The harsh voice of the Generalissimo was unusually clipped, metallic. Chiang Kai-shek told the 150 solemn faces before him that the days of one-party administration in China were nearly over. It was time, he said, to take the third of Sun Yat-sen's three steps: from the era of political tutelage (under the Kuomintang) to the era of constitutional democracy. Then all political parties should have equal rights and the Kuomintang should no longer enjoy special privileges before...
...comparison, how unimportant my life must be! ... I remembered the prayers offered by Dr. Sun Yat-sen during his imprisonment in London. . . .* My strength was redoubled and ... I was prepared to make the final sacrifice. ... I was comforted and at rest...