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Hong Kong.
Oxford University Press.
1986.
Black and white plates, xxii + 330pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket. (East Asian Historical Monographs). Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Explores the contradictions in the Sun Yatsen's heroic image particularly those surrounding his kidnapping by the Chinese Legation in London in 1896. At the time he swore that he had been kidnapped but later claimed to have walked fearlessly into the lion's den. During the great sensationo of the kidnapping, he was full of praise for his British friends. But while he was still in London, he became very close to a Japanese Pan-Asian extremist. He also declared later that he formulated his Three Principles of the People during this two-year sojourn in Europe, while in fact he has spent only nine months in Europe, much of that time in the British Museum. All of these claims may be interpreted as attempts to create and project an heroic image. Upon this image has since been built a tremendous legend, part of which this book hopes to unravel by going back to the origins of the heroic image. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 97202)
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