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=== Three Principles of the People ===
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Sun Yat-sen was not just the founder of the Republic of China, but also the founder of the Kuomintang. Sun Yat-sen's political ideology was based on building a free and democratic China founded on [[Three Principles of the People]], namely Democracy (civil rights of people), people's economic livelihood and nationalism. Although the Kuomintang lost control over mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China under Kuomintang rule was able to achieve the political ideal of a democratic Republic of China on the island of Taiwan based on the Three Principles of the People after its retreat to Taiwan.<ref name="KMT-Britannica-Wright">{{cite web |script-title=zh:政策綱領 |url=http://www.kmt.org.tw/p/blog-page_3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513013915/http://www.kmt.org.tw/p/blog-page_3.html |archive-date=13 May 2019 |access-date=19 June 2016 |website=Kmt.org.tw}}

* {{cite encyclopedia |title=Three Principles of the People |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Three-Principles-of-the-People |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026163157/https://www.britannica.com/event/Three-Principles-of-the-People |archive-date=26 October 2016 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |last=Wright |first=Mary C. |title=From Revolution to Restoration: The Transformation of Kuomintang Ideology |publisher=[[Association for Asian Studies]] |year=1955 |pages=515–532 |author-link=Mary C. Wright}}
* {{cite web |last=Zarrow |first=Peter |date=2021-07-01 |title=The Chinese Communist Party Has Followed Sun Yat-sen's Road Map |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/01/chinese-communist-party-ccp-sun-yat-sen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160658/https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/01/chinese-communist-party-ccp-sun-yat-sen/ |archive-date=25 October 2021 |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=Foreign Policy}}
* Post, Louis Freeland (April 12, 1912). "Sun Yat Sen's Economic Program for China". The Public. 15: 349. Retrieved 8 November 2016.</ref> The Three Principles of the People is not just written in the [[Constitution of the Republic of China|ROC Constitution]], but also in Article 1, 5, 7, 9, 37, 42, 43 of Kuomintang's party charter.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Party Charter |url=http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=109 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206204127/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=109 |archive-date=6 February 2013 |access-date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Kuomintang}}</ref>