Sun Yat-sen: The Doctor Who Chose Revolution (Part 2)
A young doctor decides one patient at a time isn't enough: to save China, there must be revolution.
一八九四年，中国在战争中被日本打败，全国震惊。In 1894, China was defeated by Japan in a war, and the whole nation was shocked.孙中山放下了医生的工作，做了一个改变一生的决定。Sun Yat-sen set aside his work as a doctor and made a decision that would change his life.他对朋友说：“医生只能救几个人；要救整个国家，就必须革命。”He told his friends: "A doctor can only save a few people; to save the whole country, there must be a revolution."
那一年，他在檀香山成立了兴中会——他的第一个革命组织。That year, in Honolulu, he founded the Revive China Society — his first revolutionary organization.会员们举起右手宣誓：推翻清朝，建立一个人人平等的新中国。The members raised their right hands and swore an oath: overthrow the Qing dynasty and build a new China where everyone is equal.
第二年，他们在广州发动了第一次起义，可是失败了。The next year they launched their first uprising in Guangzhou, but it failed.清朝政府到处抓他，他只好剪掉辫子，换上西装，逃到了国外。The Qing government hunted him everywhere, so he cut off his queue, put on a Western suit, and fled abroad.
一八九六年，他在伦敦被清朝使馆的人绑架了。In 1896, in London, he was kidnapped by men from the Qing legation.他被关在使馆里，随时可能被秘密送回中国处死。He was locked inside the legation, and at any moment he might be secretly shipped back to China and executed.
幸好，他的老师知道了这件事，马上告诉了英国的报纸。Luckily, his old teacher learned what had happened and immediately told the British newspapers.全伦敦都在讨论这件事，使馆只好把他放了。All of London was talking about the affair, and the legation had no choice but to let him go.这次事件让孙中山一下子出了名，全世界都知道了这位中国革命家。The incident made Sun Yat-sen famous overnight — the whole world now knew this Chinese revolutionary.
在那之后的十几年里，他走遍世界各地，向华侨演讲、募捐。Over the next dozen years, he traveled all over the world, giving speeches to overseas Chinese and raising funds.他常说：“华侨是革命之母。”He often said: "Overseas Chinese are the mother of the revolution."
一九零五年，他在日本成立了同盟会，提出了三民主义：民族、民权、民生。In 1905, in Japan, he founded the Tongmenghui and put forward the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood.同盟会一次又一次地发动起义，又一次又一次地失败。Again and again the Tongmenghui launched uprisings, and again and again they failed.有人劝他放弃，他回答：“失败了十次，第十一次就会成功。”Some urged him to give up. He replied: "We have failed ten times — the eleventh time, we will succeed."
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