He is the only son of Mr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan for defeat and sincerely invited him to go with him. He refused decisively, and was mediocre in his old age, and his family was even more impoverished. Chiang Kai-shek once said that he was an A Dou who could not be helped. So is this really the case as the son of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father? Why did he reject Chiang Kai-shek's invitation?
Sun Ke, born in 1891, is the only son of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's four children, so Sun Yat-sen gave him high hopes. Compared with the other three sisters, his status in the family is equivalent to that of the prince.
At that time, Mr. Sun Yat-sen spent most of his time running around for the revolution. Looking at his father's busy revolutionary back, it was more like a lighthouse, guiding him in the front.
1895, due to changes in family, Sun Ke, who was only four years old, moved to Hawaii, USA with his grandmother. While studying in the United States, he worked very hard. Not only did he obtain a bachelor's degree in from Berkeley, but he also obtained a master's degree and an honorary doctorate in law from Columbia University.
When Sun Ke was 16 years old, he joined China Tongmenghui due to his father's influence. He was the youngest member of Tongmenghui at that time. With his rich knowledge reserves, Sun Ke quickly became the editor-in-chief of Liberty New News, Loud Weekly and other articles. But even so, every time Sun Yat-sen wrote to Sun Ke, he would still remind him to read more.
1917, Sun Ke finished his work in the United States and returned to his motherland to participate in the revolution. At this time, all parts of China were carrying out the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement. Because Sun Ke had rich knowledge and was still a returning student, he served as the secretary of the Grand Marshal's Office at the beginning of participating in the revolution. All of this was based on his own efforts and there was no so-called backdoor phenomenon, so Mr. Sun Yat-sen was also very pleased with his son's achievements. After
, many insiders of the Kuomintang were also very optimistic about Sun Ke and recommended him to serve as the mayor of Guangzhou. Sun Yat-sen disagreed with this proposal. He believed that although Sun Ke had a solid knowledge and thoughts, he lacked administrative experience, and this position is not suitable for him now.
Of course, Sun Ke also understood his father's thoughts, so in order to be recognized, he has been working hard to meet his father's expectations in the next few years. After several years of hard work, he has achieved outstanding results in all aspects and has been recognized by many senior Kuomintang personnel. So in 1921, Sun Ke became the first mayor of Guangzhou.
Although Sun Ke is in a high position now, perhaps because of his birth and later living environment, he is a little naive in his personality.
In 1925, Mr. Sun Yat-sen suddenly passed away, and Chiang Kai-shek quickly took control of the Kuomintang's military and political power. At the same time, in order to realize his dictatorship within the Kuomintang, Hu Hanmin, who was then the president of the Legislative Yuan, was put under house arrest on false charges. It also claimed that Hu Hanmin had stepped down from all positions in the organization for personal reasons.
Chiang Kai-shek's approach has aroused many people's dissatisfaction. Sun Ke was one of them. Just as others were watching the changes, Sun Ke took the lead in standing up. In fact, long before, he and Chiang Kai-shek had great differences in governing the country. Secondly, he was the election of the National President. His father was Sun Yat-sen, and in the end he was not able to take charge of military and political power, but instead surrendered to others. Under the detention of all kinds of dissatisfaction, Sun Ke completely broke out. He wanted to move to Chiang Kai-shek.
However, this idea is not easy to realize. Although he also has a certain amount of real power, it is far from enough to take action against Chiang Kai-shek alone, so he must join forces with others so that he has a certain chance of winning. After thinking about it, he finally thought of someone, which was Wang Jingwei .
After Sun Ke found Wang Jingwei to express his thoughts, Wang Jingwei also expressed his willingness to support him. Later, in order to expand his influence, Sun Ke also published an article titled: Important Declaration on the Prisonment of Hu Hanmin, officially declaring an opposition to Chiang Kai-shek.
1931, the two also established Guangzhou National Government , preparing to fight Chiang Kai-shek to the end, but what everyone did not expect was that less than a month after the Guangzhou government was established, it completely collapsed due to financial issues. According to common sense, Sun Ke faced the enemy of Chiang Kai-shek head-on, and now the anti-Chiang has not been successful. Chiang Kai-shek must attack him, and Sun Ke was embarrassed to have something to do with Chiang Kai-shek again.
But the fact is not the case. He not only bit the bullet and returned to the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek, but was re-elected as an executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee.
Perhaps it is because of Sun Yat-sen. You should know that if Sun Yat-sen had not valued Chiang Kai-shek before and had handed over military and political power to him before his death, then there would be no Chiang Kai-shek today. Maybe Sun Ke would have inherited his father's business and held military power.
This can be said to be just one of the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek showed mercy to his men. The ultimate reason is that Sun Ke really has strong abilities.
After the end of Northern Expedition , the domestic form basically completed superficial unification, and a new situation will inevitably come with the transformation of the country. At this time, Sun Ke proposed: If people are only busy with revolution and ignore construction, then in the near future, the revolution will surely go far away.
So at the subsequent meeting, he put forward the latest views, calling on the people to take the initiative, respond in a timely manner, and promote China's modernization development. After
, he and Hu Hanmin and others went to Europe and other countries to learn advanced experiences and learn methods of modernization development and construction in other countries.
After returning to China, he integrated these and applied them reasonably. Therefore, the government of the Republic of China established multiple functional departments such as public security, official affairs, finance, education and public health. In addition, in terms of business, he also founded China's earliest civil aviation companies. At that time, China's civil aviation industry was basically in the hands of Americans. In order to break the monopoly, he forced to purchase four civil aircraft from Americans on credit through various channels. In this way, my country's first civil aviation company was established.
So, to a certain extent, Sun Ke has made an indelible contribution to China's early construction.
Although Sun Ke came back this time, Chiang Kai-shek strongly supported him without grudges, this did not eliminate Sun Ke's dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek. Instead, he was defeated in 1948 when he was elected as Vice President and was appointed President of the Executive Yuan by Chiang Kai-shek. Judging from this action, putting aside Chiang Kai-shek's behavior, Sun Ke's approach is simply not to mention the worldly style.
After taking office, Sun Ke instigated the uniting forces of all parties to force Chiang Kai-shek to step down. At the same time, he also used the form to cultivate and expand his strength in an attempt to save the rule of the Kuomintang. But unfortunately, he was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army. After that, Sun Ke reviewed his political achievements on the issue of responsibility for the civil war and expressed regret many times. During the later negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Republic, Sun Ke chose to plead guilty and stood on the stance of demanding Chiang Kai-shek step down.
In fact, Sun Ke did this to see on the one hand that the Kuomintang is unable to make a comeback based on the current situation, and on the other hand, he really hopes that China can achieve comprehensive peaceful liberation as soon as possible.
People all know that Chiang Kai-shek stepped down from the world out of the forced force of the Guangxi clan, but they didn't know that Sun Ke also made great contributions to this. So on January 21, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek announced his retirement.
Without Chiang Kai-shek's support, Sun Ke not only had his rights deprived, but his position as the president was revoked. He had nothing at that time, so he could be said to be very lonely, but Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have some concerns about him.
After the failure of the National Army in Crossing the River Battle , Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan with a group of remaining soldiers. Before leaving, he specially found Sun Ke and invited him to go with him, but Sun Ke flatly refused the invitation from Chiang Kai-shek. When Chiang learned that he wanted, he did not insist.
In fact, Sun Ke had his own ideas for doing this. After years of getting along, he knew that Chiang Kai-shek was vindictive. He believed that he had violated Chiang Kai-shek many times before. If he followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, he would definitely not have a good time in the future, and he might even attack him. For safety reasons, he decided to go elsewhere.
Shortly after Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Taiwan, Sun Ke also brought his family to Hong Kong. When they first went to Hong Kong, their family's life was relatively wealthy, but this was only temporary, because he had always adhered to the principles before. Like his father Sun Yat-sen, he was in a high position and did not make money. In addition, there were many Kuomintang people living abroad in Hong Kong at that time, and even borrowed money. So Sun Ke's savings soon bottomed out.
In desperation, Sun Ke sold his domestic property and moved to France. After a year of settlement in France, he moved to California in the United States. He originally thought it was quiet this time, but the illness came to his house again. After the doctor's examination, he found that he suffered from 12-denum ulcers and hypertension and other diseases.
At this time, he had no source of income on the one hand, and his body was sick and cost a lot, so this made his later life very sad.
1965, it may be that Chiang Kai-shek was thinking about his old love again and invited him again, hoping that he could return to Taiwan, China. This time he did not refuse. After 16 years of meeting again, the two looked like old friends for many years. Sun Ke also let go of his guard against Chiang Kai-shek and faced it calmly.
On September 13, 1973, Sun Ke died of illness in Taipei. Chiang Kai-shek also held a grand funeral for him, and his life ended.
Sun Ke once recalled his past and said: When he fell down, he was like a fallen leaf between heaven and earth. He rolled in which direction the wind blows.
Perhaps this is his summary of his life. He has had glory, but he still did not make great achievements in the end. Perhaps it was due to his personality, or perhaps it was created by current affairs. Although he failed to achieve it, he is still a role model for us to learn from with lofty ideals and ambitions.
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