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English: National Anthem of the Republic of China | |
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National anthem of the Republic of China Party anthem of the Kuomintang | |
Lyrics | Sun Yat-sen, 1924 [note 1] |
Music | Cheng Maoyun, 1928 |
Adopted | 1930 (in Mainland China) 1945 (in Taiwan) |
Relinquished | 1949 (in Mainland China) |
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Instrumental version of the National Anthem of the Republic of China |
National Anthem of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中華民國國歌 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中华民国国歌 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | ZhōnghuáMínguóguógē | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three Principles of the People | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 三民主義歌 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 三民主义歌 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Sānmín Zhǔyì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Three Principles of the People | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The "National Anthem of the Republic of China", also known by its incipit "Three Principles of the People", is the national anthem of the Republic of China, commonly called Taiwan. It was adopted in 1930 as the national anthem and was used as such in mainland China until 1949, when the Republic of China central government relocated to Taiwan following its defeat by the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War. It replaced the "Song to the Auspicious Cloud", which had been used as the Chinese national anthem before. The national anthem was adopted in Taiwan on October 25, 1945 after the surrender of Imperial Japan. Mainland China, being governed by the People's Republic of China today, discontinued this national anthem for "March of the Volunteers".
The national anthem's words are adapted from a 1924 speech by Sun Yat-sen in 1937. The lyrics relate to how the vision and hopes of a new nation and its people can be achieved and maintained. [1] Informally, the song is sometimes known as "San Min Chu-i" from its opening line, which references the Three Principles of the People (Sanmin Zhuyi), but this name is never used on formal or official occasions. During flag-raising ceremonies, the national anthem is played at the start prior to flag-raising followed by the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China during actual flag-raising.
The text was a collaboration between several Kuomintang (KMT) party members: Hu Hanmin, Tai Chi-tao, Liao Zhongkai, and Shao Yuanchong. The text debuted on 16 June 1924, as the opening of a speech by Sun Yat-sen at the opening ceremony of the Whampoa Military Academy. After the success of the Northern Expedition, the Kuomintang party chose the text to be its party anthem and publicly solicited for accompanying music. Cheng Maoyun won in a contest of 139 participants. [2]
On 24 March 1930, numerous Kuomintang party members proposed to use the speech by Sun as the lyrics to the national anthem. At the time, the national anthem of the republic was the "Song to the Auspicious Cloud". Due to opposition over using a symbol of a political party to represent the entire nation, the National Anthem Editing and Research Committee (國歌編製研究委員會) was set up, which endorsed the KMT party song. On 3 June 1937, the Central Standing Committee (中央常務委員會) approved the proposal, and in the 1940s, the song formally became the official national anthem of the Republic of China. For many Taiwanese, the anthem carries a number of meanings, often conflicting. Some Taiwanese reject the anthem outright as an anachronistic symbol of the vanquished KMT dictatorship. [2]
Traditional Chinese (with Bopomofo) | Simplified Chinese (with Hanyu Pinyin) | IPA transcription [lower-alpha 1] |
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三民主義,吾黨所宗; | 三民主义,吾党所宗; | [sán.mǐn ʈ͡ʂù.î ǔ tàŋ swɔ̀ t͡sʊ́ŋ] |
The lyrics are in classical literary Chinese. For example:
In this respect, the national anthem of the Republic of China stands in contrast to the People's Republic of China's "March of the Volunteers", which was written a few years later entirely in modern vernacular Chinese.
As well as being written in classical Chinese, the national anthem follows classical poetic conventions. The ancient Fu style follows that of a four-character poem, where the last character of each line rhymes in -ong or -eng, which are equivalent.
The official translation by Du Tingxiu (Theodore B. Tu) [3] appears in English-language guides to the ROC published by the government.
Official | Literal |
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San Min Chu-i | Three people's principles |
Cantonese (Yale) | Taiwanese Hokkien (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) | Sino-Korean vocabulary | Sino-Japanese vocabulary (On'yomi) | Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary | ||
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Hangul | RR | Shinjitai (with Furigana) | Romaji (Modified Hepburn) | |||
Sāam màhn jyú yih, ngh dóng só jūng, | Sam bîn chú gī, ngô͘ tóng só͘ chong, | 삼민주의, 오당소종, | Sammin juui, o dang so jong, | 三民主義、吾党所宗、 | Sanmin shugi, go tō sho shū, | Tam Dân Chủ nghĩa, ngô đảng sở tông; |
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