Sech being the historical origin of Dr. Sun's expression "San principles which are attributed to: them. Would we be as right to, speak about the "Three Principles! of the People," as if the People were. the author of them? The answer} cannot be doubtful.
The "People" here does not stand for the subject as Archimedes, sions:—for it has done nothing, absolutely nothing to establish those) Principles, Along this line, it would be more exact to speak of "The! Three Principles of Sun Yat-sen than of "The Three Principles of the People." But then, we would be! translating the expression Sunwert chui FR3C=ER and not the one under consideration San Minchui Tf we want to lay. stre object—here the "People" is certain" ly'the object about which run those three principles—it seems that an ism, of the kind of those on the above list would convey: the ide in '8 more usual and proper way. We should therefore find out a word, am "c...égm," which would" briefly convey this meaning: "The Three Principles concerning, or about, the People."
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