Sun Yat-sen asGuofu
Competition over Nationalist Party Orthodoxy in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6007982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yue Du (0000-0002-3865-0805, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-235 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700418787519 |
| OpenAlex | W2884822316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article explores the significance of the cult of Sun Yat-sen, often referred to as “Father of the [modern Chinese] Nation” 國父 (Guofu), for Nationalist state-building in China. Although Sun Yat-sen’s title of Guofu was formalized only in 1940 as a result of competition over Nationalist Party (Guomindang, GMD) orthodoxy between opposing Nationalist regimes in Chongqing and Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the term reflected the ongoing importance of Sun’s legacy in securing political legitimacy in the Chinese Republic. Overall, the GMD promulgated state-sponsored veneration of the Guofu to justify its political tutelage in the name of parental guardianship over the Chinese people. Yet Sun’s legacy allowed for multiple interpretations, which complicates any effort to lock this legacy to one political purpose. The development of different elements of the Guofu’s legacy by competing wartime regimes shows how it failed to provide a truly unifying tool for political legitimation
Ancient history · China · Cult · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Nationalism · Orthodoxy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Veneration · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |