Madame Yang, also known as Lady Yang, was the mother of

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...

Biography

Madame Yang gave birth to Sun Yat-sen in the village of

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, Xiangshan County (now

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City),

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, in 1866, when she was 39 years old. In 1878, when Sun Yat-sen was 13, she brought him from

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by boat so he could live with his elder brother, Dezhang. Madame Yang returned to China the same year. After the failure of the

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in 1895, Sun Yat-sen was placed on the wanted list by the Qing court and his family became at risk of being captured.

Lu Muzhen Lu Muzhen (; 30 July 1867 – 7 September 1952) was the first wife of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen. Background Lu Muzhen was born on 30 July 1867. She married Sun in 1885 and bore him a son, Sun Fo, and two daughters, Sun Yan () and Sun W ...

, Sun Yat-sen's first wife, took her children and Madame Yang to stay with Dezhang in Honolulu. Later, after Dezhang became bankrupt from funding Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities, Madame Yang, along with the other family members in Honolulu, moved to

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, Hong Kong.

Grave

Madame Yang died at the Tung Tau Tsuen home on July 19, 1910, on her 83rd birthday. Sun Yat-sen was fundraising in Singapore at the time, and a member of the

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arranged the burial. The grave is located near Fei Ngo Shan Road, in Pak Fa Lam, Sai Kung, New Territories. In May 2000, the government contacted Sun Yat-sen's descendants to form long-term maintenance plans for the site. A large hole was discovered on top of the tomb, and the Hong Kong Chung Shan Research Institute began to fund-raise HK$1,000,000 for the repair. The Institute received permission from Sun Yat-sen's eldest grandson for repairs, and emergency repair works were carried out in October 2000. The

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was tasked with monitoring the grave, and repairing it when necessary. The

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also undertook studies to determine whether to consider the grave a

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. In 2017, markers pointing to her grave were vandalized. The Sun Yat-sen Institute's president, Lee Sung-wai, had his friends repaired the markers.

Gallery

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References

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