He was born to a peasant family inCuiheng Village Xiangshan County of Guangdong Province, in southern China The county has been renamed Zhongshan in his honor.
At age 13 he went to live with an older brother, who had immigrated there as a laborer and become a prosperous merchant, in Hawaii. He subsequently practiced medicine in that city. His years in the west induced in him a dissatisfaction with the Qing government of China and he began his political career by attempting to organize reform groups of Chinese exiles in Hong Kong. In October 1894 he founded the Xing Zhong Society to unveil the goal of prospering China and as the platform for future revolutionary activities.
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