"At thirteen, I accompanied my mother to the Hawaiian Islands. There, for the first time, I saw the wonder of a steamship and the vastness of the ocean. From that time on, I was eager to acquire the knowledge of the West and to fathom the mysteries of nature."
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who played a central role in ending the Qing dynasty and founding the Republic of China. He is widely regarded as a foundational figure in modern Chinese political history.