Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen

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The Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen is a political blueprint proposing a republican government divided into five branches—executive, legislative, judicial, examination, and control—to modernize China by blending Western constitutionalism with traditional Chinese institutions.

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instanceOf constitutional theory ⓘ
political blueprint ⓘ
republican government model ⓘ
addsToTraditionalThreePowers control power ⓘ
examination power ⓘ
aimsTo blend Western and Chinese political traditions ⓘ
modernize China ⓘ
associatedWith Kuomintang ⓘ
category Chinese political thought ⓘ
constitutional design ⓘ
republicanism in China ⓘ
coreIdea division of government into five branches ⓘ
critiques purely Western three-branch separation as incomplete for China ⓘ
drawsFrom imperial Chinese censorate system ⓘ
imperial Chinese civil service examination system ⓘ
emphasizes checks and balances ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
geographicFocus China ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Five-Power Constitution ⓘ
Wuquan xianfa ⓘ
hasLanguage Chinese ⓘ
historicalContext late Qing and early Republican China ⓘ
implementedInPartBy Republic of China government in Nanjing ⓘ
Republic of China government in Taiwan ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
includesBranch control yuan ⓘ
linked to: Control Yuan

examination yuan ⓘ
linked to: Examination Yuan

executive yuan ⓘ
linked to: Executive Yuan

judicial yuan ⓘ
linked to: Judicial Yuan

legislative yuan ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Yuan
influenced Constitution of the Republic of China (1947) ⓘ
inspiredBy Western constitutionalism ⓘ
traditional Chinese institutions ⓘ
intendedFor a democratic republic of China ⓘ
normativeGoal good governance ⓘ
merit-based bureaucracy ⓘ
prevention of official corruption ⓘ
opposes concentration of power in a single branch ⓘ
proposedBy Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
proposes independent control branch to supervise and impeach officials ⓘ
independent examination branch to manage civil service ⓘ
relatedConcept Three Principles of the People ⓘ
supports constitutionalism ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
targetsSystem transition from monarchy to republic in China ⓘ
timePeriodFormulated early 20th century ⓘ
viewsGovernmentAs instrument to protect people’s rights ⓘ

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Control Yuan → historicalOrigin → Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
Constitution of the Republic of China → influencedBy → Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
Principle of Nationalism → codifiedIn → Sun Yat-sen speeches ⓘ
linked to: Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen
Five Yuan system → historicalOrigin → Five-Power Constitution theory ⓘ
linked to: Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen
Five Yuan system → hasAlternativeName → Five-Power Constitution system ⓘ
linked to: Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen
ROC Constitution → influencedBy → Five-Power Constitution theory of Sun Yat-sen ⓘ