Note 1 — Chapter IX · SUN YAT-SEN AND CHIANG K'AI-SHEK
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Sun Yat-sen is the Cantonese pronunciation of Sun I-hsien, just as Chiang K'ai-shek is that of Chiang Chieh-shih. Both men first acquired their world reputations under this pronunciation, which has become standard in English. According to Chinese custom, one's given name is used only by one's elders; consequently Sun Yat-sen has been referred to, by his grateful followers, by his "courtesy name" Wên, which is the name by which one refers to one's elder. In addition, he is referred to by another special name which he took for conspiratorial work, Chung-shan (allusive to an ancient hero), or by his title—as Tsung-li or Sun Tsung-li, much as we refer to President Wilson rather than to Woodrow Wilson. Sun was known most widely in life as Sun Wên; Chiang is most commonly mentioned as Chiang Chung-chêng. The question of names is extensively discussed in the biographies of the two leaders, cited below.