Sun Yat-sen took office as provisional president in Nanjing on 1 January 1912.
A documented milestone#
The museum chronology distinguishes that appointment from his February resignation proposal and the subsequent transfer of office. A dated appointment is one part of a larger political biography.
Reading the evidence#
For a speech or letter, locate the document and date rather than reconstructing private words. Distinguish an election, an inauguration, a resignation proposal and the actual end of an office.
Scope#
These questions are editorial suggestions. This short introduction does not invent an interview or claim an exhaustive history.