To commemorate the centenary of the 1911 Revolution, a democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen that overthrew the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and founded the Republic of China in 1912, Ms. Sun Suifong donated a bronze statue of her grandfather to Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) on September 20.
The 1.9-meter-tall statue was erected to the southeast corner of Jichulou Building. Holding a book in one hand and a walking stick in another, the founding father of the Republic of China is looking ahead solemnly. The statue stands on 1.6-meter three-level black granite pedestal. The eight words on each side of the octagonal bottom base read "Loyalty, Filial Piety, Humanity, Love, Faithfulness, Righteousness, Peace, and Harmony",,which represent the moral values advocated by Dr. Sun. The inscriptions in the middle are "the world belongs to all" and "the moralities precede the countries and the world". On top of the status base, there are the quotes from "Great Learning" in The Book of Rites, one of the Chinese Five Classics of the Confucian canon, "Investigating Things", "Extending Knowledge", "Being Sincere in Thoughts", "Rectifying Hearts", "Cultivating Personality", "Regulating Family", and "Governing the State Rightly", which are valuable teachings for college students.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution (the war that drove the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty out of the Forbidden City) and to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen's (1866-1925) great spirit of "Rejuvenating China", Sun Sui-fong, the grand-daughter of Dr. Sun, donated a bronze statue of Dr. Sun to Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou Industrial Park Dushu Lake Sci-Edu Innovation Park. This is the fifth bronze statue of Dr. Sun accepted in Jiangsu Province and the only one in Suzhou Municipality.

Standing 1.9 meters high, the bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is erected at the southeast corner of XJTLU, where birds chirp pleasantly among green trees. The statue of Dr. Sun stands solemnly and stares straight ahead in dignity, with a book in his left hand and a walking stick in his right hand. The statue stands on 1.6-meter three-level black granite pedestal. The eight words on each side of the octagonal bottom base read "Loyalty, Filial Piety, Humanity, Love, Faithfulness, Righteousness, Peace, and Harmony", which represent the moral values advocated by Dr. Sun. The inscriptions in the middle are "the world belongs to all" and "the moralities precede the countries and the world". On top of the status base, there are the quotes from "Great Learning" in The Book of Rites, one of the Chinese Five Classics of the Confucian canon, "Investigating Things", "Extending Knowledge", "Being Sincere in Thoughts", "Rectifying Hearts", "Cultivating Personality", "Regulating Family", and "Governing the State Rightly", which are valuable teachings for college students.

The 76-year-old Sun Sui-fong hoped that the great spirit of Dr. Sun could encourage more and more XJTLU students to exert themselves to make the motherland stronger and more prosperous.

September 20, 2011