论孙中山民元让位

南京临时政府成立以后，孙中山以武力彻底推翻清王朝的北伐计划一时难于实行。南方的革命军力量相对弱小，要战胜强大的北洋军阀也无可能。在此情况下，孙中山毅然放弃北伐的计划，决定让出临时大总统之职予袁世凯，以便假借袁世凯之手实现推翻清王朝的目的，这实在不失为一种明智的、切实可行的策略。一味地指责孙中山不坚持武装斗争，是不公正的，简单地把让位说成是“失误”或“悲剧”，也是值得商榷的。

On Sun Zhongshan's Abdication of Presidency in 1911

After the funding of Nanijing temporary government, the Revolution of 1911 had already made a lot of progress. But because of the various contradictions and ideological confusion in the revolutionary camp, Sun Zhongshan's northern expeditoin plan of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty could not be put into practice at the moment. For the time being, southern revolutionary forces were not only rather weak, but also in a state of isolation, fighting in their own ways. So it was impossible for such kind of forces to defeat the powerful Northern warlords. Under the circumstances, Sun Zhongshan was determined to give up his northern expedition plan and made a concession to let Yuan Shikai to be the temporary president in order to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. It was really a sensible, practical strategy. In fact, Sun Zhongshan's aim of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty was realized. It is unfair to blame Sun Zhongshan of giving up military struggle. It is not without question to view his abdication of president as “error” or “tragedy”.