on each of the Three Principles, for a total of 18 lectures, but he never gave the last two lectures, which were intended to cover shelter and transportation. While giving the lectures, Sun tasked KMT members Huang Changgu and Zou Lu with transcribing and revising the texts of his talks for publication, in the belief that they would be suited for propaganda purposes.

The text was Sun Yat-sen's last major work: on January