Tho cu phan boi chau biography

19/20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary

Phan Bội Châu (Vietnamese:[faːnɓôjˀcəw]; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy nameHải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of 20th century Vietnamese nationalism. In 1904, he formed a revolutionary organization called Duy Tân Hội ("Modernization Association"). From 1905 to 1908, he lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the independence of Vietnam from French colonial rule.^[1] After being forced to leave Japan, he moved to China where he was influenced by Sun Yat-sen and gradually shifted his political position from monarchist to democrat. In 1912, he disbanded Duy Tân Hội to form Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội (“Vietnamese Restoration League”), modeled after Sun Yat-sen's republican party.^{[2]: 149–151} In 1925, French agents seized him in Shanghai. He was convicted of treason and spent the rest of hi Phan chu trinh.