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Sun Mei (孫眉 Dec. 6, 1854 - Feb. 11, 1915) was the older brother of Sun Yat-Sen.^[1] Sun Mei financed Sun Yat-sen's early education and was an important financial contributor to the 1911 revolution.

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Biography

Sun Mei was born into the Sun family on December 6, 1854, as Sun Deming (孫德彰). The Sun family were from Cuiheng village. Sun Mei left China for Hawaii in pursuit of economic opportunity in 1871, aged 17.

When Sun first arrived in Hawaii, he worked as a rice merchant. When Sun returned to China to look for a bride, he recruited over a hundred laborers to go with him to Hawaii to work in the sugar cane plantations.^[2] Sun later ran the Kahului General Store and became a successful rancher.^[3] Between 1879-1883, Sun Mei paid for Sun Yat-sen to study at Christian schools Iolani School and Oahu College in Honolulu in order to be able to assist Sun Mei in his business, despite Sun Mei's reservations towards Christianity.

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