The Historical Fact that the Creation of the Zhongshan Suit Has Nothing to Do with Huang Longsheng
Sun Yat-sen's adaptation of the Nanyang Qilin Wenzhuang into the four-pocketed Zhongshan suit,tailored by Huang Longsheng,has long been regarded as the official history of the Zhongshan suit's creation.However,a systematic study based on literary,visual,and tangible historical sources demonstrates that there is no connection between the Zhongshan suit and Huang Longsheng.Furthermore,the notion of the Qilin Wenzhuang might has been misconstrued as Qiling Wenzhuang,and there is no evidence supporting the idea of modification.In reality,the Zhongshan suit represents not a singular garment but a com-plex sartorial system that evolved from the imperial to the republican era.It encompasses both the flipped-collar and standing-collar Zhongshan suits.The Qiling Wenzhuang served as a precursor to the standing-collar Zhongshan suit and stood as a symbolic attire in Sun Yat-sen's early revolutionary activities,undergoing no alterations.Initially worn by overseas Chinese officials,it underwent a ceremonial dress code evolution from British-style office suits to the Nanyang Qiling Wen-zhuang.This historical transformation laid the foundation for the 1929 issuance of the"Regulations on Dress"by the Nationalist Government in Nanjing,which used the Zhongshan suit as the basis for customizing both civil and military uniforms.
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