Towards the end of the Qing dynasty foreign powers carved the country up into spheres of influence, and it was thanks in large part to the importance that intellectuals attached to a unified China, that Dr Sun Yatsen was able to topple the Qing dynasty.
清末列強以中國為魚肉，瓜分勢力範圍，國父孫中山先生以一介書生能革掉大清帝國的命，憑藉的不就是中國知識份子懷抱的富強統一中國夢？