Li Po-hsin points out that Dr. Sun's ability to go from being an ordinary person to being one of the great revolutionaries and thinkers of modern China is the result of the times in which he lived plus his own lifelong pursuit to "adapt to world trends and conform to the needs of the masses."
李伯新指出，中山先生由一介平民，成為中國近代最偉大的革命家、思想家，是他所處時代造成的，也是他畢生追求「適應世界潮流，合乎人群需要」的結果。