Sun Yixian was born into a family of poor farmers in the South China province of Guangdong. At the age of thirteen, he was sent to Hawaii to attend the Iolani School. It was there that he studied many topics including mathematics, science, and English. At this school, Sun had grown to hate China’s anti-scientific views. He had first came into contact with the Western ways of life when he attended Oahu College (an American school) for a year. He transferred to the Queen’s College (formerly known as the Government Central School) in 1884 and later married Lu Muzhen. After attending the Guangzhou Hospital Medical School, he transferred to the College of Medicine for Chinese and graduated in 1892. He had been one of the first two certified medical