12 figures who changed Chinese modern history, such as Rong Hong who led the first batch of Chinese children to leave for the US for study, Huang Kuan who was the first Chinese accepting western medicine training, Tang Shaoyi who was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of China, Tang Guo'an who was the first President of Tsinghua University, Tang Qiaochu who was giant in tea industry, Guo Le who was the founder of Yonan Department Store, etc. were born in a town which is remote and sparsely populated in the Fragrant Mountain (which is called Zhongshan now).12 sons of Fragrant Mountain living during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China are taken as materials so as to show their magnificent life with outstanding achievements.They played significant roles in education, medical treatment, business, law, politics, military, and other fields and were pioneers for China to realize modernization.Life of these figures shows X6the historical period with frequent wars and variable and unstable situation.
