The Imperial Power (Chun ch'üan)

The Legislative Power

The Executive Power

The Judicial Power

The Power to Impeach (Tan k'ê ch'üan)

Foreign Constitutions

The Legislative Power combined with the Power to Impeach

The Executive Power combined with the Examining Power

The Judicial Power

Sun Yat-sen believed that in separating the Five Rights from one another he would make clear certain differentiations [pg 223] of function which had led to numberless disputes in the past, and would present to the world a model government.