Editing Three Principles of the People (section)

==== Five Power Constitution ====
{{Main|Constitution of the Republic of China}}
The power of governance ({{Lang-zh|c=治權|p=zhìquán}}) are the powers of the administration to govern the people. He criticized the traditional [[Separation of powers|three-branch democratic government]] for vesting too much power in the legislative branch.<ref name=":0" /> He expanded and reworked the European-American [[Three powers of the State|three-branch government]] and the system of [[Separation of powers#Checks and balances|checks and balances]] by incorporating traditional Chinese administrative systems to create a government of five branches (each of which is called a Yuan ({{Lang-zh|c=院|p=yuàn|l=court}})) in a system known as the Five Power Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Five-Power Constitution {{!}} Chinese government {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Five-Power-Constitution |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626050015/https://www.britannica.com/event/Five-Power-Constitution |url-status=live }}</ref> The state is divided into five "Yuan"s: [[Legislative Yuan]], the [[Executive Yuan]], and the [[Judicial Yuan]] came from [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]]an thought; the [[Control Yuan]] and the [[Examination Yuan]] came from Chinese tradition.<ref name=":1" /> (Note that the Legislative Yuan was first intended as a branch of governance, not strictly equivalent to a national parliament.)