"Chinese national anthem" may refer to: Quasi-official In 1896, for purposes of diplomatic missions to Western Europe and Russia, Li Hongzhang (Zhongtang being a term of respect for a vizier or prime minister) employed in political lyrics combined with classical Chinese music to create a song later known as the "Tune of Li Zhongtang" (李中堂樂).
金殿當頭紫閣重， 仙人掌上玉芙蓉， 太平天子朝天日， 五色雲車駕六龍。 With a golden palace above his head, and fold upon fold of purple pavilions, Like a jade hibiscus on the palm of an immortal, The Son of Heaven of Perfect Peace pays homage to the sun in the sky, Riding on a five-coloured car of cloud pulled by six dragons.
The criss-crossing mountains stand alone, The wide-spreading rivers are the waves of the civilization; Four hundred million¹ people under the auspice of the gods, The land is large and the produce great.
Provisional After the establishment of the provisional government in Nanjing, the Ministry of Education under Cai Yuanpei asked the public for possible anthems (as well as coats of arms), and "Song of Five Races under One Union" (五旗共和歌), with lyrics by Shen Enfu (沈恩孚) and music by Shen Pengnian (沈彭年), was released as a draft in the newspaper.
亞東開化中華早， 揖美追歐， 舊邦新造。 飄揚五色旗， 民國榮光， 錦繡山河普照。 我同胞， 鼓舞文明， 世界和平永保。 Yà dōng kāihuà zhōnghuá zǎo, yī měi zhuī ōu, jiù bāng xīnzào.
China, earliest civilization of East Asia, Admiring America and chasing Europe, The old nation is under new construction.
(泱泱哉，我中華！) has lyrics written by Liang Qichao and music by overseas Chinese at Datong School (大同學校), Yokohama.
¹糺 (jiū "collaborate") is sometimes written as 糾 (jiū "investigate") or 織 (zhī "to web") Official After general Yuan Shikai became head of state, the Ritual Regulations Office (禮制館) issued the new official anthem, China Heroically Stands in the Universe (中國雄立宇宙間) in June 1915.
Provisional Written by officers of the Whampoa Military Academy, the "Revolution of the Citizens" song (國民革命歌, Guomin Geming Ge), sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques (commonly known as "Two Tigers" in China)," was released on July 1, 1926.
Overthrow the foreign Powers, × 2 Eliminate the warlords; × 2 The citizens strive hard for the Revolution, × 2 Joint affair to fight.