The Western Elements of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Separation of Rights and Power;

The western system of political decentralization was influenced by three forces——rational spirit and legal tradition in ancient Greece and Rome, church power and newly emerging classes including the monarchical power, religious authority and the traditional influence of feudal nobles.

It was in the unique social structure and political ecology in western modern times that the western political decentralization took shape,which directly resulted from the monarchical power and other political forces jointly constituting the structure of political power.