How did Sun Yat-sen respond to Qing rulers' resistance to modernizing China?

Sun Yat-sen lead the Xinhua revolution that overthrew China's Qing Dynasty. He founded societies that lead and funded several uprising before Xinhua all over China. Most of his efforts are planning and finding funding while in exile. His influence of locals and Chinese living in different countries poured donation that funded his cause. He also attempted to make an alliance with the different nation like Japan and Philippines however, he failed.