from the Commentary of Shangshu. Music (1921) by Xiao Youmei. It was selected to be the official anthem on March 31, 1921, by No.759 presidential decree, and was released in July 1921 by the Department of National Affairs (國務院). ¹糺 (jiū "collaborate") is sometimes written as 糾 (jiū "investigate") or 織 (zhī "to web") It was replaced by the current national anthem of the Republic of China, which is also the Kuomintang party anthem, in 1928, as a result of the Northern Expedition from 1926 to 1928 and the overthrow of the government. However, during the Second Sino-Japanese war, several collaborationist governments established by the Japanese army, such as Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, also used this anthem, as these governments recommissioned all the old republican national symbols before the Kuomintang came to power in 1928. See also Historical Chinese anthems Order of Propitious Clouds References External links Audio, sheet music, and lyrics National symbols of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Historical national anthems Chinese patriotic songs Mandarin-language songs Asian anthems Book of Documents