Last Emperor Puyi

Author: Yu Peijie
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The book provides a comprehensive and vivid portrayal of Puyi's reign as an emperor, delves into the deep-rooted reasons behind his servile personality, and strives to, telling people a closer to historical truth. In the imperial lineage of China, Puyi is a very special figure: First, he is placed at the end in chronological order; second, he ascended the throne three times and abdicated three times, a unique occurrence in history; third, after abdication, he became an ordinary citizen of the Republic. Generally, people believe that if there are any valuable aspects in Puyi's life, they can only be found after he became a citizen of the Republic, while the early Puyi is considered useless. In reality, there are many commendable qualities in the early Puyi's thoughts and personality. One of his highlights in life was praying for snow. At the age of 11, he woke up at 4 a.m. in winter to pray for snow, a truly rare and admirable act. This action made the late imperial tutor Liang Dingfen feel deeply ashamed and filled with emotions. His second highlight was breaking the palace rules to visit the imperial tutor Chen Baochen. Other highlights include cutting his, dismissing eunuchs, not kneeling when reporting to him, not avoiding his name, being open to Western civilization, respecting his wet nurse and teachers, and reforming the corruption within the Imperial Household Department. All these should not be overlooked. Based on this understanding, the book provides a comprehensive and vivid portrayal of Puyi's reign as an emperor and delves into the deep-rooted reasons behind his personality formation, striving to present a Puyi closer to historical truth to the.