What Happened to the Last Emperor of China? Documentary
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Date: 2022-07-19
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nintendokings
Puyi is definitely one of the most interesting figures of the past 100 years. Born as a God and the most powerful toddler perhaps ever to have lived. To then see/be the end of a 2000-year-old dynasty of ancient Chinese traditions, go through revolution after revolution, and end up in prisons and as a street sweeper and gardener. He couldn't even clean himself or tie his shoelaces in Soviet jail; he was never taught to do such things. Perhaps the most bizarre upbringing a child has ever had. Furthermore, as subtlety referenced in accounts from his wives/concubines and Reginald's book: he was gay.
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Puyi is definitely one of the most interesting figures of the past 100 years. Born as a God and the most powerful toddler perhaps ever to have lived. To then see/be the end of a 2000-year-old dynasty of ancient Chinese traditions, go through revolution after revolution, and end up in prisons and as a street sweeper and gardener. He couldn't even clean himself or tie his shoelaces in Soviet jail; he was never taught to do such things. Perhaps the most bizarre upbringing a child has ever had. Furthermore, as subtlety referenced in accounts from his wives/concubines and Reginald's book: he was gay.
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Jody
I know I have a bit of bias towards this subject as The Last Emperor is one of the first truly great films Ive ever seen and I saw it at such a young age it has just stayed with me. That being said, I believe Puyi is arguably one of the most interesting human beings that ever lived. The astronomical highs and lows he went back and forth with throughout his life seems unparalleled.
Youd be hard pressed to find someone who had gotten a mandate from heaven and was a street sweeper all in one.
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I know I have a bit of bias towards this subject as The Last Emperor is one of the first truly great films Ive ever seen and I saw it at such a young age it has just stayed with me. That being said, I believe Puyi is arguably one of the most interesting human beings that ever lived. The astronomical highs and lows he went back and forth with throughout his life seems unparalleled.
Youd be hard pressed to find someone who had gotten a mandate from heaven and was a street sweeper all in one.
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HyperXPlays
I wish China never became a republic, traditional Chinese culture and system of government and values were lost forever in place of a president and a western style government that has no Chinese style of government, only with monarchs that China can be China fully like 100% since it requires the emperor system and the mantle of the sun
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I wish China never became a republic, traditional Chinese culture and system of government and values were lost forever in place of a president and a western style government that has no Chinese style of government, only with monarchs that China can be China fully like 100% since it requires the emperor system and the mantle of the sun
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Tom
My step-Grandparents visited mainland China in the early 1980s and brought back Pu Yi's autobiography in English. It claimed he was a gardener on release of CCP prison. He claimed not to get along with his Japanese fellow inmates. This book came out in high Maoist times so.
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My step-Grandparents visited mainland China in the early 1980s and brought back Pu Yi's autobiography in English. It claimed he was a gardener on release of CCP prison. He claimed not to get along with his Japanese fellow inmates. This book came out in high Maoist times so.
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Potatotenkopf
Dang no mention of his wife wenrong? Poor girl turned into a fallout 4 ghoul towards the end of her life when she was addicted to opium, tobacco, and alcohol, she was basically abandoned and forgotten by all.
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Dang no mention of his wife wenrong? Poor girl turned into a fallout 4 ghoul towards the end of her life when she was addicted to opium, tobacco, and alcohol, she was basically abandoned and forgotten by all.
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Caleb
most monarchs are just birds in guilded cages. All that money they gave to the child emperor was spent by other people. What happened to the last emperor will happen again and again until there are no more monarchs.
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most monarchs are just birds in guilded cages. All that money they gave to the child emperor was spent by other people. What happened to the last emperor will happen again and again until there are no more monarchs.
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James
I met an old Chinese gentleman about 30 years ago who told me that the Emperor was killed by the Red Guard in Tiananmen Square and not of a heart attack as the Chinese Government maintains as he had witnessed this.
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I met an old Chinese gentleman about 30 years ago who told me that the Emperor was killed by the Red Guard in Tiananmen Square and not of a heart attack as the Chinese Government maintains as he had witnessed this.
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Cdntrooper
I love how it says landlord for when he was allowed to stay in the forbidden palace, professional development when he was kicked out and when he was in prison and study abroad when he was in siberia
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I love how it says landlord for when he was allowed to stay in the forbidden palace, professional development when he was kicked out and when he was in prison and study abroad when he was in siberia
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education
Truly one of the greatest thing Mao Zedong did. Submission by the last monarch. Not an execution, just pure submission. You can't have people rally around the monarchy if the monarch has given up.
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Truly one of the greatest thing Mao Zedong did. Submission by the last monarch. Not an execution, just pure submission. You can't have people rally around the monarchy if the monarch has given up.
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Cyber
It's that much more remarkable that Mao spared his life considering that unlike Nicholas, who was imprisoned by the White Army, Puyi was basically a collaborator against the Chinese communists.
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It's that much more remarkable that Mao spared his life considering that unlike Nicholas, who was imprisoned by the White Army, Puyi was basically a collaborator against the Chinese communists.
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Winnie the Poo is a dictatorship, and China is getting ready to attack places like Taiwan, and they already exert power over their region, so I think you could argue he's the current/last Emperor.
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Winnie the Poo is a dictatorship, and China is getting ready to attack places like Taiwan, and they already exert power over their region, so I think you could argue he's the current/last Emperor.
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education
In early 1960's, the census office in China did the survey for everyone, one question is, what is your prior profession? Puyi got stuck for one moment, then filled, emperor.
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In early 1960's, the census office in China did the survey for everyone, one question is, what is your prior profession? Puyi got stuck for one moment, then filled, emperor.
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Swastika
If only he has a balls and not easily to manipulate raise the army of imperial chinese just like meiji do one system one government sure Chinese imperial still exist today.
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If only he has a balls and not easily to manipulate raise the army of imperial chinese just like meiji do one system one government sure Chinese imperial still exist today.
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Лука
The Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci made in 1987 a movie named l'ultimo imperatore (the last emperor) about the life of Pu Yi. The movie won three Oscar.
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The Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci made in 1987 a movie named l'ultimo imperatore (the last emperor) about the life of Pu Yi. The movie won three Oscar.
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Bawhoppen
See and the most interesting part is this video doesn't even do the craziness of his life story justice. Read the Wikipedia article for him and it's wild.
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See and the most interesting part is this video doesn't even do the craziness of his life story justice. Read the Wikipedia article for him and it's wild.
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TopHatClan
I never quite Understood why the country of Mongolia is called Outer Mongolia and theres a providince the PRC called Inner Mongolia explain that please.
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I never quite Understood why the country of Mongolia is called Outer Mongolia and theres a providince the PRC called Inner Mongolia explain that please.
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Connor
there is a living relative still alive today 'Cecillia Aisin-Gioro. ' paternal Grandaughter of Prince Gong, She is a Artist living in Vancouver Canada.
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there is a living relative still alive today 'Cecillia Aisin-Gioro. ' paternal Grandaughter of Prince Gong, She is a Artist living in Vancouver Canada.
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Fizkall
Seems like his own personality was a pawn, chess piece to be manhandled and as a side character for much more bigger historical icons to make history
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Seems like his own personality was a pawn, chess piece to be manhandled and as a side character for much more bigger historical icons to make history
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education
The last emperor was a legend speedrunner in time. He was born in Imperial China, live his life in Republican China and died in Communist China.
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The last emperor was a legend speedrunner in time. He was born in Imperial China, live his life in Republican China and died in Communist China.
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Suyuan
My hometown Wuhan has a revolutionary site of 1911 Revolution and it's called Insurgent gate also called Qiyimen. My home is close to Qiyimen
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My hometown Wuhan has a revolutionary site of 1911 Revolution and it's called Insurgent gate also called Qiyimen. My home is close to Qiyimen
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