EMPEROR PUYI DOCUMENTARY - THE LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA

PART 2 AVAILABLE SOON!

Aisingioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, went from son of heaven to citizen. In his tumultuous life, he would be crowned three times, in the Qing dynasty, Republic of China, and Manchukuo. In this first part of my Emperor Puyi documentary, I explain how Puyi was selected by the dying empress dowager Cixi to become emperor Xuantong, his abdication 3 years later. I shed light on Zhang Xun's Manchu Restoration of 1917, Puyi's education under sir Reginald Johston and his eviction from the Forbidden City. Finally, I detail his life in Tianjin with the Japanese, and the creation of Manchukuo.

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= MUSIC =
HoI IV - Krakow
Total War Shogun 2 - Resolve
Total War Three Kingdoms - Champion
Total War Three Kingdoms - Oath of the Peach Garden
Fuzhan (To Battle)
Lost in the Forest
Qing Court Music
Total War Three Kingdoms - Unite the Realms
Total War Shogun 2 - Ebb and Flow
Joy and Peace (Guzheng)
Mountain Stream
Civilization VI - Winter Flower
Restless Native
Total War Shogun 2 - A New Enemy
Civilization VI - Guzheng improv 2
Civilization V -Washington War Theme
Liang Ping - Magic Love (奇異的愛情)
Total War Shogun 2 - Point of No Return
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane

= VIDEO CREDITS =
The Last Emperor (1987)
1911 (2011)
The Founding of a Party (2011)
China: The Roots of Madness (1967)
Kawashima Yoshiko (1990)

= MAIN SOURCES =
The Last Emperor (1987), Edward S. Behr
Scottish Mandarin: The Life and Times of Sir Reginald Johnston (2012), Shiona Airlie
Timeline of the Ming & Qing Palace Events (The Palace Museum website)
Twilight in the Forbidden City (1934), Sir Reginald F. Johnston
From Emperor to Citizen (2007), Aisingiori Puyi

= TAGS =
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fall of the qing dynasty
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xinhai revolution
sir Reginald Johnston
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empress dowager cixi
manchu restoration

Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:34)
Child emperor: (03:29)
Xinhai revolution: (05:32)
The republic: (09:24)
Manchu Restoration: (11:58)
Reginald Johnston: (14:10)
Puyi's wedding: (16:55)
Growing up: (19:08)
Evicted!: (21:53)
Tianjin: (24:31)
Japanese invasion: (29:27)
Conclusion: (31:32)