• The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize
  • The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize
  • The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize
  • The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize
  • The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize
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The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize

The Last Emperor of China (English Edition): The Life of Aisin-Gioro Puyi – From Throne to Citize

Three Years Old on the Throne, Abdicated at Six, Emperor Again in Manchukuo, Then a Prisoner and Finally a Private Citizen — A Biography Told Through Archives, Interviews and Nearly 100 Photographs
This is the story of Puyi—the last emperor of China—told from beginning to end, without myth and without apology. He was placed on the throne at the age of three, abdicated at six, was restored as a puppet emperor in Manchukuo, captured by the Soviets, tried as a war criminal, and finally released as an ordinary citizen who worked, married, and died in Beijing. The author, a leading Puyi researcher, spent years tracking down archives, newspaper reports, and the people who knew him, and the book includes nearly one hundred photographs from his life. If you want to understand the man behind the title, in a readable and thoroughly researched biography—rather than a political history of modern China or a purely academic study—this is it.
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He was crowned at three. He lost everything by seven. His life tells the story of China‘s most turbulent century.

This is the definitive English-language biography of Aisin-Gioro Puyi (1906–1967), the last emperor of China. Written by renowned historian Wang Qingxiang after decades of original research — including interviews with Puyi’s family, friends, and former court attendants — this book goes beyond the palace walls to reveal the man behind the legend.

What makes this edition essential:

Nearly 100 rare photographs. See Puyi as a child in the Forbidden City, as a puppet ruler of Manchukuo, as a prisoner in Soviet and Chinese custody, and finally as an ordinary citizen gardening in Beijing. These images bring his extraordinary journey to life.

Original Chinese research, now in English. Wang Qingxiang spent years accessing archives across Beijing, Nanjing, and Northeast China to piece together Puyi‘s life from primary sources. The result is a portrait that no Western account can match.

The complete story — not just the palace years. Most books stop when Puyi leaves the Forbidden City. This one follows him through his captivity, “re-education,” and final transformation into a common citizen under Mao’s China.

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