From emperor to citizen : the autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

“Important and fascinating.” — The New York Times In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi’s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor. The Last Manchu is a unique, enthralling record of China’s most turbulent, dramatic years. 16 b&w illustrations. Autobiography of the last Emperor of China. Gave up the throne in 1912 at age 6 after a revolution overthrew the Manchu government and established a republic. Remained in Beijing until 1924 when he fled from warlords to Japanese protection in nearby city of Tianjin. In 1934 was installed as ruler of Manchukuo, a "puppet state" created Japan in 1931 after it seized a large portion of northeastern China. Ruled until the end of World War II in 1945 when Soviets captured him and turned him over to the Chinese Communists, who pardoned him in 1959 Contents 1. My Family 2. Childhood 3. From The Forbidden City to the Japanese Legation 4. Tientsin 5. To the Northeast 6. Fourteen Years of “Manchukuo” 7. In The Soviet Union 8. From Fear to Recognizing My Guilt 9. I Accept Remoulding Index [translated By W. J. F. Jenner] Translation Of (romanized: Wo Ti Ch'ien Pan Shéng) **“Important and fascinating.” —__The New York Times__**__The Last Manchu__