Aisingioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, fell 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, and the Xinhai Revolution which led to 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 ♫
Total War Three Kingdoms - Bitter Winds
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
Total War Three Kingdoms - A Noble Legacy
Total War Three Kingdoms - The Yellow River
China Heroically Stands in the Universe
Total War Three Kingdoms - Unite the Realms
Total War Shogun 2 - Ebb and Flow
Joy and Peace (Guzheng)
Mountain Stream
Total War Three Kingdoms - Wuxing
Civilization VI - Winter Flower
Total War Three Kingdoms - Besieged
Restless Native
Night Raid
Civilization VI - Guzheng improv 2
Civilization V - Washington War Theme
Total War Three Kingdoms - End of an Era
Drizzle (毛毛雨)
Total War Shogun 2 - Point of No Return
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane

🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
Legend of the Last Emperor (2014)
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 🏷️
emperor xuantong documentary
puyi biography
emperor puyi
last emperor of china
last qing emperor
fall of the qing dynasty
collapse of the qing dynasty
xinhai revolution
sir Reginald Johnston
reginald johnston tutor
empress dowager cixi
manchu restoration

Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:35)
Child emperor: (03:31)
Xinhai revolution: (05:35)
The republic: (09:31)
Manchu Restoration: (12:05)
Reginald Johnston: (14:18)
Puyi's wedding: (17:02)
Growing up: (19:16)
Evicted!: (22:01)
Tianjin: (24:38)
The Mukden incident: (29:34)
Conclusion: (31:40)

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