Pu Yi's "Dream Life"

Tyshawn 2022-04-21 09:02:08

The last emperor - Puyi, fate played a big joke on him: he succeeded to the throne when he was less than three years old. It seems that no one is more fortunate than him, but no one is more unlucky than him; It was inevitable for the times, and he was powerless to return to heaven; as for the end of the monarchy and the Manchurian puppet state, he could not control it at all. He seemed to have no choice but to resign. I can only blame him for being born in troubled times, and there is nothing I can do!
There is no more bumpy career than him, a more tortuous and ill-fated destiny, and a life more playful and joke than him! There is only him - the last emperor Puyi...

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(The following paragraph is taken from the Internet)
Puyi, whether it is a history of youth or a history of gray, I always pay attention to this weak name.

Puyi is a specimen of people who are worshipped after being demonized.

Puyi involves too many historical regrets, but it also highlights the cultural imprint of love and persistence hidden behind the Doctrine of the Mean in ancient Chinese civilization.

Puyi's story shattered the old dream with a single push. People remembered the Kwantung Army and Zhang Xun's braids because of Puyi.

The contest between Puyi and the Kwantung Army was a military civilization that was modernized but still barbaric before a short-sighted nation sinking into a well. Civilization takes a savage attitude to conquer the source of savagery, and don't expect the military to decouple from barbarism after civilization. The relationship between the two is only strengthened by alienation.

Puyi is a flavoring agent today. Among them, the taste of China is too deep. However, China's golden mean has never been able to play a sonorous torrent, nor can it impact the mighty pace that the world is advancing.

In the middle of the night when the front seat is empty,

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Half a lifetime of ups and downs, rain and rain,
endless
vicissitudes

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The Last Emperor quotes

  • Pu Yi, at 15: [in heavily accented English] I know that you know that I know that you know that that is a dialogue between Confucius and Chuang Tzu.

  • The Governor: [Confronting Puyi in the prison gardens, where Puyi works alone] Perhaps you think we're here to teach men to lie in a new way?

    The Governor: [Puyi continues working as if trying to ignore the Governor] Why did you sign every accusation made against you? I didn't stop you from killing yourself to see you like this! Someone who will sign anything to please his enemies... to please me!

    The Governor: [Puyi continues working] You knew about a lot of things in Manchukuo... even the secret agreements. But you couldn't possibly have known about the Japanese biological warfare experiments in Harbin! Could you? So why did you sign these papers?

    Emperor Pu Yi: I was responsible for everything.

    The Governor: You are responsible for what you do! All your life you thought you were better than everyone else. Now you think you're the worst of all!

    Emperor Pu Yi: [sighs] Why can you not leave me alone? You saved my life to make me a puppet in your own play. You saved me because I am useful to you.

    The Governor: Is that so terrible? To be useful?