Twilight in the Forbidden City

by: Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938

Publication date: 1934

Topics: China, Verbotene Stadt Peking, Puyi, 1906-1967, Forbidden City (Beijing, China), Quelle, Revolution (China : 1911-1912), China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912, China -- History -- Xuantong, 1908-1912, China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949, China -- History -- 1912-1928

Publisher: London : Victor Gollancz

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks

Digitizing sponsor: Kahle/Austin Foundation

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

486 pages : 22 cm

Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial officer, scholar and a writer with a passion for China and Chinese culture. From 1919 to 1924 he was tutor and adviser to the last emperor of China. The emperor P'u-i had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of authority, he was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence. Johnston was able to observe and chronicle the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty

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