Buch, Englisch, 572 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 797 g
Buch, Englisch, 572 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 797 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-02965-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
British academic and diplomat Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) published Twilight in the Forbidden City in 1934. The work is a memoir of Johnston's time in Beijing between 1919 and 1924, at the court of the Qing Dynasty, where he served as tutor to Aisin-Gioro Puyi (1906-1967), last emperor of China. Johnston was one of only two foreigners who were permitted to enter the imperial palace, and so his account provides a unique Western perspective on the epochal events of the period. The work has a preface by the emperor Puyi and includes detailed descriptions of palace rituals, including Puyi's wedding ceremony; translations of key documents; Johnston's perspective on the revolution of 1911 and the 1917 restoration; his observations on Chinese society as a whole; and eye-witness accounts of the political intrigues of the palace. The memoir was dramatised in Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematic masterpiece, The Last Emperor.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
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Introduction; Preface; 1. The Reform Movement of 1898; 2. The collapse of the Reform Movement; 3. Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898-1901; 4. The last years of Kuang-Hsü, 1901-1908; 5. The Empress-Dowager, T`zu-Hsi; 6. The Revolution, 1911; 7. The 'Articles of Favourable Treatment' of the Manchu Imperial House; 8. The Ta Ch`ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors; 9. Change Hsün and the Restoration of 1917; 10. Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (translated from the Chinese); 11. The Forbidden City, 1919-1924; 12. The Imperial tutors; 13. The Manchu court in twilight; 14. The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu); 15. The dragon unfledged; 16. Monarchist hopes and dreams; 17. The dragon restless; 18. The dragon flaps his wings; 19. Dragon and phoenix; 20. Plots and stratagems; 21. The Imperial garden; 22. The summer palace; 23. The Fifth of November; 24. The dragon caged; 25. The flight of the dragon; Epilogue: the dragon goes home; Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors; Notes; Index.
