Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Author : Reginald F. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-06-30
Twilight In The Forbidden City written by Reginald F. Johnston and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Johnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.
Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Author : Reginald Fleming Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Twilight In The Forbidden City written by Reginald Fleming Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with categories.
From 1919 to 1924, R.F. Johnston, a British colonial official, scholar, writer and great admirer of Chinese culture, served as tutor and adviser to the last Emperor of China, who had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of power, the emperor was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence in the Forbidden City in Beijing [Peking], which he did until the winter of 1924. This book, first published in 1934, is Johnston's account of that period, during which he was uniquely placed to observe the twilight years of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Author : Henry Puyi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-16
Twilight In The Forbidden City written by Henry Puyi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-16 with categories.
The term "Twilight in the Forbidden City" refers to the long period of time when the Emperor had lost all political power but continued to hold court and enjoy his status and title. Emperor Pu-Yi was chosen by Empress Dowager Cixi on her deathbed. Puyi became emperor at the age of 2 years and 10 months in December 1908 after the Guangxu Emperor died on 14 November. Titled the Xuantong Emperor, Puyi's introduction to the life of an emperor began when palace officials arrived at his family residence to take him. On the evening of 13 November 1908, without any advance notice, a procession of eunuchs and guardsmen led by the palace chamberlain left the Forbidden City for the Northern Mansion to inform Prince Chun that they were taking away his two-year-old son Puyi to be the new emperor. He ruled off and on from then until China was defeated in 1945.
Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Author : Reginald Fleming Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Twilight In The Forbidden City written by Reginald Fleming Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.
Twilight In The Forbidden City
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Author : Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Twilight In The Forbidden City written by Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with China categories.
Twilight In The Forbidden City Illustrated Edition
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Author : Reginald Fleming Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-01-19
Twilight In The Forbidden City Illustrated Edition written by Reginald Fleming Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-19 with categories.
2022 Reprint of the 1934 Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. From 1919 to 1924, R.F. Johnston, a British colonial official, scholar, writer and great admirer of Chinese culture, served as tutor and adviser to the last Emperor of China, who had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of power, the emperor was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence in the Forbidden City in Beijing [Peking], which he did until the winter of 1924. This book, first published in 1934, is Johnston's account of that period, during which he was uniquely placed to observe the twilight years of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
Imperial Twilight
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Author : Stephen R. Platt
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Imperial Twilight written by Stephen R. Platt and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with History categories.
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
From Emperor To Citizen The Autobiography Of Aisin Gioro Pu Yi 1
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
From Emperor To Citizen The Autobiography Of Aisin Gioro Pu Yi 1 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
The Forbidden City
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Author : Deborah A. Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Titan Books
Release Date : 2018-05-15
The Forbidden City written by Deborah A. Wolf and has been published by Titan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with Fiction categories.
The second book in The Dragon's Legacy, an epic fantasy series in the tradition of Guy Gavriel Kay and Jacqueline Carey. "A world of large-scale epic fantasy... This is a rare find and not to be missed." New York Times bestselling author Barb Hendee.Sulema Ja'Akari is an elite warrior, one of the desert people known as the Zeeranim. She is also the daughter of the Dragon King of Atualon, whose magic is the only thing that prevents the earth dragon from waking. Should the dragon end her sleep, their world will be destroyed.The Dragon King is dying. As heir to his throne Sulema must be trained to take his place, yet the more she learns, the less she trusts the sinister agendas that surround her. Knowing that her life hangs in the balance, Sulema seeks to return to the Zeera.Salvation may lie with her mother, Hafsa Azeina, who walks the dark and deadly pathways of the Dreaming Lands. To save her daughter, the dreamshifter will be forced to strike a pact with her greatest enemy, a huntress who would rather kill her than assist her.Upheaval stretches far beyond Atualon—to the forbidden city of Khanbul where the emperor rules with an iron hand. An elite cadre of rebel conspirators chafes beneath his rule and plots to overthrow him.Among them is Jian de Allyr, the half-dae prince born of a human mother and a twilight lord. If they are to challenge the emperor in his stronghold, however, Jian and his co-conspirators must secretly raise an army...
Scottish Mandarin
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Author : Shiona Airlie
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Scottish Mandarin written by Shiona Airlie and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874–1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihai in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty—Twilight in the Forbidden City. Granted unique access to Johnston's extensive personal papers, once thought to be lost, Shiona Airlie tells the life of a complex and sensitive character whose career made a deep impression on 20th-century China.