Twilight in the Forbidden City
Twilight in the Forbidden City
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Zusammenfassung
This work is the record of Johnston's time spent in Beijing between 1919 and 1924, where he served as tutor to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China. As a foreigner, Johnston had unprecedented access to the imperial palace. He provides a unique Western perspective on this tumultuous period.
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Twilight in the Forbidden City by Reginald F Johnston
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.| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108029650 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108029655 |
| Titel | Twilight in the Forbidden City |
| Autor | Reginald F Johnston |
| Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - East And South-East Asian History |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Cambridge University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2011-06-30 |
| Seitenanzahl | 572 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |