Zhou Enlai reassuring Puyi that some events were not his fault due to being a child at the time while also reminding him that the events Puyu facilitated as an adult is a great example of holding someone accountable without dehumanizing them. Puyi was a child, ripped away from his parents, and that alone has mental, physical, and psychological repercussions at such a young age. Then, being forced into a position he did not want/was ready for, while being spoiled by the adults that took care of him. It is not surprising that Puyi acted the way he did during his entire life before he became a citizen. Had Empress Dowager Ci'Xi not ripped him away from his family, he might have had a normal childhood, surrounded by friends and family instead of foes and woes.

@ceddiebear

26 күн бұрын

Ngl that part really went "Well it's not your fault back when you're a kid and I get why you are like this now but seriously WTF did you do?"

Whatever kind of man one thinks Aisingioro Puyi was, he lived a long, complicated, horrific, and ultimately quite a sad life of the sort most people could never imagine. Amazing to think people in 1950's Beijing probably walked past him on the street, waved hello, and went on their way without any idea of who he was, and what he represented in Chinese or indeed, World history!

@shinsenshogun900

Ай бұрын

A very content life of eventful misfortune this lad has been through

@jacobhanson4391

Ай бұрын

I agree.

@15_muhammadkhoirurrizqi93

Ай бұрын

He is pretty lucky, russian tsar arent

@Larkinchance

Ай бұрын

Puyi was immature by virtue of being sheltered from the realities of life. After the eviction he was given help by the Japanese. His mistake was regarding it as protection and mentorship when it was actually manipulation. Giving legitimacy to the Japanese state of Manchukuo sealed his fate

@Larkinchance

Ай бұрын

@@15_muhammadkhoirurrizqi93 He was sheltered, isolated and I think, pretty dumb.

The biography of Puyi is one of the most unique and interesting in the entire world! Even tho he's mostly remembered for being the last Emperor of China and the Emperor of Manchukuo, I think that Puyi was happiest in his last years, when he was living as an ordinary citizen. The Chinese communists, of all people, were the ones who cared the most about Puyi and gave him a chance to live independently, without a constant reliance on others. All of this however had ulterior motives, as the reeducation was meant to create those who would be loyal to the CCP and it could also be used by the communists to legitimize them in the eyes of the Chinese people and the rest of the world. Despite this, I believe that it was much better to allow Puyi to live, rather than executing him, like what Chiang Kai-shek wanted.

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj

18 күн бұрын

I agree and I must say that I am glad they allowed him to live an ordinary life as a regular citizen which I think were the happiest years of his life as being born as a royal often makes you depressed rather than happy. Being the last ruler of any country or dynasty is hard and painful for anyone. Regardless of what their motives were, at least they allowed him to live freely.

For all his flaws and mistakes Puyi found some peace after being re-programmed as a citizen. Chou En Lai was right when he said the events which happened in Puyi's childhood he wasn't responsible for. He is responsible for being a puppet of the Japanese however it's also the failure of the Chinese to help him regain his throne and the desecration of his ancestors tomb is what drove Puyi to the Japanese. I wondered if Chou En Lai ever thought about that.

@AndrewTheMandrew531

Ай бұрын

He likely did, but that would have gone against the Communist party’s narrative to reeducate Puyi. But is it not a matter of justice to restore to a man what was wrongfully stolen from him?

@Brandonhayhew

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewTheMandrew531China had a alot of reasons for the revolution. it was inevitable. Puyi was justa child and had no idea. he was never was destined to be anything then a puppet. he was a pawn his whole life

@PJZZZZ

5 күн бұрын

Hahahag wtf reprogrammed the Chinese have tried to reprogrammed the Tibetan and the Muslims in China, who they reprogram into 1 million Muslims in concentration camps in China right now if you believe that then pigs can fly

@PJZZZZ

5 күн бұрын

China is a joke since the upheaval of the emperor system

Poor Wanrong 😟

This was hard to get through. Tragic,left me feeling bad for regretting bad decisions I had made in my life. That in no way could compare to the heartbreaking losses endured here.

Very Interesting and very well presented. The music is perfect and in perfect volume proportionate to the narration. I second @Oscuros pronunciation observation. Although not a Chinese speaker, I could tell these names and places were being said correctly, and set out to benefit my pronunciation of them in future. It's thanks to "History of China" that this self improvement gratefully received. I'm not the only one very much enjoying the videos of "History of China."

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words!

Amazing video! I learned so much out of these two parts. Incredible! Thank you! 🙏

It's so nice to hear the names or people and places pronounced properly. American content creators don't even try, they literally say that to a man about not even trying and it implies a lack of reading and knowledge of the world in which we live, because English presenters are never that bad. American presenters even get English placenames and surnames wrong, so names like these don't stand a chance. It's a nice change that made like like this channel a lot more for this content. 30:32 don't forget the bit where Chiang Kai Shek also ran away with the entire Chinese Gold reserve to set his new state up with, because the Chinese never forget that. They also don't forget that the Americans pressured everyone to recognise Taiwan and not China as China, or they would take away most favoured nation trading status away from them, so China was in limbo for another 5 years or so, because it was only with the Korean War ceasefire that China had to be recognised to be negotiated with, and after that they got a seat on the Security Council. Small details that again american content creators always forget to mention, even though they are very important as to why China wants Taiwan back, as opposed to they are communists and evil, which isn't true as the reason, it's that the Japanese stole it and then so did Chiang Kai Shek with US backing.

@citrusblast4372

Ай бұрын

You’re wrong

@uncleho1945

Ай бұрын

Nguyen Van Thieu did something similar. Ran away with gold reserves to Malaysia, then to the United States, once he knew the situation was unwinnable and irreversible. In fact when he was transported out, he had the US military facilitate the export of "his" gold for him.

@soulfire2588

Ай бұрын

Japan didn’t ’steal it’. They took it in a war of conquest and had it legally confirmed via treaty. If you define ‘steal’ that way, then China should give back Tibet to Tibetans. The ROC retreated to the island group after Japan surrendered and we have the current status quo. Furthermore, maybe the US protected the ROC, but didn’t China do the same with North Korea? I understand you may have ethnic pride, but don’t be a hypocrite.

@uncleho1945

Ай бұрын

@@soulfire2588 China helped the DPRK because the US and South Korea were about to invade (and nuke) China.

@giuseppelogiurato5718

Ай бұрын

I'm guessing that quite a few Americans of Chinese descent would probably disagree with you, in perfect Mandarin/Cantonese/etc... also, British people mispronounce non-English words and names all the time; they're famous for it... Furthermore, The Chinese peoples aren't exactly well known for their ability to correctly pronounce English, so... Whatchu takin bout Willis? Whatchu talkin'bout Willis?

An excellent documentary👌👌thank you👌👌

Fascinating, yes, I enjoyed your work. I watched it before already a while back, but may be that was a previous version.

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thank you! This is indeed a reuploaded and remastered version :)

You dont have alot of videos on the modern history of China (as in post PRC founding), will you make more about modern chinese history from now on? Or in general what do you plan next? (if you have any plans/ideas)

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

That's true! For now, I'm going to focus on the Ming dynasty, but I'd like to cover a few more modern topics in the future as well such as the warlord era or Sun Yat-Sen's life. I don't plan on covering topics after the Chinese civil war for the moment, though

Can you do a feature episode about the biography of generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek

@History_of_China

14 күн бұрын

I'll keep that in mind!

+1 great 👍

Didn’t you already do two videos on puyi?

@axelNodvon2047

Ай бұрын

Gotten taken down for copyright as i remember

@uncleho1945

Ай бұрын

The film The Last Emperor kept copyright claiming his videos.

It should be noted that all of Korea (Chosan) was a Japanese province.

@Brandonhayhew

Ай бұрын

colony

@Larkinchance

Ай бұрын

@@Brandonhayhew agree

Woot!

Been waiting for this one 🤩!! Also, how do u make ur map?(Map template and map editor

@Fjodor.Tabularasa

Ай бұрын

They were out for a year. He had to remove them due to a copyright strike for using footage from the film The Last Emperor. He just uploaded them again without that footage and with minor changes.

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

I make my maps on GIMP and edit them via Vegas Pro :) The template I use is just a blank topographic map of East Asia

@NSHUTINoble

21 күн бұрын

@@History_of_China Thanks bro✋, always enjoy your maps, makes it easier to follow

Thank you so much, I love your work.

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

Hallo how far have you come now with the dark turn of the Hongwu Emperor.?:)

Great documentary!

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This and your last video have been the most fascinating ever made on this channel. You did such an incredible job and Puyi's life is so unique. Ca't wait for more like this

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed working on these, especially since there are so many photos and even some footage from those times :) Thanks for following!

@micahistory

21 күн бұрын

@@History_of_China you're welcome man

Wonderful presentation.

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

It's back!

thanks bro and his kid still living a member or representative on a city or town as i recall

Hallo how does it go with the second episode about Hongwu Emperor and he's dark turn.?:)

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Hey Markus! I've written the script and have nearly finished the maps. Then I need to record the audio, find the pictures and edit everything. It's still gonna take a few weeks but moving on nicely :)

@markusforsberg6741

11 күн бұрын

​@@History_of_Chinaawsome so its mayby getting relesed in late agust or early september.:)

Magnificent.

Did you get the gold watch anecdote from Wikipedia? That was added to that article recently

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

I think I got it from Behr's biography of Puyi (The Last Emperor, 1987)

He will always be Emperor of China in my view. Vivat Imperator. 10,000 years.

Why do chinese movies seem to have little to no copyright? When posted on youtube

@Notimportant253

Ай бұрын

lol maybe it’s harder for a Chinese company to pursue claims? Most Chinese people don’t have access to KZread or use their own equivalent id imagine. I’m not complaining, there’s endless hours of imperial Chinese historical dramas for free lol

@MongolBolgoy

Ай бұрын

@@Notimportant253 yeah tahtswhat i love about chinese movies i can find them on youtube for free lol

@roro4787

Ай бұрын

​@@Notimportant253it's not worth the effort

@roro4787

Ай бұрын

Usually they don't put the effort, unless it goes super viral

Very very good, thank you

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

According to Rana Mitter's book "China's War with Japan", China's efforts against Japan during WW2 were severely undermined by the US right from the start. More specifically Chan Kai Sheik never got along with General Joseph Stilwell aka "Vinegar Joe" over military matters leading to a lot of tactical errors. As a result Mao's Red Army had to take most of the efforts against the Japanese.

Hello.puyi

What happened to the Emperor;s daughter he had with his Japanese wife? In any case, this is a great video, vey informative! Thank you.

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment! I assume you mean Pujie? If I recall correctly, his first daughter committed suicide with her boyfriend as a young adult, while his second daugther is still alive and living in Japan

@flamani54

21 күн бұрын

@@History_of_China Thank you so much for your response! I am a History bum. So, I was just curious to know what have become of China's last emperor descendents.

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj

18 күн бұрын

PuYi did not have kids and there were rumors that he was gay. His brother Pujie did though so he had nieces.

47:27

What happened to Puyi children

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Puyi didn't have any children, but his siblings did. Pujie's daugthers went to live in Japan, while Puren's children always lived in China, and changed their surname to 'Jin'.

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj

18 күн бұрын

He did not have any and there were rumors that he was gay.

Hii Would you plz make videos on 1) Boxer Movement 2)opium wars and 3) confucian order : society , politics and economy

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

Hey! Well I have covered both the Boxer Rebellion (kzread.info/dash/bejne/doypuJuvf8fMiqQ.html) and the First Opium War (kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIVk05JmmqXMmc4.html). I'll cover Confucian related topics some time in the future :)

@MemoryDelete

21 күн бұрын

@@History_of_China okay 👍🙂 But what about may 4th movement, self strengthening movement, 1911 rebellion, 1949 revolution

@History_of_China

21 күн бұрын

@@MemoryDelete I covered the self-strengthening movement in my Tongzhi video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoiC18mhn86Yf8o.htmlsi=KFAq-YPAuMOGsnUn I don't have specific videos about the May 4th Movement or 1911 Revolution, though I talked about them in the first part of my Puyi documentary. I talked Communist Revolution in my Chinese civil war miniseries: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5-C06xtYdrJgaw.htmlsi=vZhZs9QF1_lS5Q0g Hope that helps!

@MemoryDelete

21 күн бұрын

@@History_of_China okay , thanks al lot.

He is the weakes of all the emperor if qin dynasty because he is the one who was de trone to be china now if maybe puyi is not the one sitted a stronger emperor maybe china is different now

Puyi being the "last" emperor are only technically correct, but who ever think so basically been taken by some technicality and PR stunts. Hell, someone at the top must be in charge. Just like dictator like Oliver Cromwell in England, the only reason he was not king was he refused the crown offered to him. He is otherwise king in all but name. Since Puyi, there were Mao, Deng, and now Xi and I know I missed a few names. They are effectively emperors, although they are not as powerful as emperors used to be. They cannot appoint their son to succeed them, and now, you are allowed to look at them but still do not get too close without permission, they cannot openly order someone killed , they have to quietly disappear. What they ordered just get done without drama and no one dare to question him, so what do you call that? It is a lot different than the European kings and queens and Japanese ones etc that have little power. They also have a different title , Chairman of the communist party and he also chair about 25+ committees, and most important, they are the commander of the military, just like Oliver Cromwell. The people mass are easy to fool, you only have to look at the big pharma recent Covid PR drive to sell "vaccine" to see how gullible some are.

crappy empire, crappy communist lies

Communist "Regime"? Do you apply the term to all governments? A good historical narrative ending on a sour political note. You should reflect on this and do better in the future.

@legendary7957yahoo

Ай бұрын

no

@roro4787

Ай бұрын

Exactly

@crayonsukrou913

Ай бұрын

"Regime" means a centrally-planned and regimented system of government. Quite fitting term for many Socialist states, including PRC.

1st?

@nathanpas6743

Ай бұрын

inhin, sir

It took you long enough