Review
"The First Half of My Life" is the autobiography of Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, through this book we will find that under the trend of the times, people are like ants, the trend is prosperous, and the contrarians die.
In 1908, puyi, who was only three years old, ascended the throne under the designation of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the good times did not last long, and in 1912, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, overthrowing the feudal dynasty for more than 2,000 years, Puyi issued an abdication edict on February 2, 1912, the Qing Empire collapsed, and Puyi became the last emperor in Chinese history.
However, before his abdication, Yuan Shikai signed the "Favorable Conditions for the Imperial Family", the National Government gave Puyi four million taels of silver every year, Puyi could also live in the imperial palace, and Puyi's seven sisters Yun, Yunhe, Yunying, Yunying, Yunxian, Yunxin, Yunyu, and Yunhuan also lived in the imperial palace.
1924 Beijing coup d'état. Feng Yuxiang suddenly forced Puyi to leave the palace, and "Favorable Conditions for the Royal Family" was also abolished by Feng Yuxiang, and since then Puyi and his sisters have truly become ordinary people.
Different personalities, different destinies
Da Ge Ge Yun Ying was born in 1908, due to political marriage, married to the brother of Empress WanRong, but the relationship between the husband and wife was not good, and later because of appendicitis, the family did not believe in Western medicine, and missed the treatment time, died in 1925, at the age of 17.
Erge GeYun, born in 1911, is Puyi's younger sister, prominent identity, grew up with Puyi, followed Puyi for many years, and has a close relationship with Puyi.
After the defeat of the puppet state of Manchukuo, he wandered around and lived a difficult life, and later changed his name to Jin Xinru, and wrote the book "The Last Imperial Sister Yun Gong", died in 2001.
Sange Yunying, born in 1913, is Puyi's younger sister, was designated by Puyi to marry Wanrong's second brother, and then the war broke out, in the process of fleeing her husband disappeared, Yunying fled to Japan, returned to Beijing after the end of World War II, after the founding of New China, became a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference under the arrangement of the government, died in 1992.
Si Ge Ge Yun Xian, born in 1914, married to the Mongolian nobleman Zhao Qipan, after liberation Zhao Qipan went to Taiwan, after 1982 her husband returned to the mainland, reunited with her husband, and lived happily in his old age, died in 2003.
Born in 1917, Wu Ge Ge Yunxin had a lively and unfettered personality, and later married Wan Jiaxi, the son of the former minister of the Qing Dynasty, Wan Sheng, went to Japan with her husband to study, and after returning to China, she worked as a translator at the Beijing Translation Institute, worked as a seamstress, and also worked as a restaurant accountant.
Liu Ge Ge Yun Entertainment, born in 1917, has a deep knowledge of calligraphy and painting, including works such as "Peony Medicine", "Daffodil", "White Peony", "Lotus Dragonfly", participated in the national art exhibition, and Premier Zhou once boasted that his paintings had the taste of RuyiGuan.
Married to her husband because of painting, married to the famous flower and bird painter Wang Ailan, the two collaborated on the works "Heavenly Blessing Birthday", "Fish Weng Meitu", "Bi Peach", "Lotus", husband and wife harmony, Qinse and Ming, died in 1982.
Born in 1921, open-minded and approachable, after the founding of New China, he married an ordinary teacher, Qiao Hongzhi, and became a teacher himself, struggling for the cause of education all his life, and died in 2004.
The final grid
Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty, Shanqi, had a total of 17 daughters, all of whom were considered Qing Dynasty Gege, some of whom died early, and some of whom were rarely heard of. Among his daughters were two more famous, one was the last Gege Jin Moyu of the Qing Dynasty, and the other was the famous Japanese spy Yoshiko Kawashima.
Jin Moyu, whose real name is Ai XinJue Luo Xianqi, married to the painter Ma Wanli, was imprisoned by her sister Yoshiko Kawashima during the Cultural Revolution, and in 2007, the old lady who participated in "Lu Yu You Covenant" has a lively personality and eloquence. He died of a heart attack on May 26, 2014, at the age of 95.
Another is Yoshiko Kawashima, born in 1906, in order to restore the country with the help of Japan, Prince Su gave his daughter Xianxuan to Kawashima Nanasu as an adopted daughter, changed her name to Kawashima Yoshiko, and later married Kangyur Zhabu, the son of the Mongol bandit Babuzabu.
Notorious for her involvement in the Huanggutun Incident, the 918 Incident, and the 128 Incident, on March 25, 1948, Yoshiko Kawashima was sentenced to death for adultery at the age of 41.
The most beautiful character of the Qing Dynasty is Wang Mintong, she has a long body, fair skin, exquisite eyebrows, polite demeanor, and a remarkable temperament, she is a graceful cousin who likes Puyi.
In Puyi's later years, she pursued Puyi, but was rejected, never married, until she died in a nursing home at the age of 90, she lived alone.
There are no more princes and generals
In 1912, after the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing Dynasty collapsed, ending more than two thousand years of feudal rule in China. After the founding of New China, the government took care of the descendants of these dynasties, Puyi was arranged to work at the Botanical Research Institute, and Puyi's sisters also had different fates because of different personalities. Some people live a happy life and have a successful career, and some people live a miserable life and do nothing.
In the final analysis, it is also related to personal ability, Puyi is very qualified for the work, because he loves to study, has a wide range of knowledge, and has no shelf. Some people in the grid are engaged in education, some are engaged in translation, and some people study art, all relying on their own skills, relying on political marriages and finally living miserably.