Ai Xinjueluo Puyi, the last emperor of China's feudal dynasty, he is also the only figure in the history of the world to be transformed from a "son of heaven" to a "commoner", and his life is far from enough to be described by the four words of "ups and downs".
On the morning of December 4, 1959, the first batch of amnesty for war criminals at the Fushun War Criminals Management Institute was held. On this day, Puyi ushered in a new turning point in his life - being pardoned. It has been almost 10 years since he came here, and 47 years have passed since his abdication. After hearing that he had been pardoned, Puyi was momentarily in a trance, and after packing up his own luggage, Puyi walked out of the Fushun War Criminals Management Center, this year he was 53 years old and no longer young.
Because most of his life has been spent in the Forbidden City and the management office, Puyi and the outside world life is inevitably somewhat disconnected, so after leaving the management office, Puyi silently came to his sister's house and lived a life behind closed doors, fortunately, the country did not forget him, and a few months later, he was assigned a job to go to the Botanical Garden of the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to water the plants.
Did not expect Puyi to get this job, especially happy, suddenly feel that life has a new hope, he came to the botanical garden early every day to work, patiently watered each plant, but also responsible for health, completely without the appearance of the former "emperor", when he got the first salary in life, he happily ran to buy a lot of snacks, distributed to colleagues to eat, everyone's relationship is getting better and better.
After the days gradually stabilized, Puyi picked up the pen again and began to write his "reflection notes", yes, these notes are the autobiography of Puyi "The First Half of My Life", which is widely circulated in society today, this book records Puyi's process from ascension to exile, and then to accept "transformation" and so on, and today the author wants to tell you, is one of the interesting stories.
It is said that one day, Puyi wanted to go to the barber shop to cut a haircut, this is the first time in his life to go to the barbershop for a haircut, Puyi is a little nervous and some expectations, there are many people in the barbershop, and everyone did not recognize Puyi as the emperor of the past, under the greeting of the barber, Puyi sat down.
Just sat down, Puyi saw something that had never been seen before, and asked the barber what it was, the barber listened, what age, this person did not know the "hair dryer", he opened the hair dryer, said "it is blowing wind", looking at the buzzing hair dryer, Puyi could not help nodding.
Then he asked a serious question: "Blow the wind first or get a haircut first?" ”
The words just fell, everyone laughed, at this time the barber realized that the person in front of him really did not have a haircut, Puyi was not angry, and laughed with everyone, especially when the barber used a hair dryer to blow his hair, listening to the buzzing sound coming from his head, Puyi was happier.
In fact, in "The First Half of My Life", there are many interesting stories, such as the "gossip" he heard about Guangxu, Cixi and others in the Forbidden City, such as the "tragic experience" that he never ate a hot meal when he was emperor (because he had to go through the drug test and other links), and how he learned to wash and sew clothes step by step in the war criminals management center. And in the book, Puyi did not shy away from the wrong things he had done, and bluntly said that the first half of his life was "the first half of his life of sin.". In fact, after being pardoned, Puyi also wanted to write a book "The Second Half of My Life", but for various reasons, it was a pity that it could not be written.
The author bought Puyi's autobiography a long time ago, whenever I have time at night, I can't help but read it, through these words, the author seems to see the 3-year-old forced to ascend the throne, a life of ups and downs, constantly resisting and constantly failing the "last emperor", it is really emotional!