In 1950, Puyi was transferred to New China, and later carried out ideological reform in Fushun, where he received active help. After listening to a letter of repentance written by a Japanese war criminal consciously, Puyi decided to reform himself in this way, and he began to write "The First Half of My Life", which was encouraged and valued by the leadership.
Japanese version of "The First Half of My Life"
In 1959, Puyi's thinking had changed greatly, becoming the first batch of amnesty personnel, restoring his freedom to become a citizen of new China, Puyi was assigned to a small house, and was assigned to work in the Beijing Botanical Garden. On the eve of Labor Day in 1962, Puyi, witnessed by his family and colleagues, put on a straight Zhongshan suit and tied a happy knot with Li Shuxian.
Puyi and Li Shuxian
Li Shuxian is a nurse at Chaowai Guanxiang Hospital, 19 years younger than Puyi, and this marriage is not as harmonious and loving as in the eyes of outsiders. Puyi was naturally very satisfied, he felt very happy, and he was almost inseparable from Li Shuxian. But within a few years of their marriage, Puyi's physical condition became worse and worse, and for this reason he was transferred to the Literary and Historical Committee, during which he published "The First Half of My Life", which was revised several times.
In 1967, Puyi fell ill due to uremia, and Li Shuxian did not complain to people during that time, but she still gave Puyi careful care to alleviate his pain as much as possible.
Puyi wrote books in the detention center
On October 17, 1967, Puyi died of illness in Beijing. Due to the large cost of seeing a doctor and taking medicine before his death, Puyi almost had nothing after his death, leaving his wife with only the copy of "The First Half of My Life", but Li Shuxian later obtained a valuable inheritance. Because the actual writer was someone else, Lee Shu-hyun fought for decades for this inheritance, and finally became the legal heir to the copyright in 1996.