When I was six years old, I started reading. I studied every day from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and later added English classes, from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ——Puyi, "The First Half of My Life"
Puyi (溥宜) was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also known as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Xuantong Emperor, and was the great-grandson of the Daoguang Emperor Yanning, the grandson of Ai Xinjueluo Yizhen the Prince of Shuoxian, the eldest son of the regent Zaifeng, and his mother was Su Wangualjia Youlan.
In the winter of the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, the Guangxu Emperor was seriously ill, and Cixi ordered Puyi to be raised in the palace, and after the news spread, a great chaos broke out in the palace.
Puyi's grandmother Liu Jiashi fainted just after listening to the Yi Zhi that Zaifeng had brought back. The future emperor Puyi even cried and did not let the internal prisoner take away. In desperation, the nursing mother Wang Jiaoshi carried Puyi into the palace together.
In the same year, the Guangxu Emperor died, and Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Puyi to inherit the imperial throne, inherit the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, and at the same time inherit the Guangxu Emperor's honor, and one person honored her grandmother Empress Dowager Cixi as the empress dowager. On the third day of Puyi's succession, Cixi fell ill and died.
Puyi inherited the unification at the age of three, because the big characters do not know a few, so the actual power is Puyi's biological father Zaifeng, but history does not have Puyi's opportunity, and finally the stormy Qing Dynasty will come to an end.
Soon after the outbreak of war, Puyi was forced to abdicate, and then invited by the Japanese to become the emperor of Manchukuo, after japan's defeat, Puyi, who fled, was captured. After regaining his freedom, Puyi encountered a difficult problem, that is, to go to the hukou.
Accompanied by his family, Puyi filled in 29 items in turn, and during this period, he also made a lot of jokes, such as: home address, Puyi said "Forbidden City", this answer made the staff completely blindfolded.
In addition, it is the problem of academic qualifications, Puyi has not received school education since childhood, but most of them are famous teachers, and finally under the suggestion of the staff, he filled in the "junior high school" academic qualifications, but Puyi's real education is really junior high school?
In fact, don't look at Puyi did not receive a school education, but as an emperor, he has a very deep literary foundation, which can be seen from his "The First Half of My Life". In addition, Puyi has also been guided by many famous teachers.
First teacher: Lu Runxiu
Lu Runyu character Fengshi, yunsa, GuSu, Yuanheren, Tongzhi thirteen years of the Zhuangyuan, is also the 101st Yuan of the Qing Dynasty, successively served as Guozi Supervisor Of Wine, Shandong Xuezheng, guozi Supervision of Wine.
In addition, Lu Runyu is not an ordinary person, and it is said that he completed the Confucian Nine Classics at the age of nine, and later studied medicine and achieved profound achievements.
When the idea of "industry to save the country" prevailed, he also founded several industries. Calligraphy is also a must, square and smooth, round and clear. He served as Puyi's calligraphy teacher.
Second teacher: Chen Baochen
Chen Baochen (Chinese: 陈宝琛; pinyin: Zhī Bìǎnìn), courtesy name Boqian, was a great-grandson of Chen Ruolin ( 帙若霖 ) of the Late Qing Dynasty . Tongzhi was admitted to the jinshi in the seventh year of the examination, and was awarded the bachelor of Hanlin Academy and the attendant of the ceremonial department.
In the three years of Xuan reunification, he served as Puyi's Chinese teacher, and Puyi's interest in learning Chinese was much greater than that of Manchu, and his grades were naturally better. In "The First Half of My Life", Puyi's literary style can be seen.
The third teacher: Yuan Lizhun
Yuan Lizhun,Zi Juesheng,Zhongzhou(号中州), The Lord of Gao Han Zhai (高寒斋主), a scholar during the Guangxu Dynasty, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, and an examiner. After the Republic of China, he served as a compiler of the Qing History Museum and was a professor at Fu Jen University. That is, the current president of Peking University, later appointed as Puyi's teacher.
Yuan Lizhun is good at poetry and painting, and his calligraphy is wild like rice. Calligraphy is a must, "China's first door" Xinhuamen plaque calligraphy is from him, still hanging in Zhongnanhai.
Fourth teacher: Johnston
Johnston, a Native of Scotland, graduated from the University of Edinburgh and oxford, is the first and last foreigner to have the title of "Imperial Master" in China's five-thousand-year imperial history.
The most worth mentioning is that Johnston is the teacher who has the greatest influence on Puyi, because under his influence, the Forbidden City installed telephones, Puyi learned to ride a bicycle, and let him cut his braids, which can also be regarded as a feature of moving towards the new era.
Finally, Puyi can use English proficiently, is it difficult to imagine a Chinese emperor in a feudal society, actually speak fluent English, and Puyi used this skill to get the attention of Japan when he was the emperor of puppet Manchuria.
Don't look at Puyi grew up in the imperial palace, is also famous for extravagance and lasciviousness, but he also saw a lot of rare treasures, and from memory, Puyi learned Manchu, Chinese and English under the strict requirements of several concubines and Empress Longyu.
With excellent foreign language education, Puyi can easily communicate with foreigners in English, and uses English throughout the courtroom, when being interrogated and acting as a witness.
In addition, puyi is also very proficient in Russian and French in addition to English. So linguistically, he's only at the level of a graduate student in a foreign language department.
Chen Baochen, a Manchu Qing scholar, as Puyi's teacher, once said: "A child like Puyi will definitely be able to make the Qing dynasty flourish again," although this sentence is highly appreciative of Puyi.
But from the side, it also reflects Puyi's high talent and wide learning, but it is a pity that Puyi's life is full of tragedies, and finally ends his life in a self-described work.
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