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Synopsis

From Emperor to Citizen is the autobiography of the man who was the last emperor of China and later, puppet emperor of "Manchukuo", Japanese imperialism's pseudo-state in China's Northeast. In Volume One the author gives a vivid picture of the last, decadent days of the Ching court. He reveals how, after the overthrow of the dynasty, he and other feudal forces plotted with foreign powers to restore the monarchy, and how he became the Japanese imperialists' puppet. In Volume Two Pu Yi describes his life as "Emperor of Manchukuo" and tells how he came into the hands of the Chinese people's government. He gives a lively account of his remoulding through labour and study in prisons for war criminals, relating how his thinking changed. The final chapter tells about his new life after his pardon as an ordinary citizen of People's China.

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The autobiography of Puyi, the last emperor of China

This article is about the memoir. For the Chinese TV series, see The First Half of My Life.

From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi (Chinese: 我的前半生, literally translated as The First Half of My Life) is the autobiography of Puyi, the last emperor of China. The Bernardo Bertolucci film The Last Emperor is based on this book.

The book has three editions:

• First Edition (1960): Written by Pujie, the little brother of Puyi. The account and narration in the book ends in 1957, and the book was published by Xinhua Bookstore in January, 1961.
• Second Edition (1964): Written by Wen-Da Li (Chinese: 李文達) and was thought of as the final version. Published by Qunzhong publishing house in 1964. Due to the social environment and political atmosphere at the time of publishment, around 160,000 words were deleted from this manuscript.^{[citation needed]}
• Full version (2007): the full version restored 160,000 words deleted from the second edition.

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From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

March 18, 2010

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