Twilight in the Forbidden City
Douban
ISBN: 9780192821058
author:
Reginald F. Johnston
publishing house: Oxford Paperbacks
publication date: 1988
-1
binding: Paperback
price: GBP 14.50
number of pages: 564
Reginald F. Johnston
overview
Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial officer, scholar and a writer with a passion for China and Chinese culture. From 1919 to 1924 he was tutor and adviser to the last emperor of China. The emperor P'u-i had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of authority, he was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence. Johnston was able to observe and chronicle the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty.
