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''From Emperor to Citizen'' (, literally translated as ''The First Half Of My Life'') is the autobiography of
''From Emperor to Citizen'' (, literally translated as ''The First Half Of My Life'') is the autobiography of Puyi
Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...
, the last emperor of China.
The book has three editions:
* First Edition (1960): Written by Pujie
Pujie (; 16 April 1907 – 28 February 1994) was a Qing dynasty Aisin Gioro, imperial prince of the Aisin-Gioro. Pujie was the younger brother of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Pujie went to Japan, where he ...
, the little brother of Puyi. The account and narration in the book ends in 1957, and the book was published by Xinhua Bookstore
Xinhua Bookstore () is the largest and only country-wide bookstore chain brand in China.
History
Xinhua Bookstore (in ) was originally established as Guanghua Bookstore (in ) in 1937 in Yan'an under the Propaganda Department of the Communist ...
in January, 1961.
* Second Edition (1964): Written by Wen-Da Li () 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.
* Full version (2007): the full version restored 160,000 words deleted from the second edition.
Bibliography
* 愛新覺羅·溥儀，《我的前半生》，群眾出版社, 1960年，2冊，621頁 * 愛新覺羅·溥儀，《我的前半生》，群眾出版社, 1964年，304頁 * 愛新覺羅·溥儀，《我的前半生》，群眾出版社, 2007年，509頁 * 羅雪揮，《“全本”溥儀：〈我的前半生〉版本流變》，《中國新聞周刊》2006年第47期。