From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
| Book | From Emperor to Citizen |
| Author | Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi |
| Imprint | Foreign Languages Press |
| Translated by | W. J. F. Jenner |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Peking |
| First Published | 1964 |
| This Edition Published | 1979 |
| Pages / Font | 496 pages |
| Chapters | Volume One Chapter One: My Family - My Grandfather Prince Chun - My Maternal Grandfather Jung Lu - Tzu Hsi's Decision - My Father's Regency - A Prince's Household Chapter Two: Childhood - Accession and Abdication - Living as an Emperor - Mothers and Son - Studying in the Yu Ching Palace - Eunuchs - My Nurse Chapter Three: From the Forbidden City to the Japanese Legation - The Yuan Shih-kai Period - The Restoration of 1917 - The Chieftains of the Peiyang Clique - Undying Hope - Reginald Johnston - My Wedding - Internal Clashes - The Dispersal of the Eunuchs - Reorganizing the Household Department - The Last Days of the Forbidden City - In the Northern Mansion - Decision at the Crossroads - From Legation Quarter to Concession Chapter Four: Tientsin - The Efforts of Lo Chen-yu - My Relations with the Commanders of the Fengtien Clique - Semionov and the "Second Chukeh Liang" - The Affair of the Eastern Mausolea - Consulate, Garrison and Black Dragon Society - Life in the Temporary Palace Chapter Five: To the Northeast - The Unquiet Quiet Garden - Differences Among the Japanese - Meeting Doihara - The Sectret Crossing of the Pai River - Isolated - Disappointment - Meeting Itagaki Volume Two Chapter Six: Fourteen Years of "Manchukuo" - The Puppet Play Begins - Majesty Without Power - The Signing of the Secret Treaty and After - The Report of the League of Nations Commission of Enquiry - "Emperor" for the Third Time - The End of Illusion - Yoshioka Yasunori - "Imperial Rescripts" - Home Life - The Collapse Chapter Seven: In the Soviet Union - Fear and Illusion - Still Giving Myself Airs - I Refuse to Admit My Guilt Chapter Eight: From Fear to Recognizing My Guilt - I Expect to Die - Arriving in Fushun - Separated from My Family - Move to Harbin - Writing My Autobiography and Presenting My Seals - Changes in My Household - Confession and Leniency - Making Boxes - The Investigators Arrive - The Sufferings and Hatred of the People of the Northeast - "You Can Never Escape the Consequences of Your Sins" Chapter Nine: I Accept Remoulding - How Shall I Be a Man? - It Is Up to Me - Why So Magnanimous? - The Changes Explain Everything - Meeting Relations - The Japanese War Criminals - "The World's Glory" - Another Visit - Labour and Optimism - The Test - Special Pardon - A New Chapter |
| Notes | Second Edition 1979. Printed in the People's Republic of China. In two volumes: Volume 1, pages numbered 3-247 (chapters 1 to 5) Volume 2 pages numbered 253-496 (chapters 6 to 9) |
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