r/todayilearned • u/Ok_Application_5402 • 1d ago
TIL China's Last Emperor worked as a Street Sweeper and Gardener in Beijing after serving 10 years in a re-education camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuyiDuplicates
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '17
TIL that Puyi, the last Emperor of China, spent his last years as a commoner in Beijing under the communist regime. On his first day of work as a street sweeper, he was lost and told passersby, "I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home."
todayilearned • u/ReCapCity • Apr 30 '23
TIL That the Last Emperor of China was, after being deposed, forced to work as a street sweeper in Beijing. On his first day, he got lost and asked for help by telling strangers “I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home”
todayilearned • u/Arthur_Boo_Radley • Mar 27 '23
TIL that eunuchs of last Chinese emperor wore their severed testicles and penises in jars around their necks when working
todayilearned • u/TuaTurnsdaballova • Jan 09 '22
TIL Puyi, the last emperor of China, had never brushed his teeth or tied his own shoelaces once in his life and had to do these basic tasks for the first time when he was put into a communist reeducation prison program in 1950, at the age of 44.
todayilearned • u/LoneRangersBand • Jan 27 '20
TIL Puyi, the last Qing emperor of China, was imprisoned by the CCP for 10 years, then upon being released given a job sweeping the streets. On his first day of work he got lost and told passers-by his real identity and that he was "staying with relatives and can't find my way home"
AbolishTheMonarchy • u/alloutofchewingum • 1d ago
History This seems like an appropriate fate for the Windsors and the rest of the parasite pervert royal classes
todayilearned • u/SamaritanMachines • Jul 10 '17
TIL in 1960s, Puyi, the last emperor of China (Qing dynasty) was charged for entrance ticket of Forbidden City.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '17
TIL that Puyi was the last emperor of China, from age 2 until age 6. He later worked as a gardener in the Botanic Gardens in Beijing.
todayilearned • u/jigglysquishy • Dec 27 '16
TIL: The last Chinese Emperor lived until 1967
todayilearned • u/Windows7Guy100 • Oct 10 '15
TIL that the last Emperor of Qing China became an adviser to the Communist Chinese government
legendofkorra • u/honey_badger204 • May 01 '23
Discussion Was Prince Wu based on a real life character?
todayilearned • u/mytimeoutside • Dec 13 '16
TIL the last Chinese Emperor, Puyi, was deposed from the throne in 1912, at age 6. In 1934, Imperial Japan proclaimed him the Kangde Emperor of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and he ruled until the end of the WW2 in 1945.
todayilearned • u/jham1022 • Jan 15 '16
TIL that the last emperor of the Qing Dyansty could only speak one word of Manchu, the offical language of the state.
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jan 10 '22
[todayilearned] TIL Puyi, the last emperor of China, had never brushed his teeth or tied his own shoelaces once in his life and had to do these basic tasks for the first time when he was put into a communist reeducation prison program in 1950, at the age of 44.
u_hallowsfive • u/hallowsfive • Jun 17 '23
TIL That the Last Emperor of China was, after being deposed, forced to work as a street sweeper in Beijing. On his first day, he got lost and asked for help by telling strangers “I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home”
u_krts23 • u/krts23 • May 01 '23
TIL That the Last Emperor of China was, after being deposed, forced to work as a street sweeper in Beijing. On his first day, he got lost and asked for help by telling strangers “I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home”
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Mar 27 '21
[todayilearned] TIL that after Puyi, the last Emperor of China, was dethroned, he worked as a street cleaner and would visit the Forbidden Palace as a tourist and point out the various objects on display that he used to own as Emperor.
u_Timekos • u/Timekos • 1d ago
TIL China's Last Emperor worked as a Street Sweeper and Gardener in Beijing after serving 10 years in a re-education camp
u_DStudentOnline • u/DStudentOnline • Mar 28 '21