Emperors

The Last Emperor: Truth and Misleading In 1987, a film came into theaters across the globe about China’s last emperor. The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, shows the life of Pu-Yi from when he enters the Forbidden City at age three to become emperor of China, to his final days as a reformed man. The film, although it showed how China was during the Qing Dynasty in a fairly honest light, also had its downfalls. Many problems plagues the last years of the Qing Dynasty, such as the Republic

Next day in the afternoon, Minister Yu’s resident: “Minister Yu, I would like to congratulate you. You truly are amazing! I would never have expected that that stubborn emperor would ever willing go into Meig…--hah-- I mean concubine JingYi’s room. You are truly amazing. No wonder the old Emperor choose you as his personal consultant.” General Ping joyfully says to Minister Yu as he pours him a cup of wine. Minister Yu smiles at him and strokes his bread and says, “--hoho--...General Ping, you’re

” The Empress Dowager glares at Zhing and sneers, “Of course I have!” Zhing, “Empress Dowager, what do think of the emperor’s current male concubine?” As the empress dowager shot Zhing another cold glare and lifts her chin up and says, “The emperor is probably just curious and playing around” a guard informs her that the Minister of Central Affairs (Sun Da), Minister Yu, Minister of Palace Affairs (Gao Yi), and Minister Yan Tai are requesting a meeting with her. She was tired and stressed

According to legend, the first emperor of Japan was Emperor Jimmu. His leadership is dated as back as 600 BC. He launched a military expedition from Hyuga near the inland sea, captured yamato, and established this as his center of power. Legend says that he came from china and that he sent troops over to this land that was not discovered yet. Once him and his troops finished exploring, he claimed the land. He decided that he was going to become the emperor of the newly discovered area. As known

Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last emperor of Imperial China was called the “Lord of Ten Thousand years.” He ascended to throne at the age of 3 and was overthrown at age 19. Throughout his life he was an emperor, prisoner, and eventually became a simple gardener. Reginald Johnston called the emperor a “prisoner of his own palace” and “the loneliest boy on Earth”. Reginald Johnston was an english tutor for the troubled boy. He was forced to stay in the Forbidden City where his only real friend was Reginald

Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan, officially formed Japan in 660 Before Common Era (BCE.) Throughout Japan’s 2600 years of history, there have been many wars and conflicts fought across Japan and the Pacific region. Through the ages, Japan has always had an Emperor at the head of its government, although this role has changed through time. Japan saw many economic changes, the biggest of which occurred after World War II (WWII). With Japan’s history, woven in war throughout the Pacific

HiroHito was the Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989. Also the longest reigning Emperor in Japanese history. He was a controversial figure that surrendered Japan to the Allied Forces in 1945. HiroHito was born on April 29, 1901 in Tokyo, Japan as the Eldest son of Crown Prince Yoshihito. Yet, he was not raised by his parents. Rather, he spent his early years raised by a retired vice-admiral and then an imperial attendant. Between ages 7 and 19, HiroHito attended schools designed for nobility. He

Erin Scott Lounsbury English Ⅱ 22 May 2016 The Loss of an Emperor Some of the world’s cutest and most adored creatures, penguins, recently began to rapidly decrease due to the careless actions of humans. When many people think of penguins they think of the cute, small black and white bird, found at the zoo or in Antarctica. However, these beautiful creatures come in all different sizes and shapes and there’s an estimated 17 species of penguins which all vary in different ways. For example, depending

Emperor Wudi, also known as Liu Che劉徹, was the fifth emperor of the Han Dynasty and one of the most famous Han rulers. He had two goals: have a centralized administration and expand his empire. He was a very great military leader but also promoted peace, like the Roman Empire, that later brought great prosperity to China itself. Wudi came to throne at age 15 and reigned from 141 BC to 87 BC. He was the second longest ruling emperor, first being Emperor Kangxi of the later Qing Dynasty. He had two

My Life as Emperor by Su Tong tells the story of a young emperor’s rise to and fall from power. The main idea of this novel seems to be that the fictional Xie Empire, like most real historical empires, was doomed to fall apart within a matter of a few centuries due to internal and external complications. The grim prophecy that “calamity will soon befall the Xie Empire” repeats throughout the novel until the empire is indeed destroyed, giving credence to this. At the start of the novel, fourteen-year-old