Comments by "Pyromania101" (@pyromania1018) on "Puyi: The Last Emperor of China" video.

Some things you missed: 1. Puyi was released from the reeducation camp after Mao announced an amnesty to a large number of war criminals--his name was at the top of the list. 2. In spite of being relegated to the position of a humble gardener, Puyi was brought before Mao several times and they conversed amicably. Mao convinced Puyi to write an autobiography, allowed the former emperor to keep a good chunk of the royalties from the book, and even helped him find a new wife. She would later have her husband's ashes buried amongst the graves of other dead emperors. 3. You never mention Puyi's wet nurse, the only person who could keep him in check when he was a child. He even visited her son, whom she never got to breastfeed, in his later years and the two became close friends.
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Andrew L But why just say "oh, he lived out his life as an obscure gardener" without mentioning, say, his date and cause of death, like in his other vids? He wasted the closing minutes of the video with a bittersweet scenario instead of, you know, how a biography would end. He could have said something like this: "Except not really. Puyi was eventually pardoned by Mao and released. The chairman met with Puyi several times, as they struck up a friendship. Mao even helped Puyi find a new wife. The former emperor would spend the rest of his life in relative obscurity, working as a humble gardener except when Mao would occasionally prop him up as a showpiece. He died in 1967, leaving no children behind. Roughly 3 decades later, his widow managed to convince the Chinese government to have his ashes interred at the imperial gravesite."
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It downplays what a sadistic bastard Puyi was.
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He was a lot less of an asshole, though. Sadly, his daughter was more like Puyi--and looked like Cixi.
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@nehcooahnait7827 In addition, they grew to love each other. She even spent the next quarter-century campaigning to have his remains buried with other dead emperors.
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@mr.iforgot3062 Nothing. I just think this should have ended like a Biographics video. And I'll say and do as I see fit, thank you very much.
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@Ian R How am I being a know-it-all? This guy usually handles his videos better. Why cut out some important details?
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@pola5392 Did you have servants whipped just so you could savor their screams? Did you consider feeding a servant a cake laced with lead just so you could watch him suffer a gruesome demise? 'Cuz that's the kind of stuff he got up to. It's people like you who go around trying to sweep disgusting facts about certain people under the rug that are truly anthropoids. Know your place, anthropoid.
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@seanm241 No. Why would you think that? I'm pretty sure that even if he could and wanted to, the guy would've refused since he was an adult close to Puyi's age.
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@MrZzzjjj But why not at least state his date and cause of death, at least?
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@Caligula the Mad Yeah, but it gave viewers the idea that Puyi was less of an asshole than he really had been. Example: he started bawling when he was introduced to Cixi, and when one of her servants tried to offer him candy to calm him down, he threw it aside and screamed for his wet nurse; exasperated, Cixi sent him away. He was also a completely unhinged sadist whose own father berated him for collaborating with the Japanese.
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I see. Thanks for the info. Sounds kinda like "Mein Kampf" when you put it that way, doesn't it? And no, I haven't read it, only about it.
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