Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Reginald F. Johnston - 9781108029643

Lion and Dragon in Northern ChinaAuthor(s): Reginald F. Johnston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108029643, 978-1108029643\nSynopsis\nSir Reginald Fleming Johnston [tel] was a colonial administrator and scholar with a lifelong fascination with China who was appointed tutor to the young Puyi [tel], who became emperor at the age of two. Johnston was highly favoured by the emperor, receiving several imperial titles and residing in the Forbidden City. His account of his time as Puyi's tutor, Twilight in the Forbidden City, also reissued in this series, was dramatised in the film The Last Emperor. Previously, Johnston had served in a variety of colonial service positions, including three years as commissioner of the British-held territory of Weihaiwai. This book, first published in 1910, is Johnston's examination of Weihaiwei, which he considered to be a microcosm of Chinese life. Writing with obv.