CHAPTER ONE MY FAMILY 1
My Grandfather Prince Chun 3
My Maternal Grandfather Jung Lu 11
Tzu Hsi's Decision 16
My Father's Regency 19
A Prince's Household 23
CHAPTER TWO CHILDHOOD 29
Accession and Abdication 31
Living as an Emperor 38
Mothers and Son 47
Studying in the Yu Ching Palace 53
Eunuchs 61
My Nurse 69
CHAPTER THREE FROM THE FORBIDDEN CITY TO THE JAPANESE LEGATION 75
The Yuan Shih-kai Period 77
The Restoration of 1917 85
The Chieftains of the Peiyang Clique 95
Undying Hope 101
Reginald Johnston 108
My Wedding 116
Internal Clashes 122
The Dispersal of the Eunuchs 132
Reorganizing the Household Department 137
The Last Days in the Forbidden City 143
In the Northern Mansion 149
Decision at the Crossroads 155
From Legation Quarter to Concession 162
CHAPTER FOUR TIENTSIN 171
The Efforts of Lo Chen-yu 173
My Relations with the Commanders of the Fengtien Clique 179
Semionov and the"Second Chukeh Liang" 188
The Affair of the Eastern Mausolea 194
Consulate,Garrison and Black Dragon Society 198
Life in the Temporary Palace 207
CHAPTER FIVE TO THE NORTHEAST 215
The Unquiet Quiet Garden 217
Differences Among the Japanese 222
Meeting Doihara 225
The Secret Crossing of the Pai River 230
Isolated 233
Disappointment 240
Meeting Itagaki 244
CHAPTER SIX FOURTEEN YEARS OF"MANCHUKUO" 251
The Puppet Play Begins 253
Maiesty Without Power 257
The Signing of the Secret Treaty and After 262
The Report of the League of Nations Commission of Enquiry 266
"Emperor"for the Third Time 273
The End of Illusion 283
Yoshioka Yasunori 292
"Imperial Rescripts" 295
Home Life 303
The Collapse 312
CHAPTER SEVEN IN THE SOVIET UNION 321
Fear and Illusion 323
Still Giving Myself Airs 325
I Refuse to Admit My Guilt 327
CHAPTER EIGHT FROM FEAR TO RECOGNIZING MY GUILT 331
I Expect to Die 333
Arriving in Fushun 339
Separated from My Family 343
Move to Harbin 349
Writing My Autobiography and Presenting My Seals 354
Changes in My Household 359
Confession and Leniency 365
Making Boxes 371
The Investigators Arrive 378
The Sufferings and Hatred of the People of the Northeast 383
"You Can Never Escape the Consequences of Your Sins" 388
CHAPTER NINE I ACCEPT REMOULDING 395
How Shall I Be a Man? 397
It Is Up to Me 403
Why So Magnanimous? 408
The Changes Explain Everything 416
Meeting Relations 421
The Japanese War Criminals 431
"The World's Glory" 437
Another Visit 444
Labour and Optimism 453
The Test 458
Special Pardon 466
A New Chapter 472
INDEX 485