{"product_id":"loyal-to-the-end-wen-su-and-the-fall-of-the-qing-dynasty-paperback","title":"Loyal To The End: Wen Su and the Fall of the Qing Dynasty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis Wann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 7, 1906, a male infant was born in Beijing, and the court official Wen Su was called upon to choose a name for him. He chose the name Pu Yi, and also, according to one version of the story, personally placed the boy on the Dragon throne in 1908, just three years before the Qing Dynasty fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWen Su was one of the top imperial officials right at the end of the China's long dynastic history, and he remained for decades afterwards the most loyal of all the courtiers around the dethroned emperor. He was also an accomplished poet and calligrapher and maintained a long correspondence with his sons and with others that is here collected and published for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Wen Su parallels the history of China from the late 19th century as it moved through one crisis to another towards the mid-20th Century and the triumph of the Communist Party in 1949. He was on the wrong side of that history, but what value does loyalty have? \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470120186163,"sku":"9789888904341","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/h42EyPCMq_9789888904341.webp?v=1759413223","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/loyal-to-the-end-wen-su-and-the-fall-of-the-qing-dynasty-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}