Puyi’s Queue – Maybe, Possibly, Perhaps….

A collectors item i was shown in Beijing recently, but can it be real? “溥仪剪掉的辫子” which translates to “The braid cut off by Puyi.” We know Puyi did eventually cut of his queue, f on April 27, 1922. And that it may have been at Reginald Johnston’s urging and indeed Johnston May have done the cutting. 

The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City (Elliot & Thompson) is out now in the UK; US in November.