For the world, the emperor's younger brother Pu Ren, who rarely appeared in social activities, has a sense of mystery. With the death of the last emperor's brother Pu Ren (also known as Jin Youzhi), the fourth brother of the last emperor Pu Yi came to an end as the only historical figure among the four brothers of Pu Yi-in other words, as the direct "Pu" generation of the last royal alcohol prince Zai Feng clearly recorded in Aisingiorro genealogy.
I have been a primary school teacher for forty years.
Pu Ren looks like his eldest brother Pu Yi, but he is a whole round smaller than Pu Yi. 191921September 2008, Pu Ren was born in Zhifangzhai, a wine shop near Shichahai. His half-brother, Puyi, had already abdicated from the throne of the last emperor of the Forbidden City for seven years. As the fourth brother of Puyi, Pu Ren is not half-brother with Puyi's mother, but half-brother with Puyi and Pu Jie. Puyi and Pu Jie were born to Guaerjia, the first Fujin in Zai Feng, while Puyi was born to Deng Jiashi, a side Fujin. Deng Jiashi always gave birth to two sons and four daughters.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Puren helped his father Zai Feng to take the lead in supporting the construction of new China and actively subscribed for national debt. He also donated cultural relics and a number of precious ancient books, such as The Twenty-four Histories, A Record of the Qing Dynasty, A Book of the Qing Dynasty and Aisingiorro Genealogy, to Peking University Library and other departments for free, and also donated thousands of original precious ancient books, such as The Golden Prince, which has been treasured for many years.
Pu Ren never imagined that 195 1 year, when his father Zai Feng went to Zai Tao's house to eat "chrysanthemum pot", he suddenly caught a cold and had a fever, and later died of uremia on February 3. However, Puren did not drop out of school and continued to run competitive primary schools as principals. During the period of public-private partnership from 65438 to 0957, Puren handed over Ye Jing Primary School and all its real estate to the state. However, he did not leave his education career. He taught in Xibanqiao Primary School and Factory Bridge Primary School successively, and once served as the financial officer of the school. In this way, he spent nearly 40 years as an ordinary teacher. Puren supports five children with 58 yuan's meager salary every month. It was not until he was nearly seventy years old that Pu Rencai reluctantly and gloriously retired from his job in Factory Bridge Primary School.
Pu Ren, the emperor's younger brother who has always kept a low profile in his life, has always kept his mouth shut about the royal past. But after retirement, he was obsessed with studying history books, especially in the study of the history of the late Qing Dynasty, and often got some experience. After several years of textual research, Puren carefully sorted out the Diary of the Envoy written by his father Zai Feng, and published a series of historical materials such as Memories of Wang Fu who was a heavy drinker, the court's prejudice against diet and medical care in the Qing Dynasty, and the life and martial arts of the prince in the late Qing Dynasty in Yan Dou and other magazines.
The Emperor's Brother also has quirks.
Following the hobbies of his predecessors, Purensu likes to appreciate antiques, calligraphy and painting, but has never participated in any "auction". Anyone who is familiar with Pu Ren is familiar with his landscape paintings, and calligraphy is especially good at regular script. In his later years, he was more diligent in writing. When the author visited once, he was bending his head to concentrate on painting. When he saw me enter the room, he immediately looked up with a smile and said modestly, "Well, I'm not drawing, I'm just copying. To say that the painting is good, you have to say that it is my second brother Pu Jie. " Although Pu Ren is modest, his paintings and calligraphy works have been exhibited in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and other places, and have been well received by overseas Chinese.
Some people say that he is a "freak"-freaks have their own quirks. Little known is that Pu Ren does have two "eccentricities". First, if you go out for a ride, you must go to the bookstore and browse it again. Don't go home until you have finished buying books, otherwise you don't go out. Second, when you walk out of the street, you always look down at your feet. Every time I see a stone on the road, I will bend down and pick it up, and I will not stop thinking about it when I hold it in my hand. Seeing this, someone in the neighborhood joked, grandpa four, are you practicing waist skills? Some people also asked inexplicably, what treasures did Grandpa Four have not seen? Why are you obsessed with ordinary gravel?
Anyone who walks into the old courtyard where Pu Ren lives can see many ordinary stones of different sizes lying on the wall. If you walk into his spacious north room, you will see all kinds of stones in the gap filled with all kinds of ancient books on Qing history. Puren is indifferent to all kinds of criticism, but his unique hobby has remained unchanged for many years.
The emperor's calligraphy became out of print. Many scenic spots in Beijing and Tianjin, such as "Jinding Miaofeng Mountain" in Miao Feng in the west of Beijing, Great Compassion Hall in Wanghai Temple in Tianjin, and "Huixian Hall" in Shichahai, all left Pu Ren's calligraphy Mo Bao, and even the ancient book "Chapter on Education of Ancient Sages and Sages" asked him to write the title. He has always loved and supported the traditional culture of old Beijing. For example, a book describing the hutong culture in old Beijing, Hutong Chunqiu, was published by Literature and History Publishing House. A comrade of CPPCC Xicheng Literature and History Committee was lucky to find Pu Ren. After reading it, he thought the account was objective, so he did not hesitate to write down the title on the spot and solemnly stamped it himself.
In his later years, Pu used the money raised from his paintings and calligraphy to set up a "Friends Scholarship" to help poor children in minority schools. Whenever someone asks about such a good deed, Pu Ren always makes no secret of his inner joy and agrees.
Ordinary residents "Ren Ye Si"
"Ye Si"-this is a kind name for Pu people in the neighborhood and even in Beijing.
For many years, Pu Ren has lived in an old house in Beijing, adjacent to Shichahai. Although the small courtyard is divided into two courtyards, the gatehouse at the entrance of the courtyard looks a little shabby because of disrepair. Even when you step into the courtyard, you will see bare grass. A few years ago, a friend and his wife, who had just met each other, went to be a guest and felt that they could not stand it, so they enthusiastically funded the repair of this old gatehouse.
You can often see an old man with a kind face, walking slowly around Shichahai with a nanny, and gazing at the residual lotus in the pool in front of you for a long time.
No matter from the point of dress or daily life, Pu Ren and his neighbors are no different. He is introverted and doesn't have much contact with nearby residents at ordinary times, but people living in an alley can't meet without saying hello. No one has ever regarded him as a distinctive "royal family". A kind and upright person-this is recognized by the streets and neighbors.
Even in the relationship between husband and wife, Pu Ren is very humble to his wife. His wife, Jin Yuting, was the granddaughter of Xu Shi, the former Minister of the Interior in the late Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, she died in 197 1, which made Pu Ren extremely lonely. 1975, an elegant woman who was over 50 but still single married him. In fact, Zhang's father was a famous Tianjin collector, and his grandfather Zhang Yi was an assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry during Guangxu period. In the late Qing Dynasty, he went to Germany as a counsellor with Zai Feng, the father of Pu Ren. After marriage, the husband and wife lived in harmony and spent more than 20 years of loving time together.
Pu Ren, who witnessed great social changes, has a thorough understanding of the evolution of the royal family. He often said that people should not lag behind, but should keep up with social changes. Every day, he likes to ride that old bike out to buy food and newspapers, and live an ordinary life like ordinary neighborhoods.
Needless to say, Pu Ren and his children have become ordinary workers in New China. More than once, he told reporters who came to interview: "To tell the truth, although we are royalty, my family has never relied on' ancestral meals', which is the most glorious thing for the whole family!" Under the guidance of his father Pu Ren for many years, the eldest son Jin worked hard and was appointed as the deputy head of Chongwen District of Beijing and the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal People's Committee, becoming the leader of the Aisin Gioro family.
Simple life, the "emperor brother" in his later years.
Speaking of which, maybe everyone can't believe it. Over the years, although Pu Ren has donated precious cultural relics such as portraits of the Qing Dynasty, calligraphy works of guyan inscribed by Kangxi and Puyi to Guo Bo, Beijing Museum of Literature and History and Chengde Museum, there are at least thousands of them. If any one of them is selected and put into auction, it will be valuable enough. But he made up his mind to donate them all to the country for free.
Like his second brother Pu Jie, Puren lived a very simple life. Whenever he participates in the activities of the Museum of Literature and History, he mostly doesn't take the bus. He always rides a bike for short trips, while he takes a bus for long trips. In Pu Ren's view, ordinary is often life. In fact, this is an unusual way of life for an emperor brother who has been eating and drinking since childhood.
Pu Ren, who is over 90 years old, is gradually deaf, but still insists on reading newspapers. At first, he used his wife Zhang as a temporary "translator" to communicate with visitors. Later, even if his wife spoke loudly, he couldn't hear clearly, so he simply wrote a note with a pen to communicate with the guests. When writing, the regular script written by "Emperor Brother" is still so neat and meticulous. With the growth of age, Puren's eyesight has deteriorated a lot. After careful consideration, his family came up with a way to hang a small blackboard at home, probably because he used to be a teacher and liked to use chalk.
Whenever the sun sets, Pu Ren mostly walks out of the courtyard accompanied by a nanny and wanders around the capital, which has become a habit that the elderly have not changed for many years. He called it a walk. Sometimes he walked out of the hutong from the west exit, strolled to Shichahai, not far to the west, circled for half a circle, and sometimes inadvertently strolled to the root of the Western Imperial City. His family told me with a smile that he saw the broken wall left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the newly-built Huangchenggen Street Park. He looked around, interested as a child. He even sat on a bench by the side of the road, complaining about the nanny who followed the bag. Why didn't you bring me here earlier?
Only after a while, he suddenly stood up again and looked at the city bricks hundreds of years ago with reading glasses. Then, continue to wander among the pines and cypresses, refusing to sit down and have a rest. Sometimes, on a whim, he can walk around the ancient bell and drum tower for hours until his nanny is too tired to walk, but he still refuses to rest and walks slowly regardless. (From People's Network)