In fairness he was also basically kidnapped and crowned forever king of a basically medieval state at the age of 5. Not defending his actions, but he's basically always been a political pawn sheepdogged into whatever PR campaign the American state wants like Emperor PuYi in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
it is also interesting to note that the Choice of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is not really an arbitrary thing with the Previous Dalai Lama pointing at a direction and the first kid they find is the reincarnation.
There is a thing called the golden urn that is basically a voting system by different lama groups with different interest or even the Qing dynasty that can be used to ''guide the Dalai Lama's reincarnation''. This is why there are periods where the young Dalai Lamas mysteriously passed away via poison.
This is also the reason why there is a Dalai Lama reincarnation crisis when the current one will eventually die. the Chinese government and the current Dalai Lama apparently are ok with one child but the pro independent group chose their own one that they said is legitimate
I didn't know about the golden urn but I always found it weird growing up how otherwise rational Americans took the whole reincarnation thing at face value as an apolitical supernatural process lol.
you know the rational liberals are just doing noble savage trope on people from foreign countries because they got rid of the noble savages on their own land
Also that movie is fucking hilarious especially how they portrayed Mao like some asshole who didn't respect local custom or something. Opponents of Mao would always refer him as some snakes that knows how to pull a show which is not something shown in the movie.
Henry Puyi wasn't kidnapped into it. He volunteered for the job. He was a weak man who just went with whatever anyone told him to do. He ended up as a street sweeper outside his old house, the Forbidden City.
He was crowned son of heaven at the age of two and watched the ancient social order backing that title crumble at the age of 5. I feel more sympathy for him than I do for someone like the Tsar of Russia because experiencing that definitely made him into a pathologically weak person who went where he was told. I think it was good to let him live out his life and I hope he found some fulfillment tending the gardens near his old palace.
In fairness he was also basically kidnapped and crowned forever king of a basically medieval state at the age of 5. Not defending his actions, but he's basically always been a political pawn sheepdogged into whatever PR campaign the American state wants like Emperor PuYi in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
yeah I think being kidnapped and put in charge of a country at 5 probably made him weirder
it is also interesting to note that the Choice of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is not really an arbitrary thing with the Previous Dalai Lama pointing at a direction and the first kid they find is the reincarnation.
There is a thing called the golden urn that is basically a voting system by different lama groups with different interest or even the Qing dynasty that can be used to ''guide the Dalai Lama's reincarnation''. This is why there are periods where the young Dalai Lamas mysteriously passed away via poison.
This is also the reason why there is a Dalai Lama reincarnation crisis when the current one will eventually die. the Chinese government and the current Dalai Lama apparently are ok with one child but the pro independent group chose their own one that they said is legitimate
I didn't know about the golden urn but I always found it weird growing up how otherwise rational Americans took the whole reincarnation thing at face value as an apolitical supernatural process lol.
what 7 years to Tibet does to a MF
you know the rational liberals are just doing noble savage trope on people from foreign countries because they got rid of the noble savages on their own land
Also that movie is fucking hilarious especially how they portrayed Mao like some asshole who didn't respect local custom or something. Opponents of Mao would always refer him as some snakes that knows how to pull a show which is not something shown in the movie.
Henry Puyi wasn't kidnapped into it. He volunteered for the job. He was a weak man who just went with whatever anyone told him to do. He ended up as a street sweeper outside his old house, the Forbidden City.
He was crowned son of heaven at the age of two and watched the ancient social order backing that title crumble at the age of 5. I feel more sympathy for him than I do for someone like the Tsar of Russia because experiencing that definitely made him into a pathologically weak person who went where he was told. I think it was good to let him live out his life and I hope he found some fulfillment tending the gardens near his old palace.