Recently just finished reading a book..a historical book. The title is: MO DAI WANG FEI-WANG RONG HE WEN XIU. I feel that this is the second best book i have read so far, apart from THE LAST EMPEROR PU YI. I think not all ppl like to read historical book, especially when it’s published in tradditional chinese wordings which not all people know how to read, and also less photographs for illustration.
This book illustrates the life of the last emperor’s empress WANG RONG and his concubine WEN XIU. Before i touched this book, i had always thought that PU YI’s wifes are so good-life, able to enjoy all the luxuary that was given to them. But after reading, I feel so sorry for them, especially WANG RONG. Her luxuary as an empress was just a surface. But in reality she had been isolated by PU YI ever since they got married. That was because WANG RONG was not the ideal candidate for PU YI, as both wife and empress. In fact WANG RONG was chosen as PU YI’s wife because of old Ching’s officials’ ’special’ arrangement. Hence for many years of marriage life with PU YI, WANG RONG had not enjoyed having his husband’s love and concern. Instead she ended up somking opium to relieve her bordom.
When PU YI was restored as emperor again in Manchuria by the Japanese, WANG RONG’s life got worst than before. Both her husband and herself were kept under suvilliance by the Japanese. PU YI was just a puppet in the eyes of the Japanese. WANG RONG hated this kind of life more. Firstly, no care and concern from PU YI, secondly, her freedom of movement was restricted within that small Manchuria palace; she can’t even walked out of the palace gate. In the end, she suffered from opium posioning and serious mental breakdown. She died when the Japanese surrendered. Worst still she was not properly buried in the wild. Until now, her remains were still not found. So pathetic….
This book really gave me a great impact. I would recommend this book to those who were interested. If i were to give ratings for this book, I would give 4 stars out of 5. The only star that was not given was its lack of more photographs.