"When Puyi was in the Forbidden City and had sex with palace maids when he was a boy, he became impotent." This theory has been circulating for a long time, but it is not credible.
Puyi in his teenage years
First, let’s take a look at the origin of this statement.
This old saying that has been circulating for decades comes from the article "After the Last Emperor's Amnesty" published by Shen Zui in 1981. The original text is as follows:
"When Puyi lived in the Forbidden City in his teens, because of several people who served him. The eunuchs were afraid that he would run out at night, and they also wanted to go home to rest, so they often pushed the palace maids onto his bed and asked them to wait on him at night, and would not let him get out of bed. Those palace ladies were much older than him. He was still a child at that time and didn't understand anything. He was completely at the mercy of the palace maids. Sometimes there were not just one, but two or three sleeping in his bed, teaching him to do bad things until he was exhausted. Only then did the palace maids let him Go to bed. When he got up the next day, he often felt dizzy and saw that the sun was yellow. After he told the eunuchs about this, they gave him some medicine. I feel less and less interested in those things..."
This statement is actually not credible.
The reasons are as follows. Lao Feng will tell you in detail one by one:
One of the reasons: Shen Zui is a former Kuomintang military reunification agent, and many of his writings are based on hearsay and fabrication. His materials have a poor reputation in the Chinese history circle, and the value of historical materials is very low. Therefore, when studying history in China, his words are generally not accepted.
Reason two: What said in the article cannot be established. The Forbidden City gate is closed every night and will no longer be opened. There is no "worry about Puyi running out at night". Moreover, the eunuch had no right to order the maid to sleep with Puyi, and the eunuch did not dare to give such an order to the maid.
The third reason: The behavior of the palace ladies in the Forbidden City is strictly restricted by the Manchu and Qing Dynasty palace disciplines represented by the "Current Rules in the Imperial Palace". If the palace maid dares to seduce the young emperor into bed, it will be a capital crime. If found out, the concubine will order to be killed with a stick on the spot.
The fourth reason: Puyi was in the Forbidden City when he was a teenager. He was very strictly disciplined by elders such as his mother Youlan, Princess Duankang (Concubine Jin), and his father Zaifeng. The eunuchs around Puyi were all elders such as Princess Duankang. Assigned, what Puyi did, the eunuchs had to report to Princess Duankang every day. There is no possibility that Puyi would have sex with the palace maids in bed for a long time or on a large scale. Moreover, Manchu and Qing family law also stipulated that the emperor was not allowed to touch the maids .
Puyi in his adolescence
Reason five: Puyi married Wanrong as soon as he turned 16. There is basically no sexual gap. Northern men usually reach sexual maturity at the age of 15. In other words, Puyi Basically there is no sexual gap, and there is no need to resort to palace maids to solve sexual needs.
Reason six: starts from the interests of the palace maids.The palace maid came from a lowly background, and even if she became pregnant with a dragon, she would still be aborted, and she would not be able to transform into a queen. (Manchu Qing family law: only the daughters of bannermen nobles were eligible to become the emperor's women) Therefore, several women from lowly origins The palace maid pestered Puyi, a 15-year-old boy, for a long time to engage in multi-player sports? Want to squeeze him dry? Make him impotent? Have you read too much pornographic stall literature? What do they mean by and ? What to do if you get pregnant? Being a single mother? Not only would not be able to get the status , but would also have to risk being killed with a stick. . If you were a palace maid, would you do this?
Reason seven: From a medical point of view, It is not easy to destroy the sexual function of a 15-year-old boy through sexual intercourse. Usually, men’s sexual ability is particularly strong when they are 15 years old. You have to use sexual intercourse to destroy it. This method completely destroys his sexual function, which requires a very high frequency of destructive behavior and lasts for a long time, which is not easy. Moreover, men have a physiological " refractory period " and will adjust their sexual needs and frequency of sexual behavior on their own. Besides, Puyi married Wanrong just after he turned 16, where would he have time for you to destroy him? Besides, historically speaking, it was very common for men in ancient my country to get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen. It was very common for men to have sex several times a day. How many teenagers would suffer from impotence because of this?
Reason eight: " Notes on the Daily Life of Emperor Xuantong ", Puyi's teacher Johnston "Twilight in the Forbidden City", "Memoirs of Pujie", "Puyi in the Eyes of Others: An Oral Record of Attendant Li Guoxiong"...etc. A series of records written by Puyi's personal staff did not mention Puyi's "messing with the palace maids", and the later published records of "Talk about the Palace Maid" and "Talk about the Eunuch" also did not mention Puyi "having sex with the palace maids". mess with” things.
Puyi and Queen Wanrong
Reason nine: In fact, Puyi himself said that when he was 16 years old, had no interest in women at all . Let’s read a passage from the original text of Puyi’s "My First Half of Life":
" When the princes and ministers, on the orders of the concubines, told me that I had reached the age of "big marriage", if I was still interested in this matter, it was because marriage was a sign of adulthood. After this Procedures, others can't control me like a child ... According to tradition, the emperor and the queen spent their first wedding night in a wedding room that was only ten meters square in the Kunning Palace. The characteristics of this room are: there are no furnishings, and the kang takes up a quarter of it. Except for the floor, it is all painted red. After going through the " Heyuan ceremony " and eating the "descendants cake", I entered this room. In the dark red room, I felt very suffocated. The bride was sitting on the kang, with her head lowered. I looked aside for a while, and all I could see was red in front of me: red curtain, red mattress, red dress, red skirt, red. The flowers, the red cheeks... were like a pool of melted red candles. I felt very uncomfortable, neither sitting nor standing. I thought it was better to Yangxin Palace , so I opened the door and came back. I returned. When I arrived at the Yangxin Hall, I saw the list of ministers from all over the country mounted on the wall. The question came again: "I have a queen and a concubine, and I have become a human being. What is the difference from before?" "How does Wanrong feel when she is left alone in Kunning Palace? What is that Wenxiu who is less than fourteen years old thinking? I didn't even think about it."
It can be seen that the 16-year-old Puyi has no regard for women. No interest , on the night of their wedding to Wanrong, Puyi didn't even sleep with Wanrong, he ran away alone.
Why is Puyi not interested in women? See reason ten.
Reason No. 10: Puyi took and injected a large amount of male hormones during his time in Tianjin and Changchun. Based on this, we can infer that Puyi should have seen a doctor at that time. The doctor’s diagnosis of his impotence was: androgen. Insufficient secretion. is an endocrine problem .
Jilin People's Publishing House "The Last Queen and Imperial Concubine" records the memories of Puyi's nephew Yugan as his personal staff during the Puppet Manchukuo period. The original text is as follows:
"On August 29, 1940, Section Chief Hanyu: "See the letter from Beijing and Tianjin to buy fifty dozen powerful male hormone Andalos town western medicine. I sent you an empty bottle today and I will buy it anyway. Be careful not to use women. "
This is the record of Puyi ordering Yugan to purchase male hormones for him in 1940. Puyi also specifically told Yugan: Don't buy the wrong one. Once you buy the wrong one, it will turn into estrogen.
Okay, at the end of the day, old man Feng said again, from the perspective of historical research methodology, only the following materials can preliminarily prove that "Pu Yi was squeezed out by the palace maids since childhood":
Proof material one: Pu Yi's own handwriting
Proof material two. : More than two palace ladies who slept with Puyi have mutually corroborating testimonies.
However, these two types of materials do not exist in the Chinese historical research community.
Take a step back, even if the material is the same. Second, from a rigorous forensic perspective, it is necessary to prove the causal relationship between "sleeping with the palace maid" and "Puyi's impotence". I am not harsh in saying this, but at least it is more serious. Okay, having said that, Lao Feng will summarize it for everyone:
"Puyi had sex with palace maids in the Forbidden City when he was a boy, resulting in impotence" is a historical rumor. The main reasons for saying it is a historical rumor are:
First: The statement comes from Unofficial history.
Second: lacks official historical data support.
Third: lacks support from witness testimony.
Fourth: lacks medical evidence support. Fifth: is inconsistent with the Manchu family law. The rules of life are inconsistent.
We are discussing this matter today to kindly remind everyone that any information you see when reading or browsing Moments may be rumors, so you should put a question mark. We should question it from the following aspects:
First: Is the source of the information about authoritative?
Second: Can the information be established scientifically and logically?
Get into the habit of questioning and you can become a better person, really.
