tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post5032935111858174000..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Understanding the Last Emperor, Part IMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-74949112847142722562014-03-22T03:49:51.443-05:002014-03-22T03:49:51.443-05:00The restoration of the Qing in China and the overt...The restoration of the Qing in China and the overthrow of the Chinese Communists and Nationalists on Taiwan is my heart-felt prayer. MM do you know of any legitimate Qing monarchist organisation and claimant to the Throne?Deacon Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903366446394957630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-15138938399259999182013-08-04T13:31:36.351-05:002013-08-04T13:31:36.351-05:00Just an observation, but I cannot hold that any ab...Just an observation, but I cannot hold that any abdication, especially one done by an intercessor (even a legitimate one), can be valid if made under duress. That's rather like holding a gun to someone's head and telling them to sign a confession to a crime they didn't commit, or they can watch their family die...And 'de factor' may hold sway over 'de jure', but it can never hold legitimacy.<br /><br />And kudo's on a truly awe-inspiring blog, Sir!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-74885253347692238802012-11-02T00:48:09.304-05:002012-11-02T00:48:09.304-05:00It was the nationalists who started it, and though...It was the nationalists who started it, and though the communist regime has the blood of tens of millions on its hands, the KMT killed plenty of people too. Not nearly as many as the Reds, but still enough to be considered atrocious. A difference I have (besides just despising all communists on principle) is that the reds are an illegitimate regime whereas the first republic of China, somewhat like the USA, had a royal to sign off on it, so I regard the Republic of China as the "legal" successor state to the last legitimate Chinese authority.<br /><br />And even when the communists don't act like "real" communists, I still despise them. They put a freaking Starbucks in the Forbidden City -if that is not outright cultural rape I don't know what is.<br /><br />Anyway, if another dynasty rose up and took power in the traditional fashion, reviving the traditional ways, I would certainly accept them. I am partial to the Qing Dynasty, but that's the Chinese way and the way I see it, if you don't keep up the traditions and the rites, you cannot claim the Mandate of Heaven and I consider the Mandate unclaimed since the fall of the Qing. If another dynasty can revive the empire they will have proven to have it.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-63634459056953725362012-11-01T22:42:34.453-05:002012-11-01T22:42:34.453-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ulf Jarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809295086187092020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-63757716242243683042012-11-01T19:52:04.053-05:002012-11-01T19:52:04.053-05:00I will not, would not support any communist regime...I will not, would not support any communist regime, real or pretended, for any reason whatever. And it was not the Republic of China, officially, that evicted the Emperor from the Great Within, it was General Feng Yuxiang who was on the most radical leftist fringe of the Kuomintang, was friendly with the communists and who the communists buried with full honors after his death -even though he was, officially, a life-long general in the nationalist army. Which says something about him.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-21511585588713985192012-11-01T19:16:21.218-05:002012-11-01T19:16:21.218-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ulf Jarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809295086187092020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-25908035926127752972012-11-01T01:19:54.144-05:002012-11-01T01:19:54.144-05:00The interesting aspect of the Warlord Era after 19...The interesting aspect of the Warlord Era after 1912 was that monarchical aspirations among warlords never quite vanished, and only Yuan Shikai ever came close to creating a new one.<br /><br />I remember Gerald Warner's article earlier this year which predicted that China could revert to this kind of scenario if the regime was ever in trouble (and mark my words, it will be one day).David Votoupalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580606716887515975noreply@blogger.com