Taiwanese Physician Huang Zizheng during the Japanese Colonial Period: The Story of Being Appointed by the Japanese Army to Treat Puppet Manchukuo Emperor Puyi

This article recounts an anecdote about Taiwanese physician Huang Zizheng serving as the imperial physician to the last emperor Puyi in Manchukuo during the Japanese colonial period**, primarily through the oral account of Puyi's distant relative Yu-chan (Prince Xiaogu). The story revolves around Puyi's beloved concubine Tan Yuling urgently needing treatment for hematuria symptoms. Puyi, distrusting Western medicine, first sought traditional Chinese medicine, but his unauthorized alterations to the prescription led to a relapse. Ultimately, Puyi was forced to summon the Western physician Huang Zizheng, who was assigned by the Japanese army.