Twilight in the Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城的黄昏; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng de Huánghūn) is Reginald Johnston's 486-page memoir of the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
He knew many of the active players in those events, and his observations on the Qing court's political structure, and in particular the Imperial Household Department, are of historical significance.
Twilight in the Forbidden City is a history of an entire period and not an exclusive portrait of the last emperor of China.
In the fourth impression, published in December 1934 by Victor Gollancz Ltd., additional information such as the fully spread fan (pp.
448–9) was developed and some important parts of the history, such as the confinement of Cao Kun (p. 381) and Kang Youwei's escape from the country (p. 17), were reviewed for modification with "preface to the fourth impression" (p. 6) (Japanese translation; ISBN 4-939154-04-1).