Abdication of Puyi

Puyi's abdication edict ended Qing rule and the imperial system, formally transferring sovereignty to the Republic of China.

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Abdication of Puyi · 1912 CE
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Cause & Context

In the early twentieth century, the democratic bourgeois revolution surged. After the Wuchang Uprising broke out, provinces nationwide announced independence in succession from the Qing court, and the Qing government's autocratic rule defense line had no retreat.

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Epochal Overview

Empress Dowager Longyu, on behalf of the six-year-old last emperor , issued the historic Abdication Edict. The Qing emperor formally announced abdication, definitively ending the Qing's two-hundred-plus years of rule over the Huaxia land.

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Civilizational Impact

This abdication formally announced the definitive end of the over two-thousand-year feudal imperial system in the Huaxia land and the formal opening of the democratic republican new era. It became a milestone in Huaxia history.

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Key Figures

The last emperor at age six was pushed down from the altar by history in confusion, reduced to ordinary citizen. relied on Beiyang military strength to mediate repeatedly between the Qing court and the revolutionary party and was the meritorious official presiding over the abdication.