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Puyi
Last Qing emperor, enthroned as a small child under the Xuantong reign title, in whose name the 1912 abdication edict ended imperial rule; later ruler of Manchukuo
Mural of the event “Abdication of Puyi”, which this person took part in.
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.
Also known as Xuantong Di · Qingmo Di · Ai Xin Jue Luo · Pu Yi
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Puyi, of the Aisin Gioro clan, was the eldest son of Zaifeng, Prince Chun, and was born in Beijing in February 1906. When the Guangxu Emperor died in November 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi named him heir; he was enthroned before turning three with his father as regent, and the Xuantong reign began the next year. After the 1911 revolution Empress Dowager Longyu issued the abdication edict in his name on 12 February 1912, and the Articles of Favourable Treatment let him keep his title and live on in the Forbidden City. Zhang Xun restored him for twelve days in 1917, and Feng Yuxiang's coup expelled him from the palace in 1924. With Japanese backing he headed Manchukuo from 1932, as its emperor from 1934. Captured by Soviet troops in 1945, he was handed to the People's Republic of China in 1950 and pardoned in 1959. He joined the national committee of the CPPCC in 1964 and died in Beijing in October 1967; his autobiography appeared in 1964.
Life and times
Dates 1906 CE–1967 CE
- 1912Abdication of PuyiTook partage 6
- 1912Qing Edict Ending Imperial Ruleage 6