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Puyi (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967) was the last emperor of China, reigning as the eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate in 1912 as a result of Xinhai Revolution at the age of six.
Puyi (born February 7, 1906, Beijing, China—died October 17, 1967, Beijing) was the last emperor (1908–1911/12) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12) in China and puppet emperor of the Japanese-controlled state of Manchukuo (Chinese: Manzhouguo) from 1934 to 1945.
Feb 1, 2022 · Aged just 2 years and 10 months, Puyi was forcibly removed from his family and taken to the Forbidden City in Beijing – the home of Imperial China’s palace and powerholders – by a procession of officials and eunuchs. Only his wet nurse was allowed to travel with him the entire journey.
Puyi was the last emperor of China. He led a particularly interesting life in China's turbulent era of change. The following facts will help you better understand the Last Emperor.
Aug 14, 2019 · Puyi served as the last emperor of China before the fall of the Qing Dynasty and lived to see the communists come to power decades later.
Oct 14, 2020 · Puyi’s dynasty, the Qing dynasty, ruled China since 1644. He was the 12th and last emperor of the dynasty. While working as researcher for the communist regime in the 1960s, he penned down an autobiography titled From Emperor to Citizen.
Sep 29, 2012 · In a rare reunion, four relatives of the late Emperor Puyi — China's last emperor — convened Thursday at the willow-fringed lakefront mansion in Beijing where he was born in 1906.
Aisin-Giro Puyi or Emperor Puyi (Chinese: 溥仪, February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) was the last Emperor of China. He was crowned emperor in 1908 at the age of three. His era name as Qing emperor, "Xuantong", means "proclamation of unity".
PUYI: THE LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA. Pu Yi as a baby Xuantong, better known by his personal name of Henry Puyi, was the last emperor of China. At age three, Puyi took the throne after the death of his uncle Guangxu in November 1908. The death of Guangxu, many believe, was engineered by Empress Dowager Cixi.
'I'm Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty. I'm staying with relatives and can't find my way home.' These were the words spoken to curious passersby by a little lost street sweeper in the Chinese capital of Beijing in 1959.
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