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    Puyi [c] (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967) was the final 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. During his first reign, he was known as the Xuantong Emperor, with his ...

    • 1 March 1934 – 17 August 1945
    • Monarchy abolished, Yuan Shikai as President of the Republic of China
    • Puyi Was The only Emperor to Be Enthroned 3 times.
    • Puyi's Abdication Was The End of Imperial China.
    • Puyi Was The First Emperor to Learn English and Wear Suits Because...
    • Puyi Spent His Final 8 Years as An Ordinary PRC citizen.
    • Puyi Was The First Emperor to Be divorced.
    • Puyi Had No Children, and This Was Because...
    • Puyi Died of cancer.
    • "The Last Emperor" Used Puyi's Autobiography.
    • Discover More About Imperial Life in China
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    Puyi was the last emperor three times, but was not in power even for a day! Puyi was "the puppet emperor".

    2,133 years of Chinese imperial history were ended by Puyi's mother's note. Empress Dowager Longyu endorsed the abdication on 12 February 1912, handing over power to Yuan Shikai's Republican army.

    ...Puyi had an English tutor. In 1919, Scotsman Johnston was invited to the Forbidden City as Puyi's teacher of English, mathematics, geography, world history, etc. Puyi's English name Henry was chosen by Johnston. Johnston's arrival opened Puyi's eyes to the world. He then started to wear suits and glasses, cut off his Manchurian queue, used a pho...

    Puyi was pardoned in 1960. After being released from prison, he became a citizen of the People's Republic of China with special permission from Chairman Mao Zedong. At first, he worked as a gardener at the Beijing Botanical Gardens from 1960. Later he became a member of a national organization serving the people — the fourth National Committee of t...

    Puyi had five spouses — Empress Wanrong, concubines Shu, Xiang, and Fu, and Li Shuxian. In 1931, his second wife Wenxiu, the consort Shu, divorced him due to 'emptiness of life for nine years'. Puyi vented on his anger at Wenxiu's divorce on Wanrong. Puyi's ignorance and hatred and the atrocities of the Japanese left Wanrong addicted to opium and h...

    ...Puyi lost his fertility. Puyi's autobiography recorded that eunuchs didn't want to take care of him at night, so they arranged maids to accompany Puyi when he slept. Constant sex with maids in his early years, it is most strongly theorized, led to the loss of his sexual function and fertility, whether due to psychological damage or through a sex...

    Indulging in sex in his early years, it is theorized, made Puyi lose the ability to bear children, and more seriously, TCM theorists say, caused damage to his kidneys, stating depletion of kidney qi as the cause. Though, possibly, his gradually failing kidneys caused his impotence. On October 17, 1967, Puyi died of kidney cancer and was buried in H...

    "The Last Emperor" used the book Twilight in the Forbidden City written by Puyi's tutor, Johnston as the original structure, as well as referring to Puyi's autobiography, From Emperor to Citizen, and other related works. It artistically told the story of Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, who lived a tumultuous life spanning 60 years from...

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  4. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8698818. Source citation. Last Emperor of China. After the death of his uncle, Guangxu became the last emperor of China in 1908, Great Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, Great Kahn of Tartary, Son of Heaven and Lord of Ten Thousand Years. Puyi was raised by court officials who taught him to leave a desolate life.

  5. Apr 3, 2024 · 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. Puyi (right) with his father and a younger brother, 1909.

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  6. The Emperor Basil II, refused to be buried there as he wished to be with his soldiers, in the Church of Saint John the Theologian, next to the barracks of the City. After this the Church of the Holy Apostles was full and the Roman Emperors were being buried in other churches and monasteries around the capital.

  7. The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. Following Alexander's death in Babylon , his body was initially buried in Memphis by one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter , before being transferred to Alexandria , where it was reburied. [1]