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Puyi [c] (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 the Xinhai Revolution at the age of six.
- The Infant Emperor
- Abdication
- Finding A Place in The World
- Japanese Puppet
- Final Days
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Puyi became emperor in November 1908, following the death of his half-uncle, Guangxu Emperor. 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 trave...
In October 1911, the army garrison in Wuhan mutinied, igniting a wider revolt which called for the removal of the Qing Dynasty. For centuries, China’s powerholders had ruled by the concept of the Mandate of Heaven – a philosophical idea comparable to the European concept of the ‘divine right to rule’ – which painted the sovereign’s absolute power a...
The teenage Puyi was given an English tutor, Sir Reginald Johnston, to teach him more about China’s place in the world, as well as to school him in English, political science, constitutional science and history. Johnston was one of the few people who had any influence over Puyi and encouraged him to widen his horizons and question his self-absorpti...
Puyi’s birthright meant he was of great interest to foreign powers: he was courted by the Chinese warlord General Zhang Zongchang, as well as Russian and Japanese powers, all of whom flattered him and promised that they could facilitate the restoration of the Qing dynasty. He and his wife, Wanrong, lived a luxurious life amongst the cosmopolitan el...
Puyi spent 10 years in a military holding facility and underwent something of an epiphany in this period: he had to learn to do basic tasks for the first time and finally realised the true damage done by the Japanese in his name, learning about the horrors of the war and Japanese atrocities. He was released from prison to live a simple life in Beij...
Learn about Puyi, the infant emperor who ruled China for less than four years before being forced to abdicate in 1912. Discover how he became a pawn of foreign powers, a puppet of the Japanese and a prisoner of the communists.
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- Puyi was the only emperor to be enthroned 3 times. Puyi was the last emperor three times, but was not in power even for a day! Puyi was "the puppet emperor".
- Puyi's abdication was the end of imperial China. 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 was the first emperor to learn English and wear suits because... ... 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 was captured by the USSR and served 10 years in prison in China as a war criminal. In 1945, the Soviet Union attacked Manchukuo and captured Puyi at the airport as he tried to flee to Japan.
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Learn about the life and reign of Puyi, the last emperor of Qing Dynasty and Manchukuo, who was born in 1906 and died in 1967. Find out how he was enthroned, abdicated, restored, imprisoned and rehabilitated in this biography.
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Oct 14, 2020 · Learn about Puyi, the child emperor who ruled China for four years before the 1911 revolution, and his subsequent fate as a puppet ruler, a prisoner and a reformed man. Discover his birth, reign, abdication, exile, war crimes and death in this comprehensive biography.
