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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 was the first emperor to be divorced. 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, last emperor (1908–1911/12) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12) in China and puppet emperor (under the reign title of Kangde) of the Japanese-controlled state of Manchukuo (1934–45). He was the subject of the biopic The Last Emperor (1987). Learn more about Puyi’s life and reign.
Feb 1, 2022 · Puyi was crowned Emperor of China in 1908, aged just 2 years and 10 months. After less than four years of regency rule, Puyi was forced to abdicate...
Aug 14, 2019 · The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and thus the last emperor of China, Aisin-Gioro Puyi lived through the fall of his empire, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, the Chinese Civil War, and the founding of the Peoples Republic of China .
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.
Oct 8, 2021 · At the moment of his birth, Puyi was perhaps the single most privileged child on the face of the planet. His father, Prince Chun, was a member of of the Qing dynasty, a group of ethnic Manchus who’d ruled China since 1644. His uncle, Guangxu, was the current emperor.
Oct 14, 2020 · Puyi – China’s last emperor. Known during his four-year reign (1908-1912) as Xuantong Emperor, Puyi (1906-1967) was China’s last emperor and also the last ruler of the Qing dynasty. After China’s most radical political transformation of the 20th century – i.e. the Chinese Revolution in 1912 – Puyi was forced to abdicate ...
Puyi's introduction to emperorship began when palace officials arrived at his family home to take him. Puyi screamed and resisted as the officials ordered the eunuchs to pick him up.
Pu Yi was two years old when he became the emperor of more than 400 million Chinese citizens. Two years after this photo was taken, in 1912, Pu Yi was forced to abdicate. The last emperor of China ended his life as an assistant gardener at the Beijing Botanical Gardens in the 1960s.
