Monarchy Abolished, Qing Dynasty Abolished; Sun Yat-sen as President of the Republic of China
Regents
Zaifeng, Prince Chun(1908–11) Empress Dowager Longyu(1911–12)
Prime Ministers
Second reign
1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917[a]
Prime minister
Zhang Xun
Reign
1 March 1934 – 17 August 1945
Predecessor
Himself as Chief Executive of Manchukuo
Successor
Position abolished(Manchukuo dissolved)
Prime Minister
Reign
18 February 1932 – 28 February 1934
Predecessor
Manchukuo and position established
Successor
Himself as emperor
Prime Minister
Zheng Xiaoxu
Born
Aisin-Gioro Puyi (愛新覺羅·溥儀) (1906-02-07)February 7, 1906 Prince Chun Mansion, Beijing, Qing dynasty
Died
October 17, 1967(1967-10-17) (aged 61) Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Burial
Hualong Imperial Cemetery, Yi County, Hebei
Consorts
Gobulo Wanrong
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The Politics of Power
In the winter of 1911-1912, a political earthquake in Asia brought one of our last links to the ancient world crashing down. Imperial China had outlasted the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire. For 2,000 years, it had withstood civil wars and foreign invasion, only to dramatically implode after less than six months of unrest. The emperor on the throne at this turning point in history? A six year old boy named Puyi.
Born into an ossified court and brought up in unimaginable luxury, the boy emperor spent his first six years as a living god… before finding himself turned into a political fossil, a relic of a dead age. But there was more to Puyi than just one frightened child. An entitled brat who grew up to be a spoiled playboy before ending his life a convicted war criminal, Puyi was the living embodiment of China’s crazed 20th Century transformation. Join us today as we journey through the life of China’s Last Emperor.
On 7 February, 1906, the boy who would one day rule China opened his eyes for the very first time.
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10 Facts about Puyi You Didn't Know
Puyi was the last emperor of China. His life was full of ups and downs. He led a special life in China's turbulent era of change — from emperor to citizen. The following facts will help you better understand the Last Emperor.
Name: Puyi
Manchu surname: Aisin Gioro
Full name: Aisin Gioro Puyi
English name: Henry
Born: 1906
Died: 1967
Regal name: Xuantong
Predecessor: Emperor Guangxu
Successor: none (dynasty and monarchy abolished)
1. Puyi was the only emperor to be enthroned 3 times.
Puyi
Puyi was the last emperor three times, but was not in power even for a day! Puyi was "the puppet emperor".
The Qing Emperor (Enthronement 1)
From 1908 to 1912 was Puyi's first "reign", over the Qing Dynasty as Emperor Xuantong. His father Zaifeng was actually in power as Prince Regent.
Puyi was the youngest emperor at only 2. He was appointed by the dying Empress Dowager Cixi. Emperor Guangxu had no heirs, and Puyi was Guangxu's nephew.
The reason Puyi was chosen by Cixi was that it would be easy for her to continue to rule China (behind the s