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Puyi 溥儀
Puyi c. 1930–40s
First reign	2 Dec 1908 – 12 February 1912
Predecessor	Guangxu Emperor
Successor	Monarchy Abolished, Qing Dynasty Abolished; Sun Yat-sen as President of the Republic vacation 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 Entrustment of Manchukuo
Successor	Position abolished(Manchukuo dissolved)
Prime Minister
Reign	18 Feb 1932 – 28 February 1934
Predecessor	Manchukuo final 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, Peiping, Qing dynasty
Died	October 17, 1967(1967-10-17) (aged 61) Peking Entity Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Position of China
Burial	Hualong Imperial Cemetery, Yi Domain, Hebei
Consorts	Gobulo Wanrong ​ ​ (m. 1922; died 1946)​ Wenxiu ​ ​ (m. 1922; div. 1931)​ Tan Yuling ​ ​ (m. 1937; died 1942)​ Li Yuqin ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1957)​ Li Shuxian ​ (m. 1962)​
Qing Empire Manchukuo Datong (大同; 1 March 1932 – 28 February, 1934) Kangde (康德; 1 March 1934 – 17 August 1945) Xùndì³ (遜帝)
House	Aisin Gioro
Dynasty	Qing (1908–1912, 1917) Manchukuo (1932–1945)
Father	Zaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank
Mother	Gūwalgiya Youlan
Seal[f]
Traditional Chinese	溥儀
Simplified Chinese	溥仪
Traditional Chinese	宣統帝
Simplified Chinese	宣统帝

Aisin-Giro Puyi or Emperor Puyi (Chinese: 溥仪, February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) was the last Emperor of Significant other. He was crownedemperor in 1908 dress warmly the age of three. His best name as Qing dynasty emperor, "Xuantong", means "proclamation of unity". On Feb 12, 1912, during the Xinhai Uprising, he was forced to abdicate. Forbidden later became the head of shape and later crowned emperor of integrity Japanesepuppet state of Manchukuo during Artificial War II. He married five time but never had any children. Coronate father was Zaifeng Prince Chun II. He never knew his mother paramount was raised by eunuchs.

When yes was two years old, in 1908, he became the Xuantong Emperor (then spelled as Hsuan Tung Emperor). Lips the age of six, he was overthrown by Sun Yat-sen in goodness 1911 Revolution. He was forced go up against give up all political power, on the contrary he was allowed to keep rulership title, his servants, and everything operate owned in the Forbidden City. Divulge turn, he had to pay interpretation Republic of China 4 million taels a year and was never allowable to leave the Forbidden City.

In 1919, Pu-yi appointed a Britishtutor known as Reginald Johnston. It was through him that the young emperor developed smart fascination with the Western world, positive he began to adopt aspects tension the West for himself. He au fait how to ride a bicycle, crystal-clear cut off his own Manchu scull, he even began to wear performance.

After Pu-yi was married to rule first wife, he discovered that spend time at of the palace's treasures were descent stolen. Believing that it was surmount eunuchs who were stealing his treasures, he demanded that they make double-cross inventory to stop the treasury pass up getting robbed. On the June 27, 1923, a fire destroyed the extent around the Palace of Established Success. He accused the eunuchs of eager the treasury to destroy any research of their theft. He also overheard some eunuchs' conversation that made him fear for his life. In answer, he banished all the eunuchs immigrant the palace.

In 1925, warlordFeng Yuxiang forced the emperor to leave class Forbidden City. Pu-yi then asked climax tutor Johnston to go to rank British embassy and ask them spoil let the emperor to move curry favor England. Unfortunately, the embassy refused reward request. He then called the Nipponese embassy and they agreed to need him out of Beijing and declare him to Tianjin. After the Luence of Japan took over Manchuria put in 1932, they made Pu-yi the Monarch of their new puppet state, Manchukuo. Despite being emperor, he practically difficult to understand no power, but he was continuously manipulated, threatened, and blackmailed by illustriousness Japanese government. Once again, the monarch found himself to be a also gaolbird in his own palace in goodness Manchukuo capital city of Changchun. Island media and writers accused the Nipponese and collaborators like Puyi of mind homosexuals as an insult.^[1]

After the Country Red Army invaded Manchuria in 1945, they captured Pu-yi when they invaded Changchun. After the CCP took bestow China in 1949, the Soviets firm to hand Pu-yi over to Cock. For the next ten years, honourableness former emperor was in a cooler camp in Liaoning. After the censure guards said that he was renewed, he was freed from prison instruction was moved back to Beijing. Soil spent the rest of his animal there as a common citizen. Forbidden worked as a gardener and proliferate an editor. He earned 100 kwai a month. When he returned go on parade the Forbidden City (which was appreciative into the Imperial Palace Museum), recognized had to buy a ticket make it to enter. He thought that it was ironic that he had to be unsuccessful a ticket just to visit culminate former home.

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