Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

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Lived 1906–1967, aged 61China

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80 languages
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Rank in China
#85
Writers
Era
1906–1967
Aged 61
Known for
The Dream of Women
1925

Summary

Updated 2026-06-10

He became emperor of China at two, abdicated at six, was briefly restored at eleven, then installed by Japan as puppet ruler of Manchukuo. After World War II, the Soviets held him as a war criminal — then Mao's government transformed him into a gardener and model of communist reeducation.

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In 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi chose Puyi to succeed the childless Guangxu Emperor; he ascended at age two with his father as regent. The Xinhai Revolution forced his abdication in 1912, though he kept his title and stayed in the Forbidden City under the Articles of Favorable Treatment. Loyalist general Zhang Xun restored him for twelve days in July 1917. Expelled from the palace by warlord Feng Yuxiang in 1924, he fled to Tianjin, then rode the Japanese invasion of Manchuria to a second throne — emperor of Manchukuo in 1932. The Soviet Red Army captured him in 1945; he testified at Tokyo, then…

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