Puyi succeeded the Tongzhi Emperor in 1908, but he was only 2 years old at the time, and the actual power was in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi and later some powerful ministers.
In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out and the Qing Dynasty fell, and in 1912, Puyi formally abdicated under pressure from Yuan Shikai, becoming “emperor” but with no real power.
In 1932, after the Japanese invasion of China, Puyi was installed as the emperor of the pseudo-Manchukuo and became a puppet ruler. Although he had the status of emperor in name, he was in fact completely under the control of Japan.
In 1945, the Soviet Red Army entered Manchuria and Puyi was arrested. After the war, he was imprisoned in the Soviet Union and later returned to China.
After the Communist Party of China came to power, Puyi was imprisoned and politically rehabilitated. he was released in 1959 and later lived in Beijing as an ordinary citizen. He wrote his autobiography in his later years, recalling that Puyi died in 1967 at the age of 61. His life epitomized both the decline of the Qing Dynasty and a tragic figure in the dramatic changes in Chinese history. |
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