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[[File:py1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|11-year-old Puyi]]
'''Aisin Gioro Puyi''' was the last emperor of China's feudal dynasty.

Born in [[1906]], Puyi was the nephew of the [[Emperor Guangxu]]. Following his uncle and the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]]'s death, he ascended the throne in December [[1908]] at no more than three years of age. He was then given the title of [[Emperor Xuantong]] in the following year.

In October [[1911]], the [[Wuchang Uprising]] took place and spread throughout the country, culminating in the Qing government's announcement of Puyi's abdication on [[December 12]], [[1912]]. This marked the end of the[[ Qing Dynasty]], which had governed China for more than 260 years, as well as the end of China's 2,000-year-old feudal system.

[[File:py2.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Puyi with his younger brother Pujie and two younger sisters]]
Puyi tried to get back to his throne several times in the following years without much success. After the [[9/18 Incident]] in [[1931]], Puyi went to northeast China and was installed by the Japanese in the following March as the ruler of Manchukuo, considered by most historians as a puppet state of imperial Japan. He was later officially named as emperor of Manchukuo in March [[1934]]. However, after Japan's surrender at the end of [[World War II]] in [[1945]], Puyi was arrested by the Russian Army when trying to escape to Japan on [[August 17]] of the same year. He was transferred to the government of China in August [[1950]] and released on [[December 4]], [[1959]], by the [[Supreme People's Court]] according to a special pardon. In [[1964]], Puyi was elected to be a member of the fourth National Committee of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC), the political advisory body in the country, and the commissioner of the [[CPPCC]]'s Cultural and Historical Data Research Committee.

[[File:py3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[China]]'s last emperor [[Puyi]] and his younger brother Pujie were reformed in the [[Fushun War]] Criminals Management Center before being released in 1959. ]]
Puyi published his autobiography "From Emperor to Citizen" and then married Li Shuxian on [[April 30]], [[1962]]. Puyi was later afflicted with cancer and died on [[CIIC:Selected anniversaries/October 17, 2009|October 17]], [[1967]], at the age of 60.

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