溥仪 (Pǔyí): Puyi (1906–1967), last emperor of the Qing dynasty and of imperial China, reigned 1908–1912 as the Xuantong Emperor, later installed by Japan as puppet ruler of Manchukuo

Meanings

1 Puyi (1906–1967), last emperor of the Qing dynasty and of imperial China, reigned 1908–1912 as the Xuantong Emperor, later installed by Japan as puppet ruler of Manchukuo

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Examples

溥仪是中国最后一位皇帝。

Pǔyí shì Zhōngguó zuìhòu yī wèi huángdì.

Puyi was China's last emperor.

电影《末代皇帝》讲述了溥仪的一生。

Diànyǐng 《Mòdài Huángdì》 jiǎngshù le Pǔyí de yīshēng.

The film The Last Emperor tells the story of Puyi's life.

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history

Enthroned at age 2 in 1908, abdicated at 6 after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, briefly restored in 1917, expelled from the Forbidden City in 1924. Installed by Japan as emperor of 满洲国 (Manchukuo) 1934–45, then imprisoned by the Soviets and later 'reformed' in PRC prisons. Released in 1959 and worked as a Beijing botanical-garden gardener.

culture

Subject of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 film 《末代皇帝》(The Last Emperor), which won nine Academy Awards. His autobiography 《我的前半生》 is a standard reference.