- Born
- February 7, 1906
- Died
- October 17, 1967 (aged 61)
- Known as
- gardener, archivist, aristocrat, writer, autobiographer
Puyi was the last emperor of China, having reigned as the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing dynasty and later as the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, a Japanese puppet state during World War II. After the war, he was held as a war criminal in the Soviet Union and China until 1959, when the Chinese Communist Party granted him amnesty and presented him as a model of successful reeducation.
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