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Puyi wanted his father to live in Manchukuo but Zaifeng refused and returned to Beijing on an excuse that he was ill. At the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, when the National Revolutionary Army recovered Beijing from the Japanese, a letter of sympathy was sent to Zaifeng by the Beijing Municipality in recognition of his attitude during the Japanese occupation.
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Puyi and father
When Puyi was crowned Emperor, his father as the Prince Regent lived for a short time in the compound.
He was the father of the dynasty's second-to-last emperor, the Guangxu Emperor, and the paternal grandfather of China's last emperor Puyi.
** Zaifeng, Yixuan's fifth son, born to Lady Lingiya, father of Puyi, inherited Yixuan's princely title.
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Puyi and live
He was granted unprecedented permission to film in the Forbidden City of Beijing, and the film's central character Puyi undergoes a decade-long communist re-education under Mao which takes him from the peacock colors of the palace to the grey suit worn by his contemporaries to live out his life as a gardener.
Puyi and Manchukuo
* 1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet troops.
After the Japanese occupied Manchuria in 1931, they proclaimed it to be the Empire of Manchukuo, and Puyi became emperor of Manchukuo.
In the 1930s, the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria and founded Manchukuo in 1934, with Puyi, as the nominal regent and emperor.
Following the Mukden Incident in 1931 and the subsequent Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Japanese declared Inner Manchuria an " independent state ", and appointed the deposed Qing emperor Puyi as puppet emperor of Manchukuo.
The Japanese initially installed Puyi as Head of State in 1932, and two years later he was declared Emperor of Manchukuo with the era name of Kangde (" Tranquility and Virtue "; Wade-Giles: Kangte ).
Puyi as Emperor Kangde of Manchukuo
The Japanese military commander appointed Puyi as regent ( reign name Datong ) for the time being and would become Emperor of Manchukuo but that he could not reign using the title of Emperor of China.
Manchukuo was proclaimed a monarchy on 1 March 1934, with Puyi assuming the throne under the reign name of Emperor Kang-de.
* Manchukuo ( 1932 – 1945 ), set up in Manchuria under the leadership of the last Chinese Emperor, Puyi.
Hungry for raw materials and pressed by a growing population, Japan initiated the seizure of Manchuria in September 1931 and established ex-Qing emperor Puyi as head of the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932.
In March, the puppet state of Manchukuo was established, with the former emperor of China, Puyi, installed as head of state.
Since the Chinese troops at Mukden had put up such a poor resistance, he told Manchukuo Emperor Puyi that this was proof that the Chinese remained loyal to him.
It remained in the palace library until 1926, when part of the library followed the deposed emperor Puyi to Tianjin and then to Changchun, capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo.
1935 Manchukuo postage stamp with image of Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zaifeng was not in favour of establishing the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, and warned his son Puyi not to be involved.
However Puyi ignored his advice and was installed by the Japanese as the figurehead ruler of Manchukuo.
He retained his ties with Puyi, which proved an embarrassment after the former emperor assumed the throne of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
The Manchukuo regime was established four months after the Japanese withdrawal from Shanghai with Puyi as the nominal but powerless head of state to add some semblance of legitimacy, as he was a former emperor and an ethnic Manchu.
Manchukuo was proclaimed a monarchy on 1 March 1934, with former Qing dynasty emperor Puyi assuming the Manchukuo throne under the reign name of Emperor Kang-de.
Puyi as Emperor of Manchukuo
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Puyi and Zaifeng
Puyi, the oldest son of Prince Chun, was appointed successor at the age of two, leaving Zaifeng with the regency.
* Zaifeng, Prince Chun during the Qing Dynasty served as regent from 1908 to 1911 for his young son Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor.
Zaifeng ( 12 February 1883-3 February 1951 ), titled Prince Chun ( Prince Ch ' un in Wade – Giles ) or more formally Prince Chun of the First Rank ( 醇親王 ), was the last Qing Dynasty ( aka Manchu Dynasty ) ruler of China, as Prince-Regent during the reign of his son the emperor Puyi, 1908 – 1912.
With Zaifeng now firmly tied to her, Cixi no longer viewd him as a threat, and when Zaifeng and Youlan's first son Puyi was born in 1906, Puyi became a likely heir to the throne.
Zaifeng with his eldest son Puyi on his left, and his second son Pujie seated on his lap.
After the death of Empress Dowager Longyu in 1913, Zaifeng was put in charge of the small imperial court that remained around his son Puyi ( no longer a ruling emperor ), and he managed all the court's affairs until 1924 when Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City.
In 1917, when Puyi was briefly restored on the throne by the warlord Zhang Xun, Zaifeng played no significant role, as Zhang Xun's slogan for the restoration was " Do not allow the relatives of the emperor to participate in the government " ( 不准親貴參政 ).
Zaifeng, Prince Chun with his eldest son Puyi on his left, and his second son Pujie on his lap.
Jin Youzhi ( born 17 August 1918 ), also known as Puren, is the fourth and youngest son of Zaifeng, and is, at age, the only surviving brother of Puyi, the final ruler of the Qing Dynasty and last Emperor of China.
* Youlan ( noble ) ( 幼蘭 ), mother of China's last emperor Puyi and princess consort of Zaifeng, Prince Chun
Puyi and refused
Following Tan's death, Puyi was again pressured by Yoshioka to choose a Japanese spouse but he refused.
Puyi and returned
Chinese Emperor Puyi, captured by Soviet troops in Manchuria was relocated to Khabarovsk and lived here from 1945 up to 1950, when he was returned to China.
Puyi and Beijing
General Zhang Xun and his queue-wearing soldiers occupied Beijing, declaring a restoration of Emperor Puyi on July 1.
In 1919, he was appointed tutor of thirteen-year-old Puyi who still lived inside the Forbidden City in Beijing as a non-sovereign monarch.
In early 1937 when Tan was still attending a middle school in Beijing, she was chosen to be a wife of Puyi and she travelled to Manchukuo's capital Hsinking ( Changchun ).
After the fall of Manchukuo in 1945 following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Puyi ordered Tan's remains to be cremated and the ashes sent to her relatives in Beijing.
As a child, he was brought to the Forbidden City in Beijing to be a playmate and classmate to his brother Puyi.
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