Sunday, September 14, 2008

Who is Henry P'u yi | Xuantong Emperor pics

Who is Henry P'u yi .

Henry Pu yi is the last Emperor of China

Puyi (traditional Chinese: (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the last Emperor of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling as the Xuantong Emperor ( between 1908 and 1911, and non-ruling emperor between 1911 and 1924), the twelfth emperor of the Qing Dynasty to rule over China.

He was married to the Empress Gobulo Wan Rong under the suggestion of the Imperial Dowager Concubine Duan-Kang. Later, between 1934 and 1945, he was the Kangde Emperor Manchukuo. In the People's Republic of China, he was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1964 until his death in 1967 under the Chinese name Aixinjueluo Puyi[citation needed]. His abdication being a symbol of the end of a long era in China, he is widely known as the Last Emperor .

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