Pu Yi, << poo yee >> (1906-1967), often called Henry Pu Yi, was the last emperor of China. In 1912, when he was 6 years old, he gave up the throne after a revolution overthrew his Manchu government and established a republic. Pu Yi, also spelled Puyi, was allowed to remain in Beijing, the capital. But in 1924, he fled from warlords to Japanese protection in the nearby city of Tianjin. In 1931, the Japanese seized a large part of northeastern China. They made the region a puppet state called Manchukuo. In 1934, they made Pu Yi ruler of Manchukuo. He ruled until the end of World War II in 1945. The Soviets captured him and turned him over to the Chinese Communists, who pardoned him in 1959. Pu Yi was born on Feb. 7, 1906, in Beijing. He died on Oct. 17, 1967.
See also Qing dynasty.
