12 Emperors of Dynasty Qing XII (The Last Emperor)

12th Emperor: Xuāntǒng 宣統 (Pǔyí 溥儀) 1908 - 1911

He took a title of the Emperor of Dynasty Qing after the death of his uncle, Emperor, GuangXu at aged of three. But in fact, he never had a chance to rule the dynasty.

After XinHai Revolution in 1911 lead by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, PuYi retained his title and special treatment as a royal member.

From 1925 until 1932, he became a puppet ruler of Manchukuo where the state created by Japanese as a preparation for the later invasion to China.

His later part of life was pitiful. From an Emperor of dynasty which once upon a time was the strongest super power in the power, he became a normal civilian. After World War II, he was captured by Soviet Red Army and he was put in the prison. After returning back to China where the nation was in Mao's ruling, he once again resided in a reeducation camp for 10 years. He died in 1967 of cancer and it marked the end of monarchy system started nearly 4000 years ago.



"People who deny history do not have his story."

12 Emperors of Dynasty Qing XI

12th Emperor: Guāngxù 光緒 (Dézōng 德宗) 1875 - 1908

Although his official ruling as an emperor of Dynasty Qing lasted for 33 years, but the man who is the real ruler was Empress Dowager Cixi. As a so called ruler, GuangXu actually was a pity man, he just a puppet ruler controlled by CiXi.

He was an ambitious ruler. In June 1898, he began a reform though only short life, which later known as "Hundred Days' Reform". His reform was an idea from Meiji Restoration, Japan which transformed Japan from a Samurai country to one of the influential nation that could stand aside with other powers such as Britain, France, Austria during late 19th century. However, his ambition did not materialized because of the interference from CiXi who afraid the reform would challenged her power.



He also became a ruler who gave up his palace, Forbidden City and ran away to Xi'an together with CiXi when Eight-Nation Alliance (八國聯軍) marched into the city in 1901. The alliance consists of United Kingdom, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, Germany, United States and Japan.

"People who deny history do not have his story."