Puyi
1906 to 1967
12 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Puyi across 7 places, from 1895 to 1967. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Puyi (7 February 1906 to 17 October 1967) was the last emperor of China, having reigned as the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1908–1912, with a brief restoration in 1917) and later as the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, a Japanese puppet state during World War II.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Puyi was documented, and when
1895 to 1927period
Chinaattested
“In 1895, he founded the Army of North China, the dominant military force in China until 1927.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
7 February 1906exact date
1913year
Forbidden Cityattested
“In 1913, when Empress Dowager Longyu died, President Yuan arrived at the Forbidden City to pay his respects, which Puyi's tutors told him meant that major changes were afoot.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
May 1919month
Beijingattested
“In May 1919, Puyi noticed the protests in Beijing generated by the May Fourth Movement as thousands of Chinese university students protested against the decision by the great powers at the Paris peace conference to award the former Germa…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
May 1919month
Shandongattested
“In May 1919, Puyi noticed the protests in Beijing generated by the May Fourth Movement as thousands of Chinese university students protested against the decision by the great powers at the Paris peace conference to award the former Germa…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
May 1919month
Parisattested
“In May 1919, Puyi noticed the protests in Beijing generated by the May Fourth Movement as thousands of Chinese university students protested against the decision by the great powers at the Paris peace conference to award the former Germa…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
May 1919month
Japanattested
“In May 1919, Puyi noticed the protests in Beijing generated by the May Fourth Movement as thousands of Chinese university students protested against the decision by the great powers at the Paris peace conference to award the former Germa…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1922year
Forbidden Cityattested
“In 1922, Johnston had his friend, the writer Hu Shih, visit the Forbidden City to teach Puyi about recent developments in Chinese literature.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1 September 1923exact date
Forbidden Cityattested
“Wanrong's brother Rong Qi recalled: "But after the eunuchs went, many of the palaces inside the Forbidden City were closed down, and the place took on a desolate, abandoned air." After the Great Kantō earthquake on 1 September 1923 destr…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
February 1925month
Tianjinattested
“Puyi described his train journey to Tianjin, saying, "At every stop between Beijing and Tianjin several Japanese policeman and special agents in black suits would get on the train so that, by the time we reached Tianjin, my special car w…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
9 December 1959exact date
Beijingattested
“Puyi came to Beijing on 9 December 1959 with special permission from Mao and lived for the next six months in an ordinary Beijing residence with his sister before being transferred to a government-sponsored hotel.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
17 October 1967exact date
Beijingattested
“He died in Beijing of complications arising from kidney cancer and heart disease on 17 October 1967 at the age of 61.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
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Places Puyi is documented in
Beijing4 presences · 1906 to 1967
Forbidden City3 presences · 1913 to 1923
China1 presence · 1895Japan1 presence · 1919Paris1 presence · 1919Shandong1 presence · 1919
Tianjin1 presence · 1925
Other places tied to Puyi in the record
In each of these, a source puts Puyi and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Puyi was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
2 December 1908exact date
Hall of Supreme Harmonymentioned
“During Puyi's coronation in the Hall of Supreme Harmony on 2 December 1908, the young emperor was carried onto the Dragon Throne by his father.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
10 October 1911exact date
Wuhanmentioned
“On 10 October 1911, the army garrison in Wuhan mutinied, sparking a widespread revolt in the Yangtze river valley and beyond, demanding the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, which had ruled China since 1644.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
10 October 1911exact date
Yangtzementioned
“On 10 October 1911, the army garrison in Wuhan mutinied, sparking a widespread revolt in the Yangtze river valley and beyond, demanding the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, which had ruled China since 1644.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
12 February 1912exact date
Beijingmentioned
“Empress Dowager Longyu endorsed the "Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor" on 12 February 1912, under a deal brokered by Yuan, now Prime Minister, with the imperial court in Beijing and the Republicans in southern China.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
3 March 1919exact date
Forbidden Citymentioned
“On 3 March 1919, the Scottish scholar and diplomat Reginald Johnston arrived in the Forbidden City to serve as Puyi's tutor.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
4 June 1922exact date
Englandmentioned
“In an interview in 1986, Prince Pujie told Behr: "Puyi constantly talked about going to England and becoming an Oxford student, like Johnston." On 4 June 1922, Puyi attempted to escape from the Forbidden City and planned to issue an open…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
23 February 1925exact date
Beijingmentioned
“On 23 February 1925, Puyi left Beijing for Tianjin wearing a simple Chinese gown and skullcap as he was afraid of being robbed on the train.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
June 1927month
Beijingmentioned
“In June 1927, Zhang captured Beijing and Behr observed that if Puyi had had more courage and returned to Beijing, he might have been restored to the Dragon Throne.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1928year
Beijingmentioned
“In 1928, during the Northern Expedition to reunify China, Sun Dianying, a warlord who had switched allegiances from Zhang to Chiang Kai-shek after the latter's Kuomintang army took Beijing from Zhang, sacked the Qing tombs outside Beijing.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1931year
Forbidden Citymentioned
“At the Tokyo trial, he had a long exchange with defence counsel Major Ben Bruce Blakeney about whether he had been kidnapped in 1931, in which Puyi perjured himself by saying that the statements in Johnston's 1934 book Twilight in the Fo…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1931year
Tokyomentioned
“At the Tokyo trial, he had a long exchange with defence counsel Major Ben Bruce Blakeney about whether he had been kidnapped in 1931, in which Puyi perjured himself by saying that the statements in Johnston's 1934 book Twilight in the Fo…”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
November 1931month
Manchuriamentioned
“In the Tientsin Incident of November 1931, Puyi and Zheng Xiaoxu travelled to Manchuria to complete plans for the puppet state of Manchukuo.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
November 1931month
Tientsinmentioned
“In the Tientsin Incident of November 1931, Puyi and Zheng Xiaoxu travelled to Manchuria to complete plans for the puppet state of Manchukuo.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
1932year
Forbidden Citymentioned
“Since no one at the trial but Blakeney had actually read Twilight in the Forbidden City or the interviews Woodhead had conducted with him in 1932, Puyi had room to distort what had been written about him or said by him.”
source: Wikipedia: Puyi
8 March 1932exact date
20 April 1932exact date
1933year
1933year
1933year
1 March 1934exact date
1935year
1935 to 1936period
1935year
June 1936month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Zhou YouguangBeijing · 1906Zaifeng, Prince ChunForbidden City · 1913Lu XunBeijing · 1919Lee Kuan YewBeijing · 1967Marcel DuchampParis · 1919Helen of Greece and DenmarkParis · 1919AndranikParis · 1919Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)Paris · 1919Princess Marie Isabelle of OrléansParis · 1919Roman DmowskiParis · 1919
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How to read this page
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Sources
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