   aisin-gioro puyi (; 7 february 1906&nbsp;â 17 october 1967), of the manchu aisin gioro clan, commonly known as henry pu yi (pu-yi; ), was the last emperor of china and the twelfth and final ruler of the qing dynasty. still a child, he ruled as the xuantong emperor () from 1908 until his abdication on 12 february 1912, after the successful xinhai revolution. from 1 to 12 july 1917, he was briefly restored to the throne as a nominal emperor by the warlord zhang xun. in 1934, he was declared the kangde emperor (ka
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