Jin Youzhi

Jin Youzhi
Head of the House of Aisin-Gioro
Period28 February 1994 – 10 April 2015
PredecessorPujie
SuccessorJin Yuzhang
BornAisin-Gioro Puren
(愛新覺羅 溥任)
(1918-09-21)21 September 1918
Shichahai, Beijing, China
Died10 April 2015(2015-04-10) (aged 96)
Beijing, China
ConsortsZhang Maoying
IssueYuzhang
Yuquan
Yulan
Yukun
Yucheng
Names
Jin Youzhi
(金友之)
HouseAisin-Gioro
FatherZaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank
MotherLady Denggiya
Jin Youzhi
Chinese金友之
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Yǒuzhī
Puren
Chinese溥任
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPǔrén

Jin Youzhi (Chinese: 金友之, 21 September 1918 – 10 April 2015), born Aisin-Gioro Puren, was a Chinese politician, teacher and historian. He was the head of the House of Aisin-Gioro, the ruling clan of the Qing dynasty, from 1994 until his death in 2015. He was the fourth and youngest son of Prince Chun, and a younger half-brother of Puyi, the last emperor of China. Instead of using his Manchu clan name "Aisin-Gioro" as his family name, Puren adopted "Jin" as his new family name. "Jin" means "gold" in Mandarin, as does "Aisin" in the Manchu language. His courtesy name was "Youzhi." He is best known as "Jin Youzhi." The Chinese media referred to him as "the last emperor's younger brother" or "the last imperial younger brother."[1]

  1. ^ 满清皇室后裔百态人生:和普通人一样生活 Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today, 2005-03-24. "Attitudes of the descendants of the Manchu royalty: Their lives as ordinary people"

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