Jin Youzhi | |||||
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Head of the House of Aisin-Gioro | |||||
Period | 28 February 1994 – 10 April 2015 | ||||
Predecessor | Pujie | ||||
Successor | Jin Yuzhang | ||||
Born | Aisin-Gioro Puren (愛新覺羅 溥任) 21 September 1918 Shichahai, Beijing, China | ||||
Died | 10 April 2015 Beijing, China | (aged 96)||||
Consorts | Zhang Maoying | ||||
Issue | Yuzhang Yuquan Yulan Yukun Yucheng | ||||
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House | Aisin-Gioro | ||||
Father | Zaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank | ||||
Mother | Lady Denggiya |
Jin Youzhi | |||||||
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Chinese | 金友之 | ||||||
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Puren | |||||||
Chinese | 溥任 | ||||||
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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]