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EMPEROR Guangxu,nominal ruler of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911),died on November 14,1908,while under house arrest. On that day his aunt, Empress Dowager Cixi,actual ruler of China who had placed him there, decreed three-year-old Aisin-Gioro puyi, son of prince Regent Zaifeng, as Guangxu’s successor.Cixi herself died the next day, on November 15.puyi was the last emperor of feudal China. His reign marked the end of the imperial system of rule instituted by Emperor Qinshihuang in 221 BC.
EMPEROR Guangxu, nominal ruler of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), died on November 14,1908 while under house arrest. On that day his aunt, Empress Dowager Cixi, actual ruler of China who had placed him there, decreed three- year-old Aisin-Gioro puyi, son of prince Regent Zaifeng, as Guangxu’s successor. Cixi herself died the next day, on November 15. puyi was the last emperor of feudal China. His reign marked the end of the imperial system of rule instituted by Emperor Qinshihuang in 221 BC.