Pujie

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2nd Prince Chun with his eldest son Puyi on his left, and his second son Pujie on his lap. Photo taken in the end of 1907.

Aisin-Gioro Pujie (Chinese: 愛新覺羅溥傑 (Traditional), 爱新觉罗溥杰 (Simplified), Àixīnjuéluó Pǔjié ; Japanese: 愛新覚羅溥傑, Aishinkakura Fuketsu) (April 16, 1907 — February 28, 1994) was born into the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan and was the younger brother of the last Emperor of China, Puyi. He was the second son of the 2nd Prince Chun and his wife Lady Aisin-Gioro.

Prince Pujie married firstly in 1924 Tung Shih-hsia, but they had no issue and were divorced in 1936.

During the Manchukuo era, and as his elder brother Puyi had no children, Pujie was first in line to succeed the Manchukuo Throne and the Japanese had him proclaimed as heir apparent. In 1938 he married a Lady Hiro Saga (1911-1987), who was a relative of the Japanese Imperial Family. However, he was not appointed by his brother as heir to the Qing dynasty, because imperial traditions stated that a childless Emperor should choose his heir from one of the next generations of the family. Accordingly, in 1950 Puyi appointed his younger cousin Prince Yuyan as imperial heir.

Pujie was arrested by the Russian army after the fall of the Manchukuo empire (1945) and imprisoned in Siberia (1945-1950) with his brother and other relatives. Later he was sent back to China and incarcerated in the Fu-shun prison.

As an aged man, Pujie was made a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He had two daughters by Hiro Saga: Princess Hui-sheng (1939-1957), and Princess Yun-sheng (born 1941).

External links

• ["The Last Emperor's Brother HUKETSU" (Chiba Prefecture, Japan's English-language page)]
• [Information about TV Asahi's (Japan) Autumn 2003 dramatization of Pujie and Lady Hiro Saga's marriage, Ryuuten no ouhi - Saigo no koutei (流転の王妃・最後の皇弟)]