Yuyan
Sign in to saveYuyan (17 May 1918 – 18 January 1999), courtesy name Yanrui, nickname Xiaoruizi, was a Chinese calligrapher of Manchu descent. He was a member of the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty. He claimed that he was appointed by Puyi, the last Emperor of China, as the heir to the throne. His claim is the subject of the travel adventure book The Empty Throne by British journalist Tony Scotland.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918-01-01
- Died
- 1997-01-01
- Works
- 17
Top works
- 30 novelty architecture
- Guo ji shi jiao xia de Zhongguo
- Yi dai yi lu
- Zhongguo yu quan qiu hua
- Xi Jinping xin shi dai Zhongguo te se she hui zhu yi wai jiao si xiang yan jiu
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- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 587
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1918
- Died
- 1 January 1997
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Life in the People's Republic of China
- After release from prison
- Family
- Ancestry
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- References
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Yuyan (17 May 1918 – 18 January 1999), courtesy name Yanrui, nickname Xiaoruizi, was a Chinese calligrapher of Manchu descent. He was a member of the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty. He claimed that he was appointed by Puyi, the last Emperor of China, as the heir to the throne. His claim is the subject of the travel adventure book The Empty Throne by British journalist Tony Scotland.
==Early life== Born in Wangfujing, Beijing, Yuyan was the second son of Pucheng (溥偁) and Jinggui (敬貴), a lady of the Fuca (富察) clan. His grandfather was Zailian (載濂; 1854–1917), a son of Yicong (1831–1889), the fifth son of the Daoguang Emperor. He was a distant cousin of Puyi, the Last Emperor.