1. Li Yuqin, sometimes referred to as the "Last Imperial Concubine", was the fourth wife of China's last emperor Puyi.
10 Facts About Li Yuqin
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Li Yuqin married Puyi when the latter was the nominal ruler of Manchukuo, a puppet state established by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Li Yuqin was a Han Chinese woman who was born in Changchun to a middle class family from Shandong.
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Li Yuqin's father, Li Degui was a translator to a local missionary organisation, while her mother, Wang Xiuru, was the owner of a small silk farm in Changchun's outskirts.
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Li Yuqin was first taken directly to Yasunori Yoshioka, who thoroughly questioned her.
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Li Yuqin was subjected to a medical examination and then taken to Puyi's sister Yunhe and instructed in palace protocol.
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Li Yuqin lived a lavish lifestyle and had many servants.
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Li Yuqin worked in a textile factory and in a library in Changchun, studying the works of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.
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Li Yuqin later married a technician named Huang Yugeng, with whom she had two sons.
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Li Yuqin died on 24 April 2001 at the age of 73 in Changchun after a six-year battle with cirrhosis.