Jin Youzhi, Sibling of China’s Last Emperor, Dies at 96

By PATRICK BOEHLER

The New York Times - APRIL 13, 2015

Almost a half-century after the death of China’s last emperor, his last surviving sibling, Jin Youzhi, died on Friday in Beijing. He was 96.

Jia Yinghua, a historian of China’s last imperial family, confirmed the death.

Mr. Jin, a retired primary school teacher, was the half brother of Henry Pu Yi, China’s last emperor. Their Manchu dynasty ruled China for 268 years, until a republic was established in 1912.

“His death marks the end of an era in Chinese history,” Mr. Jia said in an interview on Monday.

Mr. Jin was a great-grandson of the Daoguang Emperor, who ruled China between 1820 and 1850, and a nephew of the Guangxu Emperor, who reigned from 1875 to 1908. He was born in Beijing on Aug. 17, 1918, six years after Pu Yi abdicated.

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