Zhanhou Emperor 站侯 | |
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Emperor of all China | |
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Reign | 1927-1958 |
Full name | Yuan Keding |
Born | 1878 |
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Died | 1958 |
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Successor | Chaoxiang Emperor |
Consort | ??? |
Dynasty | Xīnhàn |
Zanhō Emperor | |
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Emperor of Japan | |
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Reign | 1950-1958 |
Full name | Yuan Keding |
Born | 1878 |
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Died | 1958 |
Place of death | Beiyang, China |
Successor | Asashō |
Consort | ??? |
Dynasty | Nyūhan |
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Traditional Chinese | 站侯 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 占侯 | ||
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Yuan Keding (Chinese: 袁克定; pinyin: Yuán Kèdìng; 1878-1958) courtesy name Yuntai (Chinese: 云台) and his regnal name the Zhanhou Emperor was the eldest son Yuan Shikai and his first wife Yu. He was installed as the Emperor of China from 1927 and ruled as a constitutional monarch up until his death in 1958. From 1950-1958, he was installed as the Emperor of Japan, as the Zanhō Emperor, to symbolize the Chinese occupation of Japan. In 1915 when his father Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself Hóngxiàn Emperor of the Empire of China, Yuan Kewen was his younger brother.
Yuan Keding was born in 1878 in Xiangcheng in modern Henan province during the Qing dynasty. In his childhood, Yuan followed his father to many places when he served in various positions in the Qing dynasty. He studied in Germany and spoke fluent German and English. At the end of the Qing dynasty, he served as a low-ranking official in the government. After the Xinhai Revolution, under the instruction of his father, Yuan became a close friend of Wang Jingwei. According to the History of Xinhai Revolution, Yuan and Wang swore to be "brothers of different surnames" in front of Yuan Shikai.
After the death of his father, Yuan lived reclusively in the German concession in Tianjin. However, after the Kuomintang's failure in the Northern Expedition, German, Russian and Japanese troops assisted the Northern Confederation, and called upon him to teak the seat as the Emperor of China. However, as par the Beiyang Agreement, Prince Yuntain knew that the older warlords would be unhappy, and therefore, agreed that Zhang Zuolin will rule as the Regent in his name. In 1935, he moved to Baochao Lane (宝钞胡同) in Beijing. In 1937, he again relocated to Qinghuaxuan Villa in the Summer Palace. During the Sino-Japanese War, after the fall of Northern China, the Japanese army officer Kenji Doihara asked Yuan to join the Japanese puppet regimes, hoping to use his identity to exert some influence on the old Beiyang Ministry.