Aisin Gioro Pu Ren
Died at 3 pm on April 10, 2015, at the age of 97.
Aixinjueluo Pu Ren, also known as Jin Youzhi, was born in September 1918 in the Regent's Palace on the north bank of Shichahai, Beijing. The son of Prince Chun Zaifeng and the younger brother of Xuantong Emperor Puyi. In the decades of the late Qing Dynasty, Prince Chun's palace was very prominent, and two emperors were born one after another. One is Pu Ren's second uncle, Emperor Guangxu Zaitan, and the other is Pu Ren's eldest brother, Emperor Xuantong Puyi. In the Xuantong Dynasty, Pu Ren's father Zaifeng was the regent of the country. Pu Ren is the third generation descendant of Prince Chun. In 1947, with the support of his father Zaifeng, he founded Beijing Jingye Primary School until his retirement in 1988.
In 1951, he donated precious cultural relics such as the "Prince Chun Bao" gold seal and gold-plated album, bronze mirrors, and music boxes three times to the Cultural Relics Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Culture and the Beijing Library*** 28 pieces and 7121 volumes of ancient books such as "Twenty-Four Histories", 14 packages of Qing and Zhu imperial edicts, and a large number of cultural relics such as Sun Yat-sen's photos and Zaifeng's photos. The Ministry of Culture awarded him a certificate of commendation. In 1982, he and Pu Jie donated cultural relics such as the imperial calligraphy of Emperor Kangxi and Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty and the calligraphy of Empress Dowager Cixi to the Chengde Municipal Museum. In 1983, they donated cultural relics such as the Qianlong imperial inscription Chengni inkstone, the portrait of the Qing emperor and the calligraphy of the last emperor Puyi to the Chinese History Museum. In 1997, he donated 211 volumes of ancient and modern books such as "Manuscripts of Qing History" and "Donghua Records of Eleven Dynasties" to the Beijing Institute of Literature and History. In 1998, he once again donated books to the Xicheng District Archives.
In terms of funding public welfare undertakings, Pu Ren has spared no effort. He has donated money and materials to the Hope Project, people in disaster areas and ethnic primary and secondary schools, making outstanding contributions to promoting national unity and socialist spiritual civilization. In 1991, he and Pu Jie donated 10,000 yuan from calligraphy and painting funds to Tanying Manchuria Primary School in the suburbs of Beijing. In the same year, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces suffered severe floods, and Pu Ren donated another 5,000 yuan to the people in the disaster areas. In 1994, the calligraphy and painting he collaborated with his second brother Pu Jie sold for 600,000 yen in Japan. After returning to China, all of it was donated to the Youth Development Foundation, which was the first of its kind to establish the "Fund for Aiding Out-of-School Youth in Poverty-stricken Areas" in my country. Pu Ren's enthusiasm for the education of the motherland and the nation is rare.
Mr. Pu Ren is a man who is slow in speech but quick in action. He has always been upright and simple, indifferent to fame and fortune, and willing to stay in the cold. The Beijing Municipal People's Government awarded him the title of "The Fourth Capital National Unity and Progress Model".
He served as a member of the 7th, 8th and 9th CPPCC Beijing Municipal Committee, and a librarian of the Beijing Municipal Literature and History Research Center. After retirement, he devoted himself to the study of Qing history.