Spouse(s) Gobulo Runqi Died 1992 | Name Princess Yunying | |
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Full Name Aisin Gioro Yunying 愛新覺羅·韞穎 Born 1913 Forbidden City, Beijing, Republic of China Relatives Zaifeng (father)
Youlan (mother)
Puyi (brother)
Wanrong (sister-in-law) Role Zaifeng, Prince Chun's daughter Parents Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Youlan Siblings Puyi, Pujie, Yunhe, Jin Youzhi, Jin Zhijian, Jin Ruijie, Jin Yunxian, Pu Yunyu, Puqi, Yunying Grandparents Ronglu, Yixuan, Prince Chun, Lady Lingiya Nieces Huisheng, Jin Yucheng, Jin Yukun Similar People Puyi, Pujie, Zaifeng - Prince Ch, Jin Youzhi, Hiro Saga | ||
Yunying (韞穎), courtesy name Ruixiu (蕊秀), or Jin Ruixiu (金蕊秀), (1913 – 1992) was a Chinese princess. Yunying was the daughter of Zaifeng, Prince Chun and Youlan and the sister of the last Emperor of China, Puyi. As the third sister of Puyi, she was often referred to by him as "Third Sister".
Biography
Like many other members of Puyi's family, Yunying joined him in Manchuria when he was proclaimed emperor of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in 1934. In 1936, she married the noble Gobulo Runqi (郭布羅·潤麒). He was her brother-in-law as the brother of Empress Wanrong and the former playmate of her brother Puyi. The marriage was arranged but were described as happy. Her spouse was a lieutenant and the teacher of a military college.
Yunying was described as beautiful and goodhearted. In his memoirs, Puyi described Yunying as spoiled and idle and interested in pointless matters, foremost to be in his favor: when he gave a gift to another member of the family, Yunying wished to be given the same. According to Puyi, Yunying later said about this period in her life: "What was I before, but an ornament?"
At the invasion of Manchuria by the Soviet Union in August 1945, Yunying and the rest of Puyi's family was evacuated with him by train from Changchun to Dalizigou. From there, Puyi continued by plane with only two of his sisters, his brothers, three nephews, his physician and a servant to Mukden, where he was arrested and taken to the Soviet Union. At this point, Yunying's husband was also taken prisoner: he was not to be released until 1955. Yunying remained in Tonghua because of a sick child and could not continue to Beijing with the rest of the family. She supported herself selling used clothes in a tobacco stand until she could reunite with her family in Beijing in 1948.
After the communist take over in 1949, Yunying was present at political street meetings. Because of her previous connections with the liberation army and the Communist authorities in Manchuria, she was elected to an office in the street committee. As a politician, she often spoke for the new marriage law.