Empress Xiaodingjing (Chinese: 孝定景皇后); is better known as the Empress Dowager Longyu (Chinese: 隆裕皇后), (given name: Jingfen 靜芬 ). Also, she had the nickname Xizi （喜子）. Empress Xiaodingjing was the Qing Dynasty Empress Consort of the Guangxu Emperor who ruled China from 1875 to 1908. She is best remembered for signing the abdication on behalf of the child Emperor Puyi, in 1912, ending imperial rule in China.
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