Abdication of the emperor Xinhai Revolution
zhang jian drafted abdication proposal approved provisional senate. on january 20, wu tingfang of nanking provisional government officially delivered imperial edict of abdication yuan shikai abdication of puyi. on january 22, sun yat-sen announced resign presidency in favor of yuan shikai if latter supported emperor s abdication. yuan pressured empress dowager longyu threat lives of imperial family not spared if abdication did not come before revolutionaries reached beijing, if agree abdicate, provisional government honor terms proposed imperial family.
on february 3, empress dowager longyu gave yuan full permission negotiate abdication terms of qing emperor. yuan drew own version , forwarded revolutionaries on february 3. version consisted of 3 sections instead of two. on february 12, 1912, after being pressured yuan , other ministers, puyi (age six) , empress dowager longyu accepted yuan s terms of abdication.
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