Pugong (19 March 1904 – c. 1960s), also referred to as P'u Kuang, was a

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prince of the

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. He was the son of Zaixun and a cousin of

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, the Last Emperor of China. He married Huang Yongni (黃詠霓) in 1934, an

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actress who is better known by her

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" Xueyanqin" (雪艷琴), and converted to Islam some time afterwards, taking the name of Ali. Their marriage ended with divorce, though Pugong remained Muslim, being present at the opening of the Tokyo Mosque in 1938. Their son, Huang Shixiang, who adopted his mother's family name "Huang", is also a prominent Beijing opera actor.

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