Chen Baochen Explained

Honorific Prefix:Imperial tutor
Chen Baochen
Office:Minister of Deliberation
Term Start:1 July
Term End:12 July 1917
Primeminister:Zhang Xun
Alongside:Zhang Xun, Liu Tingchen
Office1:Consultant minister of the Bideyuan
Term Start1:14 August
Term End1:1 November 1911
Cabinet1:Cabinet of Prince Qing
Primeminister1:Yikuang
Education:Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination
Birth Date:25 October 1848
Birth Place:Fuzhou, Fujian, Qing Empire
Death Place:Beiping, Republic of China
Occupation:Politician

Chen Baochen (; 1848–1935) was a Chinese official during late Qing era, hailing from Fuzhou, Fujian province in southeast/coastal China. During the last years of the Qing dynasty, he served as sub-chancellor in the Grand Secretariat and as vice minister of Rites (禮部侍郎). Following the collapse of the imperial order and the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, he remained loyal to the Qing dynasty and served as tutor and adviser of the former emperor, Puyi, who was allowed to stay in the Forbidden City for more than thirteen years under the "Articles of Favorable Treatment". In 1917, Chen supported the Manchu Restoration, the loyalist general Zhang Xun's abortive attempt to restore the Qing dynasty. Chen Baochen continued to serve Puyi after he was finally expelled from the Forbidden City in 1924, but unlike his rival Zheng Xiaoxu, he refused to collaborate in the establishment of Manchukuo.

Victor Wong portrayed Chen in the 1987 feature film The Last Emperor.

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