Yuan shih-k'ai restored and maintained the imperial monarchy only for 83 days. After a few more months he died of illness.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
拿破仑一世破坏法兰西共和,帝制自为,身败名辱。其犹子拿破仑三世,仍明目张胆,蹈其覆辙。
拿破崙一世破壞法蘭西共和,帝制自為,身敗名辱。其猶子拿破崙三世,仍明目張膽,蹈其覆轍。
ná pò lún yī shì pò huài fǎ lán xī gòng hé , dì zhì zì wéi , shēn bài míng rǔ . qí yóu zǐ ná pò lún sān shì , réng míng mù zhāng dǎn , dǎo qí fù zhé .
Napoleon I betrayed the French republic and crowned himself Emperor; he ended up defeated and disgraced. Yet his nephew, Napoleon III, still brazenly followed his footprints to the ruinous end.