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Being the last surviving eunuch of Imperial China Sun Yaoting ( Traditional Chinese : 孫耀庭, Simplified Chinese : 孙耀庭, Hanyu Pinyin : Sūn Yàotíng, Wade-Giles : Sun Yao-t'ing; 29 September 1902 – 17 December 1996) was the last surviving imperial eunuch of Chinese history .
Empress Dowager Cixi carried and accompanied by palace eunuchs, before 1908 A Manchurian eunuch boy in 1901 during the Qing dynasty with all his genitals removed. Qing eunuchs had their testicles, scrotum and penises removed. [121] [122] [123] Many Qing eunuchs were Mongol [124] and Manchu origin despite laws against Manchus becoming eunuchs ...
An Dehai (Chinese: 安 德 海; pinyin: Ān Déhǎi; Wade–Giles: An Te-hai, 1844 – 12 September 1869) was a palace eunuch at the imperial court of the Qing dynasty.In the 1860s, he became the confidant and favourite of Empress Dowager Cixi and was subsequently executed as part of a power struggle between the empress dowager and Prince Chun.
The eunuchs were virtual slaves who did all the work in the Forbidden City, such as cooking, gardening, cleaning, entertaining guests, and the bureaucratic work needed to govern a vast empire. They also served as the emperor's advisers. The Forbidden City was full of treasures that the eunuchs constantly stole and sold on the black market.
Empress Dowager He initially refused to harm the eunuchs, but as Dong Zhuo's forces approached Luoyang, she ordered the eunuchs to leave the palace and return to their marquisates. (Many of the eunuchs had been made marquises by Emperor Ling.) [24] Empress Dowager He's younger sister married Zhang Rang's (adopted) son. Zhang Rang pleaded with ...
Lei Yungong (died 23 July 1022) was a Song dynasty palace eunuch who rose to power after foiling fellow eunuch Zhou Huaizheng's coup. He dominated court politics following Emperor Zhenzong's death, by associating with the powerful grand councilor Ding Wei. However, just a few months later he was beaten to death for illegally moving Emperor ...
Through a relative of his mother, Wei was able to enter into service in the Forbidden City.After he became an imperial eunuch, he used the name Li Jinzhong. [7] [8] As a eunuch in the Ming court, Wei slowly gained the favor of various palace officials while working in various unofficial positions.
He warned, "Anyone using eunuchs as his eyes and ears will be blind and deaf". Despite these measures, many of emperors who followed Hongwu were more willing to leave ruling to the eunuchs, and the Ming Dynasty became the peak of eunuch influence. [1] By the end of the 15th century, there were 10,000 eunuchs working in the palace. [3]