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The Qing palace leaned towards recruiting eunuchs from Zhili, mainly mid 20 year olds or adolescent Han Chinese [135] [136] [137] who were not married, mainly from northern Shandong and the counties of Wanping, Jinghai, Daxing and Hejian in southern Hebei near Beijing. Some southern Chinese from Yunnan, Zhejiang and Guangdong people became ...
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 .
By the end of the 15th century, there were 10,000 eunuchs working in the palace. [3] In addition to close access to the emperor and his wives and concubines, they were often trusted with imperial sons. Oftentimes, this trust extended to eunuchs being given command as palace guards, military commanders, or imperial inspectors.
[28] [29] The Thai at times asked eunuchs from China to visit the court in Thailand and advise them on court ritual since they held them in high regard. [30] [31] In Imperial China, eunuchs managed the imperial household and were involved in state affairs, often wielding significant political power. [32]
Castration", in China, meant the severing of the penis in addition to the testicles, after which male offenders were sentenced to work in the palace as eunuchs. The punishment was called gōngxíng (宫刑), which meant "palace punishment", since castrated men would be enslaved to work in the harem of the palace.
The Last Eunuch of China: The Life of Sun Yaoting (simplified Chinese: 末代太监孙耀庭传; traditional Chinese: 末代太監孫耀庭傳) is a 1992 biography by Chinese writer Jia Yinghua. This book depicts the entire real life of Sun Yaoting , the last imperial eunuch of China, from his entry into the imperial palace to his old age.
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.
Zhang Yong (1465–1529) was a Chinese eunuch who held a position of influence in the government of the Zhengde Emperor, emperor of the Ming dynasty, from 1506 to 1521.He was part of a group of eunuchs known as the "Eight Tigers" who had served the Zhengde Emperor since his childhood.