Inside the World of the Eunuch

Inside the World of the EunuchThe history of Qing palace eunuchs is defined by a tension between the role eunuchs were meant to play and the life they intended to live. This study tells the story of how a complicated and much maligned group of people struggled to insert a degree of agency into their lives. Rulers of the Qing dynasty were determined to ensure the eunuchs subservience and to limit their influence by imposing a management style based upon strict rules, corporal

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