Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Conventions; Introduction: The Other Side of Eunuch History; 1. The Palace Eunuch System; 2. Routes to the Palace; 3. Unrobing the Emasculated Body; 4. Entering the Emperor's Realm; 5. The Parallel World of the Eunuch; 6. Running away from the Palace; 7. Eunuch Suicide; 8. Authorized Exits from the System; 9. Surviving the Fall of the Qing; Conclusion; App 1. Reign Titles and Dates of the Qing Emperors; App 2. Eunuch Suicide Regulations; App 3. Eunuch Temples; App 4. Eunuch Cemeteries; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
The 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 punishment, and collective responsibility. Few eunuchs wielded significant political power or lived in a lavish style during the Qing dynasty. Emascu |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Eunuchs -- China
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Courts and courtiers
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Eunuchs
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Qing Dynasty (China)
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SUBJECT |
China -- Court and courtiers -- History
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China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078
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Subject |
China
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9888455605 |
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9789888455607 |
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