Inside the World of the Eunuch : a Social History of the Emperor's Servants in Qing China.

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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 dyn...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dale, Melissa S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1644-1912
Eunuchs > China.
Eunuques > Chine.
Courts and courtiers
Eunuchs
Qing Dynasty (China)
China > Court and courtiers > History.
China > History > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
Chine > Histoire > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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

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