What does eunuch mean?

During the monarchy, men who served the emperor and his family were castrated. Also called eunuch.

Eunuch, that is, eunuch, was a servant who served the emperor and his family in ancient China. Not all eunuchs in the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties were eunuchs. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs have been eunuchs. Also known as officials, middle officials, internal officials, internal ministers, internal servants and so on.

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Eunuchs are slaves in charge of court chores and are not allowed to participate in state affairs. But because they live with the royal family day and night, they can win the trust of the emperor and have a chance. Some eunuchs served as court ministers.

Huang Zongxi expressed the loss of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty in "Waiting for a Visit to Ming Yi": there were six prime ministers, and the official position of the court was also spontaneous, and the approval of this chapter was first passed down by word of mouth, and then drafted. The wealth of the world, first in the library and then in Taicang, the prison of the world, first in the East Factory and then in the Legal Department, everything else. It's six prime ministers. They're just members of the election officials.

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