Who was the last eunuch in China?

The last eunuch in China was Zhang Xiaode.

Zhang Xiaode is somewhat clever. He understood that Empress Dowager Cixi was a theater fan and was most easily appreciated as a theater player. So I joined the court troupe through the back door. After entering the troupe, Xiao Dezhang studied hard, acquired some skills, and always worked very hard in performances, making his name known to Empress Dowager Cixi.

In order to please Lafayette, Zhang Xiaode practiced his basic skills hard for three years, and every time he acted, he tried his best. Cixi was so happy that she personally named him "Zhang Xiaode". Since then, the name Xiao Zhangde has been called.

1908 10, Guangxu and Cixi passed away successively, and Yulong, the main office of Emperor Guangxu, took power. After Li Lao retired voluntarily, he was promoted to the head of the eunuch-"eunuch manager". 1999, Xiao was promoted to be the general manager of the Qing palace, and the official was the second-class high hat.

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19 1 1 year, the cannon of the Revolution of 1911 declared the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and Empress Yulong announced Xuan Tong's abdication. According to the preferential conditions, the Qing royal family continued to live in the Forbidden City, and Xiao continued to be the "eunuch general manager". 19 17 years, Xiao keenly felt that the luck of the Qing dynasty had run out, so he deviated from his master, walked out of the palace gate and retired to Tianjin.

When New China was founded, Zhang Xiaode was still a landlord and capitalist. In the early 1950s, factories and shops were changed to public-private partnerships, and he himself joined the ranks of socialist transformation, selling fried fruits as his profession. Because of his small attitude, he was treated leniently by the people's government, and/kloc-0 died in Tianjin in 1958.

People's Daily Online-The last eunuch in charge of China: became a fried fruit vendor after the founding of the People's Republic of China.