The catastrophic process of the

The female eunuchs before being brought into the palace must undergo a process of "purification" much more frightening and complicated than the eunuchs.

We are all too familiar with the image of the eunuchs in the ancient Chinese court with many fixed positions such as supporting the royal family or managing the jobs in the palace . Even some eunuchs has very own power, has the ability to disturb the ban, such as An Duc Hai, Ly Lien Anh - the Qing dignitaries have been used and some films depict quite details.

Through historical records and some works of art, it can be seen that eunuchs occupy a very prominent position in the harem place, making many people mistaken in the palace, outside the King and the Prince, Out of control, only the women and the servants and slaves are left. However, they did not know that in the "sanctuary, impregnable", there was another character whose status was both mysterious and dire, which were the eunuchs , also known as women. mandarin

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The eunuch is the leading mysterious figure in feudal Chinese history.(Illustration).

The eunuch woman appeared very early in feudal Chinese history

With a nation since ancient times, there has always been a thought of male and female inclination, bringing women into the palace to "purify one's body" as a mandarin is perhaps the most exceptional and confusing thing in Chinese history. . So in the palace, they hold what specific positions, how powerful and capable of dominating the insidious harem places like eunuchs?

In fact, female eunuchs appeared very early in the ancient Chinese dynasties. History of this country has recorded a few famous figures such as talented women Ban Chieu Han Dynasty, Lam Dieu Ngoc life Tong, Tiet Dao street and Van Quy Nhi Minh.

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The fact that women are brought into the palace to "purify themselves" as mandarins is probably the most exceptional and confusing thing in Chinese history.(Illustration).

Even in the regulation of the regime of official life Zhou, 3,000 years ago, there was a record of women. The book "Ritual and Heavenly" also has the "Female" section , in which it is clearly stated: Female is the ceremony of the head of the royal family, holding the internal rule, the interior of the palace. Zhou's family set up 8 women's offices. By the Han Dynasty, there were a total of nearly 200 women.

Different from the frequency bands, female beauties were brought into the palace in order to maintain the race of the royal family, the women did not have the "not allowed" beauty, but most were old women, living alone. not married.

The mission of the eunuch in the palace

Their mission is very complicated, which can also be said to be junk. From holding the prints, documenting the work schedule, to managing the life of the harem, reviewing and reporting the pregnancy situation of the frequency bands.

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The work of the eunuchs in the palace is complicated, but most are managing sex life in the harem.(Illustration).

The eunuchs are forced to "purify themselves" with the sole purpose of ensuring that they cannot conceive and give birth. However, this "guarantee" is not as simple as many people think is just taking infertility drugs like those in movies depicting the war of the harem. The eunuchs will have to go through a much more painful and horrifying "purification" process than the eunuchs.

  1. The woman after drinking all the jute soup hangs on the column. Then use the hook to take it deep into the uterus tightly to the ovary, using a heavy object to hang on the end of the hook.
  2. Next, use a soft hammer to beat the abdomen to put the ovaries out of the vagina. People will use a thin ribbed wire to tighten the lower part with the part of the ovary sticking out and tightening to the back.
  3. Use a sharp knife to cut out the vagina and the newly attached ovary. Because the wound is tightened, it cannot provide blood to the outer part of the lanyard, so it will naturally become necrotic and fall off.
  4. Finally, they cut the top of the rope with a knife and applied a layer of burning ash from special grass to stop the bleeding. After the nun finished, they became eunuchs.

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The eunuchs will have to go through a painful and terrible "purification" process.(Illustration).

Is the eunuch woman as powerful as the men who supervise in the palace?

The eunuchs often only fulfill their assigned tasks and hardly engage in political affairs, as well as competing for harassment in the harem as male eunuchs. Therefore, they were considered by the Emperor to be the optimal solution to solve the disturbances of the ban.

However, when female eunuchs are very greedy, they can collude with the eunuchs to act impulsively and make the palace rise. Chinese history books also have records of heavenly cases that the mastermind behind it is the eunuch woman trusted by the Emperor.

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The history of each record of the heavenly cases that the mastermind behind it is the eunuch woman trusted by the Emperor.(Illustration).

Like the Ming Dynasty case, having a Princess after getting married, she had to live in her own private house called the Ten Kings, and this place was entrusted to an eunuch from the upper house. Without the call of this eunuch, the code of the living outside would be difficult to visit the Princess.

Therefore, Pho code must bribe women with a lot of money to be able to spend the night with his wife. However, the greed of female eunuchs is getting bigger and bigger, making it impossible for code code to meet. After that, the code was banned from the Princess and gave birth to a mental illness and died. The princess also suffered from widowhood all her life.

But even though there are recorded events about the terrible female eunuchs, it is also pitiful for a normal woman to go through the painful "purification" process to become a servant for the imperial palace. .