#286 - Special: Everything Eunuchs All At Once

Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial China
(warning: contains description of castration & its effects)

Mary M. Anderson, Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China.
Duhalde, Marcelo. "How an army of eunuchs ran the Forbidden City" in The South China Morning Post.

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