Inside the World of the Eunuch : a Social History of the Emperor's Servants in Qing China.
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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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2019. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |