In feudal society, the emperor is supreme, has absolute rule and the power of life and death, they deal with national affairs with the real dragon, each of which is related to the future development direction, and the daily rationale plays an important role.
However, the quality of life is very high, not only living in the magnificent palace, but also the three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines.
Every few years to choose concubines, although they enjoy the glory and wealth but also have a sad side, some girls themselves have a favorite Lang Jun has been selected as a concubine, for them the palace is a golden wire cage, the proportion of men and women in it is seriously unbalanced "monks more porridge less", some concubines can only look at the emperor from a distance, over time it is inevitable that the palace is lonely.
In order to avoid the "green grassland on his head", the emperor turned his servants into "eunuchs". Eunuchs without fertility retain the strength of men, can take on the heavy responsibility of dirty work, and do not pose a threat to concubines, and the advantage of killing two birds with one stone evolves into a system that lasts for thousands of years.
During the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gao was proficient in the law and diligent, Qin Shi Huang asked him to teach Hu Hai to judge the case and sentence him to prison, and later this little eunuch became a national catalyst, and after Qin Shi Huang's death, he launched a dune coup to force the death of his son Fu Su to promote Qin II Hu Hai, formed a party to engage in private misconduct, and killed Li Si himself as the successor minister.
In ancient times, everyone looked down on eunuchs, and most of the images in today's film and television dramas are "feminine" men with orchid fingers, and the more prominent features are the dust in their hands.
The word dust was first used in one of the Jin Dynasty's Anonymous "White Silk Dance Songs and Poems": "The robe is dusted with a light body towel, and the robe is made as a towel."
Also known as dust whisk, whisker, dust tail, it is a wooden stick with hair. Its materials are also various, wool, hemp, branches and thin cracked cloth, which can be said to have been used by the Buddha in the first place, and it is also more common in Taoist Buddhism. Many of the immortals in "Journey to the West" are immortal wind Dao bone hands holding dust, so what is the role of the eunuch's hand?
Not every eunuch is entitled to dust, but only the emperor's personal eunuchs, that is, people with high status. Eunuchs who generally undertook manual labor did not have much access to the emperor on the periphery.
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And most of the close-up waiters are people who are good at speculating on the holy will, they only need to bring tea and pour water, appease the emperor's emotions and other mental labor, other things are handed over to the eunuchs, no need to work hard to free up their hands to take the dust, and the dust is not just a decorative role.
Dust off the dust
Tang Dufu's poem "Engaging in The Practice of Giving Yan Er Bei" reads: "The black hat blows dust and the green mule, and the purple clothes will go away."
As the name suggests, it means "dusting", and the emperor is the lord of the world with supreme power.
If you are tired of visiting the royal garden and want to rest in the pavilion for a while, the close attendant with eyesight will take out the dust to sweep away the dust, and the emperor's golden body cannot sit directly on the soil, which is emotional intelligence and rule.
Repel mosquitoes and flies
In the Ming Dynasty novel "Warning Of the World: Wang Anshi Three Difficulties Su Bachelor": "(Jing Gong) personally took the dust and whisked it away in the magpie tail bottle, just like the old."
Dust also has the effect of repelling mosquitoes, summer mosquitoes are more ancient and there is no repellent liquid, can only be manually expelled, if the mosquitoes turn around the emperor, the personal eunuch can take the dust to drive away mosquitoes, both to achieve the effect is not directly in contact with the emperor.
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Status symbols
Just as the concubine's clothing and jewelry have specifications, the eunuch's dust is also a feature that indicates identity, and the hands of others are not enough to work, where there is idleness to hold the dust, only the close chief has this honor.
Therefore, in addition to the eunuch's dust, in addition to symbolizing status, the other two points are mainly for the convenience of the emperor.
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