The profession of eunuch accompanied the beginning and end of the feudal dynasty, these were originally a complete person, but unfortunately for some purpose, in the end, they could only helplessly attack as eunuchs, they accompanied the emperor and became the emperor's closest people, and at the same time, they borrowed this relationship to interfere in the affairs of the court, so they were criticized by posterity.
Eunuchs, also known as eunuchs in ancient times, in fact, in ancient times eunuchs had a certain rank and high-ranking eunuchs, unlike today's eunuch is a derogatory element in it, in a sense it is an honorific title for them. In feudal society, in order to ensure the purity of the royal family's blood, the imperial family required all men who entered the imperial palace to be purified, which led to the emergence of a special profession in Chinese history, that is, eunuchs.
Eunuchs are basically obscure, but there are still several famous eunuchs in history, such as Gao Lishi of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian of the Ming Dynasty, ten permanent attendants of the Eastern Han Dynasty, etc., but there are records in China, and the eunuch who left his name at the same time was a vertical hanging during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, he began to be a close subject of Jiang Xiaobai, the Duke of Qi Huan, in order to get more reuse by the Duke of Qi Huan, he took the initiative to castrate himself, and then entered the palace to serve the Duke of Qi Huan, when he learned that the Duke of Qi Huan wanted to eat human flesh, he killed his son to qi Huan Gong to eat. This act of exterminating humanity, Qi Huan recognized that he loved himself, so he used him more heavily in the future.
When it comes to the Duke of Qi Huan, it is necessary to introduce him, The Duke of Qi Huan was one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, in the early years under the protection of Bao Shuya to take refuge in the Ju kingdom, after the death of Duke Xiang of Qi and Gongsun ignorantly, he and Gongzi Tangled two in order to compete for the throne, Gongzi Tangled in Guan Zhong's suggestion, set up an ambush to shoot an arrow of Qi Huan Gong, but unfortunately he had a big life, escaped a disaster, and finally preemptively inherited the throne, after inheriting the throne, he wanted to kill Guan Zhong, under the recommendation of Bao Shuya, he reused Guan Zhong, Guan Zhong some of the reforms, As a result, the state of Qi gradually became stronger, and under the banner of Zun Wang, he quelled the civil unrest in the Song Dynasty, destroyed the small states of Tan, Sui, and Yan, and attacked Shanrong in the north, and his behavior was deeply appreciated by Zhou Tianzi. When Guan Zhong was about to die, he also reminded Qi Huangong Yiya and others not to be reused, and how could a person who did not cherish himself and his son cherish others, but unfortunately Qi Huangong did not listen at all.
After the deaths of Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, Yi Ya was even more unscrupulous, when Duke Huan of Qi was about to die, he wavered towards his heir to the throne, he promised the throne to several princes, resulting in brother discord, and began to fight continuously, and he wanted to establish a prince to inherit the throne without loss, he saw the seriously ill Duke Huan, leaving The Duke of Huan in the deep palace, and the other people who served left and right, no matter who they were, drove out, and at the same time built a high wall to prevent anyone from visiting, in order to be able to make the prince succeed to the throne without loss, Qi Huangong's life and death did not let anyone know, so Qi Huangong was starved and could not stand it, and died of hatred, and his body was buried there for several months, which can be said to be nothing more than to describe that kind of misery.
After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, they conspired to kill the crown prince and succeed to the throne without loss, but unfortunately Prince Zhao fled to the Song kingdom after learning the news, and with the help of the Song Xianggong and other countries, The chancellor Gao Hu was not accustomed to the behavior of Shu Diao and others, and deceived Shu Diao into his own army, and Shu Diao was hacked to death by a knife, so that the first recorded eunuch in Chinese history got his due retribution.
epilogue
Most eunuchs have to enter the palace as eunuchs because of their poor family, and their lineage is worthy of sympathy, but for those eunuchs who arbitrarily and chaotically use power for their own selfish desires, they are worthy of people's scorn, and how can a person who does not cherish his body cherish others.