Historical gossip
Editor丨Historical gossip
Preamble:
There were many special people in the court, such as eunuchs, commonly known as eunuchs.
In general, eunuchs are the attendants of the royal family, and their duty is to serve the emperor and harem concubines. However, eunuchs are not born, but obtained by surgically removing their genitals, so what is the voice of the eunuch?
The origin of eunuchs originated from the ancient eunuchs, who were selected from the palace maids or the original chamberlains, but in order to prevent their life history from being difficult to verify, the eunuchs gradually became eunuchs and specialized in serving the harem concubines, which was later borrowed by the feudal emperors.
As the name suggests, eunuchs are the so-called "eunuch councilors", and they can only play a role in calming disputes in the harem if they are different from others. In order to control the power, the eunuchs even had a temporary rampant after monopolizing the beauties of the six palaces. Therefore, the ancients had the saying that "the eunuch dynasty did not last long". In fact, the ancient eunuchs were not a beautiful image, they were irretrievable backwater, when the eunuchs in a dynasty were overbearing, it was doomed to the demise of the dynasty.
In later history, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the responsibilities of eunuchs became greater and greater, and they began to intervene in all aspects of court politics. In this way, a conflict of interests naturally arose between the emperor and the eunuchs. In the late Tang Dynasty, after the Huangchao Rebellion, the imperial court began to alienate the eunuchs, and there were even some incidents of eliminating the eunuchs, which undoubtedly had a great impact on later history.
By the Song Dynasty, eunuchs could do more and more things, they were no longer just servants in the harem, and the talents needed by the emperor were controlled by eunuchs. After some struggle, the emperor finally took some measures to weaken the power of the eunuchs. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the identity of eunuchs no longer had much power, and they would all be cut off their reproductive organs and become maid-like existences, specially used to serve the royal family.
This method of circumcision undoubtedly caused great harm to the eunuchs' bodies, and not only that, but their lives also changed dramatically. Especially in their character and spirit, the eunuchs began to become more and more withdrawn and depressed. As a result, their voices may change a bit along with it.
According to the ancients, the one who cuts the egg will become cowardly and timid, and his voice will become soft; The person who cuts the chicken has a strong temperament, which is not much different from ordinary men. For example, there is such a text in the "Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty": "The first selection, the eunuch who cuts the chicken, is wider than the middle official, vibrates the book, and moves to the envoy." There is a crime of meteoric goods, there is no forgiveness for Kuofu, the middle official has let the officials, the vertical body of the fine hall is pointed to, please enter the gate, take the photo, and make the order Wen, Kubo Yuanyuan, hang the test one also, eat the soil and guard, and stand between the migration. ”
In other words, the person who cuts the chicken is more strong, even after receiving some grievances and unfair treatment, he will choose to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, without any complaints, and without choosing to retaliate, but continue to concentrate on cultivation, believing that everything he does has a good result. The chicken cutters are different, they usually have a stubborn character, even if they are wronged, they will choose to express some of their dissatisfaction and complaints in extreme ways, such as the musicians of the court.
So, should you cut a chicken or an egg? In fact, some irreversible physical and psychological changes will definitely occur after the eunuchs are circumcised, they become more and more timid and cowardly, and they will also begin to deliberately imitate women. The ancients believed that only in this way could they better survive in the harem and not be excluded and discriminated against by other people.
Even if they have their own sons in the harem, they will not be happy because of this, but will feel very panicked and desperate. Therefore, people like Feng Hou found an excuse for the eunuchs to persuade the Qing Hui to completely solve this matter, and the imperial power was heavy, and he was bent on how to better grasp the power, which greatly affected the appointment and dismissal in the cabinet.
However, the society at that time needed some bold and assertive officials to bring some new inspiration and creativity to the dynasty, and if they were blindly loyal to the emperor, they would not be able to have any impact on the entire dynasty. Therefore, Feng Hou's approach is like directly injecting a tumor, which will plunge the entire dynasty into a great depression and sorrow.
Nowadays, there are no special groups of eunuchs in China, which should be regarded as having some similarities with them. In fact, in modern society, men are becoming less and less manly, they are becoming afraid of facing the challenges of real life, and they are becoming more and more cowardly, which bears a great resemblance to the eunuch who cuts the eggs.
And some women have begun to pursue the kind of men with feminine personalities and gentle words, which is not only a denial of men's own values, but also will lead to some problems that are rare in the whole society, what should we do to get rid of such a dilemma?