Eunuchs - Revision history

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 '''Chinese Eunuchs'''
-[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]
+[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source. Author Unknown]]
 [[File:Li_Lianying.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source. Author Unkown]]

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	[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]		[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]
−	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]	+	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source. Author Unkown]]

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	==Way of life of a Eunuch==		==Way of life of a Eunuch==
−	Often times Eunuchs chose their way of life. They were usually from poor families and chose that way of life in order to provide money and value to their family name. Often times, the parents would castrate the sons at an early age so they had a better chance of becoming a Eunuch.	+	Often times Eunuchs chose their way of life. They were usually from poor families and chose that way of life in order to provide money and value to their family name. Often times, the parents would castrate the sons at an early age so they had a better chance of becoming a Eunuch. Becoming a head Eunuch was one of the highest honors someone could receive in China at this time. Even ordinary Eunuchs commanded respect due to their closeness with the Emperor and his family.

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	'''Chinese Eunuchs'''		'''Chinese Eunuchs'''

−	[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|~~300px~~\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]	+	[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]
		+	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]


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−	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]

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	1. http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=43&catid=2&subcatid=2 (EUNUCHS IN CHINA, By 2008 Jeffrey Hays)		1. http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=43&catid=2&subcatid=2 (EUNUCHS IN CHINA, By 2008 Jeffrey Hays)
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		+	2. http://www.beijingmadeeasy.com/beijing-history/chinese-eunuchs (Chinese Eunuchs)

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−	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]	+	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying (One of the last head Eunuchs, deposed in 1908) - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]

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	[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]		[[File:Li_Lianying.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a the Eunuch Li Lianying - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALi_Lianying.jpg here] for original source.]]
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		+	'''REFERENCES'''
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		+	1. http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=43&catid=2&subcatid=2 (EUNUCHS IN CHINA, By 2008 Jeffrey Hays)

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 Eunuchs originated around 2000 years ago in the Imperial court. The tradition of using eunuchs was first presented in the Han Dynasty.  They would often run the day to day affairs of the emperor’s court and were often the emperor’s closest friends. In the Ming Dynasty over 20,000 Eunuchs were employed in the Imperial city until 1924 when the last 1500 of them were banished from the Forbidden City. Eunuchs were often viewed as a privilegded class because of their close relationship to the emperor.
 The Eunuchs were often seen as scheming and corrupt… often the case as they were the only connection to the emperor. Any military generals or anyone outside the emperor’s direct family could never directly talk to the emperor, so they had to go through the eunuchs for information which would ask for bribes in return. This gave Eunuchs a lot of power.
 Although they were often viewed as corrupt, they also made significant contributions to the Chinese culture and civilization. The Eunuch Cai Lun is credited with inventing paper, while others were the first to play classical Chinese music. The Eunuch Zheng Ho was Chinas greatest explorer.
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-=Way of life of a Eunuch=
+==Way of life of a Eunuch==
 Often times Eunuchs chose their way of life. They were usually from poor families and chose that way of life in order to provide money and value to their family name. Often times, the parents would castrate the sons at an early age so they had a better chance of becoming a Eunuch.
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-=The Last Eunuch=
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 The last imperial Eunuch was Sun Yaoting. He died on December 17 1996 at the age of 93 in a Beijing Temple. In 1911 after the communists came to power, all Eunuchs were kicked out of the Forbidden City, never to return again. A few of them committed suicide by jumping in the moats of the Forbidden City.

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−	[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|~~350px~~\|thumb\|~~right~~\|Eunuch]]	+	[[File:Eunuch 355x500.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|left\|Photo of a Castrated Eunuch - Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_eunuch_of_Qing_Dynasty.JPG here] for original source.]]
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