TY  - GEN
T1  - Inside the World of the Eunuch : a Social History of the Emperor's Servants in Qing China.
A1  - Dale, Melissa S.
LA  - English
PP  - HK
PB  - Hong Kong University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1097980092
AB  - 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 dynasty were determined to ensure the eunuchs' subservience and to limit their influence by imposing a management style based upon strict rules, corporal punishment, and collective responsibility. Few eunuchs wielded significant political power or lived in a lavish style during the Qing dynasty. Emascu.
OP  - 237
CN  - DS754.12 .D35 2018eb
SN  - 9888455605
SN  - 9789888455607
SN  - 9789888455751
SN  - 9888455753
KW  - Eunuchs : China.
KW  - China : Court and courtiers : History.
KW  - China : History : Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
KW  - Eunuques : Chine.
KW  - Chine : Histoire : 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
KW  - Courts and courtiers
KW  - Eunuchs
KW  - Qing Dynasty (China)
KW  - China
KW  - 1644-1912
KW  - History
ER  -