What was the status of female eunuchs in ancient times, and what were they mainly responsible for?

When it comes to eunuchs, perhaps most people will subconsciously think of the male eunuchs in the TV series who have long braids and speak softly. What many people don't know is that in ancient China, there were actually female eunuchs. In ancient times, female eunuchs also existed as court attendants like court maids.

However, the difference is that the status of female eunuchs is slightly higher than that of court maids, and the specific positions they perform are also different.

Female eunuchs existed as early as the time of the slave society. Therefore, there are records of female eunuchs at almost different times in history. However, the title varies from period to period.

So far, there are many titles such as eunuchs, female officials, female bachelors, etc. Generally speaking, there are many ways to become a woman and enter the palace to become a eunuch. There are those who enter the palace as palace maids and are selected all the way to become eunuchs, and there are also those who are both talented and beautiful should enter the palace to become eunuchs.

Of course, there are also some who voluntarily apply to enter the palace to become eunuchs and so on.

We all know that in ancient times, male eunuchs mainly assisted the daily affairs of their masters, and female eunuchs were no exception. Generally speaking, the duties of female eunuchs are mainly responsible for the daily affairs of the palace maids and some harem chores. In the "Book of Rites: Internal Rules", there is such a record of the different duties of male and female eunuchs in ancient times:

For the palace room, distinguish the inside and outside, the man lives outside, the woman lives inside, the palace gate is deep, and the temple guards it. This is to say that the male eunuchs in ancient times were mainly responsible for the affairs of the outer court, and the female eunuchs were responsible for the affairs of the inner court, so it can be seen that the division of labor between male eunuchs and female eunuchs in the ancient palace is very clear.

In ancient times, there were many famous female eunuchs. For example, the prototype of the characters in the previous "The Legend of Lu Zhen" - Lu Lingxuan, the female minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the famous eunuch Shangguan Wan'er of the Tang Dynasty are all very famous representatives. However, most female eunuchs, even if they are promoted to high positions after layers of selection, they still cannot escape the whirlpool of government and politics, and it is difficult to have a happy ending in the end.

The status of female eunuchs is not high, and their main responsibility is to manage the palace maids in the palace and maintain order.

Generally 5 15-year-old women are learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, qin: guzheng; Chess: Go (because women learn Go, they can play a role in the command of war); Book:

calligraphy in various fonts (calligraphy can reflect one's sentiments); Painting: Landscape painting, painting flowers, grass, mountains, water, people can also be (especially landscape painting and flowers).There are also women who should learn the etiquette of female red and ladies (my personal opinion:

It's also good to let women learn medicine)In ancient times, women generally did not go out of the door, and they did not step out of the second door.

The requirements of society for women, and the standards of husbands for choosing wives, are measured by the four aspects of "morality, speech, tolerance, and work".

Women's virtue lies in being diligent, gentle, obedient, and living in harmony with their families;

"Women's appearance" lies in neatness and regularity;

The woman's words "lie in humility and obedience, not to pass on right and wrong, regardless of privacy, and not to complain to her husband about his aunts and brothers;

If you are born in a house of reading, you must be able to read and write, and you can order poetry, but you should not be distracted by words and chapters, and you should know a little about history, and if you can draw things, it is naturally better.

Before preparing to enter the palace, you must learn court etiquette and pay attention to "morality, speech, tolerance, and work".

Since childhood, he has learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., and learned three bows and nine knocks, etiquette, etc. before entering the palace.

1. Eunuch (huànguān) is the ** of the monarch and his family in ancient China. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, they have all served as eunuchs.

2. Eunuchs, also known as eunuchs, internal officials, internal servants, middle officials, middle officials, and middle nobles. In the Ming Dynasty, it was also called companion for older eunuchs. Eunuchs are the servants who are responsible for the miscellaneous affairs of the palace and the imperial court, and are not allowed to participate in state affairs, but because they get along with the royal family day and night, they can win the trust of Zhashan or have an opportunity, so in some dynasties there are eunuchs who hold the power of state affairs.

The early eunuchs were not necessarily eunuchs, and eunuchs were completely used as eunuchs after the Eastern Han Dynasty.