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The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty: (SUNY series in Chinese Local Studies)

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This book is the first on Chinese eunuchs in English and presents a comprehensive picture of the role that they played in the Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Extracted from a wide range of primary and secondary source material, the author provides significant and interesting information about court politics, espionage and internal security, military and foreign affairs, tax and tribute collection, the operation of imperial monopolies, judiciary review, the layout of the palace complex, the Grand Canal, and much more. The eunuchs are shown to be not just a minor adjunct to a government of civil servants and military officers, but a fully developed third branch of the Ming administration that participated in all of the most essential matters of the dynasty. The veil of condemnation and jealousy imposed on eunuchs by the compilers of official history is pulled away to reveal a richly textured tapestry. Eunuchs are portrayed in a balanced manner that gives due consideration to able and faithful service along with the inept, the lurid, and the iniquitous.

Table of Contents:
Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Successive Reigns of the Ming Emperors (1368-1644) I. Introduction The Scholar and the Eunuch New Thematic Approaches II. The Demand and Supply of Ming Eunuchs Historic Origins Foreign Supply of Eunuchs Domestic Supply of Eunuchs More Supply Than Demand The Problem of Excessive Castrati III. Institutionalization of the Eunuch Agencies Early Eunuch Establishments Eunuchs' New Haven Eunuch Agencies Inside the Imperial City Eunuch Agencies Outside the Capital City IV. Eunuchs and the Ming Military System Eunuchs as Military Commanders The Eunuch Battalions The Nanjing Grand Commandant Eunuch Commanders and Ming Bureaucracy Eunuchs and Teas-Horse Trade V. Eunuchs and the Ming Intelligence-Gathering Apparatuses The Eastern Depot Succesive Directors of the Eastern Depot The Western Depot VI. Eunuchs and Ming Diplomacy Ming Tributary System The Mongols and the Tibetans Eunuch Missions to Central Asia Ming Eunuchs and Chinese-Korean Relations VII. Eunuchs and Ming Maritime Activities Eunuchs and the Ming Maritime Trade Trade with Japan and the Ryukyu Islands Trade with Southeast Asia Zheng He's Seven Navigations VIII. Eunuchs' Involvement in the Ming Economy Managing the Imperial Plantations Eunuchs as Tax Collectors Eunuchs' Role in the Ming Salt Monopoly Eunuchs and Ming Mining Eunuchs as Purchasing Agents and Manufacturing Managers IX. Miscellaneous Duties of the Ming Eunuchs Eunuchs and Imperial Seals Eunuchs and Ming Flood-Control Projects Eunuchs and Ming Judiciary Reviews X. Conclusion Appendix 1: Eunuch Agencies and Their Duties in Ming Dynasty Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Characters Notes Bibliography Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791426883
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Chinese Local Studies
  • Weight: 390 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0791426882
  • Publisher Date: 16 Nov 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 290
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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