Eunuch Loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor’s Troubled Succession — Norman A. Kutcher

This chapter explores the tumultuous succession to power of the Yongzheng emperor, and the role eunuchs played in it as foot soldiers and rumormongers.

Type:: Book Chapter
Author:: Norman A. Kutcher
Published:: 2018
Publisher:: University of California Press

This chapter explores the tumultuous succession to power of the Yongzheng emperor, and the role eunuchs played in it as foot soldiers and rumormongers. Eunuchs in the princely households of Yūnreng, Yūntang, and Yūnsy worked on behalf of the princes they served, sometimes luring them into further wrongdoing. Several of these eunuchs became notorious for corruption, bribery, and the kidnapping of children.

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What is "Eunuch Loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor’s Troubled Succession" about?: This chapter explores the tumultuous succession to power of the Yongzheng emperor, and the role eunuchs played in it as foot soldiers and rumormongers.
Who wrote "Eunuch Loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor’s Troubled Succession"?: Norman A. Kutcher