China's Last Eunuch Spills Sex Secrets

Reuters:

Only two memories brought tears to Sun Yaoting's eyes in old age -- the day his father cut off his genitals, and the day his family threw away the pickled remains that should have made him a whole man again at death.

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[lowgear]

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[lowgear]

dems & bho leadership so far...

look over HERE

[gcallaghan]

Some startling parallels between the eunichs' irrational political ambitions and those of the Bushbots

[WorriedParent]

Words are funny things...
The only thing that struck me in this article was how it referred to the amateur historian author as an "energy bureaucrat". When it is one of our homegrown bureaucrat, we call them "official in the Department of Energy", but when it's someone in China then they are an "energy bureaucrat". It may seem like a small thing, but these kinds of subtle word variations over extended periods of time can amount to brainwash.

[tploomis]

I was waiting for an expose of the secret practices of the emperor, but none of that was included in the article. The article didn't live up to my expectations. It was interesting, however, to consider what lengths some people will go to get ahead. I wonder what the eunuch thought of his father, a person that would do that to him?

[vishix]

i cringe just reading the article. what a horrible way to live.

[Ratfink1]

I don't think you can be all that sure he was the "last" one.

[mono]

it was indeed a joke, played on him by the creator or the communists or whatever. Great expectation always falls flat !!!

[amdezurik]

the communists did not mutilate him, daddy did that to try to gain favor with the emperor

[kolorkin]

it was a requirement to gain entry/employment in the Palace because based on the article, his family's land and house were taken away by their slum landlord. His father did it in hopes his son could bring better life for himself and the family...d­oesn't surprise me, very common chinese cultural value. But still no excuse to put children through not just the pain of castration but the LIFELONG pain of serving in the Palace - a place that is sheer hell cultivated by human greed for power and control. Still a long way to go in the Chinese society.

[SouthJerseySteve]

I still wanna know why they pickled the "family jewels"... and my mind keeps thinking .....

Polly Picked a Pair of Pickled Pe**ses...

[amdezurik]

it says right in the article, and if you had taken any anthropology or comparative religion courses it would be obvious that, somewhat like the egyptians, they believed if they were buried with their "parts in the afterlife they would be restored.

[Aabby]

ouch

[maricgro]

That's about all he can spill at this time...

[Mollabaji]

I understand that Persian Empire and later dynasties in Iran, through the 19th century, had eunuchs in the royal court. Has anyone written on those?

[Bitsko]

"Spills" Sex Secrets? Yuck!

[PlayTOE]

I'm glad his story is told, but it would be far better if it had been told while he was still alive and could verify it's accuracy.

[kolorkin]

you kidding me? in China? The poor guy would probably face retribution from the gov't.

The book was published in china a number of years ago i believe it JUST got translated to english.