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The Tang Dynasty

You're Dead to Me

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The Chinese Version of Castration

Evelyn has never heard of eunuchs in chinese culture. But i guess they're the're to sing beautifully. The castrato, you had the idea of e high voy. Certainly how thet in the eighteenth century europe, they were superstal celebrities. They could sing credibly beautifully. In tang china, they're more bureacrats, or palace servants. I think it's best to see them as the palace service for the emperor. You needed to remove their manhood so that, e yes, they wouldn't rise up to fight him.

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