Ep. 267 | Eunuchs in Chinese History (Part 1)
The China History Podcast
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Cha Ko - The Great Eunuchs of China
As the social outcasts they were, eunuchs ended up being magnets for tragedy. History has branded them as some of the worst, corrupt and conniving lot. Their antics led to rivers of blood and the downfall of more than a couple dynasties. The first eunuch whose notoriety got written into the official court annals was jolka. This is where cha ko really stands out. He's the one who gave us the famous chungyu, or chinese idiom jur lu wa ma,.
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