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6. Yongzheng’s Innovative Rules for Regulating Eunuchs
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Preface xv
- Conventions xxi
- Conversions xxii
- Qing Reigns xxiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. “A Time of Pure Yin”: Forging the Seventeenth–Century Consensus on the Nature of Ming Eunuch Power 27
- 2. The Shunzhi Emperor and His Eunuchs: Echoes of the Ming 43
- 3. “To Guard against Their Subtle Encroachments”: The Kangxi Emperor’s Regulation of Rank–and–File Eunuchs 68
- 4. The Influence of Eunuchs in Kangxi’s Inner Circle 83
- 5. Eunuch Loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor’s Troubled Succession 108
- 6. Yongzheng’s Innovative Rules for Regulating Eunuchs 125
- 7. The Qianlong Emperor: Shifting the Arc of History 144
- 8. Qianlong’s Flawed System of Oversight 173
- 9. The World Created by Qianlong and His Eunuchs 199
- Conclusion 227
- Notes 237
- Selected Bibliography 289
- Glossary-Index 301
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Preface xv
- Conventions xxi
- Conversions xxii
- Qing Reigns xxiii
- Introduction 1
- 1. “A Time of Pure Yin”: Forging the Seventeenth–Century Consensus on the Nature of Ming Eunuch Power 27
- 2. The Shunzhi Emperor and His Eunuchs: Echoes of the Ming 43
- 3. “To Guard against Their Subtle Encroachments”: The Kangxi Emperor’s Regulation of Rank–and–File Eunuchs 68
- 4. The Influence of Eunuchs in Kangxi’s Inner Circle 83
- 5. Eunuch Loyalties in the Yongzheng Emperor’s Troubled Succession 108
- 6. Yongzheng’s Innovative Rules for Regulating Eunuchs 125
- 7. The Qianlong Emperor: Shifting the Arc of History 144
- 8. Qianlong’s Flawed System of Oversight 173
- 9. The World Created by Qianlong and His Eunuchs 199
- Conclusion 227
- Notes 237
- Selected Bibliography 289
- Glossary-Index 301
