Eunuch is the person who lived in a castle with the court lady. eunuch worked as watching over foods, guarding main gate of a palace and cleaning etc. they worked near the king while always staying in castle. so they required rigid regulations.
1) How to come into being
Eunuch was considered as an existence by destiny regardless of the east and the west.
king received fate from the god in the Oriental civilization. so people thought, they needed middle people thought connection between the god and a great king. it was eunuch.
they were humans also they didn't have an element of humans.
they overcome fundamental desire through castration. so they castrated.
korean eunuch appeared in the period of the three states when 신라 흥덕왕 ruled.
korean eunuch has a long history.
2)how to become an eunuch
first, eunuch is a man with underdeveloped genital organs.(I will call A instead the man with underdeveloped genital organs.)
they were castrated because they always made contact with the court lady in castle. they might make problems with court lady. If you are a king , can you endure that king your subject touches and makes problems with your woman. maybe you will get angry. so king made eunuch.
if so, how eunuches were supplied? eunuches adopted children and made them eunuches when they grow up ,too
4)eunuch's mission
내시부 was admitted as one post like 승정원 and 홍문관.
first 대내감선 controled foods in a castle, second 왕명출납 delivered a royal command, third 수문 kept the door of castle, fourth 소재 cleaned the castle etc
eunuch took part in important affairs and miscellaneous affairs.
5) the size and grade of eunuch
eunuch took from 종2품 상선 to 종9품 상원. 상선 is the best grade of 내시부. 상선
controled 수랏상, 내시부's full strength was 140 people. 내시부 was a big post.
regular public officials, 병조 and 이조 have 10 members.
6) eunuch's have limitation
김계한 occured even he was at the risk of he's life saved 선조 when 임진왜란. 선조 admitted his merits, so king wanted to give a prize to 김계한. but 양반 didn't admit 김계한. 계한 was an eunuch
they could not give glory to eunuch. 계한 rendered distinguished services but 양반 ignored him.
7) eunuch's power
eunuch worked near the king, in addition, they controled court lady. they were on intimate terms with king.
so they had potential influence. they displayed their power at the a nation convulsion of social political situation.
they could monopolize information, so they played a part in politics and exterior policies.
they became rich through property management(재산관리), constructions of capital, confirmation of regional situation etc.
9) eunuch's using power
김자원 is a representative eunuch as using his power badly in the period of 연산. he represented bad conduct.
if he went to 승정원, all 승지 bowed with their heads while standing head slightly drooping for him.
so all bureaucrats were consent to him then they could meet king.
연산king had absolute power
he concealed his bad morals by using 김자원 and 김자원. also used this point euough.
10) how to 거세 (a man with under developed genital organs.)
as I said, eunuch might make something with court lady. if so, it would make difficult scenes.
I go to the 조선 dynasty period by timemachine. we don't know exactly the way to castration . just most people assert, eunuch become 19세이용불가 from his childhood
so they made A. it is a sketch. bind this point. then blood can't flow testicles. testicles will decay. then it will naturally fall from body. he can be A.