China’s last eunuch Sun Yaoting died in December 1996 at age 94. He took with him intimate stories of the last vestiges of Imperial China and was himself the last in the line of eunuchs who had served the royal family for more than 2,000 years. His personal journey from poor farmboy to revered servant to Pu Yi and Wanrong, China’s last emperor and empress, is an amazing journey which also chronicles nearly one century of turbulence and upheaval in Chinese history and culture.

This book is a unique glimpse into China’s storied past from the perspective of a man who faithfully served China’s Imperial Family in the Forbidden City but was later forced to maneuver himself among the tremendous and often turbulent events that became the history of 20th Century China. As Sun Yaoting recalls his experiences, he also recounts the life of the dwindling eunuch community in China.

作者简介

Jia Yinghua jS a member of the Chinese Writers Association and vice-president of the Society of Chinese Biographers．He iS WidefY acknowledged as the Ieading SOUrce of historical materials on late—Qing Dynasty figures such as Pu Yi，the Iast emperor of China and Sun Yaoting，the Last

eunuch．HiS book，”Second Half Or the Last Emperor of China”was critically acclaimed by more than 100 Chinese and overseas media．It was a follow—up to the book。”From Emperor to Citizen，”which was written by pu Yi in the 1960s．It won the Golden Key Prize for Books in China．

HiS other books include”The Heir of the Last Emperor” which sold more than 100，000 copies，”Decoding the Last Marriage of the Last Emperor Pu Yi，”and”Pu Jie-The Biography of the Younger Brother of the Last Emperor．“All received numerous reviews by hundreds of domestic and overseas media．Jia Yinghua has collected more than ten ons Chinese words and thousands of photographs of the Last Emperor and the other members of the last Imperia J FamllY．In addition，two documentaries produced by Jia，“The Last Eunuch Revisits the Forbidden City”and“The Last Eunuch Recalls His Life”were both shown in the Forbidden City for years．

He alsO wrote the tombstone inscriptions for the Last Emperor Pu Yi，as welI as the inscriptions for Sun Yaoting， the JaSt eunuch．In addition，hiS caIIigraPhies were selected as works for”The First Exhibition of the Famous Works bv Famous People in China”and”The Calligraphy and Paintings Exhibition of Contemporary Notables．”

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Prologue
1.Castration
1.The ChiefEunuch Comes Home
2.A ChildIlood Dream
3.The Castration
4.Private School
Prince Zai Tao’S Mansion
1.Arriving in the Capital
2.The Imperial Uncle
3.Loss ofthe Pigtail
4.The Restoration
5.Leaving Zai Tao
The Forbidden Citv
1.Entry into the Palace
2.ChiefEunuch Ren
3.High Consort Duankang
4.The Theatrical Troupe
5.Death ofEmperors Mother
In the Red Walls
1.Head Eunuch Mu
2.The Accounting Office
3.Constant Learning
4.palace ofGreat Benevolence
5.Stories and Anecdotes
6.The Emperors Wedding
7.Dispersal ofEunuchs
Serving the Imperial Couple
1.The Empress
2.Palace ofGathering Elegance
3.Languishing in Seclusion
4.The Capricious Emperor
5.nle Emperors Secrets
Sunset in the Forbidden City
1.The Empress’s Birthday
2.The Expulsion
3.The Northern Mansion
4.Back at Home
Temple of Prosperity
1.Eunuch Sanctuary
2.Myriad Fates ofEunuchs
3.White—CloudTemple
4.Tales about Cixi
House Servant
1.Xiaode Zhang
2.Yao Mengshan
3.Prodigal Sons
Manchukuo
1.“New Capital”
2.Team ofOrderlies
3.Puppet Emperor
4.Visitors to the Palace
5.A Brutal Beating
6.Back at Home
Some Turbulent Years
1.An Amicable Japanese
2.Zha Qier
3.Silver Fish and Purple Crabs
4.Death ofChert Zechuan
Communist‘lhkeover
1.Temple ofGreat Bounty
2.L0rd Gualls Temple
3.People’s LiberationArmy
4.”Big Landlord”
After Liberation
1.An Investigation and a Lawsuit
2.The Fate ofXiaode Zhang
3.Back in the Temple ofProsperity.
4.Quarrels and Fights
Life in the New Society
1.Narrow Escape
2.A Forum ofEunuchs
3.TheGreatTurbulence
4.Homecoming in Disgrace
The Final Years
1.The Last Eunuch ofChina
2.Revisiting the Forbidden City
3.Peaceful Old Age
4.Secrets to Longevity
Gravestone in Silence