Sun Yaoting China's Last Imperial Enuch

Sun Yaoting, the last surviving eunuch of China's imperial court, was castrated by his father at age eight without anesthesia. While he recovered, China's last emperor abdicated, and the country became a republic. Sun died in 1996, but he could not be buried with his preserved genitals as a "complete man": his family had thrown them away during the Cultural Revolution, fearing persecution if they were found.

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