The Last Eunuch of China: The Life of Sun Yaoting (English Edition) - (WC7Q)

The Last Eunuch of China: The Life of Sun Yaoting (English Edition) : 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 1ast in the line of eunuchs who had served the royal family for more than 2,000 years. His personal iourney from poor farmboy to revered servant to PU Yi and Wanrong.China?S last emperor and empress,iS an amazing iourney which also chronicles nearly one century of turbulence and upheavalin Chinese history and culture. This engrossing biography by Chinese historian Jia Yinghua fcatures first.hand accounts by Sun Yaoting of his adventures in the Forbidden City.his reunion with Pu Yi in Japanese?held Manchukuo in the 1 930s.his return to?normal?1ifc as a community organizer in the Buddhist temple where he livcd out the rest of his life. About the author: ----------------------------- Jia Yinghua is a member of the Chinese Writers Association and vice-president of the Society of Chinese Biographers.He is widely 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.