@sarahdoingthing This is of course why everyone should study Chinese history
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@Scholars_Stage xunxi is great btw (think that was your recommendation?)pic.twitter.com/D2Nnkblkyi
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@sarahdoingthing First heard this story from@st_rev :-) -
@Meaningness@St_Rev I first heard from @asilentsky, all the great sages agree - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing money quote: "Then he proceeded to execute all those little Schelling Points that were the emperor’s brothers and sisters." -
@KevinSimler I was charmed by that too - 4 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing "Eunuchs must have nothing to do with administration."—Hongwu Emperor. Wonder what drove hunger w/o posterity to receive it -
@Billare @asilentsky notes that women in power appear to act similarly to eunuchs in Chinese history, so progeny-having prob. not all - 19 more replies
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