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Jinshi (Chinese: 進士; pinyin: jìnshì) was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China. [1] The examination was usually taken in the imperial capital in the palace, and was also called the Metropolitan Exam .
The Ten Attendants, also known as the Ten Eunuchs, were a group of influential eunuch-officials in the imperial court of Emperor Ling (r. 168–189) in Eastern Han China. Although they are often referred to as a group of 10, there were actually 12 of them, and all held the position of zhong changshi (中常侍; "Central Regular Attendant") in ...
Leading a few trusted eunuchs Maomao requested from Jinshi, they dug the soil under the place where the foul stench is to reveal a decomposed body—the source of the foul odor Shisui mentioned before. The body is later identified as that of Jin through the ornaments and emblems found on the body, and Maomao reveals the corpse in the coffin as ...
The confession of the Ethiopian eunuch is a variant reading in Acts 8:37, widely seen by Textual Critics to be a later interpolation into the text. It is found in the King James Version due to its existence within the Textus Receptus .
He discovers that the cases are related, and that they not only involve a plot for revenge by surviving Janissaries hidden somewhere but also the power struggle between the palace eunuchs and the military's extreme pursuit of democratization. In the end, Yashim, against all odds, succeeds in preventing several conspiracies.
The History of Jin (Jinshi) says that Emperor Shizong of Jin took note and attempted to halt these things in 1181. [ 2 ] As one of the ways of restoring Jurchen traditions, Emperor Shizong prohibited servants and slaves from wearing silk , and in 1188 he prohibited Jurchens in general from wearing Han Chinese clothes.
Bao Zheng was born into a scholar family in Shenxian (慎县), Hefei, Luzhou (present-day Feidong County near Hefei, Anhui). [2] Bao's family was in the middle class, his father Bao Lingyi (包令仪) was a scholar and an official, while his grandfather Bao Shi Tong (包士通) was a commoner.
The Capi Aga in 1799. The Kapi Agha (Turkish: Kapı ağası, "Agha of the Gate"), formally called the Agha of the Gate of Felicity (Bâbüssaâde ağası), was the head of the eunuch servants of the Ottoman Seraglio until the late 16th century, when this post was taken over by the Kizlar Agha. [1]