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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 .
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 ...
A group of eunuchs in a mural from the tomb of the prince Zhanghuai, 706 AD. A eunuch (/ ˈ juː n ə k / YOO-nək) [1] is a man who has been castrated. [2] Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. [3]
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 .
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
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 ...
Whether you call it the clenched fist, Black Power fist, BLM fist, or solidarity fist, one thing is clear: it’s used as a symbol of Black pride, solidarity, and dedication to fighting injustice.
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.