The role of Xiao Huangmen (Chinese: 小黃門) was a role for a eunuch in the Han dynasty.[1] The position, with a salary-rank of 600 shi or dan,[a] involved delivering and receiving messages between the imperial palace apartments and the outside court.[4]
A Xiao Huangmen's responsibilities were to follow the emperor, receive Shangshu memorials, preach the emperor's orders, and handle communication between the emperor and the harem inside and outside the palace.[5]
The position's responsibilities and level of authority changed over time.
Noted Xiao Huangmen[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ During the Han dynasty, the power a government official exercised was determined by his annual salary-rank, measured in grain units known as dan (石 or shi, a unit of volume, approximately 35 litres (0.99 US bsh)).[2][3] See Government of the Han dynasty#Salaries for further information.
References[edit]
- ^ 王俊良撰 (2002). 中国历代国家管理辞典. 长春：吉林人民出版社. p. 879. ISBN 7-206-03983-9.
- ^ Bielenstein 1980, p. 131.
- ^ de Crespigny 2007, p. 1221.
- ^ de Crespigny 2007, p. 1218.
- ^ 颜品忠等主编 (1998). 中华文化制度辞典. 北京：中国国际广播出版社. p. 182.
Sources[edit]
- Bielenstein, Hans (1980). The Bureaucracy of Han Times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22510-6.
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms. Leiden: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-474-1184-0.
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