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
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References
Sources
- 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.