Dogs castrated from childhood are relatively smart, and dogs castrated halfway are more perverse. From the animal's point of view, castration will hurt the animal's self-esteem.
So is the eunuch.
No eunuch is born with the ideal of being a big eunuch when he grows up. Most of them are forced by family environment. When I grow up, I am forced to castrate and beg for a bowl of rice.
Eunuchs, with white eyebrows and high eyes, fly over the eaves and walk over the walls. When they open their mouths, they become sissy. What we are talking about here is a special kind of eunuch, that is, "the eunuch in the movie."
What is a real eunuch like? I have a group of real photos of eunuchs in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
It is said that the first person who introduced eunuchs into martial arts films was Hu Jinquan, director of Shaw Company in Hong Kong. In the 1960s, eunuchs with strong martial arts first appeared in his work Longmen Inn, which received a good response. Later, eunuchs emerged one after another. Cao Shaoqin in the movie "Xinlongmen Inn", Doctor Hai in the movie "Duke of Lushan" and Dong Fangbubai in "the legendary swordsman" are all eunuchs (eunuchs) with high martial arts, and these eunuchs in film and television are all masters of martial arts and basically belong to villains. Why are they so good at martial arts? Where did you learn that?
First of all, eunuchs are born with high martial arts, which is one of the forms of literary expression. With the prevalence of new martial arts novels, the image of eunuchs has become more plump on the basis of the previous works. This special group has aroused great curiosity of people including the author, so it has been excavated in detail. As a unique court culture in China, eunuchs have a bad reputation in history. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a disaster of "the same party fighting against different factions" and "Ten Frequent Rebellions". In the Ming Dynasty, there were Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian in the East Factory and the West Factory, who were disaster figures in the history books. But these people are physically disabled and determined, and they have developed into powerful people. People in government and opposition hate people, but they can't help it. In the martial arts movies, it must be martial arts to replace power with martial arts. (Today's headline Nanpeng starts)
Second, it stems from traditional cultural concepts. Ganbu said: Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement; Work for heaven, work for yang, and work for men. Kun gua said: the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with kindness. Kun is the earth, Rou is the woman. Eunuch, also known as hermaphrodite, was originally a male, and moved closer to the women's team after castration. Just can't last long, soft can't keep, eunuchs have masculine body, and then feminine nature, which coincides with the image of fire and water reconciling yin and yang. Therefore, at the beginning of the "Sunflower Collection", it is said that "if you want to perform magic, you must first enter the palace". Eunuchs have acquired advantages, and it is reasonable to have high martial arts.
First of all, eunuchs are generally in poor health and cannot practice martial arts. Eunuchs belong to castrated people and should belong to the disabled. According to records, eunuchs age faster than ordinary people. The 40-year-old eunuch is 60 years old like ordinary people, and even walking is a habit of small steps. If the knife is real, the eunuch can easily be killed. Eunuchs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the late Tang Dynasty were easily eliminated. I haven't seen thousands of eunuchs, and one of them escaped by climbing over the eaves. Tens of thousands of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty didn't see any one who could help the Emperor Chongzhen repel the powerful enemy, but they helped Li Zicheng open the city gate. Besides, it is said that Dong Haichuan, who wants crotch, has high martial arts, but I'm afraid it's hard to avoid exaggeration in Jianghu, not to mention practicing it before castration. It is also controversial whether castration is done or not.
Secondly, the eunuch's overall social status is low. Although there are historical facts of eunuchs in politics in the late Qin Dynasty, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the middle and late Tang Dynasty and the middle and late Ming Dynasty, only a few eunuchs are in trouble, and most eunuchs are people with their tails between their legs and belong to the oppressed. For example, Cixi forced the old eunuchs around her to eat their own shit. Living in the palace, shivering every day, how can I have time to practice martial arts?
Finally, not all eunuchs are wicked. There are many people with lofty ideals, such as Sima Qian, who wrote his own historical records. There are also talents like Cai Lun and Zheng He. In ancient times, war horses were generally castrated, and after castration, their temperament became gentler and easier to control. In the same way, the eunuch's temperament is actually gentle on the whole, and the older eunuch is like an old woman. Although Wei Zhongxian has been scolded countless times, he is actually more noble than some pseudo-sects full of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trust, and the tax work he presided over is at least more beneficial to ordinary farmers than Lindong party member. Physical castration is not the biggest shame, but mental castration is the most tragic.
Another example is Wynn, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, who urged Ming Xianzong not to kill officials indiscriminately. Kou Liancai, the eunuch of the Qing Dynasty, protested against Cixi's extravagance and extravagance, but was executed.
In feudal autocratic society, although there are evil eunuchs, more are evil bureaucrats and emperors. In the Republic of China, eunuchs ceased to exist as a profession, but they were not equal to war, and their lives were like dirt. So the key is that the social system should curb the evil in human nature and let ordinary people live a good life.
Third, the advantage of getting the moon first by being close to the water. The eunuch's post is in the Imperial Palace, which is the highest residence in the world. The emperor owns the four seas, and his descendants can get whatever they want. Why not? Even if some eunuchs with low talent gain an advantage, as long as they take an ancient book from the palace and try to figure it out a little, their martial arts achievements are just around the corner. (Today's headline Nanpeng starts)
In recent years, the film and television image of eunuchs has changed from an important figure in the dispute between good and evil among martial arts experts to a comedy, which also represents the change of views on such people in the cultural and film circles. They are changing from white-faced traitors on the stage to flesh and blood people.
Probably let many people down, not as boring as ordinary people, but this is the true face of the eunuch group. It's actually quite understandable. Can you imagine a bitch leading 20 thousand to 30 thousand people and more than 200 big ships to complete the feat of going to the west?
In June 2002, gavin menzies, a former British Royal Navy officer, published two books, 142 1: China Discovered the World and 142 1: The Year China Discovered the World. Given that this guy has some friendship with Jin Yong, his words are hard to believe.
The eunuchs in ancient China have real records, but they have martial arts masters. His name is Dong Haichuan (1797- 1882), and he is the founder and main disseminator of Bagua Zhangquan. According to the analysis of later generations, the basic footwork of Bagua Palm is called mud step. When practicing this footwork, the friction between the legs and the lower body is very tight, which is really unbearable. therefore .......
This unreliable descendant's statement has not been verified, but one thing is certain, his footwork has never been practiced.
After all, each eunuch's force value is different. As far as the eunuch's function is concerned, he must have certain skills to protect the emperor and his duties inside and outside the palace. Secondly, eunuchs have lost important organs of their bodies, which is called rigidity without desire, so it is the only way for eunuchs to practice martial arts seriously. Finally, in terms of martial arts characteristics, eunuchs have a special constitution of combining rigidity with softness and coexistence of yin and yang, which makes eunuchs combine rigidity with softness in martial arts cultivation, which is also an important objective reason why eunuchs can become martial arts masters.