Welcome back, everyone. Thanks for fitting the CHP into your schedule. Some more light-hearted

fear for everyone. This topic of the Unix of China has been on the list going back to

2010, and though not requested by many of you as much as the history of Taiwan, or Jin

Yong, or a few others, every now and then, someone is asking when the Unix will be featured.

In this series, it's going to be a short one. I thought, let's use the topic of the Imperial

Unix to take a leisurely romp through Chinese history from the Shang Dynasty, all the way

up to 1924, when the last of the Unix were kicked out for good from the Forbidden City

in Beijing. Besides the big three eras when Unix made a generous contribution to the demise

of the dynasty, namely in the Han, Tang, and Ming, I'll trace their rise and fall throughout

Chinese history. And we'll also take a peek at the lives of the 10 or 15 of the most notorious

of China's Unix who ruined the reputation of all the hundreds of thousands of others

who served the emperor and empresses throughout the Dynasties. You know, is the Greek for

bed, and Okos means to have or hold or to guard, to guard the bed chambers. Only a castrated

or emasculated man could be trusted to guard the king's harem. Without that ability to

procreate, the monarch could sleep well each night, knowing his harem was protected, and

the royal bloodline would not get fouled by anyone. And all things considered, it would

be difficult if not impossible for a Unix to aspire to form his own dynasty. Unix worked

for the king. They served the state through their service to the king or emperor or sultan,

the ruler who lived in the imperial palace. The Unix only answered to him. He did not take

orders from anyone else, and though their original intention was to guard the emperor's

women, Unix would also serve his military leaders, envoys, and governors, and other roles

that didn't involve the goings on in the royal palace. Only the king or emperor could

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