Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch

Lin Yanyu

Lin Yanyu was a powerful eunuch of the Southern Han dynasty of China.

Eunuch

Castrated male human

A eunuch is a male who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BC. Over the millennia since, they…