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During the last Qing dynasty in China, there were “four great eunuchs”, namely An Dehai, Li Lianying, Cui Yugui, and Xiao Dezhang. Cui Yugui compared the three, arrogant but less than An Dehai, less patience than Li Lianying, and worse than Xiaode Zhang Jingming, but was reused by Empress Dowager Cixi for her “loyalty”, and threw Emperor Guangxu’s loving concubine, Zhenfei, to the well to drown. It was he who managed it alone, and later saw that Guangxu and Cixi died one after another, and they left the palace with large sums of gold and silver jewelry, finally enjoying the blessing outside the palace. 15 years after the disappearance of the Qing dynasty, he died of gangrene and back disease in the eunuch enclosure of the Guandi Temple in Lima. Buried in the Jinshan Baozang Temple Cemetery in the western suburbs of Beijing.
▲ Cui Yugui was favored by Empress Dowager Cixi due to her loyalty. (Photo / Obtained from Tencent.com)
Cui Yugui (1860-1926), formerly known as Cui Zhishi, was born in Cui Zhangji Village, Hejian County, Zhili (now Dacheng County, Hebei). He was in the same municipality as Li Lianying. At the age of 12, he was arranged to enter Beijing in his hometown. He worked as a eunuch in Prince Qing’s mansion, but was aggressive, learned kung fu, and sang in the mansion. Later, Prince Qing planned to set up a theater company in the palace to please Empress Dowager Cixi. Therefore, Cui Yugui was recommended to the palace and belonged to the theater company in Shengping. interim.
▲ Empress Dowager Cixi took public photos in front of Renshou Hall in the Summer Palace. In the first row is Cui Yugui on the left and Li Lianying on the right. (Photo / Obtained from Wikipedia)
When Empress Dowager Cixi saw the play, Cui Yugui tried his best to use the fist and kung fu, and was ultimately appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi, thus making his fortune. In Guangxu’s seventh year (1881), 21-year-old Cui Yugui was promoted to second director and received the third title. In a bright blue jersey, the rank is second only to Li Lianying.
▲ Empress Dowager Cixi gave Cui Yugui an order to push concubine Zhen into the well. (Image / review by Gengshi Weibo)
In Guangxu 26 (1900), the Boxer Rebellion attacked foreigners. Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on the powers. The allied forces of the eight powers invaded China and the soldiers approached the city of Beijing. When Empress Dowager Cixi disguised herself and fled, she remembered that she had repeatedly collided with her. In the palace, he ordered Cui Yugui to push the concubine Zhen to the well on the pretext that it was inconvenient to take away, that the young and beautiful woman would be insulted by foreigners and that he would be ashamed of the ancestors, so that the concubine Zhen , 24, disappeared. Die, become the unjust soul underground.
▲ Emperor Guangxu’s love for his concubine Zhenfei was ordered by Empress Dowager Cixi to be pushed into the well. (Image / Photo in Baidu Encyclopedia)
The following year, the Qing court and the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers negotiated and signed the “Xin Chou Contract”. After Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu happily returned to Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi sent someone to rescue Concubine Zhenzhen’s body to appease Emperor Guangxu, declaring that the concubine was unbearable. It was Zhenlie’s martyrdom to find her at the well, and she was redecorated and buried, and she was also named a precious concubine. Subsequently, Empress Dowager Cixi realized that Emperor Guangxu did not believe in the cause of Zhen’s concubine’s death, so she sent someone to investigate. He cut Cui Yugui’s second managerial position and sent him back to Prince Qing’s mansion. When the wind passed, he would be transferred back to the palace and would stay by her side to serve.
▲ Concubine Zhen was put under house arrest and then ordered by Empress Dowager Cixi and pushed into the well by Cui Yugui. (Photo / Obtained from Sohu History)
In 1908, when Cui Yugui saw Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi die, the general situation disappeared. He left the palace with treasures of gold and silver and spent large sums of money to buy 680 acres of land to donate to the Limaguan temple, and to live with his apprentices at the temple to cultivate fields. He died in the eunuch precinct of the Guandi Temple in Lima until ROC 15 (1926) due to back disease and gangrene and was buried in the Jinshan Baozang Temple cemetery in the western suburbs of Beijing.
