Note 21 — VI TZŬ HSI AND THE EUNUCHS

A fantastic account of this mission is contained in an imaginative work recently published (La Vie Secrète de la Cour de Chine, Paris, 1910), where the Chief Eunuch’s name is given as “Siao.” This curious blunder is due to the fact that the Eunuch’s nickname, on account of his stature, was “Hsiao An’rh” (little An), just as Li hien-Ying’s is “P’i Hsiao” Li all over China.