Editing Castration (section)

===Korea===
The eunuchs of Korea, called {{lang|ko|Naesi}} ({{Korean|내시|內侍}}), were officials to the king and other royalty in traditional Korean society. The first recorded appearance of a Korean eunuch was in [[Goryeosa]] ("History of Goryeo"), a compilation about the [[Goryeo]] period. In 1392, with the founding of the [[Joseon dynasty]], the {{lang|ko|Naesi}} system was revised, and the department was renamed the "Department of {{lang|ko|Naesi|italics=no}}" ({{Korean|내시부|內侍府|labels=no}}).<ref name="Naesi">{{cite web |url=http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=367722 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129153043/http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=367722 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2013 |title=내시 : 지식백과 |language=ko |website=100.naver.com |access-date=17 December 2015 }}</ref>

The {{lang|ko|Naesi}} system included two ranks, those of {{lang|ko|Sangseon}} ({{Korean|상선|尙膳|labels=no}}, "Chief of {{lang|ko|Naesi|italics=no}}"), who held the official title of senior second rank, and {{lang|ko|Naegwan}} ({{Korean|내관|內官|labels=no}}, "Common official {{lang|ko|naesi|italics=no}}"), both of which held rank as officers. 140 {{lang|ko|naesi}} in total served the palace in Joseon dynasty period. They also took the exam on [[Confucianism]] every month.<ref name= "Naesi"/> The {{lang|ko|naesi}} system was repealed in 1894 following [[Gabo reform]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

According to legend, castration consisted of daubing a boy's [[genital]]s with human [[feces]] and having a dog bite them off.<ref>{{cite book |via= Google Books| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U-fc5X0cUjwC&pg=PA280|title=Manthropology: The Science of Why the Modern Male Is Not the Man He Used to Be|author=Peter McAllister|year=2010|publisher=Macmillan|isbn= 978-0-312-55543-6|page=280}}</ref> During the [[Yuan dynasty]], eunuchs became a desirable commodity for [[tributes]], and dog bites were replaced by more sophisticated surgical techniques.<ref>{{cite book |via= Google Books |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S3Y2PTI_vYYC&pg=PA137|title=Children in slavery through the ages|author1=Gwyn Campbell |author2=Suzanne Miers |author3=Joseph Calder Miller |year=2009|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-8214-1877-2|page=137}}</ref>