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The Qing like all dynasties that ruled China made much use of eunuchs in the Imperial Palace.<br/><br/> In China, castration included removal of the penis as well as the testicles. Both organs were cut off with a knife at the same time.<br/><br/> The number of eunuchs in Imperial employ fell to 470 by 1912, when the practice of using them ceased. The last Imperial eunuch, Sun Yaoting, died in December 1996.