Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Eunuch

Cai Lin'er 蔡臨兒

Attested AD 582 - AD 589

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai Lin'er was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 582 to AD 589 後主
Dated from the passage context · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 262

Events and relationships

Transmitted memorials of the hundred offices to the last ruler
Political · Intermediary · With Last Ruler (後主)
Directly stated · History of the Southern Dynasties 12, passage 262

References in the histories

History of the Southern Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 3 passages

時後主怠於政事，百司啟奏，並因宦者蔡臨兒、李善度進請，後主倚隱囊，置張貴妃于膝上共決之。 Neglecting government, he let memorials pass through eunuchs Cai Lin'er and Li Shandu while he lay back with Zhang Guifei on his knee deciding them.

李、蔡所不能記者，貴妃並為疏條，無所遺脫。 What the eunuchs forgot she summarized without omission.

而後宮之家，不遵法度，有絓於理者，但求恩于貴妃，貴妃則令李、蔡先啟其事，而后從容為言之。 Kin of consorts who broke the law sought her favor; she had Li and Cai bring the case up, then spoke for them at leisure.