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Gong Chengsu was an eunuch.
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 4 passages
至鋹尤愚，以謂群臣皆自有家室，顧子孫，不能盡忠，惟宦者親近可任，遂委其政於宦者龔澄樞、陳延壽等，至其群臣有欲用者，皆閹然後用。
Chang was still more foolish, thinking that ministers all had families of their own and looked to their descendants, and could not be wholly loyal — only eunuchs, being close at hand, could be trusted. He entrusted government to the eunuchs Gong Chengsu, Chen Yanshou, and the rest; whenever he wished to employ a minister, the man had to be castrated first.
澄樞等既專政，鋹乃與宮婢波斯女等淫戲後宮，不復出省事。
Once Chengsu and the rest monopolized government, Chang dallied in the rear palace with palace women including a Persian girl and no longer came out to attend to affairs.
鋹於內殿設帳幄，陳寶貝，胡子冠遠遊冠，衣紫霞裾，坐帳中宣禍福，呼鋹為太子皇帝，國事皆決於胡子，盧瓊仙、龔澄樞等爭附之。
Chang set up curtains in the inner hall and displayed treasures; Huzi wore the Far Roaming cap and purple cloud skirts, sat within the curtains proclaiming fortune and calamity, called Chang the Crown Prince Emperor, and all state affairs were decided by Huzi. Lu Qiongxian, Gong Chengsu, and the rest vied to attach themselves to her.
胡子乃為鋹言：「澄樞等皆上天使來輔太子，有罪不可問。」
Huzi then said to Chang, "Chengsu and the rest are all envoys sent by Heaven to assist the Crown Prince; if they have faults they may not be questioned."