Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Eunuch

Cai Tuo'er 蔡脫兒

Attested AD 582 - AD 589

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai Tuo'er was an eunuch.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Cai Lin'er	蔡臨兒	Cài Lín'ér

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 582 to AD 589 宦者蔡脫兒李善度進請
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 7, passage 198
AD 584 to AD 589 後主怠政時
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 165

Career and standing

eunuch 宦者
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 198

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 7, passage 198

Events and relationships

Presented petitions
Court · Intermediary · With Li Shandu (李善度)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 198

Source notes

History of the Southern Dynasties reads Cai Lin'er (蔡臨兒) for Cai Tuo'er (蔡脫兒)
Field personal-name · Witness Work History of the Southern Dynasties 南史
Directly stated · Book of Chen 7, passage 198

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 7Volume 7: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages

是時，後主怠於政事，百司啟奏，嵭因宦者蔡脫兒、李善度進請，[9]後主置張貴妃於膝上共決之。 The Last Emperor had grown slack in rule; memorials from every office came only through eunuchs Cai Tuo'er and Li Shandu—[9] and he set Precious Consort Zhang on his knee to decide them with him.

李、蔡所不能記者，貴妃嵭為條疏，無所遺脫。 What Li and Cai forgot, the Precious Consort would lay out in clear lists without omission.

而後宮之家，不遵法度，有挂於理者，但求哀於貴妃，貴妃則令李、蔡先啟其事，而後從容為言之。 Inner-palace families who broke the law would beg the Precious Consort's mercy; she had Li and Cai raise the case first, then spoke for them at leisure.

嵭因宦者蔡脫兒李善度進請「蔡脫兒」《南史》作「蔡臨兒」。 On "memorials came through eunuchs Cai Tuo'er and Li Shandu": the History of the Southern Dynasties reads Cai Lin'er for Cai Tuo'er.