RIPPLE maid of Bao-yu
ROPEY one of Bao-yu’s pages
SHI FU man claiming to be servant in household of Jia Fan; accused of attempted rape and murder
SHI XIANG-YUN orphaned great-niece of Grandmother Jia, niece of Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhong-jing
SI-JIE see JIA SI-JIE
SILVER maid of Lady Wang; younger sister of her deceased maid Golden
SIR SHE see JIA SHE
SIR ZHENG see JIA ZHENG
SKYBRIGHT one of Bao-yu’s maids, now dead
SNOWGOOSE maid of Dai-yu
STEWARD LIN see LIN ZHI-XIAO
SUN SHAO-ZU Jia Ying-chun’s callous husband
SUNCLOUD and SUNSET maids of Lady Wang
SUNSHINE page employed by Wang Xi-feng for clerical duties
TAN-CHUN see JIA TAN-CHUN
TEALEAF Bao-yu’s principal page
UNCLE ZI-SHENG see WANG ZI-SHENG
UNCLE ZI-TENG see WANG ZI-TENG
VANITAS a Taoist in quest of immortality
WANG BAN-ER Grannie Liu’s little grandson
WANG QING-ER Grannie Liu’s little granddaughter
WANG REN Wang Xi-feng’s elder brother
WANG XI-FENG wife of Jia Lian and niece of Lady Wang, Aunt Xue and Wang Zi-teng
WANG ZHONG Governor of Yunnan Province
WANG ZI-SHENG younger brother of Wang Zi-teng
WANG ZI-TENG elder brother of Wang Zi-sheng, Lady Wang and Aunt Xue, now dead
WU GUI Skybright’s cousin
WU LIANG Xue Pan’s fair-weather friend
XI-CHUN see JIA XI-CHUN
XI-FENG see WANG XI-FENG
XI-LUAN see JIA XI-LUAN
XIA JIN-GUI wife of Xue Pan; a termagant
XIA SAN adopted brother of Xia Jin-gui
XIANG-YUN see SHI XIANG-YUN
XING DE-QUAN Lady Xing’s good-for-nothing brother
XING XIU-YAN Lady Xing’s niece; gifted daughter of improvident and sponging parents, betrothed to Xue Ke
XIU-YAN see XING XIU-YAN
XUE BAO-CHAI daughter of Aunt Xue
XUE BAO-QIN niece of Aunt Xue and younger sister of Xue Ke
XUE KE Xue Bao-qin’s elder brother, betrothed to Xing Xiu-yan
XUE PAN the ‘Oaf King’; son of Aunt Xue and elder brother of Bao-chai
YING see JIA YING-CHUN
YING-CHUN see JIA YING-CHUN
YOU ER-JIE Jia Lian’s mistress, now dead
YOU-SHI wife of Cousin Zhen and mother of Jia Rong
YU-CUN see JIA YU-CUN
YUAN-CHUN see JIA YUAN-CHUN
YUN (1) see SHI XIANG-YUN (2) see JIA YUN
ZHAN HUI granary clerk in the Kiangsi Grain Intendant’s yamen
ZHANG DE-HUI manager of Xue Pan’s largest pawnshop
ZHANG HUA dissolute young gambler betrothed since infancy to You Er-jie
ZHANG SAN waiter, only surviving son of Mrs Zhang
ZHAO QUAN Commissioner of the Embroidered Jackets
ZHEN BAO-YU son of Zhen Ying-jia; a ‘reformed character’
ZHEN SHI-YIN once a retired gentleman of Soochow, now a Taoist recluse; father of Caltrop
ZHEN YING-JIA friend of Jia Zheng’s; friend of Zhen Bao-yu
ZHENS, THE a wealthy Southern family having close ties with the Jias
ZHOU QIONG commandant of the Haimen Coastal Region; father-in-law of Tan-chun
ZHOU RUI and ZHOU RUI’S WIFE couple employed on the staff of Rong-guo House
Genealogy of the Ning-guo and Rong-guo Houses of the Jia Clan
The Wang Family
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* See Volume 1, Appendix, p. 527.
* In the Spring and Autumn period, King Wen of the state of Chu (ruled 689–676 BC) defeated and put to death the ruler of the state of Xi. He then took the Lord Xi’s widow as his concubine and had two sons by her. She refused to communicate verbally with her new master, however, and when King Wen asked her the reason for her silence she eventually replied: ‘I, a widow, now serve a second husband. Having thus failed to seek death, what is there that I can say?’
Cao Xueqin, The Dreamer Wakes
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