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    Jia Tanchun (Chinese: 賈探春; pinyin: Jiǎ Tànchūn, rendered Quest Spring in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is the younger half-sister of Jia Baoyu and a major...
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    "Yuan-Ying-Tan-Xi" is a homophone with "Supposed to sigh". Jia Tanchun (賈探春; 贾探春; Jiǎ Tànchūn; Chia Tan-chun; 'Seeking Spring') Baoyu's younger half-sister...
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    Jia Baoyu (Chinese: 賈寶玉) is the principal character in the classic 18th century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. The first chapter describes how...
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    Jia Xichun (Chinese: 賈惜春; pinyin: Jiǎ Xīchūn, rendered Compassion Spring in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is a primary character in the 18th century Chinese...
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    Xifeng is a niece of Lady Wang and is married to Jia Lian, the eldest grandchild of Grandmother Jia (hence, she is related to Baoyu by blood and by marriage)...
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  • sisters and cousins Jia Tanchun, Jia Yingchun, Jia Xichun, and Shi Xiangyun. The Jia family is corrupt, due to Baoyu's older sister Jia Yuanchun being a...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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  • Jia Baoyu, Jia Lian, 3 of the 4 "Springs" (Jia Yuanchun, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun) a maternal grandchild, Lin Daiyu (daughter of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min)...
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  • Ouyang Fenqiang as Jia Baoyu Chen Xiaoxu as Lin Daiyu Zhang Li as Xue Baochai Cheng Mei as Jia Yuanchun Dongfang Wenying as Jia Tanchun Guo Xiaozhen as Shi...
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  • of the classic 18th century Qing-era novel by Cao Xueqin. Yuan Meiyun as Jia Baoyu (cross-gender acting) Zhou Xuan as Lin Daiyu Wang Danfeng as Xue Baochai...
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  • Baoyu. In contrast, their younger half-siblings by concubine Zhao, Jia Tanchun and Jia Huan, develop distorted personalities because they are the children...
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  • as Daiyu to pay back her "debt of tears" to Jia Baoyu, who watered and gave life to the flower. Lin and Jia were the only two characters in the book that...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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  • Red Chamber. She is the wife of Jia Zheng, and mother of Jia Zhu (dead at the start of the novel), Jia Yuanchun and Jia Baoyu. She is the elder sister...
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    Baoyu. In contrast, their younger half-siblings by concubine Zhao, Jia Tanchun and Jia Huan, develop distorted personalities because they are the children...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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    principal character Jia Xichun (賈惜春), third cousin of Jia Baoyu Jia Tanchun (賈探春), half-sister of Jia Baoyu Jia Qiaojie (賈巧姐), daughter of Jia Lian This page...
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  • Chung Pen-wei as Jia Baoyu Chang Yu-yen as Lin Daiyu Tsou Lin-lin as Xue Baochai Tang Lan-hua as Jia Yuanchun Mao Hsun-jung as Jia Tanchun Wang Yu-ling &...
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    mistress to her maids. Well liked by all the servants and the mistresses of the Jia household, she also is a capable person, once helping Lady Wang manage the...
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  • Xiuming as Jia Yuanchun Yang Shihua (杨世华) as Jia Yingchun Zeng Dan (曾丹) as Jia Tanchun Ding Lan (丁岚) as Jia Xichun Zhang Jie (章杰) as Jia Zheng Wang Guangquan...
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  • Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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    Liu's son-in-law's grandfather was adopted by Lady Wang's father, hence the Jia clan became related to her son-in-law's family. Granny Liu was entrusted...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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    novel, Xiangyun marries but is soon widowed. Novels portal Jia Baoyu Lin Daiyu Jia Tanchun Edwards, Louise P. (1994). Men and Women in Qing China: Gender...
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    and effeminate, Jiang Yuhan is a bosom friend of the novel's protagonist Jia Baoyu, with whom he exchanges intimate gifts. The nature of their relationship...
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    parents to the Jia family, Xiren is portrayed as highly intelligent, diligent, and thoughtful, and all of her masters — Grandmother Jia, Shi Xiangyun,...
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  • consultant of the household manager, Ping'er wields considerable power in the Jia household. Always kind and caring, she turns big dilemmas into little, solvable...
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    Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. He is Qin Keqing's younger brother and Jia Baoyu's handsome best friend and schoolmate. One interpretation is that his...
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    Jia Zheng's nuclear family Jia Baoyu Hua Xiren Jia Tanchun Li Wan Jia Zheng Lady Wang (Jia Yuanchun) Xue family Xue Baochai Xue Pan Xiangling Jia She's...
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