The Warning Voice (71 page)

HAPPY
page of Cousin Zhen

HU JUN-RONG
a dangerously incompetent physician

HU-SHI
Jia Rong's second wife

HUAN
see
JIA HUAN

JIA BAO-YU
incarnation of the Stone; the eldest surviving son of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang of Rong-guo House

JIA BIN
obscure member of the Jia family in the same generation as Cousin Zhen and Jia Lian

JIA CHANG
junior member of the clan given casual employment by the Jias

JIA CONG
little son of one of Jia She's concubines

JIA GUANG
obscure member of the clan in the same generation as Cousin Zhen and Jia Lian

JIA HENG (I)
obscure member of the clan in Jia Guang's generation

JIA HUAN
Bao-yu's half-brother; the son of Jia Zheng and his concubine ‘Aunt' Zhao

JIA JING
father of Cousin Zhen and nominal head of the Ningguo branch of the family, living in retirement in a Taoist monastery outside the city

JIA JUN
young schoolboy attending the Jia family school

JIA LAN
Li Wan's little son

JIA LIAN
son of Jia She and Lady Xing and husband of Wang Xi-feng

JIA LING
junior member of the clan given casual employment by the Rong-guo Jias

JIA QIAO-JIE
little daughter of Jia Lian and Wang Xi-feng

JIA QIONG
obscure member of the Jia family in the same generation as Cousin Zhen and Jia Lian

JIA RONG
son of Cousin Zhen and You-shi

JIA SHE
Jia Zheng's elder brother; father of Jia Lian and Ying-chun

JIA SI-JIE
younger sister of Jia Qiong made much of by Grandmother Jia

JIA TAN-CHUN
daughter of Jia Zheng and ‘Aunt' Zhao; half-sister of Bao-yu and second of the ‘Three Springs'

JIA XI-CHUN
daughter of Jia Jing and younger sister of Cousin Zhen; youngest of the ‘Three Springs'

JIA XI-LUAN
younger sister of Jia Bin, made much of by Grandmother Jia

JIA YING-CHUN
daughter of Jia She by a concubine; eldest of the ‘Three Springs'

JIA YUAN-CHUN
daughter of Jia Zheng and Lady Wang and elder sister of Bao-yu; the Imperial Concubine

JIA ZHEN
see
COUSIN ZHEN

JIA ZHENG
Bao-yu's father; the younger of Grandmother Jia's two sons

JIN-GUI
see
XIA JIN-GUI

JOKER
trusted page of Jia Lian

KINGFISHER
Shi Xiang-yun's maid

LADY JIA
see
GRANDMOTHER JIA

LADY WANG
wife of Jia Zheng and mother of Jia Zhu, Yuan-chun and Bao-yu

LADY XING
wife of Jia She and mother of Jia Lian

LADY ZHEN
wife of Sir Zhen of Nanking and mother of Bao-yu's double

LAI DA
Chief Steward of the Rong-guo mansion

LAI SHENG
Chief Steward of the Ning-guo mansion

LI GUI
Nannie Li's son; Bao-yu's foster-brother and chief groom

LI QI
Li Wan's cousin; younger sister of Li Wen

LI WAN
widow of Bao-yu's deceased elder brother, Jia Zhu, and mother of Jia Lan

LI WEN
Li Wan's cousin; elder sister of Li Qi

LIAN
see
JIA LIAN

LILY
name given to Caltrop by Xia Jin-gui

LIN DAI-YU
incarnation of the Crimson Pearl Flower; orphaned daughter of Lin Ru-hai and Jia Zheng's sister, Jia Min

‘LITTLE XUE'
poetry club pseudonym of
XUE BAO-QIN

LIU XIANG-LIAN
young man of independent means friendly with the younger Jias; later betrothed to You San-jie

LIVELY
page of Cousin Zhen

LOTUS
junior maid of Ying-chun

LOU-SHI
Jia Jun's mother

LOVEY
concubine of Cousin Zhen

MAGPIE
maid of Aunt Zhao

MAMMA HE
Swallow's mother and foster-mother of Parfumée

MAMMA XIA
old woman assigned share of work in Garden; Swallow's aunt and Cicada's maternal grandmother

MAMMA SONG
old servant attached to Bao-yu's apartment, mainly employed on errands

MAMMA TIAN
old servant in charge of gardening at Sweet-rice Farm

MAMMA YE
old woman in charge of gardening at Green Delights; Tealeaf's mother and godmother of Bao-chai's maid Oriole

MAMMA ZHU
old woman in charge of bamboo cultivation in Prospect Garden

MARQUIS OF JIN-XIANG, THE
nobleman on visiting terms with the Jia family

MASTER BAO
see
JIA BAO-YU

MASTER HUAN
see
JIA HUAN

MASTER LAN
see
JIA LAN

MASTER RONG
see
JIA RONG

MATTRESS, THE
widow of Droopy Duo; later installed with her second husband Bao Er as Er-jie's housekeeper

MERCY
maid assigned to You Er-jie by Wang Xi-feng

MISS BAO
see
XUE BAO-CHAI

MISS LIN
see
LIN DAI-YU

MISS LIS, THE
see
LI WEN
and
LI QI

MISS QIN
see
XUE BAO-QIN

MISS SHI
see
SHI XIANG-YUN

MISS TAN
see
JIA TAN-CHUN

MISS XI
see
JIA XI-CHUN

MISS XIA
see
XIA JIN-GUI

MISS YING
see
JIA YING-CHUN

MISS YUN
see
SHI XIANG-YUN

MOONBEAM
maid of Xia Jin-gui favoured by Xue Pan

MOONRISE
younger sister of Lady Wang's maid Sunset

MOTHER EUERGESIA
see
EUERGESIA

MR LIU
see
LIU XIANG-LIAN

MR ZHANG
see
ZHANG DE-HUI

MR ZHEN
see
COUSIN ZHEN

MRS ER
see
YOU ER-JIE

MRS FEI
see
GOODY FEI

MRS LI
Li Wan's widowed aunt; mother of Li Wen and Li Qi

MRS LIAN
see
WANG XI-FENG

MRS LIN
see
LIN ZHI-XIAO's WIFE

MRS LIU
see
COOK LIU

MRS SHAN
see
WIDOW SHAN

MRS WANG
see
WANG SHAN-BAO's WIFE

MRS XIA
Xia Jin-gui's widowed mother; Xue Pan's mother-in-law

MRS XUE
see
AUNT XUE

MRS YOU
You-shi's widowed step-mother; mother of You Er-jie and You San-jie

MRS ZHAO
see
AUNT ZHAO

MRS ZHEN
see
YOU-SHI

MRS ZHU
see
LI WAN

MUSK
maid of Bao-yu

NANNIE LI
Bao-yu's former wet-nurse

NÉNUPHAR
member of the Jia family troupe of child actresses, later attached to Dai-yu

NIGHTINGALE
principal maid of Dai-yu

NUMBER FOUR
junior maid of Bao-yu, formerly called
CITRONELLA

‘OAF KING, THE'
see
XUE PAN

OLD MRS ZHU
official marriage-broker acting for the Sun family

ONE PLASTER WANG
a Taoist quack-doctor acting as priest-in-charge at the Tian Qi Temple

ORFIE
junior maid of Xia Jin-gui

ORIOLE
principal maid of Bao-chai

PAN
see
XUE PAN

PAN TOU-AN
cousin and childhood sweetheart of Ying-chun's maid Chess

PARFUMÉE
member of the Jia family troupe of child actresses later attached to Bao-yu and renamed by him first
YELÜ HUNNI
and then
AVENTURIN

PARROT
maid of Grandmother Jia

PATIENCE
chief maid and confidante of Wang Xi-feng

PEARL
maid of Grandmother Jia

PERIWINKLE
Bao-qin's maid

PICTURE
principal maid of Xi-chun

‘PLANTAIN LOVER'
poetry club pseudonym of JIA TAN-CHUN

PRINCE OF BEI-JING, THE
see
SHUI RONG

QIAN HUAI Aunt
Zhao's nephew; unsuccessful suitor for the hand of Cook Liu's daughter Fivey

QIAO-JIE
see
JIA QIAO-JIE

QIN
see
XUE BAO-QIN

QIN XIAN's WIFE
aunt of Chess given brief control over Cook Liu's kitchen

RICH
trusted page of Jia Lian

RIPPLE
maid of Bao-yu

‘RIVER QUEEN'
poetry club pseudonym of
LIN DAI-YU

RONG
see
JIA RONG

SAN-JIE
see
YOU SAN-JIE

SCRIBE
principal maid of Tan-chun

SHI XIANG-YUN
orphaned great-niece of Grandmother Jia

SHUI RONG
Prince of Bei-jing; princely connection of the Jia family friendly with Bao-yu

SI-JIE
see
JIA SI-JIE

SIGNET Xing
Xiu-yan's maid

SILVER
maid of Lady Wang; younger sister of her deceased maid Golden

SIMPLE
half-witted maid of Grandmother Jia

SIR JING
see
JIA JING

SIR SHE
see
JIA SHE

SIR WANG
see
WANG ZI-TENG

SIR ZHENG
see
JIA ZHENG

SKYBRIGHT
maid of Bao-yu, posthumously worshipped by him as a flower-spirit

SNOWGOOSE
maid of Dai-yu

SUN SHAO-ZU
brutal sensualist to whom Jia She insists on marrying Ying-chun

SWALLOW
junior maid attached to Green Delights; daughter of Parfumée's foster-mother, Mamma He

TAN
see
JIA TAN-CHUN

TAN-CHUN
see
JIA TAN-CHUN

TANGERINE
maid of Ying-chun

TEALEAF
Bao-yu's principal page

‘UNCLE DUMBO'
see
XING DE-QUAN

UNCLE SHE
see
JIA SHE

UNCLE ZHENG
see
JIA ZHENG

WANG JI-REN
doctor in regular attendance on the Rong-guo Jia family

WANG SHAN-BAO'S
WIFE a meddlesome old woman; trusted servant of Lady Xing; Chess's grandmother

WANG XI-FENG
wife of Jia Lian and niece of Lady Wang, Aunt Xue and Wang Zi-teng

WANG XIN
a member of the Wang household employed by Wang Xi-feng

WANG ZI-TENG
elder brother of Lady Wang and Aunt Xue; Inspector-General of Armies in the Nine Provinces

WIDOW SHAN
one of the senior Rong-guo stewardesses

WU XIN-DENG
Clerk of Stores at the Rong-guo mansion

XI-CHUN
see
JIA XI-CHUN

XI-FENG
see
WANG XI-FENG

XI-LUAN
see
JIA XI-LUAN