Chao Chiao-erh, singing girl working out of My Own Tavern in Lin-ch’ing.
Chao, Dr.. See Chao Lung-kang.
Chao Hung-tao, domestic clerk on the staff of Yang Chien.
Chao I (fl. early 12th century), Duke of Chia, twenty-sixth son of Emperor Hui-tsung by Consort Liu.
Chao K’ai (d. c. 1129), Prince of Yün, third son of emperor Hui-tsung by Consort Wang.
Chao, Lama, head priest of the Pao-ch’ing Lamasery outside the west gate of Ch’ing-ho.
Chao Lung-kang, Dr. Chao, Chao the Quack, incompetent specialist in female disorders called in to diagnose Li P’ing-erh’s fatal illness.
Chao Lung-kang’s grandfather.
Chao Lung-kang’s father.
Chao No, investigation commissioner for Shantung.
Chao the Quack. See Chao Lung-kang.
Chao, Tailor, artisan patronized by Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Chao-ti, servant in the household of Han Tao-kuo and Wang Liu-erh.
Chao T’ing (fl. early 12th century), prefect of Hang-chou, promoted to the post of chief minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Chao, Widow, wealthy landowner from whom Hsi-men Ch’ing buys a country estate adjacent to his ancestral graveyard.
Chao Yu-lan, battalion commander rewarded for his part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park.
Ch’e, Hogwash. See Ch’e Tan.
Ch’e Tan, Hogwash Ch’e, a dissolute young scamp upon whom Hsi-men Ch’ing turns the tables by abusing the judicial system.
Ch’e Tan’s father, proprietor of a wineshop in Ch’ing-ho.
Ch’en An, servant in Ch’en Ching-chi’s household.
Ch’en, Battalion Commander, resident on Main Street in Ch’ing-ho from whom Hsi-men Ch’ing declines to buy a coffin after the death of Li P’ing-erh.
Ch’en Cheng-hui (fl. early 12th century), son of Ch’en Kuan, surveillance vice-commissioner of education for Shantung.
Ch’en Ching-chi, secondary male protagonist of the novel, son of Ch’en Hung, husband of Hsi-men Ta-chieh, son-in-law of Hsi-men Ch’ing who carries on a running pseudo-incestuous affair with P’an Chin-lien that is consummated after the death of Hsi-men Ch’ing; falls out with Wu Yüeh-niang and is evicted from the household; drives Hsi-men Ta-chieh to suicide; attempts unsuccessfully to shake down Meng Yü-lou in Yen-chou; squanders his patrimony and is reduced to beggary; accepts charity from his father’s friend the philanthropist Wang Hsüan, who induces him to become a monk with the Taoist appellation Tsung-mei, the junior disciple of Abbot Jen of the Yen-kung Temple in Lin-ch’ing; is admitted to the household of Chou Hsiu as a pretended cousin of P’ang Ch’un-mei who carries on an affair with him under her husband’s nose; also has affairs with Feng Chin-pao and Han Ai-chieh, marries Ko Ts’ui-p’ing, and is murdered by Chang Sheng when he is overheard plotting against him.
Ch’en Ching-chi’s grandfather, a salt merchant.
Ch’en Ching-chi’s reincarnation. See Wang family of the Eastern Capital.
Ch’en, Dr., resident of Ch’ing-ho.
Ch’en, Dr.’s son, conceived as a result of a fertility potion provided by Nun Hsüeh.
Ch’en, Dr.’s wife, conceives a son in middle age after taking a fertility potion provided by Nun Hsüeh.
Ch’en Hung, wealthy dealer in pine resin, father of Ch’en Ching-chi, related by marriage to Yang Chien.
Ch’en Hung’s elder sister, wife of Chang Shih-lien.
Ch’en Hung’s wife, née Chang, sister of Chang Kuan, mother of Ch’en Ching-chi.
Ch’en Kuan (1057–1122), a prominent remonstrance official, father of Ch’en Cheng-hui.
Ch’en Liang-huai, national university student, son of Vice Commissioner Ch’en, friend of Ting the Second.
Ch’en, Master, legal scribe who assists Wu Sung in drafting a formal complaint against Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Ch’en, Miss, daughter of the deceased Vice Commissioner Ch’en whose assignation with Juan the Third results in his death.
Ch’en, Miss’s maidservant.
Ch’en, Mistress. See Hsi-men Ta-chieh.
Ch’en the Second, proprietor of an inn at Ch’ing-chiang P’u at which Ch’en Ching-chi puts up on his way to Yen-chou.
Ch’en Ssu-chen, right provincial administration commissioner of Shantung.
Ch’en the Third, “cribber” in the licensed quarter of Lin-ch’ing.
Ch’en the Third, criminal boatman who, along with his partner Weng the Eighth, murders Miao T’ien-hsiu.
Ch’en Ting, servant in Ch’en Hung’s household.
Ch’en Ting’s wife.
Ch’en Tsung-mei. See Ch’en Ching-chi.
Ch’en Tsung-shan, ward-inspecting commandant of the Eastern Capital.
Ch’en Tung (1086–1127), national university student who submits a memorial to the throne impeaching the Six Traitors.
Ch’en, Vice-Commissioner, deceased father of Miss Ch’en.
Ch’en, Vice-Commissioner, father of Ch’en Liang-huai.
Ch’en, Vice-Commissioner’s wife, née Chang, mother of Miss Ch’en.
Ch’en Wen-chao, prefect of Tung-p’ing.
Cheng Ai-hsiang, Cheng Kuan-yin, Goddess of Mercy Cheng, singing girl from the Star of Joy Bordello in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Hua Tzu-hsü, elder sister of Cheng Ai-yüeh.
Cheng Ai-yüeh, singing girl from the Star of Joy Bordello in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Wang Ts’ai and Hsi-men Ch’ing, younger sister of Cheng Ai-hsiang.
Cheng, Auntie, madam of the Star of Joy Bordello in Ch’ing-ho.
Cheng, Battalion Commander’s family in the Eastern Capital into which Hua Tzu-hsü is reincarnated as a son.
Cheng Chi, servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household.
Cheng Chiao-erh, singing girl in Ch’ing-ho, niece of Cheng Ai-hsiang and Cheng Ai-yüeh.
Cheng Chin-pao. See Feng Chin-pao.
Cheng Ch’un, professional actor in Ch’ing-ho, younger brother of Cheng Feng, Cheng Ai-hsiang, and Cheng Ai-yüeh.
Cheng Chü-chung (1059–1123), military affairs commissioner, cousin of Consort Cheng, granted the title of grand guardian for his part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park, accepts a bribe of a thousand taels of silver from Chang Mao-te to intervene with Chu Mien and have him appointed to the position of judicial commissioner left vacant by the death of Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Cheng, Consort, (1081–1132), a consort of Emperor Hui-tsung, niece of Madame Ch’iao.
Cheng Feng, professional actor in Ch’ing-ho, elder brother of Cheng Ai-Hsiang, Cheng Ai-yüeh, and Cheng Ch’un.
Cheng the Fifth, Auntie, madam of the Cheng Family Brothel in Lin-ch’ing.
Cheng the Fifth, Auntie’s husband.
Cheng, Goddess of Mercy. See Cheng Ai-hsiang.
Cheng Kuan-yin. See Cheng Ai-hsiang.
Cheng, Third Sister, niece of Ch’iao Hung’s wife, née Cheng, marries Wu K’ai’s son Wu Shun-ch’en.
Cheng T’ien-shou, Palefaced Gentleman, third outlaw leader of the Ch’ing-feng Stronghold on Ch’ing-feng Mountain.
Cheng Wang. See Lai-wang.
Ch’eng-erh, younger daughter of Lai-hsing by Hui-hsiu.
Chi K’an, right administration vice commissioner of Shantung.
Chi-nan, old man from, who directs Wu Yüeh-niang to the Ling-pi Stockade in her dream.
Ch’i family brothel in Ch’ing-ho, madam of.
Ch’i Hsiang-erh, singing girl from the Ch’i family brothel in Ch’ing-ho.
Ch’i-t’ung, page boy in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household.
Chia, Duke of. See Chao I.
Chia Hsiang (fl. early 12th century), eunuch rewarded for his part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park.
Chia Hsiang’s adopted son, granted the post of battalion vice commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by yin privilege as a reward for hi
s father’s part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park.
Chia Jen-ch’ing, False Feelings, neighbor of Hsi-men Ch’ing who intercedes unsuccessfully on Lai-wang’s behalf.
Chia Lien, name to which Li Pang-yen alters Hsi-men Ch’ing’s name on a bill of impeachment in return for a handsome bribe.
Chiang Chu-shan, Chiang Wen-hui, doctor who Li P’ing-erh marries on the rebound only to drive away ignominiously as soon as Hsi-men Ch’ing becomes available again.
Chiang Chu-shan’s deceased first wife.
Chiang, Gate God. See Chiang Men-shen.
Chiang, Little, servant of Ch’en Ching-chi.
Chiang Men-shen, Gate God Chiang, elder brother of Chiang Yü-lan, gangster whose struggle with Shih En for control of the Happy Forest Tavern in Meng-chou results in his murder by Wu Sung.
Chiang Ts’ung, Sauce and Scallions, former husband of Sung Hui-lien, a cook in Ch’ing-ho who is stabbed to death in a brawl with a fellow cook over the division of their pay.
Chiang Ts’ung’s assailant, convicted of a capital crime and executed as a result of Hsi-men Ch’ing’s intervention.
Chiang Wen-hui. See Chiang Chu-shan.
Chiang Yü-lan, younger sister of Chiang Men-shen, concubine of Military Director-in-chief Chang of Meng-chou who assists her husband and brother in framing Wu Sung.
Ch’iao, distaff relative of the imperial family whose garden abuts on the back wall of Li P’ing-erh’s house on Lion Street, assumes hereditary title of commander when Ch’iao the Fifth dies without issue.
Ch’iao Chang-chieh, infant daughter of Ch’iao Hung betrothed to Hsi-men Kuan-ko while both of them are still babes in arms.
Ch’iao, Consort, (fl. early 12th century), a consort of Emperor Hui-tsung, related to Ch’iao the Fifth.
Ch’iao the Fifth, deceased distaff relative of the imperial family through Consort Ch’iao whose hereditary title of commander passes to another branch of the family when he dies without issue.
Ch’iao the Fifth’s widow. See Ch’iao, Madame.
Ch’iao Hung, uncle of Ts’ui Pen, wealthy neighbor and business partner of Hsi-men Ch’ing whose daughter, Ch’iao Chang-chieh, is betrothed to Hsi-men Ch’ing’s son Kuan-ko while they are still babes in arms.
Ch’iao Hung’s concubine, mother of Ch’iao Chang-chieh.
Ch’iao Hung’s elder sister, Ts’ui Pen’s mother.
Ch’iao Hung’s wife, née Cheng.
Ch’iao, Madame, Ch’iao the Fifth’s widow, née Cheng, aunt of Ch’iao Hung’s wife, née Cheng, and of Consort Cheng.
Ch’iao T’ung, servant in Ch’iao Hung’s household.
Ch’iao T’ung’s wife.
Ch’iao Yün-ko, Little Yün, young fruit peddler in Ch’ing-ho who helps Wu Chih catch Hsi-men Ch’ing and P’an Chin-lien in adultery.
Ch’iao Yün-ko’s father, retired soldier dependent on his son.
Ch’ien Ch’eng, vice magistrate of Ch’ing-ho district.
Ch’ien Ch’ing-ch’uan, traveling merchant entertained by Han Tao-kuo in Yang-chou.
Ch’ien Lao, clerk of the office of punishment in Ch’ing-ho.
Ch’ien Lung-yeh, secretary of the Ministry of Revenue in charge of collecting transit duties on shipping at the Lin-ch’ing customs house.
Ch’ien, Phlegm-fire. See Ch’ien T’an-huo.
Ch’ien T’an-huo, Phlegm-fire Ch’ien, Taoist healer called in to treat Hsi-men Kuan-ko.
Chih-yün, Abbot, head priest of Hsiang-kuo Temple in K’ai-feng visited by Hsi-men Ch’ing on his trip to the Eastern Capital.
Chin, Abbot, Taoist head priest of the Temple of the Eastern Peak on Mount T’ai.
Chin Ch’ien-erh, former maidservant in the household of Huang the Fourth’s son purchased by P’ang Ch’un-mei as a servant for Ko Ts’ui-p’ing when she marries Ch’en Ching-chi.
Chin-erh, maidservant of Wang Liu-erh.
Chin-erh, singing girl in Longleg Lu’s brothel on Butterfly Lane in Ch’ing-ho.
Chin-erh, singing girl working out of My Own Tavern in Lin-ch’ing.
Chin-erh’s father, military patrolman whose horse is fatally injured in a fall and, for lack of replacement money, is forced to sell his daughter into domestic service.
Chin-kuei, employed in Chou Hsiu’s household as a wet nurse for Chou Chin-ko.
Chin-lien. See P’an Chin-lien.
Chin-lien. See Sung Hui-lien.
Chin Ta-chieh, wife of Auntie Hsüeh’s son Hsüeh Chi.
Chin-ts’ai, servant in the household of Han Tao-kuo and Wang Liu-erh.
Chin Tsung-ming, senior disciple of Abbot Jen of the Yen-kung Temple in Lin-ch’ing.
Ch’in-tsung, Emperor of the Sung dynasty (r. 1125–27), son of Emperor Hui-tsung who abdicated in his favor in 1125, taken into captivity together with his father by the Chin dynasty invaders in 1127.
Ch’in-t’ung, junior page boy in the household of Hua Tzu-hsü and Li P’ing-erh, originally named T’ien-fu but renamed when she marries into the household of Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Ch’in-t’ung, page boy of Meng Yü-lou who is seduced by P’an Chin-lien and driven out of the household when the affair is discovered.
Ch’in Yü-chih, singing girl in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Wang Ts’ai.
Ching-chi. See Ch’en Ching-chi.
Ching Chung, commander of the left battalion of the Ch’ing-ho Guard, later promoted to the post of military director-in-chief of Chi-chou, and finally to commander-general of the southeast and concurrently grain transport commander.
Ching Chung’s daughter for whom he seeks a marriage alliance with Hsi-men Kuan-ko but is refused by Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Ching Chung’s mother.
Ching Chung’s wife.
Ch’iu-chü, Autumn Chrysanthemum, much abused junior maidservant of P’an Chin-lien.
Cho the Second. See Cho Tiu-erh.
Cho Tiu-erh, Cho the second, Toss-off Cho, unlicensed prostitute in Ch’ing-ho maintained as a mistress by Hsi-men Ch’ing and subsequently brought into his household as his Third Lady only to sicken and die soon thereafter.
Cho, Toss-off. See Cho Tiu-erh.
Chou, Censor, neighbor of Wu Yüeh-niang’s when she was growing up, father of Miss Chou.
Chou Chin-ko, son of Chou Hsiu by P’ang Ch’un-mei the real father of which may have been Ch’en Ching-chi.
Chou Chung, senior servant in the household of Chou Hsiu, father of Chou Jen and Chou I.
Chou, Eunuch Director, resident of Ch’ing-ho whose invitation to a party Hsi-men Ch’ing declines not long before his death.
Chou Hsiao-erh, patron of Li Kuei-ch’ing and probably of Li Kuei-chieh also.
Chou Hsiu, commandant of the Regional Military Command, later appointed to other high military posts, colleague of Hsi-men Ch’ing after whose death he buys P’ang Ch’un-mei as a concubine and later promotes her to the position of principal wife when she bears him a son; commander-general of the Shantung region who leads the forces of Ch’ing-yen against the Chin invaders and dies at Kao-yang Pass of an arrow wound inflicted by the Chin commander Wan-yen Tsung-wang.
Chou Hsiu’s first wife, blind in one eye, who dies not long after P’ang Ch’un-mei enters his household as a concubine.
Chou Hsiu’s reincarnation. See Shen Shou-shan.
Chou Hsüan, cousin of Chou Hsiu’s who looks after his affairs while he is at the front.
Chou I, servant in Chou Hsiu’s household, son of Chou Chung and younger brother of Chou Jen, clandestine lover of P’ang Ch’un-mei who dies in the act of intercourse with him.
Chou I’s paternal aunt with whom he seeks refuge after the death of P’ang Ch’un-mei.
Chou I’s reincarnation. See Kao Liu-chu.
Chou Jen, servant in Chou Hsiu’s household, son of Chou Chung and elder brother of Chou I.
Chou, Little, itinerant barber and masseur in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Hsi-men Ch’ing.
Chou, Miss, daug
hter of Censor Chou, neighbor of Wu Yüeh-niang’s when she was growing up who broke her hymen by falling from a standing position onto the seat of a swing.
Chou, Ms., widowed second wife of Sung Te’s father-in-law who commits adultery with him after her husband’s death, for which Hsi-men Ch’ing sentences them both to death by strangulation.
Chou, Ms.’s maidservant.
Chou, Ms.’s mother.
Chou the Second, friend of Juan the Third.
Chou Shun, professional actor from Su-chou who specializes in playing female lead parts.
Chou Ts’ai, professional boy actor in Ch’ing-ho.
Chou Yü-chieh, daughter of Chou Hsiu by his concubine Sun Erh-niang.
Chu Ai-ai, Love, singing girl from Greenhorn Chu’s brothel on Second Street in the licensed quarter of Ch’ing-ho, daughter of Greenhorn Chu.
Chu, Battalion Commander, resident of Ch’ing-ho, father of Miss Chu.
Chu, Battalion Commander’s deceased wife, mother of Miss Chu.
Chu, Censor, resident of Ch’ing-ho, neighbor of Ch’iao Hung.
Chu, Censor’s wife.
Chu family of the Eastern Capital, family into which Sung Hui-lien is reincarnated as a daughter.
Chu, Greenhorn, proprietor of a brothel on Second Street in the licensed quarter of Ch’ing-ho situated next door to the Verdant Spring Bordello of Auntie Li the Third.
Chu Jih-nien, Sticky Chu, Pockmarked Chu, crony of Hsi-men Ch’ing, member of the brotherhood of ten, plays the tout to Wang Ts’ai on his visits to the licensed quarter.
Chu Mien (1075–1126), defender-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, an elite unit of the Imperial Bodyguard that performed secret police functions; relative of Li Ta-t’ien, the district magistrate of Ch’ing-ho; chief mover behind the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park, for which service to the throne he is promoted to a series of high posts; one of the Six Traitors impeached by Ch’en Tung.
Chu Mien’s majordomo.
Chu Mien’s son, granted the post of battalion commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by yin privilege as a reward for his father’s part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park.
Chu, Miss, daughter of Battalion Commander Chu.
Chu, Pockmarked. See Chu Jih-nien.
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