Hsüeh, Auntie’s husband.
Hsüeh Chi, son of Auntie Hsüeh, husband of Chin Ta-chieh.
Hsüeh Chi’s son by Chin Ta-chieh.
Hsüeh, Eunuch Director, supervisor of the imperial estates in the Ch’ing-ho region, despite his castration given to fondling and pinching the singing girls with whom he comes in contact.
Hsüeh Hsien-chung, official rewarded for his part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park.
Hsüeh, Nun, widow of a peddler of steamed wheat cakes living across the street from the Kuang-ch’eng Monastery in Ch’ing-ho who took the tonsure after the death of her husband and became abbess of the Ksitigarbha Nunnery, defrocked for her complicity in the death of Juan the Third, later rector of the Lotus Blossom Nunnery in the southern quarter of Ch’ing-ho who provides first Wu Yüeh-niang and then P’an Chin-lien with fertility potions, frequently invited to recite Buddhist “precious scrolls” to Wu Yüeh-niang and her guests.
Hsüeh, Nun’s deceased husband, peddler of steamed wheat cakes living across the street from the Kuang-ch’eng Monastery in Ch’ing-ho.
Hsüeh-o. See Sun Hsüeh-o.
Hsüeh Ts’un-erh, unlicensed prostitute in Longfoot Wu’s brothel in the Southern Entertainment Quarter of Ch’ing-ho patronized by P’ing-an after he absconds from the Hsi-men household with jewelry stolen from the pawnshop.
Hu, Dr., Old Man Hu, Hu the Quack, physician who lives in Eunuch Director Liu’s house on East Street in Ch’ing-ho in the rear courtyard of which Hsi-men Ch’ing hides in order to evade Wu Sung, treats Hua Tzu-hsü, Li P’ing-erh, and Hsi-men Ch’ing without success, prescribes abortifacient for P’an Chin-lien when she becomes pregnant by Ch’en Ching-chi.
Hu, Dr’s maidservant.
Hu the Fourth, impeached as a relative or adherent of Yang Chien.
Hu Hsiu, employee of Han Tao-kuo who spies on Hsi-men Ch’ing’s lovemaking with Wang Liu-erh, accompanies his employer on his buying expeditions to the south, and tells him what he thinks about his private life in a drunken tirade in Yang-chou.
Hu, Old Man. See Hu, Dr.
Hu the Quack. See Hu, Dr.
Hu Shih-wen (fl. early 12th century), related to Ts’ai Ching by marriage, corrupt prefect of Tung-p’ing in Shantung who participates with Hsi-men Ch’ing and Hsia Yen-ling in getting Miao Ch’ing off the hook for murdering his master Miao T’ien-hsiu.
Hu Ts’ao, professional actor from Su-chou who specializes in playing young male lead roles.
Hua the Elder. See Hua Tzu-yu.
Hua, Eunuch Director, uncle of Hua Tzu-yu, Hua Tzu-hsü, Hua Tzu-kuang, and Hua Tzu-hua and adoptive father of Hua Tzu-hsü, member of the Imperial Bodyguard and director of the Firewood Office in the Imperial Palace, later promoted to the position of grand defender of Kuang-nan from which post he retires on account of illness to take up residence in his native place, Ch’ing-ho; despite his castration engaged in pseudo-incestuous hanky-panky with his daughter-in-law, Li P’ing-erh.
Hua the Fourth. See Hua Tzu-hua.
Hua Ho-lu, assistant magistrate of Ch’ing-ho.
Hua, Mistress. See Li P’ing-erh.
Hua, Mrs. See Li P’ing-erh.
Hua, Nobody. See Hua Tzu-hsü.
Hua the Second. See Hua Tzu-hsü.
Hua the Third. See Hua Tzu-kuang.
Hua-t’ung, page boy in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household sodomized by Wen Pi-ku.
Hua Tzu-hsü, Hua the Second, Nobody Hua, nephew and adopted son of Eunuch Director Hua, husband of Li P’ing-erh, next door neighbor of Hsi-men Ch’ing and member of the brotherhood of ten, patron of Wu Yin-erh and Cheng Ai-hsiang; cuckolded by Li P’ing-erh, who turns over much of his property to Hsi-men Ch’ing, he loses the rest in a lawsuit and dies of chagrin.
Hua Tzu-hsü’s reincarnation. See Cheng, Battalion Commander’s family in the Eastern Capital.
Hua Tzu-hua, Hua the Fourth, nephew of Eunuch Director Hua, brother of Hua Tzu-hsü.
Hua Tzu-hua’s wife.
Hua Tzu-kuang, Hua the Third, nephew of Eunuch Director Hua, brother of Hua Tzu-hsü.
Hua Tzu-kuang’s wife.
Hua Tzu-yu, Hua the Elder, nephew of Eunuch Director Hua, brother of Hua Tzu-hsü.
Hua Tzu-yu’s wife.
Huai River region, merchant from, who employs Wang Ch’ao.
Huai Rvier region, merchant from, who patronizes Li Kuei-ch’ing.
Huang An, military commander involved with T’an Chen in defense of the northern frontier against the Chin army.
Huang, Buddhist Superior, monk of the Pao-en Temple in Ch’ing-ho.
Huang Chia, prefect of Teng-chou in Shantung.
Huang Ching-ch’en (d. 1126), defender-in-chief of the Palace Command, eunuch rewarded for his part in facilitating the notorious Flower and Rock Convoys and the construction of the Mount Ken Imperial Park, uncle of Wang Ts’ai’s wife, née Huang, lavishly entertained by Hsi-men Ch’ing at the request of Sung Ch’iao-nien.
Huang Ching-ch’en’s adopted 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.
Huang the Fourth, merchant contractor in Ch’ing-ho, partner of Li Chih, ends up in prison for misappropriation of funds.
Huang the Fourth’s son.
Huang the Fourth’s wife, née Sun, daughter of Sun Ch’ing.
Huang-lung Temple, abbot of, entertains Hsi-men Ch’ing and Ho Yung-shou en route to Ch’ing-ho from the Eastern Capital.
Huang, Master, fortune teller residing outside the Chen-wu Temple in the northern quarter of Ch’ing-ho.
Huang Mei, assistant prefect of K’ai-feng, maternal cousin of Miao T’ien-hsiu who invites him to visit him in the capital and appeals to Tseng Hsiao-hsü on his behalf after his murder.
Huang Ning, page boy in the household of Huang the Fourth.
Huang Pao-kuang (fl. early 12th century), secretary of the Ministry of Works in charge of the Imperial Brickyard in Ch’ing-ho, provincial graduate of the same year as Shang Hsiao-t’ang.
Huang, Perfect Man. See Huang Yüan-pai.
Huang Yü, foreman on the staff of Wang Fu.
Huang Yüan-pai, Perfect Man Huang, Taoist priest sent by the court to officiate at a seven-day rite of cosmic renewal on Mount T’ai, also officiates at a rite of purification for the salvation of the soul of Li P’ing-erh.
Hui-ch’ing, “The Beanpole,” wife of Lai-chao, mother of Little Iron Rod.
Hui-hsiang, wife of Lai-pao, née Liu, mother of Seng-pao.
Hui-hsiang’s elder sister.
Hui-hsiang’s mother.
Hui-hsiang’s younger brother. See Liu Ts’ang.
Hui-hsiu, wife of Lai-hsing, mother of Nien-erh and Ch’eng-erh.
Hui-lien. See Sung Hui-lien.
Hui-tsung, Emperor of the Sung dynasty (r. 1100–25), father of Emperor Ch’in-tsung in whose favor he abdicated in 1125, taken into captivity together with his son by the Chin invaders in 1127.
Hui-yüan, wife of Lai-chüeh.
Hung, Auntie, madam of the Hung Family Brothel in Ch’ing-ho.
Hung the Fourth, singing girl from the Hung Family Brothel in Ch’ing-ho.
Hung-hua Temple in Ch’ing-ho, monk from, whom Hsi-men Ch’ing frames and executes in place of Ho the Tenth.
Huo-pao, eleven-year-old country girl offered to P’ang Ch’un-mei as a maidservant but rejected for wetting her bed.
Huo-pao’s parents.
Huo Ta-li, district magistrate of Ch’ing-ho who accepts Ch’en Ching-chi’s bribe and lets him off the hook when accused of driving his wife, Hsi-men Ta-chieh, to suicide.
I Mien-tz’u, Ostensibly Benign, neighbor of Hsi-men Ch’ing who intercedes unsuccessfully on Lai-wang’s behalf.
Imperial Stables in Ch’ing-ho, eunuch director of, employer of Mohammedan Han.
Indian
monk. See Monk, Indian.
Iron Fingernail. See Yang Kuang-yen.
Iron Rod. See Little Iron Rod.
Itinerant acrobat called in by Chou Hsiu to distract P’ang Ch’un-mei from her grief over the death of P’an Chin-lien.
Jade Flute. See Yü-hsiao.
Jade Lotus. See Pai Yü-lien.
Jen, Abbot, Taoist priest of the Yen-kung Temple in Lin-ch’ing to whom Wang Hsüan recommends Ch’en Ching-chi as a disciple; dies of shock when threatened with arrest in connection with the latter’s whoremongering.
Jen, Abbot’s acolyte.
Jen Hou-ch’i, Dr. Jen, physician in Ch’ing-ho who treats Li P’ing-erh and Hsi-men Ch’ing without success, friend of Han Ming-ch’uan.
Jen T’ing-kuei, assistant magistrate of Ch’ing-ho.
Ju-i. See Chang Ju-i.
Juan the Third, dies of excitement in the act of making love to Miss Ch’en in the Ksitigarbha Nunnery during an assignation arranged by Nun Hsüeh.
Juan the Third’s parents.
Jui-yün. See Pen Chang-chieh.
Jung Chiao-erh, singing girl in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Wang Ts’ai.
Jung Hai, employee of Hsi-men Ch’ing who accompanies Ts’ui Pen on a buying trip to Hu-chou.
Kan Jun, resident of Stonebridge Alley in Ch’ing-ho, partner and manager of Hsi-men Ch’ing’s silk dry goods store.
Kan Jun’s wife.
Kan Lai-hsing. See Lai-hsing.
K’ang, Prince of. See Kao-tsung, Emperor.
Kao An, secondary majordomo of Ts’ai Ching’s household in the Eastern Capital through whom Lai-pao gains access to Ts’ai Yu.
Kao Ch’iu (d. 1126), defender-in-chief of the Imperial Bodyguard, 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; one of the Six Traitors impeached by Ch’en Tung.
Kao family from outside the city wall of the Eastern Capital, family into which Chou I is reincarnated as a son named Kao Liu-chu.
Kao family of the Ta-hsing Guard, family into which Chang Sheng is reincarnated as a son.
Kao Lien, cousin of Kao Ch’iu, prefect of T’ai-an, brother-in-law of Yin T’ien-hsi.
Kao Lien’s wife, née Yin, elder sister of Yin T’ien-hsi.
Kao Liu-chu, son of the Kao family from outside the city wall of the Eastern Capital, reincarnation of Chou I.
Kao-tsung, Emperor of the Southern Sung dynasty (r. 1127–1162), ninth son of Emperor Hui-tsung, Prince of K’ang; declares himself emperor in 1127 when the Chin invaders took emperors Hui-tsung and Ch’in-tsung into captivity; abdicates in favor of emperor Hsiao-tsung in 1162.
Ko Ts’ui-p’ing, wife of Ch’en Ching-chi in a marriage arranged by P’ang Ch’un-mei with whom he continues to carry on an intermittent affair; returns to her parents’ family after Ch’en Ching-chi’s death and the invasion by the Chin armies.
Ko Ts’ui-p’ing’s father, wealthy silk dry goods dealer in Ch’ing-ho.
Ko Ts’ui-p’ing’s mother.
Kou Tzu-hsiao, professional actor from Su-chou who specializes in playing male lead roles.
Ku, Silversmith, jeweler in Ch’ing-ho patronized by Li P’ing-erh and Hsi-men Ch’ing, employer of Lai-wang after he returns to Ch’ing-ho from exile in Hsü-chou.
Kuan, Busybody. See Kuan Shih-k’uan.
Kuan-ko. See Hsi-men Kuan-ko.
Kuan Shih-k’uan, Busybody Kuan, a dissolute young scamp upon whom Hsi-men Ch’ing turns the tables by abusing the judicial system.
Kuan-yin Nunnery, abbess of, superior of Nun Wang, frequent visitor in the Hsi-men household.
Kuang-yang, Commandery Prince of. See T’ung Kuan.
Kuei-chieh. See Li Kuei-chieh.
Kuei-ch’ing. See Li Kuei-ch’ing.
Kung Kuai (1057–1111), left provincial administration commissioner of Shantung.
K’ung, Auntie, go-between in Ch’ing-ho who represents Ch’iao Hung’s family in arranging the betrothal of Ch’iao Chang-chieh to Hsi-men Kuan-ko.
K’ung family of the Eastern Capital, family into which P’ang Ch’un-mei is reincarnated as a daughter.
Kuo Shou-ch’ing, senior disciple of Shih Po-ts’ai, the corrupt Taoist head priest of the Temple of the Goddess of Iridescent Clouds on the summit of Mount T’ai.
Kuo Shou-li, junior disciple of Shih Po-ts’ai, the corrupt Taoist head priest of the Temple of the Goddess of Iridescent Clouds on the summit of Mount T’ai.
Kuo Yao-shih (d. after 1126), turncoat who accepts office under the Sung dynasty but goes over to the Chin side at a critical point and is instrumental in their conquest of north China.
La-mei, maidservant employed in the Wu Family Brothel in Ch’ing-ho.
Lai-an, servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household.
Lai-chao, Liu Chao, head servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household, husband of Hui-ch’ing, father of Little Iron Rod, helps Lai-wang to abscond with Sun Hsüeh-o.
Lai-chao’s son. See Little Iron Rod.
Lai-chao’s wife. See Hui-ch’ing.
Lai-chüeh, Lai-yu, husband of Hui-yüan, originally servant in the household of a distaff relative of the imperial family named Wang, loses his position on exposure of his wife’s affair with her employer, recommended as a servant to Hsi-men Ch’ing by his friend Ying Pao, the son of Ying Po-chüeh.
Lai-chüeh’s deceased parents.
Lai-chüeh’s wife. See Hui-yüan.
Lai-hsing, Kan Lai-hsing, servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household, originally recruited by Hsi-men Ch’ing’s father while traveling on business in Kanchou, husband of Hui-hsiu, father of Nien-erh and Ch’eng-erh, helps to frame Lai-wang for attempted murder, married to Chang Ju-i after the death of Hui-hsiu.
Lai-pao, T’ang Pao, servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household often relied upon for important missions to the capital, husband of Hui-hsiang, father of Seng-pao, appointed to the post of commandant on the staff of the Prince of Yün in return for his part in delivering birthday presents from Hsi-men Ch’ing to Ts’ai Ching, embezzles Hsi-men Ch’ing’s property after his death and makes unsuccessful sexual advances to Wu Yüeh-niang, ends up in prison for misappropriation of funds.
Lai-pao’s son. See Seng-pao.
Lai-pao’s wife. See Hui-hsiang.
Lai-ting, page boy in the household of Hua Tzu-yu.
Lai-ting, page boy in the household of Huang the Fourth.
Lai-ting, page boy in the household of Wu K’ai.
Lai-wang, Cheng Wang, native of Hsü-chou, servant in Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household, husband of Sung Hui-lien, framed for attempted murder and driven out of the household in order to get him out of the way, carries on a clandestine affair with Sun Hsüeh-o before his exile and absconds with her when he returns to Ch’ing-ho after Hsi-men Ch’ing’s death.
Lai-wang’s first wife, dies of consumption.
Lai-wang’s second wife. See Sung Hui-lien.
Lai-yu. See Lai-chüeh.
Lan-hsiang, senior maidservant of Meng Yü-lou.
Lan-hua, junior maidservant of P’ang Ch’un-mei after she becomes the wife of Chou Hsiu.
Lan-hua, elderly maidservant in the household of Wu K’ai.
Lan Ts’ung-hsi (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, uncle of Ho Yung-shou’s wife, née Lan.
Lan Ts’ung-hsi’s adopted son, granted the post of battalion vice 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.
Lan Ts’ung-hsi’s niece. See Ho Yung-shou’s wife, née Lan.
Lang, Buddhist Superior, monk of the Pao-en Temple in Ch’ing-ho.
Lei Ch’i-yüan, assistant commissioner of the Shantung Military Defense Circuit.
Li An, retainer in the household of Chou Hsiu who saves P’an
g Ch’un-mei’s life when she is threatened by Chang Sheng and resists her blandishments when she tries to seduce him.
Li An’s father, deceased elder brother of Li Kuei.
Li An’s mother, persuades Li An to avoid entanglement with P’ang Ch’un-mei by seeking refuge with his uncle Li Kuei in Ch’ing-chou.
Li, Barestick. See Li Kung-pi.
Li Ch’ang-ch’i, father of Li Kung-pi, district magistrate of Ch’ing-ho and later assistant prefect of Yen-chou in Chekiang.
Li Ch’ang-ch’i’s wife, mother of Li Kung-pi.
Li Chiao-erh, Hsi-men Ch’ing’s Second Lady, originally a singing girl from the Verdant Spring Bordello in Ch’ing-ho, aunt of Li Kuei-ch’ing and Li Kuei-chieh, enemy of P’an Chin-lien, tight-fisted manager of Hsi-men Ch’ing’s household finances, engages in hanky-panky with Wu the Second, begins pilfering Hsi-men Ch’ing’s property while his corpse is still warm, ends up as Chang Mao-te’s Second Lady.
Li Chih, Li the Third, father of Li Huo, merchant contractor in Ch’ing-ho, partner of Huang the Fourth, ends up dying in prison for misappropriation of funds.
Li Chin, servant in the household of Li Chih.
Li Chung-yu, servant on the domestic staff of Ts’ai Ching.
Li, Eunuch Director. See Li Yen.
Li family of the Eastern Capital, family into which P’an Chin-lien is reincarnated as a daughter.
Li Huo, son of Li Chih.
Li Kang (1083–1140), minister of war under Emperor Ch’in-tsung who directs the defense against the Chin invaders.
Li Kuei, Shantung Yaksha, uncle of Li An, military instructor from Ch’ing-chou patronized by Li Kung-pi.
Li Kuei-chieh, Cassia, daughter of Auntie Li the Third, niece of Li Chiao-erh and Li Ming, younger sister of Li Kuei-ch’ing, singing girl from the Verdant Spring Bordello on Second Street in the licensed quarter of Ch’ing-ho, deflowered by Hsi-men Ch’ing, who maintains her as his mistress for twenty taels a month, adopted daughter of Wu Yüeh-niang, betrays Hsi-men Ch’ing with Ting the Second, Wang Ts’ai, and others.
Li Kuei-chieh’s fifth maternal aunt.
Li Kuei-ch’ing, daughter of Auntie Li the Third, niece of Li Chiao-erh and Li Ming, elder sister of Li Kuei-chieh, singing girl from the Verdant Spring Bordello on Second Street in the licensed quarter of Ch’ing-ho.
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