Jia Qiaojie

Jia Qiaojie ( zh, t=賈巧姐, p=Jiǎ Qiǎojiě) is a character in the 18th century

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Dream of the Red Chamber ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' (''Honglou Meng'') or ''The Story of the Stone'' (''Shitou Ji'') is a novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it is known for ...

''. She is the only child of

Jia Lian ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' (''Honglou Meng'') or ''The Story of the Stone'' (''Shitou Ji'') is a novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it is known for ...

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Wang Xifeng Wang Xifeng (, rendered Phoenix in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is one of the principal characters in the classic 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She came from one of the Four Great Families, the Wang (the other three are ...

. She remains a child throughout much of the novel. She is named after the Weaver Girl by

Granny Liu Granny Liu ( zh, t=劉姥姥, p=Liú Lǎolāo) is a character in the 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She is an elderly country rustic and a distant relative of Lady Wang through "joining families" and marriage (i.e. they are ...

, hoping the name will give some good luck and fortune. In the end of the novel according to the Cheng-Gao version,

saves her from being sold into concubinage by her maternal uncle. She and

Ping'er Ping'er ( zh, t=平兒, p=Píng'ér; literally "Peace", and known as “Patience” in the Hawkes translation) is an important character in the 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She is Wang Xifeng's chief maid and personal as ...

are taken to Granny Liu's village in the country, where Qiaojie eventually marries one of Granny Liu's neighbors. Qiaojie is the youngest of Jinling Twelve Beauties. Dream of the Red Chamber characters Fictional characters from Jiangsu Fictional victims of crime Child characters in literature {{novel-char-stub