Bao Yong
包勇
“Sent from a House That Had Already Fallen”
His Story
A servant of the Zhen family of Nanjing, sent north to Jia Zheng in Chapter 93 after his own masters are ruined. He is strong, blunt, drinks, and says what he thinks about the state of the household; the other servants freeze him out and he is left with nothing to do. It is Bao Yong who is awake when robbers break into the Ningguo house, and Bao Yong who kills He San, the man who led them in.
In Xiang Li's Hands
The only bare torso in this group. He stands stripped to the waist, coat shrugged off the shoulders and hanging behind him, blue sash and blue trousers, a heavy wooden staff braced at his hip. Hair knotted, beard rough, face turned away to the right at something we cannot see.
The Calligraphy
Two characters at the top left corner give the full name plainly, well clear of the figure.
Connections
- He San 何三 — the burglars’ guide, whom he kills.
- Jia Zheng 贾政 — the master he is given to, who has no use for him.
- Zhen Yingjia 甄应嘉 — his former master, who recommends him north.
Others of the same kind · steward / manager Lai Da 赖大 · Lai Er 赖二 · Lai Sheng 赖升 · Lai Shangrong 赖尚荣 · Lai Mama 赖嬷嬷 · Lin Zhixiao 林之孝 · Zhou Rui 周瑞 · Dai Liang 戴良 · Yu Lu 俞禄 · Wang Xin 王信 · Laiwang 来旺 · Jin Cai 金彩 · Jin Wenxiang 金文翔 · Jiao Da 焦大 and 8 more
Named on these pages He San 何三
Dream of the Red Chamber
Xiang Li painted all 413 characters of the novel between 1975 and 1985, the first person to complete the entire cast. See the whole collection · Chinese Empresses
