Yuanxin
Yuanxin 圆信 — La monja de Dizang. Una monja del Convento Dizang.
圆信
“The Nun of Dizang”
Her Story
A nun of the Dizang Nunnery. She is at the Jia house in Chapter 77, the same day as Zhitong of the Water Moon Priory, while the dismissed young actresses are being disposed of. Ouguan and Ruiguan will not be married out and ask to take vows; Yuanxin takes both away with her as disciples. The novel does not follow her, or them, any further.
In Xiang Li's Hands
Ink and almost nothing else. Robe over robe of solid black, one bright string of coral beads falling from her joined hands to an open palm below, the eye lowered, the figure in profile and mid-stride. Behind her, huge pale grey characters lie on the paper like a wall.
The Calligraphy
圆信 — the dharma name alone, brushed large in the top corner the figure has left empty.
Connections
- Ouguan 藕官 — taken from the household as her disciple in Chapter 77.
- Ruiguan 蕊官 — taken away with her in the same hour.
- Zhitong 智通 — the Water Moon Priory nun who leaves that day with Fangguan.
Others of the same kind · nun / monk / Taoist Miaoyu 妙玉 · Jingxu 净虚 · Zhishan 智善 · Zhineng 智能 · Zhitong 智通 · Da Liao 大了 · Sekong 色空 · Qinxiang 沁香 · Hexian 鹤仙 · Ma Daopo 马道婆 · Zhang Daoshi 张道士 · Wang Yitie 王一贴
Named on these pages Zhitong 智通
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
