Zhang Er
Zhang Er: consulta esta página de Sueño en el pabellón rojo en Xiang Li Art. El contenido principal está en inglés; la traducción completa está pendiente.
张二
“The Uncle at the Inquest”
His Story
Zhang San’s uncle, standing with the family when the body is examined and the case is heard. He is a relative and a witness and nothing more — the Zhang side needs somebody at the inquest, and he is who they have. When the Xue family’s money reaches the court and the killing is written down in Chapter 86 as an accident, he is one of the people in front of whom that reversal is carried out.
In Xiang Li's Hands
He kneels grinning, a small white lump held up to one eye, more of them laid out on a blue and red cloth at his knees. Ingots, by the look of them. Green robe, green cap, bare paper behind — the settlement, not the inquest.
The Calligraphy
張二, surname and birth order, “Zhang Two” — the same numbering as his nephew, and all the identity either of them is given.
Connections
- Zhang San 张三 — his nephew, dead at the tavern.
- Zhang Wang-shi 张王氏 — his nephew’s mother, who brings the charge.
- Xue Pan 薛蟠 — the accused, whose family’s money settles the case.
Others of the same kind · outsider – townsfolk, tenants, tradespeople Liu Xianglian 柳湘莲 · Jiang Yuhan 蒋玉菡 · Liu Laolao 刘姥姥 · Wang Gou'er 王狗儿 · Liu Shi 刘氏 · Ban'er 板儿 · Qing'er 青儿 · Feng Yuan 冯渊 · Ni Er 倪二 · Bu Shiren 卜世仁 · Yinjie 银姐 · Fang Chun 方椿 · Shi Daizi 石呆子 · Yun'er 云儿 and 4 more
Named on these pages Zhang San 张三 · Zhang Wang-shi 张王氏
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
