Zhang Hua
Zhang Hua 张华 — La Promesa Recomprada. You Erjie fue prometida a él en la infancia.
张华
“The Betrothal Bought Back”
His Story
You Erjie was betrothed to him in childhood. His family sank into poverty, and when Jia Lian takes her as a secret second wife the You side pays Zhang Hua off and the contract is cancelled. In Chapter 68 Wang Xifeng, wanting a weapon against that marriage, has him found again and put up to suing at the Censorate — the Jia household is dragged into court on a charge she arranged and paid for. Afterwards she wants him disposed of. He leaves the capital and drops out of the book.
In Xiang Li's Hands
Grey on grey. He kneels with his head bowed, face shadowed under a green cap, and holds a small celadon ewer up and away from himself, tipped, dripping. Whatever it held is running out onto the paper. No bride, no court, no contract — a man pouring something away.
The Calligraphy
張華 in full, surname and given name, the formal form a plaintiff’s name takes on a writ, which is the only capacity the novel uses him in.
Connections
- You Erjie 尤二姐 — betrothed to him as a child, before the contract was bought back.
- Wang Xifeng 王熙凤 — who finds him, funds his suit, and then wants him gone.
- Jia Lian 贾琏 — the man he is set on in court.
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 Wang Xin 王信 · Laiwang 来旺
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
