双瑞
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双瑞
“Half of a Matched Pair”
His Story
One half of a pair whose names are cut from the same cloth — 双瑞, “twin auspices,” and 双寿, “twin longevity.” In Chapter 28 he is one of the four boys Baoyu takes with him to Feng Ziying’s banquet, riding out with Mingyan, Chuyao and Shuangshou: the afternoon of the drinking game, Jiang Yuhan and the crimson sash. That is his appearance in the novel — a name on the list of who went along.
In Xiang Li's Hands
She paints a small child, not a servant on duty: double buns tied with green ribbon, a squashed comic face, freckles, eyes screwed shut, a brocade case of scroll-tubes clamped under one arm. The grey-and-turquoise robe pools far past his feet. Nothing behind him at all.
The Calligraphy
雙瑞 in full form at the top right, given as a matched two-character name rather than a personal one — half of a pairing that only resolves beside 雙壽.
Connections
- Shuangshou 双寿 — the other half of the pair, named with him every time.
- Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉 — his master, whom he rides out with to Feng Ziying’s.
- Mingyan 茗烟 — chief page, on the same errand in Chapter 28.
Others of the same kind · page / boy servant Mingyan 茗烟 · Chuyao 锄药 · Saohong 扫红 · Saohua 扫花 · Moyu 墨雨 · Yinquan 引泉 · Tiaoyun 挑云 · Banhe 伴鹤 · Shuangshou 双寿 · Li Gui 李贵 · Wang Rong 王荣 · Zhang Ruojin 张若锦 · Zhao Yihua 赵亦华 · Qian Qi 钱启 and 5 more
Named on these pages Shuangshou 双寿
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
