Posts Tagged wang xifeng
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling – Qiaojie
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on August 30, 2010
Jia Qiaojie is one of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling (refers to the twelve excellent ladies) in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions. She is the youngest girl of the twelve beauties.
She is daughter of Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian. However, the name Jia Qiaojie was not given by her parents. In the book, she was depicted as a girl with poor health ever since she was a child. One day, when Granny Liu (an old rural lady) visited the family of Jia, Wang Xifeng talked about her sickly daughter with Liu. Then she asked Liu to give a name for her daughter (In ancient times, people believed that the name given by the poor can be beneficial to health). Knowing she was born on the 7th day of 7th lunar month, Granny Liu called her “Qiaojie”. Read the rest of this entry »
the Twelve Beauties of Jinling – Wang Xifeng
Posted by ancient chinese culture in Four Great Classical Novels on August 20, 2010
Wang Xifeng is included in the list of Twelve Beauties of Jinling (refers to the twelve excellent ladies) in the book of The Dream of Red Mansions. She is smart, capable and is known as the most scheming woman in the book.
Wang Xifeng is the wife of Jia Lian and the niece of Mrs. Wang. She wins the favor of the Jia Mu (the most respectable and powerful female elderly) due to her great management ability. Therefore, she is in charge of the daily running of the family of Jia and wields financial and political power.
The first time that she appeared in the book, her voice and laugh came into people’s ears firstly and quickly attracted their attention. The image of Wang Xifeng soon establish lively in people’s hearts. Read the rest of this entry »
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