Fangguan is a character in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Wikidata names her Fangguan. The same record also lists other forms, including Yelü Xiongnu, Xiongnu, Wendulina, and Boli. Those are other names, so the title stays Fangguan. The article says her surname is Hua, that she is from Gusu, and that she is quick. This entry records her occupations as actress, nun, and maid, and sets the story in the dynasty of the novel.[1][2]
The troupe and the Yihong court
She is one of the twelve girls the Jia house bought to sing, and her role was the principal female. The article names the other eleven as Wenguan, Baoguan, Yuguan, Lingguan, Diguan, Ouguan, Ruiguan, Qieguan, Kuiguan, Douguan, and Aiguan. After the troupe was disbanded she went to the Yihong court as Jia Baoyu's maid. In chapter 63, when the maids kept Baoyu's birthday there, she sang Shanghua shi from the Kun opera Handan Dream.[2]
Leaving to become a nun
After the search of the garden, Lady Wang called her a fox spirit, drove her out, and gave her to Zhitong of Shuiyue nunnery to become a nun.[2]
Basic facts
- Name: Fangguan[1]
- Surname and origin: Hua, of Gusu[2]
- Other names on Wikidata, not used as the title: Yelü Xiongnu, Wendulina, Boli, and others[1]
- Occupations recorded on this entry: actress, nun, and maid[1]
- Setting recorded on this entry: the dynasty of the novel[1]
- Appears in: Dream of the Red Chamber[2]