postgres Jia Dairu, in Dream of the Red Chamber, is a collateral son of the Jia house's second generation and the family tutor. He is Jia Rui's grandfather. His son and daughter-in-law died early, and he kept Jia Rui under strict watch. When Wang Xifeng's trap of longing killed Jia Rui, Jia Dairu wept as if he would not live. /en/people/jia-dairu/relation.html person_cn_q10538121 person jia-dairu 贾代儒

Jia Dairu, in Dream of the Red Chamber, is a collateral son of the Jia house's second generation and the family tutor. He is Jia Rui's grandfather. His son and daughter-in-law died early, and he kept Jia Rui under strict watch. When Wang Xifeng's trap of longing killed Jia Rui, Jia Dairu wept as if he would not live.

published category-literature category-people category-fictional-characters tag-fictional-character tag-classics tag-four-great-classics wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10538121 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%BE%E4%BB%A3%E5%84%92 2026-10-25T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-29T17:19:34+08:00 user:admin 8 Jia Dairu is a character in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Wikidata names him Jia Dairu. The record also has the shortened form Dairu, which does not replace the title. He is a collateral member of the Jia house's second generation, the family tutor, and Jia Rui's grandfather. This entry records him as a teacher, and the story is set in the dynasty of the novel.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## Watching Jia Rui His son and daughter-in-law both died early, so he kept Jia Rui under strict rule. He would not let Jia Rui take one extra step outside, for fear the boy would do nothing but drink and gamble. If Jia Rui stayed out for a night, the punishment was heavy. After Wang Xifeng's trap of longing killed Jia Rui, Jia Dairu wept as if he would not live.[^zhwiki] ## Basic facts - Name: Jia Dairu[^wikidata] - Description: a character in Dream of the Red Chamber[^wikidata] - Occupation recorded on this entry: teacher[^wikidata] - Setting recorded on this entry: the dynasty of the novel[^wikidata] - Appears in: [[work_cn_q8265|Dream of the Red Chamber]][^zhwiki] /people/jia-dairu.html en zh zh en Character in Dream of the Red Chamber true literary character relation_cnworks_depicts_q8265_q10538121 work_cn_q8265 depicts person_cn_q10538121 work_cn_q8265 wikidata Related works work_cn_q8265 Dream of the Red Chamber /en/works/dream-red-chamber.html true depicts Related works relation_cnworks_depicts_q8265_q10538121 work_cn_q8265 depicts person_cn_q10538121 work_cn_q8265 wikidata Related works work_cn_q8265 Dream of the Red Chamber /en/works/dream-red-chamber.html true en zh en is_fictional Fictional yes person_category Person category literary character disambiguation Disambiguation Character in Dream of the Red Chamber 1 50 1 1 1