postgres Qianxue is one of the senior maids of the Yihong court in Dream of the Red Chamber. In chapter 8 the maple-dew tea angers Jia Baoyu, and he drives her out. Extant manuscripts do not mention her again. A commentary says the draft after chapter 80 still had her visit Baoyu in the prison-god temple, and the Guiyou text's chapter 95 has her die saving him. /en/people/qian-xue/relation.html person_cn_q10504223 person qian-xue 茜雪

Qianxue is one of the senior maids of the Yihong court in Dream of the Red Chamber. In chapter 8 the maple-dew tea angers Jia Baoyu, and he drives her out. Extant manuscripts do not mention her again. A commentary says the draft after chapter 80 still had her visit Baoyu in the prison-god temple, and the Guiyou text's chapter 95 has her die saving him.

published category-literature category-people category-fictional-characters tag-fictional-character tag-classics tag-four-great-classics wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10504223 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%9C%E9%9B%AA 2026-10-25T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-29T17:19:20+08:00 user:admin 8 Qianxue is a character in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Wikidata names her Qianxue, so the title stays that name. This entry records her as a maid, and the story is set in the dynasty of the novel.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## Chapter 8 She is one of the senior maids of the Yihong court. In chapter 8 the maple-dew tea incident angered Jia Baoyu, and he drove her out. In the extant manuscripts of the novel she is not mentioned again after that.[^zhwiki] ## Later drafts and commentary The Zhiyan zhai commentary says the manuscript after chapter 80 should still have contained important scenes about her: a kind nature, a deep feeling for Baoyu, no grudge over the past, and a visit to Baoyu in the prison-god temple. Chapter 95 of the Guiyou text is titled so that Lingguan beats Jia Qiang at Shuiyue nunnery and Qianxue comforts Baoyu at the Yue-god temple. It says Qianxue died while trying to save Baoyu. The article takes this as fitting the commentary. The commentary names the prison-god temple, and that chapter title names the Yue-god temple.[^zhwiki] ## Basic facts - Name: Qianxue[^wikidata] - Role: a senior maid of the Yihong court; this entry records her as a maid[^wikidata][^zhwiki] - Setting recorded on this entry: the dynasty of the novel[^wikidata] - Appears in: [[work_cn_q8265|Dream of the Red Chamber]][^zhwiki] /people/qian-xue.html en zh zh en Character in Dream of the Red Chamber true literary character relation_cnworks_depicts_q8265_q10504223 work_cn_q8265 depicts person_cn_q10504223 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_q10504223 work_cn_q8265 depicts person_cn_q10504223 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