Huang Jinying is a character in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. The cited article says her original name was Huang Jinying, and that Xue Baochai found the name awkward and changed it to Ying'er. Wikidata's main label is Ying'er, and Huang Jinying is an English alias there. The title uses the original name. She is the maid Baochai brought with her. This entry records her as a maidservant, and the story is set in the dynasty of the novel.[1][2]
Chapter 7
She first appears in chapter 7. Mrs. Zhou goes into the inner room and sees Xue Baochai in everyday clothes, her hair only loosely pinned, sitting on the inner side of the kang and leaning on a small kang table, drawing flower patterns with the maid Ying'er. Ying'er is skilled with her hands and has a good eye. She is good at knotting cords and weaving flower baskets. When Xue Baochai looks at the precious jade and reads the words cut on it, Do not lose it, do not forget it, and the immortal life will last, Ying'er at once says that they make a pair with the two sentences on the young lady's necklet.[2]
Basic facts
- Name: Huang Jinying, later called Ying'er[2]
- Role: maid of Xue Baochai; this entry records her as a maidservant[1]
- Setting recorded on this entry: the dynasty of the novel[1]
- Appears in: Dream of the Red Chamber[2]