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Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, and their characters.
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Lingguan is a character in Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the twelve girl actresses in the Jia family's private Kunqu troupe, and the one given the most space among those twelve. She is the best singer, headstrong, and close to Jia Qiang, and the scene of her writing the character for Qiang is a classic episode of the novel.
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Ruhua is the senior maid of Jia Xichun in Dream of the Red Chamber. When the Grand View Garden was searched, items that Jia Zhen had given to her brother were found hidden by her. Xichun, afraid of being implicated, drove her away despite her pleas, and the book never mentions her fate again.
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Tianhuang Dadi, in full the Supreme Emperor of the Curved Array's Upper Palace, also called the Gouchen Emperor, is one of the Four Sovereigns of Daoism and the lord of the Tianhuang star. He is the eldest son of Doumu Yuanjun and the elder brother of the Ziwei Emperor. He assists the Jade Emperor in ruling heaven, earth and humanity and presides over war, and his Curved Array star is linked to the fortunes of earthly emperors.
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King Duosi is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a southern tribesman, lord of the Tulong cave and called the wisest man of the south, an ally of Meng Huo. Wikidata records 225 as his death year within the work. He used the terrain and the poisoned springs to hold off Shu, but at Sanjiang city Zhuge Liang's stratagem broke him and he was trampled to death by his own war elephant.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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The Demon King of Confusion is a monster in Journey to the West, tall, carrying a great sword, able to ride the clouds, and living in the Shuizang cave of Mount Kanyuan. While Sun Wukong is away learning the arts, he seizes the monkeys of Flower-Fruit Mountain as slaves, and is killed by Sun Wukong on his return, the first monster Sun Wukong defeats. The name is also used for a person of great power who defies all rules.
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The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal is a deity of Chinese folk religion, belonging to the Great Sage cult, and also a title borne by characters in literature, the best known being Sun Wukong in Journey to the West. Scholars cited in the article think the figure may derive from an old monkey-god cult of the Min-Yue region.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Jin Yuanyang is the senior maid of the Lady Dowager in Dream of the Red Chamber, a household-born slave of the Jia family and the Lady Dowager's trusted right hand. Her brother Jin Wenxiang is the purchasing agent of the Lady Dowager's rooms. When Jia She wants to take her as a concubine she swears she would die before yielding, and she is freed from his pursuit only when the Lady Dowager steps in. In the last forty chapters she hangs herself in despair after the Lady Dowager's death.
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Misty (Japanese Kasumi, Chinese Xiaoxia) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise and the female lead of the original Pokémon anime series. She dreams of becoming the greatest water-type Pokémon trainer and is a gym leader of Cerulean City.
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The Sun Star Lord is the Daoist god of the sun, named Yuyi, in charge of the sun and also called the Sun Emperor or Lord Sun. Folk belief often blends him with Mahavairocana and the Sunlight Bodhisattva, and in Fujian and Taiwan he is worshipped on the nineteenth of the third month, a date some link to remembrance of the Chongzhen emperor.
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Mrs. Liu is a maid in the inner kitchen of the Rong mansion in Dream of the Red Chamber, and the mother of Liu Wu'er. She and her daughter were suspected when the rose dew disappeared, then she returned to the kitchen after they were cleared.
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Marshal Heavenly Mugwort is a Taoist protective deity and one of the Four Sages of the North. The cited sources do not give a personal name distinct from this title.
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Huang Jinying is the maid Xue Baochai brought from home in Dream of the Red Chamber. Her original name was Huang Jinying. Baochai found it awkward and called her Ying'er. She makes knotted cords and flower baskets. When Baochai reads the words on the jade, Ying'er says at once that they match the words on Baochai's necklet.
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Han Bolong is a character in the classical Chinese novel Water Margin.
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Lin Hongyu is a maid in Dream of the Red Chamber, later called Xiaohong; her story includes an exchange of handkerchiefs with Jia Yun.
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Jia Hua is a fictional military officer under Sun Quan in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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Lu Qian is a fictional character in Water Margin and a former friend of Lin Chong who later helps plot against him.
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Dream of the Red Chamber is a classical Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin.
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Water Margin is a classical Chinese novel by Shi Nai'an.
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Journey to the West is a classical Chinese novel by Wu Cheng'en.
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classical Chinese novel by Luo Guanzhong.
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Shui'de Xingjun, also called the Perfected Lord of Water Virtue, is the Taoist star lord of the water star. One ritual text names him Yinkong Zhaoxia, with Qixia given as a variant.
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Murong Lie is a fictional general in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Chinese Wikipedia calls him a subordinate of Wen Pin, while Wikidata describes him as a subordinate general of Cao Cao and records 219 as his death year within the work. After the battle of Mount Dingjun he blocked Zhao Yun's way and was killed by Zhao Yun with one spear thrust.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Zhu Bajie, with the Buddhist name Wuneng, is one of Tang Sanzang's disciples in the classical novel Journey to the West, second in rank, with a pig's face on a human body. In the novel he was Marshal Tianpeng, who commanded the heavenly water forces, and was cast down to earth for harassing Chang'e while drunk and was reborn by mistake in a pig's shape. He became Tang Sanzang's disciple and went to fetch the scriptures, and afterward was named Altar Cleanser.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Zhang Pu is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Wei general under Cao Xiu at the battle of Shiting and the vanguard of Cao Xiu's army. He led twenty thousand men to lie in ambush south of Shiting, ran into Zhu Huan's Wu troops without knowing who they were, and was cut down by Zhu Huan with one stroke of the sword.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Ehe Shaoge is a Qiang general in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, combined from two Qiang leaders, E He and Shaoge, in the histories. In the novel he leads 50,000 men for Mi Dang against Wei, falls for Chen Tai's feigned surrender, and kills himself when surrounded; Wikidata records his death as 247.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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Liu An is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the hunter who sheltered Liu Bei. After Lü Bu defeated Liu Bei and he fled toward Cao Cao, he lodged at Liu An's home. Liu An could not find game and killed his own wife to feed him. Liu Bei wept when he learned the truth, and Cao Cao sent Sun Qian to reward Liu An with a hundred taels of gold.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Lin Chong is a major character in the classical novel Water Margin, matched with the star Tianxiong among the thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and nicknamed Leopard Head. He begins as weapons instructor to the eight hundred thousand Imperial Guards at Dongjing. Framed by Gao Qiu and exiled to Cangzhou, he later joins Liangshan, ranks sixth, and dies of paralysis at Liuhe Temple in Hangzhou after the amnesty.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Cui Yu is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a subordinate general of Zhu Ran of Eastern Wu, and Wikidata records 221 as his death year within the work. In the battle of Yiling he volunteered to take Zhu Ran's place in the field, fell into an ambush, was captured by Zhang Bao, and was ordered beheaded by Liu Bei at Zigui.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Cai Zhong is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a general of the Jing province army, a cousin of Cai Mao and the brother of Cai He, who went over to Cao Cao with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. Wikidata records 208 as his death year within the work. After Cai Mao was wrongly killed by Cao Cao, he and his brother were sent into Eastern Wu as spies, were seen through by Zhou Yu, and he was cut down on the night the battle of Red Cliffs began, after Gan Ning led him into Cao's camp.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Cui Yong is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a subordinate general of Guo Si. After Emperor Xian's party escaped from Li Jue, he was sent to chase them with troops, and at Huayin county he was cut down in a single bout by Xu Huang, Yang Feng's officer, in Xu Huang's first appearance in the book.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Chen Ying is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a military commander under Zhao Fan of Guiyang, who was a hunter from the Lingshan area and fought with a steel fork. He urged resistance to Zhao Yun, was captured, and later was killed with Bao Long after their feigned surrender and assassination plan were seen through.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Kong Xiu is a fictional figure of Three Kingdoms storytelling; the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms he is Cao Cao's commander at Dongling Pass, who blocks Guan Yu for lack of a travel permit and is killed, the first of the six generals Guan Yu slays on his way through the five passes.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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Wang Zhi is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set as the grand administrator of Xingyang under Cao Cao and in-law of Han Fu; the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. His plan to burn Guan Yu in his lodging at night is exposed by Hu Ban, and he is killed by Guan Yu in pursuit; Wikidata gives his death as 200.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Lin Ruhai is a character in Dream of the Red Chamber and the father of Lin Daiyu. He comes from a noble house that has passed down its title for generations and is also a family of scholars. He passes the imperial examination as tanhua, serves as a grand master of the Lantai office, and is later posted out to Yangzhou as salt censor. His wife Jia Min is a daughter of the Lady Dowager. Their son dies at three, Jia Min dies when Daiyu is six, and he dies of illness when she is ten.
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Li Gui is a character in chapter 42 of Water Margin, a bandit in Yishui county of Yizhou who passes himself off as Li Kui. Li Kui, on his way down the mountain to fetch his mother, meets him. Li Gui lies that he has a ninety-year-old mother, is spared and given ten taels of silver, but later plots with his wife to poison Li Kui when he lodges at their house. The plot fails and Li Gui is killed. Today Li Gui, set against Li Kui, means a fake or counterfeit.
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Han Fu is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set as the grand administrator of Luoyang under Cao Cao; the Records of the Three Kingdoms contain no such person. In the passage of Guan Yu's five passes he wounds Guan Yu's left arm with a hidden arrow and is then killed by him.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Xin Ming is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and a subordinate general of Yuan Shao. In the Guandu campaign, after Cao Cao's raid on Wuchao and a rumor he spread, Yuan Shao sent Xin Ming with 50,000 men to relieve Liyang.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Huang Wenbing is a fictional character in Water Margin, an idle assistant prefect of Wuwei Army in Jiangzhou, capable but narrow-minded, fawning on the powerful and spiteful, nicknamed Wasp Sting. When he finds the rebellious poem Song Jiang wrote at Xunyang Tower he reports it eagerly, and he sees through the false letter carried by Dai Zong and urges that both men be executed, until the Liangshan band raids the execution ground and rescues them. Song Jiang then takes revenge, and Zhang Shun captures him alive and he is put to death.
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Zong Bao is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and an officer under Kong Rong, grand administrator of Beihai. When the remnant Yellow Turban leader Guan Hai attacked Beihai, Zong Bao rode out to fight and was cut down within a few bouts.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Zixu Shangren is a fictional Daoist in Romance of the Three Kingdoms who lives on Jinping Mountain in Yi Province and can foretell people's fates. When Liu Bei attacked Yi Province, Liu Gui and others consulted him on the way, and he wrote eight lines hinting at Pang Tong's death and Zhuge Liang's pacification of Yi.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Si Xingfang is a character in the novel Water Margin, a subordinate of Fang Tianding, the crown prince of the rebel Fang La, and one of the four marshals of the southern realm with the title General Who Protects the State. He holds Hangzhou with Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and Li Tianrun, kills Lei Heng of Liangshan at Deqing, and is later defeated by Lu Junyi and Huyan Zhuo and drowns while pursuing across a stream.
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Zhang Jie is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, an official of Cao Wei who holds the post of attendant gentleman of the yellow gate. When Sima Yan pressed Emperor Yuan of Wei, Cao Huan, to abdicate, he denounced Sima Yan as a usurper and was beaten to death by Sima Yan's soldiers. Wikidata records his death in 266.
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Li Chunxiang is a fictional character in chapter 57 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the concubine of the attendant gentleman Huang Kui, who is secretly involved with Huang Kui's brother-in-law Miao Ze. At Miao Ze's urging she draws out Huang Kui's plan to kill Cao Cao and tells Miao Ze, who informs Cao Cao, and Huang Kui and Ma Teng are killed. Cao Cao despises Miao Ze for it and has him and Li Chunxiang executed together.
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Zhong Jin is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms who does not appear in the standard histories. He is the younger brother of Zhong Yao, governor of Chang'an, and a commander under Cao Cao in the novel. When Ma Chao attacks Chang'an, he guards the west gate and is cut down by Pang De when he runs to put out a fire at night.
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Lady You is the wife of Jia Zhen and the legal mother of Jia Rong in Dream of the Red Chamber, the mistress who runs the Ningguo house, described as a gourd with its mouth sawn off. When her daughter-in-law Qin Keqing died she fell ill and Jia Zhen asked Wang Xifeng of the Rong house to manage the household. She tried hard to stop the marriage of You Erjie but failed. The sources give no personal name.
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Wang Jin is the arms instructor of the eight-hundred-thousand imperial guards at Dongjing in the novel Water Margin, skilled in all eighteen weapons and above all in the staff. Having offended the grand commandant Gao Qiu, he flees by night with his mother, teaches and takes Shi Jin as a pupil at the Shi estate, then goes on to Yan'an, after which he does not appear in the book. The Chinese Wikipedia article says a historical person of this name also existed.
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Su Yuanjing is a grand commandant of the court in the novel Water Margin, who fits a prophecy of the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens. Honest, loyal and upright, he strongly favors amnesty for Liangshan. The court sends edicts three times, and only the third, carried by him, succeeds. The Liangshan heroes also rely on his protection whenever they fall into danger.
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Ning Sui is a fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Shu Han general serving as Jiang Wei's deputy. In the Wei conquest of Shu, the Wei general Zhuge Xu holds the Yinping bridgehead to cut off Jiang Wei's retreat, and Ning Sui proposes striking what the enemy must rescue: Jiang Wei should feign an attack on Yongzhou to draw Zhuge Xu back.
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