Jia Qiaojie

Jia Qiaojie ( zh, t=賈巧姐, p=Jiǎ Qiǎojiě) is a character in the 18th century

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Dream of the Red Chamber ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' or ''The Story of the Stone'' is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is known for its psychological scope and it ...

''. She is the only child of

Jia Lian ''Dream of the Red Chamber'' or ''The Story of the Stone'' is an 18th-century Chinese novel authored by Cao Xueqin, considered to be one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is known for its psychological scope and its ...

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Wang Xifeng Wang Xifeng (, rendered Phoenix in Chi-chen Wang's translation) is one of the principal characters in the classic 18th-century Chinese language, Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She came from one of the Four Great Families, the Wangs ...

. She remains a child throughout much of the novel. Because Qiaojie was born on the date of the Double Seventh Festival (known as Qixi 七夕 or Qiqiao 乞巧), which celebrates the annual reunion of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd,

Granny Liu Granny Liu ( zh, t=劉姥姥, p=Liú Lǎolāo) is a character in the 18th century Chinese novel '' Dream of the Red Chamber''. She is an elderly country rustic and a distant relative of Lady Wang through "joining families" and marriage (i.e. they ...

names her Qiaojie 巧姐 in association, hoping the name will bestow some good luck and fortune. At the end of the novel according to the Cheng-Gao version,

saves her from being sold into concubinage by her maternal uncle. She and

Ping'er Ping'er ( zh, t=平兒, p=Píng'ér; literally "Peace", and known as “Patience” in the Hawkes translation) is an important character in the 18th century Chinese novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. She is Wang Xifeng's chief maid and persona ...

are taken to Granny Liu's village in the country, where Qiaojie eventually marries one of Granny Liu's neighbors. Qiaojie is the youngest of Jinling Twelve Beauties. Dream of the Red Chamber characters Fictional characters from Jiangsu Fictional crime victims Child characters in literature {{novel-char-stub