As I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions volume 1, I kept having to flip back to the family tree at the front of the book to keep track of everyone. (Yes, it's one of those kind of books.)
Volume 2 doesn't have the family tree at the front, so in order to save myself having to constantly go back to the first volume, I decided to take a picture of the family tree from volume 1 and save it on my phone.
And I thought I would post it here as well in case it is useful to anyone else. (I'm claiming fair use on this since it's only a single page out of a 2400 page novel, and can't act as a replacement for the novel itself.)
Addendum: I'll also use this blog post to keep track of additional characters as they pop up.
Jia Cong--son of Jia She by a concubine (half brother of Jia Lian)
Caiyun--maid to concubine Zhao
Cuimo--maid to Tanchun
Lin Hongyu (Xiaohong)--was Baoyu's maid, but later reassigned
Zhuier--girl expelled for stealing the bracelet
Xiaoyan--Baoyu's maid
Yuchuan--serving maid, younger sister of Jinchuan (who committed suicide)
From Chapter 49:
* Xiuyan--niece of Lady Xing
* Wang Ren--Xifeng's older brother
* Li Wen--1st daughter of Li Wan's widowed aunt
* Li Qi--2nd daughter of Li Wan's widowed aunt
* Xue Ke--Xue Pan's cousin
* Baoqin--Xue Ke's sister (Xue Pan's cousin)
* Mei--Baoqin's bethrothed
From Chapter 58: Actresses turned to maids
* Wenguan--goes to Lady Dowager (favored)
* Fangguan--goes to Baoyu
* Ruigan--to Baochai
* Ouguan--to Daiyu
* Kuiguan--to Xiangyun
* Douguan--to Baoqin
* Aiguan--to Tanchun
* Jiaguan--to Madam You
* Diguan (deceased)
Chapter 59
*Chunyan--her aunt is Fangguan's foster mother
* Mother He--Chunyan's mother
Chapter 60
* Mother Xia--Ouguan's foster mother
* Mother Xia--Ouguan's foster mother
* Chanjie--Mother Xia's grand-daughter
* Mrs.Liu--works in the kitchen, friends with Fangguan
* Liu Wuer--daughter of Mrs. Liu
* Qian Huai--nephew of Concubine Zhao--in love with Liu Wuer
Chapter 61
* Lianhua--junior maid to Yingchun
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