Characters
- Zhou Puyuan (T: 周樸園, S: 周朴园, P: Zhōu Pǔyuán, S: Chou P'u-yüan)- He is a 55 year old man who is the CEO of a mining company.
- Fanyi (繁漪, P: Fányī, W: Fan-i) - She is Puyuan's wife. She is 35 years old.
- Zhou Ping (周 萍, P: Zhōu Píng, W: Chou P'ing) - He is the 28 years old son of Puyuan and his ex-lover Shiping. He is Sifeng's lover and has an affair with his stepmother Fanyi.
- Zhou Chong (T: 周 沖, S: 周 冲, P: Zhōu Chōng, W: Chou Ch'ung) - He is Fanyi's 17-year old son. He has a crush on Sifeng.
- Lu Gui (T: 魯 貴, S: 鲁 贵, P: Lǔ Guì, W: Lu Kuei) - Lu Gui, a 48-year old man, is a servant at the Zhou household.
- Lu Shiping (T: 魯侍萍, S: 鲁侍萍, P: Lǔ Shìpíng, W: Lu Shih-p'ing) - She is Lu Gui's 47-year old wife and Puyuan's ex-lover. She works as a maid at a school.
- Lu Dahai (T: 魯大海, S: 鲁大海, P: Lǔ Dàhǎi, W: Lu Ta-hai) - A 27-year old coal miner, he is the son of Shiping and her ex-lover Puyuan.
- Lu Sifeng (T: 魯四鳳, S: 鲁四凤, P: Lǔ Sìfèng, W: Lu Ssu-feng) - She is the 18 year old daughter of Lu Gui and Shiping. She is a maidservant working for the Zhou family. She is Zhou Ping's lover and pregnant with his child.
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“The major men
That is different. They are characters beyond
Reality, composed thereof. They are
The fictive man created out of men.
They are men but artificial men.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)