Main Characters
- Li Kao - a sage with a slight flaw in his character
- Number Ten Ox - a quite strong peasant boy
- Grief of Dawn, girl with a mysterious past and a connection to:
- Moon Boy, an appallingly perverse hooligan
- Liu Sheng
- The Stone
Read more about this topic: The Story Of The Stone (Barry Hughart)
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