Main Characters
- Young Fu is the main protagonist.
- Fu Be-Be is Young Fu's widowed mother.
- Tang Yu-shu is a master coppersmith — one of Young Fu's mentors.
- Wang Scholar is a poor but educated old man — another of Young Fu's mentors.
- Lu and Old Tsu are the principal journeymen in Tang's shop.
- Small Li is an apprentice in Tang's shop and Young Fu's good friend.
- Small Den is another apprentice in Tang's shop and Young Fu's main antagonist.
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