Lady Wang is a character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber , composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered to be a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and is generally acknowledged to be a pinnacle of...

. She is the wife of Jia Zheng, and mother of Jia Zhu (dead at the start of the novel), Jia Yuanchun

Jia Yuanchun

Jia Yuanchun is a primary character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. She is Baoyu's elder sister by about ten years older . Yuanchun was a lady-in-waiting in the Imperial palace first, then, becomes an Imperial Consort...

 and Jia Baoyu

Jia Baoyu

Jia Baoyu is the principal character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber.- Introduction :The first chapter describes how one piece of stone was left over from when the heaven was repaired by the Goddess Nüwa...

. She is the elder sister of Aunt Xue

Aunt Xue

Aunt Xue is a secondary character in the Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. She is the younger sister of Lady Wang and therefore Baoyu's maternal aunt. Aunt Xue has two children, Xue Pan and Xue Baochai. She is also the widow of Xue Wen-chi, a Jinling purchasing agent...

 and hence the maternal aunt to Xue Baochai

Xue Baochai

Xue Baochai is one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. She is extremely beautiful and socially graceful. Her attributes complement those of her cousin Lin Daiyu...

 and Xue Pan

Xue Pan

Xue Pan is a secondary character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. He is a ne'er-do-well lout who is guilty of the killing of a man over a beautiful slave girl, Zhen Yinglian, who is renamed as Xiangling...

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She is on the surface a kind lady and a devout Buddhist, who delegates authority to her niece Wang Xifeng

Wang Xifeng

Wang Xifeng is one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. A not-so-well educated upper-class woman with finesse, she is also known as "Peppercorn Feng" or "Hot Pepper"...

 in the everyday running of the Rongguo household. However, she is prone to malicious rumors, and can act with cruelty towards maids she thinks is seducing her son. Lady Wang is one of the culprits resulting in the death of Baoyu's maid, Jingwen.