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", also "Hot Pepper". She is a niece of Lady Wang and is married to Jia Lian, the eldest grandchild of Grandmother Jia. As such she plays a significant role in the day-to-day running of the Jia household; in fact, she is the de facto head of the family.
Xifeng, or Feng Jie, is well-known in the novel both for her great capability as well as her almost-venomous character; when a poorer member of the Jia family once showed interest in her, she tricked him repeatedly into "rendezvous" which turned out to be traps, and eventually got the offending man killed . Yet she is without doubt the most capable woman, if not the most capable character, within the novel; impartial and harsh in her discipline, she is hailed by her niece-in-law Qin Keqing as "a hero amongst womenfolk".
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