Granny Liu

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Granny Liu (Chinese: 刘姥姥; Pinyin: Liú Lǎolǎo) is a major character in Dream of the Red Chamber. She is an elderly country rustic and a distant relative of Lady Wang through "joining families" and marriage. Although she is from a lower-middle class farm family, she is an excellent mathematician.

Granny Liu visits the Rongguo Mansion two times throughout the novel with her grandson Pan'er. Each time, they provide a sharp contrast to the Jia family members. Nevertheless, she is respected by everyone, even the Dowager. Each time, she also takes home many valuable gifts of clothing, money, food, family remedies, and livestock. At the end of the novel, Granny Liu visits Wang Xifeng before she dies and saves Qiaojie from concubineage.

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• Dream of the Red Chamber