Bai Yutang
| Bai Yutang 白玉堂 | |
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from a 1890 print of the novel | |
| Created by | Shi Yukun |
| Appearances | The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants |
| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | Brocade-Coated Rat (錦毛鼠; Jǐnmáoshǔ) |
| Alias(es) | Jin Maoshu (金懋叔) |
| Gender | Male |
| Hometown | Jinhua |
| Family | Bai Jintang, brother |
| Sworn siblings |
Five Rats: Lu Fang, 1st sworn brother Han Zhang, 2nd sworn brother Xu Qing, 3rd sworn brother Jiang Ping, 4th sworn brother Another sworn brother: Yan Shenmin |
| Skills and abilities | |
| Weapons | broadsword |
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| Chinese | 白玉堂 | ||||||||||||||
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Bai Yutang is a fictional character from the 19th-century Chinese novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. Nicknamed "Sleek Rat" due to his good looks, he was the youngest sworn brother of the "Five Rats".
He is portrayed as a highly skilled martial artist, very righteous but also excessively cruel at times. He's also arrogant, impulsive and stubborn.
Bai Yutang became outraged with jealousy upon hearing that Zhan Zhao had been honored by Emperor Renzong with the title "Imperial Cat". To prove himself, he went to the palace to create trouble in order to have Zhan Zhao pursue him.
Significantly younger than all the other heroes and gallants in the book except for Ai Hu, Bai was the first one to die when he fell in the Brass Net Trap of the Sky-Scraping Tower.
He's originally from Jinhua in today's Zhejiang Province, China.
References
- Bao Qingtian. Zhan Zhao VS Five Rats. Jin Chaoqun, Kenny Ho. CTS, 1994.
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