From an impoverished branch of the Pei family, raised by a widowed mother. He is quiet but diligent. He has weak health and coughs during the early spring chill. He is not great at horseback archery. He was placed in the same exam group as Yu Mingyao, Pei Shang, Xie Zhuoguang, Pei Lianzhu, and one unfamiliar student.