Shen Nian's biological father, a lazy man who was indifferent to his daughter's suffering. He participated in the plan to marry Shen Nian off to Old Man Liu. When Shen Nian returned and disrupted his family, he became enraged and grabbed a cleaver to attack her, threatening to beat her to death. He is described as willing to harm his own daughter, which Shen Nian notes is worse than a tiger eating its cub.
