Also known as Father Yuan or Old Yuan, he is Yuan Qing'an's father who is seriously ill and constantly coughing. He lies on bed and desperately wants the engagement restored, asking his son to coax Xu Zhihuan back. He scolded his wife Zhu Guiyun for being materialistic and for insulting the Xu family. He ultimately agreed to cancel the engagement, feeling he had let the Xu family down. He warned his wife that someone would tear her mouth off if she didn't change her bad language.
