Eldest son of the Zhou family, Du Wanchun's husband. He is crippled and cannot walk, but is described as a good man in every other way. His condition is said to be treatable by doctors. He is strikingly handsome with fair skin and a refined, noble demeanor. He was reading a book when Du Wanchun first met him. He once gave her a blood-stained steamed bun years ago when she was starving.