The eldest brother of Ji Ning, a scholar studying at the government school in town. He is the family's hope for changing their fate through the Imperial Examination. He is hardworking, studying and copying books at bookshops to earn extra money. He returns home once a month on the fifteenth. In this chapter, he appears dejected with wet clothes and claims his grades have worsened, suggesting he should quit school to help the family financially, which shocks everyone.
