Pei Shaohuai's father, in his early thirties. Tall and slightly thin, with a scholarly clean-cut appearance wearing dark blue silk round-collared robes. He passed the Maocai exam at sixteen and was once considered the hope of the Pei family, but his career stagnated afterward. He is gentle, polite, uncompetitive, and rarely loses his temper—his greatest strength and weakness. He shows little interest in household matters. His given name is not mentioned but his wife's given name is Shizhen (Lin Shi).
