Xie Clan

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Xie Clan (谢家)
Alias(es)	Tea Mountain Xie Clan; Rongyang Xie Clan; Marquis Dingyuan Manor
Affiliation	Great Zhou Divine Dynasty; Great Qing; Great Qi
Occupation/Role	Aristocratic cultivation lineage; one of Great Qi’s Nine Great Surnames
Status	Great Zhou lineage active in its documented period; the Great Qing household under Xie Ling was exterminated; Great Qi’s Xie Manor was later destroyed, though individual descendants survived 145 490
First Appearance	Chapter 25: Xie Wanwan, the Rich Lady—Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment

Known Houses

Tea Mountain Xie Clan

The Tea Mountain Xie Clan is a famed wealthy lineage of the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty. It controls an enormous spirit mine and is reputed to possess wealth sufficient to rival an entire region. Its traveling descendants are known for their abundant resources. 25 26

• Xie Wanwan — A collateral descendant and Divine Firmament Sect disciple; she is described as a “little rich lady” among Great Zhou’s aristocratic scions. 25 26
• The clan’s wealth allows its members to treat expenses that would impoverish other cultivators, such as Foundation Establishment materials, as insignificant. 26

Xie Wanwan established contact with Yu Ke through the sect’s Communication Jade Talisman and urgently invited him to the expensive Drunken River Moon restaurant, offering a generous reward and a lavish meal for helping with a troublesome matter. 159

After Xie Wanwan and Zhou Liang encountered danger in the Hidden Immortal Land, Yu Ke entered Azure Spear Valley with Chen Jingqiu, Cai Yingzhao, and Wang Yunxi to search for them. He regarded rescuing his friends as a responsibility that he could not disregard without harming his Dao Heart. 835

Xie Wanwan later encountered Yu Ke again while stationed with fellow sect disciples at a camp threatened by the Demon Court. 840

Great Qing Court Household

A separate Xie household rose from a humble northern family to prominence in Kyoto. Its manor stood on Jade Dragon Street, where its political elevation encouraged merchants, scholars, and businesses to gather nearby. 33 132

Xie Chun'an became Minister of Rites and a leading figure among the Jiangnan Noble Clans, maintaining his position through imperial trust, political skill, and secret cooperation with Liu Wen. 132

• Xie Lingxuan — Eldest daughter of Xie Chun'an; formerly betrothed to Lu Chen in childhood. She later remained in Yan territory and cared for Lu Chen’s parents. 33 37 215
• Xie Linghao — Second young master of the household. 132 142
• Xie Mu — Xie Chun'an’s long-lost son, who returned after more than twenty years away. 228
• Xie Chun'an — Later retired from high office and operated a tavern as a storyteller in Kyoto. 228

Despite the dissolved engagement, Xie Lingxuan continued to admire Lu Chen and read his Essentials of Military Training. She remained indifferent to the elite suitors suggested by Su Yue, valuing Lu Chen’s contribution to the northern wars above his lack of official rank and his life as a common Daoist. 37

During Kyoto’s political crisis, Xie Manor served as a gathering place for Xie Chun'an’s children, Zou Lin and Zou Shuning, and the heads of the Chen and Li Clans. The manor was regarded as the safest refuge apart from the imperial palace. Xie Chun'an had already sent confidential warnings to the allied families’ commanders at Stone Province and Jingyang, instructing them to prepare for upheaval. 132

After the deaths of the emperor and Grand Empress Dowager, Xie Chun'an’s standing rose further as the Jiangnan Noble Clans took control of the court. Their authority coexisted with the regency of Zhou Jinyu, whose position was supported by the troops and allies Lu Chen had left in Kyoto. 142

Xie Mu’s eventual return brought him home in the company of Demon Master Huang Dao, with whom he had traveled as both disciple and companion. The reunion took place in Xie Chun'an’s tavern, where his father welcomed him despite the passage of more than twenty years and his prematurely white hair. 228

A household led by Xie Ling was also recorded during Great Qing’s northern invasion. Xie Ling supported thousands of retainers under the principle that righteousness came first in troubled times; when North Wind forces invaded, the Xie household was confiscated and exterminated, with Xie Ling escaping through his retainers’ sacrifice. 145

Rongyang Xie Clan

Origins and rise

The Rongyang Xie Clan’s ancestral home lay in Great Qi’s Jiangnan Circuit. During the era of the Four Kingdoms, it had been a Great Qing great clan and reportedly produced officials comparable to the Three Excellencies, before declining into a minor household. 255

The ancestral locality was specifically identified as Rongyang, from which the clan took its established name after rising to prominence. It was also described as belonging to Great Qi’s Five Surnames and Seven Great Houses. 245 246

Its restoration began when a forebear of Xie Guan’s great-great-grandfather generation married into a prominent prefectural family. Over four or five generations, repeated military achievements elevated the lineage into one of Great Qi’s foremost aristocratic houses. 255

By Xie Guan’s lifetime, the Xie Clan was counted among Great Qi’s Nine Great Surnames—Su, Zhuge, Li, Zhao, Yuan, Xie, Sima, Xue, and Zhang—and was described as a house that had produced Three Excellencies across three generations. 245 265

The three brothers of Xie Ling’s generation were celebrated in Bianjing as the Three Xies, distinguished in both literary and martial pursuits. Xie Hong had passed the jinshi examination and held offices including Sacrificial Libationer, General Who Shakes Might, and Prefect of Yixing before abandoning official life after the palace upheaval. 247

Palace coup and Marquis Dingyuan

When Emperor Xianhe attempted to restore imperial authority through a coup with the Zhu and Wang Clans, part of the Xie Clan supported him. The plot was exposed, leading to a bloody purge of the Wang and Xie main branches. 245 442

An elder Xie Yuan, distinct from Xie Guan’s younger cousin of the same name, had been a close companion and supporter of Emperor Xianhe when he was crown prince. This Xie Yuan was a grandson of Xie Lan, Grand Master of Splendid Emoluments, and had entered official service through Su Jing’s recognition of his talent at fourteen. 245

Xie Ling reported the conspiracy to the court, preserving his line and allowing the clan to emerge from the purge with greater influence. After repeatedly suppressing uprisings and cults, he was granted the title Marquis Dingyuan. 245

The clan’s survival was therefore tied both to its political betrayal of Emperor Xianhe’s faction and to Xie Ling’s military reputation. The Eldest Princess later characterized the clan as having betrayed the imperial family in order to survive. 245 442

The purge also reshaped the clan’s alliances: Xie Ling’s sixteen-year-old eldest daughter married into the Su Family in the third year of Xianhe. Eldest Princess Chen Zhirong had previously been betrothed to Xie Ling, but the palace upheaval prevented their marriage. Old Madam Xie later acknowledged that the clan owed the princess a debt. 245 442

Xie Ling temporarily lost the marquisate after a defeat against Great Sui, but a later military victory brought its restoration. Soon afterward, an accusation that the clan had colluded with the Three Truths One Sect was set aside; Xie Hong entered the Academy to “study,” an arrangement understood among the Nine Great Surnames as confinement while Xie Ling returned to prominence. 261 405

Before the restoration, the family sought support from Zhuge Jian and other great houses to secure Xie Ling’s return to the capital. The clan was described as neutral among the Nine Great Surnames, while Xie Hong’s possible return to court or the Academy represented a significant political force that neither Su Jing nor the Third Master could ignore. 271 284

Wealth and holdings

The clan possessed extensive property and commercial interests in Bianjing and Yan Capital. 254

• Mines and horse ranches
• Salt wells
• Bookshops
• Most shops on Long Peace Street
• Fertile fields in South Mountain 254

Its main residence, Marquis Dingyuan Manor, was sufficiently prestigious that its principal gates were normally opened only for major ceremonies or high-ranking guests. 272

The household’s ordinary young masters and ladies maintained private courtyard kitchens that supplied meals, late-night food, and pastries throughout the day. Other illegitimate descendants reportedly received four or five hundred taels each month in spending money, underscoring the exceptional deprivation imposed on Xie Guan. 246 247

The clan’s public authority extended beyond the manor: pedestrians scattered before a carriage bearing its identifying mark, allowing it to pass through Bianjing without obstruction. 424

Internal organization

The clan remained formally undivided after the palace coup, though its household was split into two competing estates. 249

Estate	Head	Position
Main Estate	Xie Ling; managed internally by Madam Yuan	Inherits the Marquis Dingyuan title 249
Second Estate	Xie Hong; managed by Madam Zhao	Separate household with its own interests and conflicts 249

Old Madam Xie retained ultimate authority over the manor, its genealogy, and clan punishments. 245 438

The eldest son of the previous generation had fallen into misfortune during the coup, leaving Xie Ling and Xie Hong to lead the surviving household. Their relationship had developed a rift, and Old Madam Xie postponed formal division out of fear that further upheaval would endanger the family. 249

Xie Ling’s household included eight concubines and more than ten children. Old Madam Xie nevertheless regarded many concubine-born descendants principally as bearers of the family bloodline rather than as close family members. She particularly favored Xie Yu and Xie Yuan among the younger generation. 271

Madam Zhuge, another of Xie Ling’s wives and the mother of Xie Yuan, maintained her own influence within the Main Estate. Her brother Zhuge Jian acted as an important outside connection for both the clan’s political recovery and Xie Yuan’s efforts to protect Xie Guan. 271 424 441

Hidden foundation

Beyond its wealth and court offices, the clan maintained a substantial concealed force of martial artists and cultivators. Lu Hua’s qi-gazing perceived dense resentment throughout Xie Manor, while also detecting Snow Mountain Realm martial artists and Spirit Roaming Realm cultivators within it. 272

During Xie Guan’s clan trial, observers identified more than twenty Upper Three Realms martial artists and Divine Fire cultivators within the ancestral residence, alongside further hidden experts. 442

This force remained formidable even after many experts had departed with Xie Ling. Li Nantian judged the clan’s foundations no less profound than those of the Zhuge and Zhao Clans, despite its comparatively low public profile. 442

Xie Ling was described as a Martial God Realm expert, while Xie Hong possessed Yang Spirit Realm cultivation. Xie Hong’s reputation had begun early: he ignited Divine Fire before twenty, and his presence deterred hostile cultivators from acting recklessly within the manor. 265 272 275

Two concealed martial artists intervened after Xie Guan crippled Xie Renfeng, rescuing the latter and questioning Xie Guan about his unauthorized martial training. One was an old soldier of the Upper Three Realms, who chose to report the matter to Old Madam Xie rather than immediately attack. 425

Power Progression

Period or milestone	Development	Significance
Four Kingdoms era	The lineage was a Great Qing great clan associated with officials comparable to the Three Excellencies.	Established its remembered ancestral prestige before its later decline. 255
Restoration over four or five generations	Marriage into a prominent prefectural household and repeated military achievements rebuilt the clan’s standing.	Elevated a minor household into one of Great Qi’s leading aristocratic houses. 255
Third year of Xianhe	Xie Ling exposed the palace coup and preserved his branch while much of the main lineage was purged.	Secured renewed court employment and a marriage connection to the Su Family. 245
Fifth year of Xianhe	Xie Ling received the title Marquis Dingyuan after repeated campaigns against uprisings and cults.	Consolidated the surviving branch’s military and aristocratic authority. 245
Documented cultivation foundation	Xie Ling was a Martial God Realm expert; Xie Hong cultivated to the Yang Spirit Realm; the manor retained Snow Mountain martial artists and Spirit Roaming cultivators.	Supplied the clan with both military deterrence and high-level cultivation support. 265 272
Restoration of the marquisate	A military victory restored Xie Ling’s title, while Xie Hong entered the Academy under effective confinement.	Renewed the Main Estate’s prominence at the cost of restricting the other leading brother’s activity. 405
Xie Guan’s Divine Fire breakthrough	Xie Guan reached the eighth Primordial Spirit realm, Divine Fire, and the fifth martial realm, Spring Thunder.	Marked the rise of an exceptional descendant outside the household’s favored succession and training arrangements. 404
Xie Guan’s Purple Tenuity Eternal Realm breakthrough	Xie Guan reached the ninth Primordial Spirit realm and formed a sovereign Dao Field.	His personal cultivation increasingly exceeded the weakness attributed to him by the clan. 425 431
Clan trial	More than twenty Upper Three Realms martial artists and Divine Fire cultivators remained openly identifiable at the ancestral residence, with additional hidden experts.	Demonstrated the clan’s enduring concealed strength even after Xie Ling’s departure. 442
Destruction and surviving legacy	Xie Manor became a charred ruin, while Xie Guan attained Supreme Grandmaster status and Martial Shattering of the Void.	The organized household fell, but an individual descendant achieved world-changing transcendence; his achievement did not establish a restoration of the clan. 490 491

Notable Members

Member	Role	Notes
Xie Ling	Marquis Dingyuan; Main Estate head	Reported the coup faction, rose through military merit, and restored the clan’s political standing. Later went missing during the Red-Eyed Army’s destruction of Great Qi’s army in Jiangnan. 245 461
Xie Hong	Second Master; head of the Second Estate	Scholar, former official, and Yang Spirit Realm cultivator who secluded himself at Clear-Cool Temple. Later entered the Academy under an arrangement understood as confinement. 247 272 405
Old Madam Xie	Clan matriarch	Preserved the household after the Old Master’s early death and ruled its internal affairs through strict ancestral authority. 438
Madam Yuan	Main Estate matriarch	Managed the inner household and supported the campaign to punish and expel Xie Guan. 249 405
Madam Zhao	Second Estate matriarch	Xie Hong’s principal wife and Xie Renfeng’s mother; a major opponent of Xie Guan. Later appeared as a ferocious corpse and was reduced to ashes by Xie Guan. 249 438 483
Xie Guan	Concubine-born Main Estate son	Initially marginalized, later became a renowned scholar, cultivator, and the clan’s most disruptive internal figure. He eventually shattered the void through martial might. The simulation’s final appraisal credited him with Supreme Grandmaster status and the revival of spiritual energy. 245 443 490 491
Xie Yu	Legitimate Main Estate heir	Son of Xie Ling’s principal wife; named and celebrated alongside Xie Guan’s exclusion from the household. Recognized the inconsistency of calling Xie Guan illiterate after his famous banquet poem, but did not intervene in the trial. 245 438
Xie Renfeng	Second Estate descendant	Hired Blood Moon Hall assassins against Xie Guan and repeatedly pursued his removal from the clan. Later received a visit from Great Sui Crown Prince Liu Yuan as the latter sought allies against Xie Guan. 326 343 444
Xie Yuan	Xie Guan’s cousin and ally	Son of Xie Ling and Madam Zhuge; Zhuge Jian’s maternal nephew. Defied the clan hierarchy and sought outside intervention to protect Xie Guan. 271 441 461
Xie Qiyue	Second Estate descendant	Supported Xie Guan despite pressure from Xie Renfeng and Madam Zhao; later returned to the ruins of Xie Manor. Initially mocked his birth status before Zhang Yuzhi compelled her to apologize and help him enter Grand View Garden. 273 376 441 490
Xie Ying	Fourth Miss of the Main Estate	Married Sima Ting in a political alliance between great families. Later sent Xie Guan four precious Snow-Dew Pills to assist his martial cultivation. 284 426 433
Xie Mu	Xie Ling’s eldest son	A martial-minded heir who rejected Xie Guan as unworthy of the Xie surname. Later went missing alongside Xie Ling during the Jiangnan campaign. 370 461
Madam Zhuge	Xie Ling’s wife; Xie Yuan’s mother	Connected the household to Zhuge Jian and prepared to send her son to the Zhang Family as conditions deteriorated. 271 424 464
Xie Xuan	Main Estate descendant	Seventh in the family order. Learned of Xie Guan’s impending trial before Xie Yuan but deliberately withheld warning and later resented the distinguished support Xie Guan attracted. 438 439 442
Xie Yuan, elder generation	Paternal uncle of Xie Guan; supporter of Emperor Xianhe	Grandson of Xie Lan and a gifted official who served as a crown-prince attendant. Distinct from Xie Guan’s younger cousin and ally of the same name. 245
Xie Lan	Ancestral senior official	Held the title Grand Master of Splendid Emoluments; grandfather of the elder Xie Yuan. 245

Treatment of Xie Guan

Xie Guan was born after Xie Ling raped a maidservant. For his first year he had neither name nor recognized identity; Old Madam Xie only granted him the name “Xie Guan” to preserve the family’s public honor. 245

Though entered into the genealogy, Xie Guan and his mother were relegated to a former laundry courtyard, supplied with reduced necessities, and left with only one maid after their nanny abandoned them. 245

After his mother’s death, the household publicly displayed limited charity—sending food, clothing, and physicians—while leaving him far below both legitimate and other illegitimate descendants in resources and standing. 247

The clan later sought to make him a live-in son-in-law of the Li Clan, alter his household registration to the lowly register, and strip him of eligibility for the imperial examinations. 405 416

The registration change was carried out through the Ministry of Revenue before the marriage took place. The proposed bride’s prolonged absence and the postponement of the wedding compounded the humiliation. The family chose this arrangement over immediate expulsion because Xie Guan’s literary fame made openly discarding him damaging to its reputation. 405 416

Xie Hong, by contrast, recognized Xie Guan’s calligraphy and sent him a personally written copybook, calling him a successor in the art. 302

The copybook contained more than five thousand characters and represented recognition that Xie Hong’s own sons had not received. He also assigned Xie Guan Daoist scriptures and writings from multiple schools to copy; Xie Guan found that these texts repeatedly answered questions arising in his cultivation and suspected deliberate guidance. 302 328

Despite possessing numerous schools and learned retainers, the household arranged for Xie Guan to study at the Li Clan School rather than provide him an appropriate place within its own educational network. Xie Yuan protested that this was plainly bullying, while Xie Guan suspected that the arrangement reflected Old Madam Xie’s wishes. 302

Xie Guan’s eventual martial foundation likewise came from outside the clan’s normal provisions. Sima Ting supplied the Founding Emperor’s Sacred Ape Stance, while Lu Hua and other teachers furnished further inheritances. His life’s learning consequently drew from several traditions rather than from a single Xie Clan martial lineage. 287 306 491 492

Earlier household confrontations

When Xie Guan first sought entry into Grand View Garden, a steward refused him because Madam Yuan’s guest list did not include his name. Zhang Yuzhi and Xie Qiyue secured his admission, with Qiyue invoking her father’s authority and the servants’ obligation to respect Xie blood. 273

At the ensuing gathering, Sima Ting and Zhuge Jian intervened to limit his punishment for alleged disrespect to a two-month stipend deduction. His discourse on innate conscience and “breaking bandits in the heart” impressed both men, but Old Madam Xie remained hostile, and his concubine-born status excluded him from the main banquet hall. 285 287

Xie Renfeng’s hostility escalated into an attempt to have Blood Moon Hall assassins kill Xie Guan on the journey to the Gathering of Beauties Banquet. The attempt failed; Xie Renfeng’s surprised reaction upon seeing him alive exposed his knowledge of the plot. 326 343

Clan trial

Following Xie Guan’s crippling of Xie Renfeng, Madam Yuan and Madam Zhao coordinated a clan prosecution against him. The proposed punishment included removal from the genealogy, crippling of his cultivation, three hundred lashes, and hereditary restrictions on any descendants. 438

The confrontation began when Xie Renfeng attempted to demolish Xie Guan’s courtyard and held his mother’s memorial tablet hostage. Believing Xie Guan dead and claiming the Old Madam had granted him the rooms, Xie Renfeng provoked a counterattack that broke his arms and severed his meridians. 424 425

The Li Clan subsequently staged a public dissolution of the engagement, sending twelve gift chests and a broken-engagement letter through Long Peace Street with gongs. Its representatives joined the clan proceedings, and the spectacle was revealed as a coordinated effort by the two houses to destroy Xie Guan’s reputation. 436 438

The trial exposed the clan’s double standard: Xie Renfeng received a light punishment for unlawfully entering Xie Guan’s residence, while Xie Guan faced severe punishment for defending himself. 439

Madam Yuan also charged Xie Guan with privately studying martial arts against household rules, invoking both her authority as his principal mother and the clan’s ancestral honor. 440

Xie Guan openly rejected the accusations, declaring:

“I don't know what mistake I've made! And what wrong have I done!” 439

Xie Yuan challenged the partial judgment and accused Xie Renfeng of arranging the earlier assassination attempt. Zhuge Jian immobilized the martial artists sent to seize Xie Guan, while Zhang Shizai appealed to his character and talent. Old Madam Xie initially conceded only a reduction from three hundred lashes to two hundred and asserted that outsiders had no right to decide the clan’s internal affairs. 441

Intervention by Zhuge Jian, Zhang Shizai, the Eldest Princess, Mr. East Mountain, Academy students, and courtesans forced Old Madam Xie to postpone judgment rather than carry out the punishment. 441 442 443

The Academy students and courtesans offered to receive Xie Guan’s punishment in his stead. Their arrival, together with the Eldest Princess’s presentation of Mr. East Mountain’s personal seal, forced Old Madam Xie to reconsider the influence and worth of the descendant she had treated as a source of disaster. 442

Reputation and Decline

The Rongyang Xie Clan projected refinement, scholarship, martial achievement, and a millennium-old family legacy. Yet its treatment of Xie Guan revealed entrenched contempt for concubine-born descendants and a willingness to use genealogy, marriage, and clan law as political weapons. 405 436 438

Lu Hua judged the manor’s accumulated resentment darker than that found in mountain bandit dens, while Xie Hong privately regarded the great clans as parasites upon Great Qi. 272

The manor’s strict hierarchy extended to hereditary servants. A stable slave’s son kept by Madam Zhao had no right to purchase his freedom, and his family’s enslavement continued across generations. Madam Zhao herself was later shown being coerced and struck by a sinister man resembling or impersonating Xie Hong; the account does not establish that the man was actually her husband. 415 444

As Great Qi deteriorated and the Red-Eyed Army advanced, the household continued its feasts and ceremonies despite the growing unrest outside Bianjing. 415 426

During Xie Ying’s wedding celebrations, Madam Zhao plotted to see Xie Guan killed at the lake. Xie Guan instead destroyed the attacking corpse creatures and defeated the White Bone Temple Daoist behind the incident. Xue Huaian’s danger at the manor prompted the Xue Clan’s old master to demand an explanation, and White Bone Temple was subsequently nearly eradicated by the Xue Clan, Gold Embroidery Tower, and Giant Whale Gang. 431 433 448

Mei Qingsu criticized the Xie Clan for failing to recognize the prodigy it was mistreating, predicting that Xie Guan would become a World Grandmaster. This outside assessment contrasted with the household’s continued efforts to suppress him. 433

The Red-Eyed Army subsequently annihilated a 100,000-strong Great Qi army in Jiangnan Circuit. Xie Ling and his eldest son Xie Mu were reported missing, with neither confirmed alive nor dead. Xie Guan warned that the rebels could reach Bianjing within half a year. 461

The rebels’ proclamation attacked the Nine Great Surnames and the emperor, turning popular resentment against the aristocratic order. Xie Guan rejected assurances based on Great Qi’s supposed remaining national fortune, arguing that the people’s hearts had already turned away from the dynasty. 461

Amid the worsening situation, Madam Yuan prevented even direct descendants such as Xie Yuan from visiting Old Madam Xie. Xie Yuan said his mother was preparing to send him from the manor to the Zhang Family for safety. 464

Madam Zhao later appeared outside Xie Guan’s courtyard as a ferocious corpse. He burned her to ashes when she attacked him. 483

By the time later witnesses returned to the site, Xie Manor had become a charred ruin. Only blackened pillars and walls remained, and the Xie Clan was said to be gone. Xie Qiyue was among those who returned to see the ruins; the account does not establish the fate of every clan member. 490

Xie Guan’s surviving legacy

Although the household fell, Xie Guan’s achievements preserved the clan’s name in historical memory. Seven years after his Martial Shattering of the Void, witnesses at the ruined manor still identified it as the family from which the world-shaking ascender had emerged. 490

The completed simulation credited Xie Guan with becoming the Supreme Grandmaster, changing the world’s destiny, and triggering the revival of spiritual energy and the ensuing age of cultivation. These were his personal achievements rather than evidence of the aristocratic household’s recovery. 491

Later cultivation-era accounts placed Xie Guan and the other ascenders more than six thousand five hundred years in the past. Xuanji rejected claims that such ancient ascenders had merely benefited from favorable timing, citing Xie Guan’s sword comprehension in an earlier, more restricted world as evidence of extraordinary talent. 510 937

Locations

• Tea Mountain — Seat of the wealthy Great Zhou Xie Clan and its spirit mine. 25 26
• Jade Dragon Street, Kyoto — Site of the Great Qing Xie Manor. 37 132
• Rongyang, Jiangnan Circuit — Ancestral locality of the Great Qi lineage and the source of its Rongyang Xie Clan name. 246 255
• Marquis Dingyuan Manor, Bianjing — Great Qi’s principal Xie residence. 245 272
• Grand View Garden — Manor complex containing the Old Madam’s Crane Pine Hall and the family’s internal gathering spaces. 284 438
• Crane Pine Hall — Old Madam Xie’s secluded residence and the site of Xie Guan’s clan trial; ordinary entry required her permission. 438 439
• Waiting for Spring Tower — Xie Hong’s secluded residence in the northern side of Grand View Garden. 415
• West Courtyard laundry residence — Remote former servants’ courtyard to which Xie Guan and his mother were relegated; later the target of Xie Renfeng’s attempted demolition. 245 302 424
• Xie Clan’s Carriage Pavilion — Reserved carriage station near the Gathering of Beauties Banquet, where Xie Guan discovered the servants and coachmen dead. 333
• Clear-Cool Temple — Xie Hong’s long-term place of seclusion and cultivation. 245 272

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