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Jia Xichun (Chinese:賈惜春;pinyin:Jiǎ Xīchūn, renderedCompassion Spring inChi-chen Wang's translation) is a primary character in the 18th centuryChinesenovelDream of the Red Chamber.
Xichun's name translates to "cherish spring". She is the youngest of the quartet of "Springs", depicted as a youngteenager or pre-teen for most of the book.
Xichun is the second youngest of Jinling Twelve Beauties. Her father is Jia Jing, a son of Jia Daihua. She is the sister of Jia Zhen,de facto head of the Ningguo House, and Baoyu'sthird cousin. When she was little, her mother died, andLady Wang brought her to live in the Rongguo Mansion. A devoutBuddhist, she is religious since a small child and also a gifted painter.
WhenGranny Liu visits theProspect Garden,the Dowager commissions her to make a painting of the Garden for the guest.
After the fall of the house of Jia, Xichun becomes a Buddhist nun in place ofMiaoyu.
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