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and adventurer, his mother Japanese; the remnants of his army are supposed to
have formed the first Triad Lodges. He is the subject of a famous play by the
Japanese dramatist Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653Т1725). Though Coxinga has passed
into myth as a great hero, history seems to indicate that especially towards the
end of his life he was guilty of the sort of paranoidТmaniacal excesses we have
seen more recently in the dotage of Chairman Mao. In Deer we see an example of
this in the fate of Shi LangТs family.
DARLI Manchu official, Senior Academician sent as an envoy to Satrap Wu.
DOLONG Colonel and Chief Intendant of the Palace Guards, a member of the Plain
White Banner.
DONG, Lady Principal wife of Coxinga, and mother of Zheng Jing. She favoured
Zheng JingТs second son, Zheng Keshuang (the Insufferable), over Zheng Kezang.
DOUBLET Pretty young orphaned maid given to Trinket by Widow Zhuang, as a reward
for having killed Oboi. A superb fighter, she becomes TrinketТs devoted
companion for the duration of the novel. Even when she may not have been
mentioned for dozens of pages, she will never be far from the scene of the
action, ever ready to save her Master from the jaws of certain death.
DUIKENA Manchu Grand Chancellor.
EMPRESS DOWAGER (FakeТ) Wife of Shun Zhi, daughter of the Mongol Prince Korcin,
of the Borjigit clan; referred to by Trinket as the Old Whore. It transpires
during the course of the Second Book that the Old Whore is not in fact the real
Empress, but an
years.

EMPRESS DOWAGER Having emerged from her wardrobeТprison, she continues to lead a
shadowy life in her apartments in the Forbidden City.

ENLIGHTENMENT, Shrine of Famous Zen Buddhist temple in the city of Yangzhou.

FANG YI Mu Family retainer; beautiful sisterТinТarms of the Little Countess,
much admired by Trinket. As it transpires in the Second Book, she is also a
member of the Mystic Dragon Sect, and is entrusted with the job of luring
Trinket to their island lair.

FAT DHUTA Once or twice referred to earlier in the novel as BagТofТBones.
Originally a very fat disciple of the Mystic Dragon Sect; becomes excessively
thin and tall after taking the Leopard Embryo Pill. Tries to ambush Trinket and
take him to Snake Island. BrotherТinТarms of Thin Dhuta (Meatball, or
LumpТofТFlesh).

FENG, Brother Feng Jizhong, Triad with superb kungfu skills, but of dubious
loyalty.

FENG, The Bloodless Sword Feng Xifan; general in the service of Zheng Jing; evil
mentor (and fatherТinТlaw) of Zheng Keshuang; supreme master of Kunlun School of
kungfu.

FUJIAN Rich southТeastern coastal province, origin of much Overseas Chinese
emigration to places such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and
Malaysia. Strategically important because it is directly opposite the island of