Wei Xiaobao: The Unlikely Hero of the Qing Court

Wei Xiaobao (韦小宝) is the protagonist of Jin Yong’s comedic masterpiece “The Deer and the Cauldron” (鹿鼎记). Unlike the noble, martial-arts-master heroes of Jin Yong’s other works, Wei Xiaobao is a cunning, illiterate, morally flexible rogue who rises from the slums … Read the article