Handsome, brave, clever and charismatic, Bai Yutang is the youngest sworn brother and the best fighter of the "Five Rats", whose other members are Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing, and Jiang Ping. Though very righteous, he is also cruel, arrogant, reckless and stubborn. After fellow knight-errant Zhan Zhao receives the title "Imperial Cat" from the emperor, Bai Yutang becomes jealous and hurries off to the capital Kaifeng to challenge him. Using his extraordinary martial arts skills to intrude into respectively the government headquarters of Prefect Bao, the residence of Imperial Tutor Pang, and even the imperial palace, he performs a number of spectacular acts and crimes. He also succeeds in capturing Zhan in a trap, but is in turn captured by his sworn brother Jiang Ping, after which he reluctantly submits to the government. The emperor forgives his many crimes and assigns him to assist his sworn brother Judge Yan Chasan (顏查散) to foil Prince of Xiangyang's (襄陽王) rebellion. Overconfident in his abilities, Bai heedlessly ventures into the prince's deadly Sky-Scraping Tower and suffers a tragic death in the Brass Net Trap.
Bai Yutang's older brother Bai Jintang (白錦堂) was a generous man but died early. Bai Yutang then wandered to Lu Fang's village at Hollow Island and became sworn brothers with Lu and 3 other talented men. Together they call themselves "Five Rats" and perform chivalric deeds, at times traveling around the country.
Bai Yutang becomes outraged with jealousy upon hearing that Zhan Zhao has been honored by Emperor Renzong with the title "Imperial Cat". To prove himself, he goes to the palace to create trouble in order to have Zhan Zhao pursue him.
Significantly younger than all the other heroes and gallants in the book except for Ai Hu, Bai is the first one to die when he falls in the Brass Net Trap of the Sky-Scraping Tower.
During his explorations of the Sky-Scraping Tower, Bai Yutang kills the following rascals under Prince of Xiangyang:
Hu Shih praised the characterization of Bai Yutang without reserve, calling him "the most lively figure in the novel". Bai's many personality defects, Hu argued, made him a "believable chivalric hero" that surpassed the "fully virtuous heroes".[1] Similarly, Cao Zhengwen wrote "the lifelike portrayal of this character indicates that the author is already good at handling the dual features of fictitious images.[2]
^Cao Zhengwen (1994). "Chinese Gallant Fiction". In Wu Dingbo; Murphy, Patrick D. (eds.). Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture. Translated by Wu Dingbo. Greenwood Press. pp. 237–55. ISBN0-313-27808-3.
yutang, nicknamed, sleek, brocade, coated, 錦毛鼠, fictional, song, dynasty, knight, errant, from, 19th, century, chinese, novel, seven, heroes, five, gallants, 白玉堂, wuxia, characterfrom, 1890, print, novelcreated, byshi, yukunin, universe, informationaliasesjin,. Bai Yutang nicknamed Sleek Rat or Brocade Coated Rat 錦毛鼠 is a fictional Song dynasty knight errant from the 19th century Chinese novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants Bai Yutang 白玉堂 Wuxia characterfrom an 1890 print of the novelCreated byShi YukunIn universe informationAliasesJin Maoshu 金懋叔 NicknamesSleek Rat or Brocade Coated Rat 錦毛鼠 Jǐnmaoshǔ FamilyBai Jintang 白錦堂 brotherHomeJinhua Wu PrefectureBai YutangChinese白玉堂TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinBai YutangWade GilesPai2 Yu4 t ang2Yue CantoneseYale RomanizationBaak6 Yuk6 tong4JyutpingBaak6 Juk6 tong4In this Chinese name the family name is Bai Handsome brave clever and charismatic Bai Yutang is the youngest sworn brother and the best fighter of the Five Rats whose other members are Lu Fang Han Zhang Xu Qing and Jiang Ping Though very righteous he is also cruel arrogant reckless and stubborn After fellow knight errant Zhan Zhao receives the title Imperial Cat from the emperor Bai Yutang becomes jealous and hurries off to the capital Kaifeng to challenge him Using his extraordinary martial arts skills to intrude into respectively the government headquarters of Prefect Bao the residence of Imperial Tutor Pang and even the imperial palace he performs a number of spectacular acts and crimes He also succeeds in capturing Zhan in a trap but is in turn captured by his sworn brother Jiang Ping after which he reluctantly submits to the government The emperor forgives his many crimes and assigns him to assist his sworn brother Judge Yan Chasan 顏查散 to foil Prince of Xiangyang s 襄陽王 rebellion Overconfident in his abilities Bai heedlessly ventures into the prince s deadly Sky Scraping Tower and suffers a tragic death in the Brass Net Trap Contents 1 In the novel 2 Evaluation 3 In film and TV 4 ReferencesIn the novel EditBai Yutang s older brother Bai Jintang 白錦堂 was a generous man but died early Bai Yutang then wandered to Lu Fang s village at Hollow Island and became sworn brothers with Lu and 3 other talented men Together they call themselves Five Rats and perform chivalric deeds at times traveling around the country Bai Yutang becomes outraged with jealousy upon hearing that Zhan Zhao has been honored by Emperor Renzong with the title Imperial Cat To prove himself he goes to the palace to create trouble in order to have Zhan Zhao pursue him Significantly younger than all the other heroes and gallants in the book except for Ai Hu Bai is the first one to die when he falls in the Brass Net Trap of the Sky Scraping Tower During his explorations of the Sky Scraping Tower Bai Yutang kills the following rascals under Prince of Xiangyang Li Ji 李集 nicknamed Blue Faced Tiger 青面虎 Xu Chang 徐敞 nicknamed Little Pestilence 小瘟㾮 Ling Guang 靈光 nicknamed Extreme Meteor 過度流星 Zhang Hua 張華 nicknamed Sick Tai Sui 病太歲 Evaluation EditHu Shih praised the characterization of Bai Yutang without reserve calling him the most lively figure in the novel Bai s many personality defects Hu argued made him a believable chivalric hero that surpassed the fully virtuous heroes 1 Similarly Cao Zhengwen wrote the lifelike portrayal of this character indicates that the author is already good at handling the dual features of fictitious images 2 In film and TV EditBai Yutang was portrayed by more than 2 dozen actors in different films and TV series the more notable actors being Alexander Fu Sheng Chin Siu ho Sun Xing Vincent Chiao Michael Tong Benny Chan and Chen Xiao In the 2003 comedy film Cat and Mouse actress Cecilia Cheung portrayed a female Bai Yutang References Edit Wang p 142 Cao Zhengwen 1994 Chinese Gallant Fiction In Wu Dingbo Murphy Patrick D eds Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture Translated by Wu Dingbo Greenwood Press pp 237 55 ISBN 0 313 27808 3 Wang David Der wei 1997 Fin de siecle Splendor Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction 1849 1911 Stanford University Press ISBN 0 8047 2845 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bai Yutang amp oldid 1133327316, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
