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Kai Lung’s Golden Hours · Character

Ten - teh

A humble fisherman drawn into Kai Lung's orbit, whose unassuming loyalty and plain decency stand in quiet contrast to the schemers around him.

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Also known as Ten - Teh, O Ten - teh, O unassuming Ten - teh

First appearance: kai lung s golden hours

As a major figure in Kai Lung’s Golden Hours, Ten - teh is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Protagonist of the embedded story; a cormorant fisherman who remains loyal to the deposed Emperor Tung Kwei and his son Kwo Kam.
In the storyThe Out-Passing Into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-Enduring Two with Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been ConcernedOpen this moment free

Ten-teh belongs to the ordinary world of work and weather that Kai Lung's stories so often leave behind, a fisherman whose modesty earns him the epithet 'unassuming.' His plainness of speech and steady character make him a touchstone of sincerity amid the flattery and intrigue of mandarins and bandits. In the early arc he embodies the kind of unglamorous virtue that the book's more polished figures tend to overlook.

See Ten - teh in The Out-Passing Into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-Enduring Two with Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been ConcernedBook page

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WHWang HoKKKwo KamSTShan TienLFLin FaCLCheng LinT-Ten - teh

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See Ten - teh in kai lung s golden hours
See Ten - teh in The Out-Passing Into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-Enduring Two with Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned