# Ten - teh — Kai Lung’s Golden Hours character guide

> Ten - teh in Kai Lung’s Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah.

**Role:** major

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

**First appearance:** 0001-kai-lung-s-golden-hours

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Wang Ho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/wang_ho)

_rivalry_

Ten-teh and Wang Ho are frequent antagonists, competing for status or resources.

### [Kwo Kam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/kwo_kam)

_rivalry_

Kwo Kam and Ten-teh are bitter rivals, frequently clashing over power and influence.

### [Kwo Kam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/kwo_kam)

_rivalry_

Kwo Kam and Ten-teh are bitter rivals, frequently clashing over power and influence.

### [Wang Ho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/wang_ho)

_rivalry_

Ten-teh and Wang Ho are frequent antagonists, competing for status or resources.

### [Wang Ho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/characters/wang_ho)

_rivalry_

Ten-teh and Wang Ho are frequent antagonists, competing for status or resources.

## In the story

### [The Out-Passing Into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-Enduring Two with Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/xii-the-out-passing-into-a-state-of-assured-felicity-of-the-much-enduring-two-with-whom-these-printed-leaves-have-chiefly-been-concerned)

Protagonist of the embedded story; a cormorant fisherman who remains loyal to the deposed Emperor Tung Kwei and his son Kwo Kam.

### [The Story of the Loyalty of Ten-Teh, the Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/the-story-of-the-loyalty-of-ten-teh-the-fisherman)

The loyal fisherman who sacrifices his livelihood and ultimately his life to deliver a critical message to Emperor Kwo Kam, redirecting the army to the Seng valley.

### [Under the Dragon’s Wing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/i-under-the-dragon-s-wing)

The cormorant fisher who finds the mysterious man-child Hoang and adopts him.

### [The Message from the Outer Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/ii-the-message-from-the-outer-land)

The protagonist of the chapter; a fisherman whose fortunes have turned, whose raft and cormorants are seized by a mandarin, and who ultimately lies dying alone in his hut.

### [III: The Last Service](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kai_lung_s_golden_hours_se/chapters/iii-the-last-service)

The loyal messenger who delivers a vital warning to Emperor Kwo Kam and dies after his mission is complete.

## Links

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