# Yeh Ling — The Clue of the New Pin character guide > Yeh Ling in The Clue of the New Pin by Edgar Wallace. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Ling, Yeh **First appearance:** 0004-v ## Snapshot The reserved proprietor of the Golden Roof, he moves between two worlds with an impassive face and a sense of obligation that outranks any inspector's warrant. ## Who they are Yeh Ling is a successful Chinaman in the restaurant trade, monosyllabic with reporters and unhurried with police, who keeps a safe of Trasmere's papers and refuses to hand over one of them. He visits opium dens in Reed Street without flinching at the jeers, and he protects Ursula Ardfern with a loyalty that has its own logic. His silence is not ignorance — it is a decision, and it shapes what Carver can and cannot prove. ## Relationships ### [Tab Holland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/tab_holland) _friendship_ Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery. ### [Ursula Ardfern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/ursula_ardfern) _friendship_ Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another. ### [Jesse Trasmere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/jesse_trasmere) _psychological_ Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency. ### [Rex Lander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/rex_lander) _social_ Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection. ### [Tab Holland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/tab_holland) _friendship_ Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery. ### [Ursula Ardfern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/ursula_ardfern) _friendship_ Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another. ### [Ursula Ardfern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/ursula_ardfern) _friendship_ Ursula and Yeh Ling are confidantes, sharing personal secrets and supporting one another. ### [Jesse Trasmere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/jesse_trasmere) _psychological_ Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency. ### [Rex Lander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/rex_lander) _social_ Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection. ### [Tab Holland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/tab_holland) _friendship_ Tab and Yeh Ling are close allies, sharing information and supporting each other through the mystery. ### [Jesse Trasmere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/jesse_trasmere) _psychological_ Jesse exerts control and manipulation over Yeh Ling, creating a dynamic of fear and dependency. ### [Rex Lander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/rex_lander) _social_ Rex and Yeh Ling are acquaintances, interacting occasionally but without deep connection. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/i) The proprietor of Yeh Ling's restaurant, who manages both the fashionable 'Golden Roof' and the original Chinese establishment. He secretly meets with Jesse Trasmere monthly and is tasked with finding a way to neutralize Wellington Brown. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xi) Implied to be the Chinese man observed by Eline and Mr. Stott; later revealed to have visited Mayfield to retrieve a lacquer box containing a note. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xii) Mentioned indirectly as the Chinese father of the boy Ursula nursed; he later laid out her Chinese garden. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xiv) Visits Wellington Brown in an opium den, instructs Yo Len Fo to keep him hidden, and notices he is being watched. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xv) Building a Chinese-style house with a pillar; described as reserved and successful, with a son who may become Chinese Ambassador. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xvii) Found unconscious in the garden after a struggle with an unknown assailant during the night watch. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xviii) Reveals his past as a Harvard student, his partnership with Trasmere, and his secret surveillance of Ursula for seven years. Provides an alibi for Wellington Brown. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xix) Mentioned as having paid for Wellington Brown's stay at Yo Len Fo's; Brown suspects Trasmere is behind it. ### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxiii) Mentioned as having given a hint that Brown had been staying in an opium den. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxiv) Oversees the construction of the Pillar of Grateful Memories, reflecting on Confucian sayings and his promise to Shi Soh. Later meets Ursula at the restaurant, evading questions about the papers. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxv) Supervises the final touches on his house and the casting of the Pillar of Grateful Memories, discusses philosophy with Tab, and claims to know the murderer's identity. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxvi) Yeh Ling claims to know the murderer but refuses to betray him, and warns Tab about Ursula's dangerous shooting practice. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxvii) Mentioned as a poor waiter when Ursula first met him, and as a fellow beneficiary of Trasmere's financial backing with a similar profit-sharing arrangement. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxviii) Refuses to give Carver a sensitive document, citing legal standards and a sacred nature; meticulously prepares for Tab and Ursula's dinner. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxix) Appears unexpectedly after the dinner, inquiring about its success, and later appears in Tab's dream as a sinister figure. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxxi) Mentioned as having watched over Ursula for years and keeping a man watching her house; Rex accuses him of being involved in the murder. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxxii) Recalled by Tab as the watchful guardian who had been ready to intervene at the private dining-room. ### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxxvii) Ambushes and kills Rex Lander, then conceals the body in a concrete pillar; later disposes of the car. ### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/chapters/xxxix) Hosts a housewarming party, shows his art collection, and later performs a burial ritual at the Pillar of Grateful Memories. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters/yeh_ling - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_of_the_new_pin_se/characters