CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Princess Iron Fan铁扇公主
Wife of the Bull Demon King, mother of Red Boy, and holder of the Banana Leaf Fan.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 3
- RELATION RECORDS
- 4
- SOURCE WORKS
- 1
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Princess Iron Fan, and the people around them.
Open one chapter at a time. Each chapter gives the relationship first, then the source text behind it.
01KINSHIPKinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
2 figures · 3 records+
Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Bull Demon King—Princess Iron Fanspouse
Princess Iron FanisRed Boy’s mother
02CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
1 figure · 1 record+
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Sun Wukong (Monkey King)→Princess Iron Fandeceive
3 key relationships are shown here. The complete record remains below.
In fiction · Journey to the West
Princess Iron Fan is the wife of the Bull Demon King, the mother of Red Boy, and possesses a Banana Leaf Fan. In the end, she returns to the right path.
History vs. fiction
The title Princess Iron Fan does not match the Buddhist concept of Rakshasa
- novel inventionIn Buddhism, Rakshasa are evil ghosts, and the novel fictionalized the Rakshasa woman
In Chapter 59 of 'Journey to the West', the wife of the Bull Demon King is named Princess Iron Fan or Rakshasi, and she holds a palm-leaf fan. In Buddhism, Rakshasa refers to man-eating demons, and there is no such character as Princess Iron Fan who possesses a celestial treasure. The original text: "只有个铁扇公主,又名罗刹女。" (Chapter 59 of 'Journey to the West').
Relationship network
- deceive← Sun Wukong (Monkey King) → Princess Iron FanlitJourney to the West, ch. 59Journey to the West, ch. 60Journey to the West, ch. 61
Original text (3)
两个在翠云山前,不论亲情,却只讲仇隙
Original relation: fight · Journey to the West, ch. 59
变作你的模样,到此骗我
骗了罗刹女,哄得他扇子
Original text (2)
罗刹女养的
我儿是号山枯松涧火云洞圣婴大王红孩儿
- spouse← Bull Demon King → Princess Iron FanlitJourney to the West, ch. 60Journey to the West, ch. 61
Original text (2)
大力王乃罗刹女丈夫
我妻许你共相将
Original text (1)
乃大力牛魔王妻也