Princess Iron Fan

For other uses, see Princess Iron Fan (disambiguation).
Princess Iron Fan and Sun Wukong. Painting in the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace in Beijing.

Princess Iron Fan (traditional Chinese: 鐵扇公主; simplified Chinese: 铁扇公主; pinyin: Tiěshàn Gōngzhǔ; Wade–Giles: T‘ie3-shan4 Kung1-chu3; Jyutping: Tit3sin3 Gung1zyu2) is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. She is the wife of the Bull Demon King and mother of Red Boy. She is one of the most popular Journey to the West villains, alongside her husband the Bull Demon King, her son the Red Boy, and Baigujing.[1]

In Journey to the West, Princess Iron Fan is not so much a goddess as in a "proper" celestial one, but rather she made the villagers living near Flaming Mountains yield to her and offer her tribute like a goddess.[2] She is also addressed as Rākṣasī (羅剎女; Luóchànǚ).

  1. ^ Lu, Xun (1959). A brief history of Chinese ficton. Foreign Languages Press.
  2. ^ Chinese Literature. Foreign Languages Press. 1961.