Chia Ching Chia Tai-hua's son; father of Chia Chen and Hsi-chun. He gives up his noble title and devotes the rest of his life to studying religion and taking elixirs every day, hoping to become an immortal.
Chia Chen Chia Ching's son; Madame Yu's husband. His son Chia Jung is married to Chin Ko-ching. Chia Chen is a dissipated person and has an illicit relationship with his daughter-in-law.
Hsi-chun (Compassion Spring) Chia Cling's daughter. She is on good terms with the nun Miao-yu and is planning on becoming a nun herself.
Chia Jung Chia Chen's son. His father buys him a position as an officer of the fifth rank in the Imperial Guard. Chia Jung is also a dissolute person, dallying with beautiful girls whenever he can.
Chin Ko-ching Chia Jung's wife; she comes from a poor scholar's family. Her brother Chin Chung is a good friend of Pao-yu.
Lady Dowager (the Matriarch) Daughter of Marquis Shih of Chinling; wife of Chia Tai-shan, who has been dead for many years. She has two sons, Chia Sheh and Chia Cheng, and a daughter, Chia Min. She is so attached to her grandsons and granddaughters that she makes them study in the Jung Mansion so that she can be near them.
Chia Sheh Son of Lady Dowager. After the death of his father, he inherits the title of Duke of Jungkuo. He is a lecher who fancies beautiful girls and bullies weaklings. He is arrested, but is released because of the Emperor's amnesty.
Lady Hsing Chia Sheh's wife. Her dissatisfaction and jealousy cause her to urge Lady Wang to declare that a search be made throughout the Grand View Garden.
Chia Lien Chia Sheh's son; Wang Hsi-feng 's husband. Like others, he too is dissolute and secretly marries Second Sister Yu so that she can be his concubine.
Wang Hsi-feng (Phoenix) Chia Lien's wife; Lady Wang's niece. She is pretty, clever, and competent; she is also talkative, greedy, and cunning. She runs the Chia household affairs expertly, but sometimes uses her power and position to bully the weak. She dies a tragic death.
Chiao-chieh Pretty daughter of Chia Lien and Wang Hsi-feng .
Chia Cheng Younger son of Lady Dowager. Upon the death of his father, the Emperor gives him the rank of Assistant Secretary; then he rises to the rank of Under Secretary in the Board of Works. He is strict with his son, Pao-yu, hoping that Pao-yu will enhance the family reputation.
