To Live

Fugui (Foo-gway): one of the protagonists; husband of Jiazhen

Long'er (Long-r): Man who cheats Fugui out of his family's property

Jiazhen (Jaw-jen): one of the protagonists, 

Chengsheng (Cheeg-Shung): Fugui's friend from the Civil War; later, Communist district chief

Yongqing (Yoong-ching): son of Fugui and Jiazhen 

Fengxia (Fung-shaw): daughter of Fugui and Jiazhen

Fengxia (Fung-shaw), as an adult: daughter of Fugui and Jiazhen 

Wan Er'xi (Waan R-shee): Communist Red Guard and Fengxia's husband