Bai Niangzi

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Bai Niangzi, also known as Lady White, is a beautiful woman who meets Xu Xuan. She is later revealed to be a white snake demon. She marries Xu Xuan and uses her powers to help him, but also threatens to drown the city when he tries to leave her.

When

First attested
1624 CE
Attested period
1624 – 1624
Historical notes
First appears in Feng Menglong's 1624 collection Stories to Caution the World.

Relationships

allied with
Qingqing
enemy of
Fahai
consort of
Xu Xuan
manifests as
White Snake
served by
Qingqing

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Sources

Source passages

“He meets a beautiful woman in white (Bai Niangzi/Lady White) and her maid in blue-green named Qingqing, (青青), a fish spirit) on a boat in the rain. He lends them an umbrella. Bai Niangzi claims to be a widow.”

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