Editing Raise the Red Lantern (section)

==Cast==
*[[Gong Li]] as Songlian ({{zh|first=s|s=颂莲|t=頌蓮|p=Sònglián}}) - Known as Lotus in the English version of the novel.
*[[He Saifei]] as Meishan ({{zh|c=梅珊|p=Méishān|labels=no}}), the third mistress ({{zh|c=三太太|p=Sān tàitai|labels=no}}) - Known as Coral in the English version of the novel.
*[[Cao Cuifen]] as Zhuoyun ({{zh|first=s|s=卓云|t=卓雲|p=Zhuóyún|labels=no}}), the second mistress  ({{zh|c=二太太|p=Èr tàitai|labels=no}}) - Known as Cloud in the English version of the novel.
*[[Kong Lin (actress)|Kong Lin]] as Yan'er ({{zh|first=s|s=雁儿|t=雁兒|p=Yàn'ér|labels=no}}), Songlian's young servant - Known as Swallow in the English version of the novel.
*Zhou Qi ({{zh|c=周琦}}) as housekeeper Chen Baishun ({{zh|first=s|s=陈百顺|t=陳百順|p=Chén Bǎishùn|labels=no}})
*[[Jin Shuyuan]] (金淑媛) as Yuru ({{zh|c=毓如|p=Yùrú|labels=no}}), the first wife ({{zh|c=大太太|p=dà tàitai|labels=no}}) - Known as Joy in the English version of the novel.
*{{ill|Ma Jingwu|zh|马精武}} as Chen Zuoqian ({{zh|first=s|s=陈佐千|t=陳佐韆|p=Chén Zuǒqiān|labels=no}}) or Master Chen
*[[Cui Zhihgang]] as Doctor Gao ({{zh|first=s|s=高医生|t=高醫生|p=Gāo-yīshēng|labels=no}})
*[[Chu Xiao]] ({{zh|first=s|s=初曉|t=初曉|p=Chū Xiǎo|labels=no}}) as Feipu ({{zh|first=s|s=飞浦|t=飛浦|p=Fēipǔ|labels=no}}), the master's eldest son
*[[Cao Zhengyin]] as Songlian's old servant
*[[Ding Weimin]] as Songlian's mother