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Zhang Haike (张海客) is a character in the novel Tibetan Sea Flower. His branch of the Zhang family is from Hong Kong.[1][2] He knew Zhang Qiling as a child.
Personality & Skills[]
Zhang Haike could act slyly if it meant he could reach his goal.[3] For instance, he was nice to Wu Xie because he knew the other was important to his mission.[3] He is also determined and as long as he persisted he would get what he wanted.[4] However, he met his match when he tried to get Zhang Qiling to talk.[4] Wu Xie believes Zhang Haike is like Wang Pangzi as both are good at finding contradictions.[5]
He has clever ideas, reads a lot of books and is a skilled grave robber.[6] He understands Feng Shui well.[6]
He understood that the main branch of the family depended on the support of the branch families.[4] He hated the family system and the main branch's rules and restrictions.[4] It is the reason he had an aversion to those from the main branch.[4] He was happy that his branch of the family was more free.[4]
Appearance[]
In 2010, Zhang Haike looked exactly like Wu Xie.[7] Later, he seemed to give up on looking identical so the two looked similar but only enough to look like brothers.[2] However, Zhang Haike looked younger than Wu Xie.[2]
He has a tattoo on his neck that only appears when his skin is warm. It is a translated Sanskrit poem that says: "Wutong trees and midnight rain. They know not the grief right now at parting. Leaf by leaf, sound by sound, they drop on empty stairs until the morn."[8]
History[]
Early Years[]
His exact birth date is unknown, but he is two years older than Zhang Qiling.[4]
Although Zhang Haike only belonged to a branch of the main family he occasionally went to the main branch's mansion.[4] When he went there for the New Year's greeting, none of the other children were willing to play with him since he wasn't from the main branch.[4] He saw another child there who also didn't get along with the other children.[4] That child was Zhang Qiling who was only three years old at the time.[4] Zhang Qiling didn't talk or play with the other children and was not liked by others in the family.[4] This made Zhang Haike feel like he had found a kindred spirit.[4]
First Tomb[]
On another visit to the mansion, Zhang Haike got the courage to ask the Zhang Qiling why he wasn't playing with the other children.[4] Zhang Qiling looked at him, shook his head, and said nothing.[4] The two didn't meet again until Zhang Haike was fifteen and Zhang Qiling was thirteen years old.[4] Normally, the Zhang family let fifteen-year-olds search for tombs and build up their reputation.[4] All the Zhang children usually worked together, however, Zhang Qiling worked alone.[4] Zhang Haike was worried for him especially since the other was smaller and seemed weaker.[4] Zhang Haike felt that Zhang Qiling was definitely going to run into trouble, so he chose to part from his friends and protect him.[4] He considered this one of the best decision of his life.[4]
The two of them traversed China looking for tombs with no luck.[9] They came across three other Zhang children who were in the same situation as they were.[9] Many of them were worried because if they didn’t return before the end of the year, they would not only lose face, but also fail the test and bring shame to their parents.[9] The five of them decided to rob a heavily guarded tomb in Ma'an Village.[9] The tomb didn't abide by normal Feng Shui principles and though it was very dangerous the children wouldn't give up.[5] Inside the tomb were the corpses of many Zhang family members who had been killed by others in the same family.[10] They were presumably killed due to the infighting in the early Republican Era.[10] The other children found out that Zhang Qiling had actually led them there because he needed help to get something from deep within the tomb.[10] Zhang Qiling warned them not to follow him further into the tomb but they did anyway.[10] They became separated from him and fell into a trap with leeches that burrowed into their skin.[11] They needed Zhang Qiling's blood in order to get rid of them.[12] Zhang Haike never elaborated on how Zhang Qiling saved all of them.[13]
Speculated Meeting[]
It's speculated that Zhang Haike, who would have looked like Wu Xie, met Wu Xie in 2005 near the Zhang Jialou. The Wu Xie look-a-like then almost killed Wu Xie. When Zhang Haike encounters Wu Xie in 2010, he tells Wu Xie "I knew you wouldn't die so easily."[14] Wu Xie also believed it was the same man that tried to kill him before.[14]
Jila Temple[]
Zhang Haike was impersonating Wu Xie to check whether the other was the real Wu Xie.[15] He needed Wu Xie to help him save the Zhang Family by bringing something the patriarch had left in Changbai Mountain.[15][16] Zhang Haike offered his sister, Zhang Haixing, to go with him into the mountain to which Wu Xie agreed but stipulated that he wanted to bring one of his own people, Wang Pangzi.[17] Zhang Haixing then left to get Pangzi but was deceived and brought back a Tibetan man.[17] She "translated" the man's words and told his story to Wu Xie and Zhang Haike.[17] The Tibetan man turned out to be Pangzi in disguise and he set off a trap which caused everyone to scramble.[17] After everything settled down, a group of foreigners entered the room and told Wu Xie and Pangzi to leave.[3] Zhang Haike assured Wu Xie they could handle them.[3]
They set up another test for Wu Xie to see if he was immune to the bronze bells.[18] Though Zhang Haixing later claimed this was a ruse to figure out the potential of his blood. Zhang Haixing, Pangzi, Feng, and Wu Xie set off to Changbai Mountain. While there, Zhang Haixing claimed that she was not actually a Zhang and that Wu Xie was wrong for thinking that "the Zhang family’s mysterious faction would cooperate with [him]."[19] This novel remains unfinished and the true nature of Zhang Haixing has not been clarified.
After 2015[]
Despite what Zhang Haixing said about that faction of the Zhang family, Zhang Haike was with Wu Xie at a coffee shop in Hangzhou.[2] The two of them were discussing the Zhang family affairs. Zhang Haike seemed preoccupied with something else and Wu Xie thought he was in love.[2]
Trivia[]
- Zhang Haike, along with Zhang Haixing, were supposed to appear in the television series, Tomb of the Sea, but both were cut from the final product.[20]
References[]
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 32
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Southern Archives Extras, Chapter 4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 32
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 43
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 47
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 46
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 25
- ↑ The Daily Life of the Iron Triangle in Rain Village Extra
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 44
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 50
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapters 51-52
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 52
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 53
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 25
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 29
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapters 29-30
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 30
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 41
- ↑ Tibetan Sea Flower, Chapter 70
- ↑ Tomb of the Sea, Ending Credits. See Screenshot.
