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A Ke

A Ke (Chinese: 阿珂; pinyin: ā kē) is a character in Jinyong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron.

In John Minford's translation, A Ke has an English localized name Green.

A Ke was one of Wei Xiaobao's seven wives. Her parents were Li Zicheng and Chen Yuanyuan. (Note: This is just Jinyong's imagination. Historically, Li Zicheng and Chen Yuanyuan are not related.) When she was 2 years old, her master A Jiu grabbed her from Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan out of personal hatred. She was supposed as daughter of Wu Sangui and so her master did not treat her well. About love story of Wei Xiaobao and A Ke , we can summarize the contents like this : at first ,A Ke loved Zheng Ke Shuang and she didn't love Wei Xiaobao,she very hated him . But then , Wei Xiaobao had helped A Ke realized Zheng Ke Shuang's true face .Finally , with Wei Xiaobao's heartfelt love , A Ke accepted and became his 7^th wife - the last wife of Wei Xiaobao.

Notable actress who have played A Ke

• 商天娥 (1984, Hong Kong)
• 陳玉枚 (1984, Taiwan)
• 梁小冰 (1998)
• 朱茵 (2000)
• 应采儿 (2007)