Tze-Yo-Tzuh’s emissaries are the lion, the ox, the human, and the eagle. They function primarily as a group and have few defining characteristics as individuals aside from their differing forms. They take the form of vagrants in the final chapter of the Monkey King’s story, and after testing the monk Wong Lai-Tsao, they send him on his journey to the west.
Get the entire American Born Chinese LitChart as a printable PDF.
The Emissaries of Tze-Yo-Tzuh Character Timeline in American Born Chinese
The timeline below shows where the character The Emissaries of Tze-Yo-Tzuh appears in American Born Chinese. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
...demons, and spirits go to the lion, the ox, the human, and the eagle, the emissaries of Tze-Yo-Tzuh: the lion, the ox, the human, and the eagle. They beg the emissaries...
(full context)
Chapter 7
...that this answer is good, and then suddenly the group of vagrants transforms into Tze-Yo-Tzuh’s emissaries. The lion explains who they are and says that Tze-Yo-Tzuh has chosen Wong Lai-Tsao for...
(full context)
The emissaries ask if Wong Lai-Tsao accepts the mission and after a moment of silence, Wong Lai-Tsao...
(full context)
