Galdan Boshugtu Khan
The following is a list of characters from the novel "The Deer and the Cauldron" by Jin Yong. Some of these characters previously appeared in another novel "Sword Stained with Royal Blood", which is also written by Jin Yong. Some of these characters are based on historical figures, such as the Kangxi Emperor, Oboi, Wu Sangui, Chen Yuanyuan, Princess Changping, Zheng Keshuang, Feng Xifan, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Sophia Alekseyevna, Desi Sangye Gyatso, Wu Liuqi and Zha Jizuo (a purported ancestor of Jin Yong).