| Wei | An yi | Ji-li's bestfriend. |
| Xu | A-san | Six-finger's neighbor. A Revolutionist. |
| Fourth | Aunt | Ji-li's aunt who was married to Xi-reng's half-brother. |
| Tong | Chao | Ji-li's classmate. |
| Jiang | Chen ying | Ji-li's mother. |
| Xiao | Cheng | Ji-li's neighbor. |
| Ke | Cheng-li | Ji-li's math teacher. |
| Wang | Dayong | Ji-li's classmate. |
| Rong | De-feng | A factory owner. Deceased. |
| Wei | Dong-li | An yi's mother. A teacher. |
| Xiao | Fan | Ji-li's schoolmate. |
| Yang | Fan | Ji-li's classmate. A Red Succesor. |
| Fang | fang | Ji-li's junior high school classmate. |
| Chang | Hong | Ji-li's junior high school deskmate. Red Guard committee member. |
| Grandpa | Hong | A bookstall owner. |
| Xiao | Hong yin | Ji-yun's classmate. |
| Jia | Hong yu | The Red Guard leader. |
| Sang | Hong-zhen | Du hai's mother. The neighborhood committee secretary. |
| Yu | Jian | The chairman of Ji-li's class. |
| Ji-li | Jiang | Protagonist and Narrator. |
| Zhang | Jie | An yi's classmate. |
| Chairman | Jin | The head of Xin Zha Junior High. |
| Jiang | Ji-yong | Ji-li's brother. Aka: Iron-ball. |
| Jiang | Ji-yun | Ji-li's sister. |
| Chiang | Kai Shek | China's current dictator. Chairman Mao's political opponent. |
| Yin | Lan lan | Classmate of Ji-li who wrote a protest. A Red Succesor. |
| Principal | Long | The Xin Er Primary School's principal. |
| Officer | Ma | Policeman in charge of residence registration in Ji-li's neighborhood. |
| You | Mei | Cousin of Xi-reng. |
| Ming | ming | Ji-yong's friend. |
| Mr. | Ni | The chariman of the new neighborhood dictatorship group. |
| Song | Po-po | Ji-li's nanny. |
| Wang | Qi | Ji-li's schoolmate. |
| Old | Qian | A bourgeoisie living near the school. |
| Lady | Rong | De-feng's widow. |
| Bai | Shan | Ji-li's intellegent junior highschool classmate. |
| Shan | Shan | Xi-wen's youngest son. Ji-li's cousin. |
| Liu | Shao-qi | The chairman of the NPC Standing Committee. |
| Fourth | Uncle | Fourth Aunt's husband. Xi-reng's half-brother. |
| Liu | Wen-cai | A landlord. Warlord Liu Wenchei's brother. |
| Fan | Wen-chong | Xi-reng's friend since college. |
| Little | White | Ji-li's family cat. |
| Jiang | Xi wen | An unpleasant old woman who lived near the school. Ji-li's aunt. |
| Deng | Xiao | The general secretary. |
| Zhang | Xin | Ji-li's homeroom teacher in junior highschool. |
| Jiang | Xi-reng | Ji-li's father. Aka: Lao Jiang. |
| Deng | Yi-yi | Ji-li's class partner. Aka: Pauper. |
| Mao | Zedong | Chairman of the communist party of China. Aka: Chairman Mao. |
| Bao | | Xi-reng's friend. A playwright. |
| Cao | | Ji-li's teacher. |
| Ducky | | Ji-li's junior high school classmate. |
| Du-hai | | Ji-li's classmate. Hong-zhen's mother. |
| Gu | | Ji-li's homeroom teacher. |
| Hou | | A revolutionary committee member. Ji-li's teacher. |
| Hua-hua | | You-mei's daughter. Ji-li's cousin. |
| Li | | Ji-li's junior high school math teacher. |
| Lin-lin | | Ji-li's junior high school classmate. |
| Pudge | | Ji-li's junior high school classmate. |
| Thin-face | | Forced Ji-li to testify against his father. |
| Tian | | Wu's husband. Xi-reng's colleague and friend. |
| Wu | | Tian's wife. Xi-reng's colleague and friend. |
| Zhu | | A young actor at Xi-reng's theatre. |
