Ye Wenjie

Character from remembrance-of-earths-past by Cixin Liu

The astrophysicist who watched her father beaten to death by Red Guards, then answered the universe's first reply to humanity with 'Come here. I will help you conquer this world.' Mother of Yang Dong, spiritual leader of the ETO, the woman whose grief broke the silence between stars.

Also known as: Ye, The Commander, Professor Ye, 叶文洁

What They Know

• The exact frequency, antenna gain, and solar amplification trick that let Red Coast's transmitter punch a signal across four light-years to Trisolaris
• The two axioms of cosmic sociology — survival is the first need, and matter is finite — which she will pass to Luo Ji at her daughter's grave
• The names of every man who killed her father in the Tsinghua University struggle session of 1966, and which of them are still alive
• How the Adventists and Redemptionists split inside the ETO, and which faction Mike Evans will betray first
• That she is dying, and that she chose the timing of her last visit to Radar Peak deliberately

Connections

• parent_of — yang_dong
• parent_of — vera_ye
• leads — eto
• ally_of — mike_evans
• child_of — ye_zhetai
• child_of — shao_lin
• loves — yang_weining
• mentors — luo_ji
• located_in — ye_wenjie_lakehouse

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