Yi Xian

Yi Xian (Chinese: 一弦 Yī Xián) is an open-world NPC in Liyue Harbor. She is the younger sister of Yi Zhu.

Location

Map location

Additional context

Profile

Yi Xian is a young girl living in Liyue Harbor with her older brother, Yi Zhu. Their mother died under unknown circumstances, shortly before the Traveler's arrival, and at Yi Xian's young age, she didn't fully understand the situation. Their father is unaccounted for and can be presumed deceased; as a result, other people in the city, such as Changshun, have been helping Yi Zhu take care of her.

By the time of the Lantern Rite event, Yi Xian has come to grips with her mother's death, which is reflected in her dialogue with her brother.

Appearance

She is a small young girl with fair skin, black hair and black eyes. She wears a long brown dress with a bow-like knot on the collar.

Quests and Events

World Quests

Requests

• Yi Zhu's Snack

Events

• Lantern Rite Tales
  • City of Chores
• Fleeting Colors in Flight
  • The Stars Inscribe the Year's Wishes (cutscene)

Idle Quotes

During Lantern Rite

During Fleeting Colors in Flight

Dialogue

Event Dialogue

Lantern Rite

Fleeting Colors in Flight

Trivia

• In Linling's Anthology of Selected Poetry, she complains about "Changchang's" constant crying. However, she probably meant Yi Xian, and simply didn't remember which child was which.

• The siblings' names are most likely a reference to The Inlaid Harp (Chinese: 锦瑟 Jǐnsè), a poem composed by Li Shangyin, a poet and politician during the 9th century.
  • The second verse of the poem is 一弦一柱思华年 which loosely translates to "Each string (yixian), each bridge (yizhu) [of this fifty-string harp] makes me recall the glorious days of my youth [with my beloved one]."
  • Reinterpreting the verse while treating 一弦 yīxián, "one string" and 一柱 yīzhù, "one bridge" as names results in this possible interpretation: "Yi Xian and Yi Zhu yearn for their happy days."
  • Their names may be based on a viral story of a man who named his children Yi Xian and Yi Zhu after his wife Nianhua passed away since the verse may also be interpreted as "Yi Xian and Yi Zhu miss [their mother] Nianhua."

Gallery

Cameos

Collected Miscellany - "Qiqi- Fortune-Preserving Talisman"｜Genshin Impact

Fleeting Colors in Flight Event Cutscene Animation- "Age of Flowing Hues" - Genshin Impact

Other Languages

Change History

References