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"The Phoenix Mirror! How did you get this?"
―Yeh to Ryo

Xiuyu Yeh (Hànzì: 葉秀玉, Pinyin: Yè Xiùyù, On'yomi: Yō Shūgyoku) lives beside the Village Square within Bailu Village, Guilin in the game Shenmue III. Known by the village as Elder Yeh she is one of the eldest members of Bailu Village, alongside Wenxu Su and Jiusi Sun.

Shenmue III[]

Elder Yeh spends most of her time preparing medicines with rare herbs in the village. At first, she doesn't want to share any information regarding the Verdant Bridge with Ryo Hazuki, but when she learns that he owns the Phoenix Mirror, she changes her mind. She's the person who knows the most about the mysteries of the village's past, and she is the keeper of the keys to the hidden mechanism of the Bell Tower, which she has Ryo locate at her house. After acquiring a hidden scroll within the Bell Tower, Elder Yeh deciphers the locations depcited being Niaowu and the Cliff Mountains to which the treasure linked to the Dragon Mirror and Phoenix Mirror resides.

Request (Shenmue III)[]

  • Medicine Delivery

Shenmue the Animation[]

Anime Elder Yeh

Elder Yeh as she appears in the anime.

Elder Yeh appears in Shenmue the Animation Episode 2. She tells the children of Bailu Village the prophecy poem at her house.

Etymology[]

  • Xiuyu means "show, beautiful, elegant, excellent, handsome, luxuriant, outstanding" (秀) (xiu) and "beautiful, pure, jade, jasper" (玉) (yu).
  • Yeh means "foliage, leaf/leaf-like thing, lobe, page, part of a historical period, sheet" (葉).

Trivia[]

  • In 1987, Ye is completely blind, but she was able to see when she was a kid, in 1910. It's never explained how she lost her sight.
  • Her name is spelled "Yeh" with a final "H" instead of the correct "Ye", probably to avoid confusion with the family of Yanzin Ye.
  • She is called Grandmother Yao in the English version of Shenmue the Animation.

Ema[]

Image Name Message
Shen3EMAYehXiuyu Xiuyu Yeh I pray no disasters befall the village.

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