Professor Zhang
Names: Professor ZhangChief Engineer Zhang
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 6 (6)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 4Dr. Zhang is Tianming's attending physician and a high school classmate of Tianming's sister; he seems to be acting on her behalf.
- Ch 4Dr. Zhang showed Tianming the euthanasia law news and invited him to Lao Li's procedure, hinting at euthanasia as an option.
Connections
- related toWang Miaoneighbor who lends a camera
- friend ofTianming's sisterhigh school classmates; he works on her behalf
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Wang discovers the countdown
Developing his film, Wang finds a countdown from 1,200 hours on every photo, persisting across cameras and rolls but appearing only in pictures he takes himself.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Lao Li's euthanasia
Lao Li undergoes the city's first legal euthanasia in a decorated room while Tianming watches through one-way glass, deeply shaken.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Tianming realizes his sister's motive
Tianming recognizes Dr. Zhang as his sister's classmate and concludes she wants him to choose euthanasia to protect her inheritance. He resigns himself and applies for euthanasia.