RONGGUO AND NINGGUO OPENING READING CARD
Original selective guide to relationships and scenes introduced in chapters 2–5.
It reveals Daiyu's arrival and the opening Ningguo garden visit; no later outcomes.
Not a complete genealogy or a measured building plan.

TWO SELECTED LINES
Founding Ningguo and Rongguo dukes: brothers, Ningguo duke elder.
Ningguo: Duke -> Jia Daihua -> Jia Jing -> Jia Zhen -> Jia Rong.
Rongguo: Duke -> Jia Daishan -> Jia Zheng -> Jia Baoyu.
The Rongguo branch also includes Jia She and Jia Min; other relatives are omitted here.
Baoyu and Jia Zhen share the illustrated fourth generation; Jia Rong is fifth.
These generation positions do not make Baoyu and Jia Zhen brothers or show their ages.

NAME AND PLACE CHECK
Rongguo: 荣国府 / 榮國府; Jung mansion in Joly's older translation.
Ningguo: 宁国府 / 寧國府; Ning mansion in Joly's older translation.
Jia Rong: 贾蓉 / 賈蓉; Chia Jung in Joly — a person, not the Jung mansion.
Match the full name and context in your edition, not a single shared spelling.

ONE SCENE ROW
Translator / volume / chapter reached:
Household or location named in this scene:
Host and visitor:
Person's family branch, if established:
Residence or visit in this scene, separately:
Form of address and speaker:
Passage supporting the relationship or location:
What is still unknown or beyond my chapter boundary:

OPENING CHECKPOINTS
Chapter 2: family explanation; keep branch, generation and shared residence separate.
Chapter 3: Daiyu passes Ningguo, proceeds west to Rongguo and meets her maternal grandmother.
Chapter 3: Jia She's quarters are identified by the host; a changed gate does not automatically mean Ningguo.
Chapter 5 opening: You Shi hosts a garden visit at Ningguo; Qin Shi is Jia Rong's wife.
Chapter 5 opening: the uncle-generation address to Baoyu does not invent a sibling link to Jia Zhen.

KEEP READING
Check the spelling in your edition and keep the source chapter beside the note.
Add people as the text introduces them; do not fill gaps from a late-novel plot summary.