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Young Justice Bao (2000 TV Series)
''Young Justice Bao'' ( Simplified Chinese: ) is a 25-episode ancient legal drama series produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore in 1994. The drama stars Chew Chor Meng as the legendary Song Dynasty jurist Bao Zheng. Cast * Chew Chor Meng as Bao Zheng * Chen Hanwei as Bai Yutang *Zhang Wenxiang as Zhan Zhao *Eugena Lee as Li Ke *Cherie Lim as Li Jue * Chen Shucheng as Li Wenye * Richard Low as Imperial Tutor Pang *Fu Youming as Pang Yu * Chen Tianwen as Di Qing *Wang Guanwu as Emperor Renzong of Song *Zhou Shiqiang as Wen Yanbo *Zhu Yuye as Empress Dowager Liu *Liang Tian as Guo Huai *Lin Xiulian as Kou Zhu Kou Zhu (寇珠, also translated as "Pearl") is a fictional Song dynasty palace maid popular in legends related to Emperor Renzong of Song, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Concubine Li and Empress Liu. In the 19th-century novel ''The Seven Heroes an ... *Huang Shaoting as Consort Li *Yang Tianfu as Wang Chao *Wu Kaishen as Ma Han *Lin Qinyuan as Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Bao
Judge Bao (or Justice Bao (包青天)) stories in literature and performing arts are some of the most popular in traditional Chinese crime fiction ( ''gong'an'' fiction). All stories involve the Song dynasty minister Bao Zheng who solves, judges and sentences criminal cases. Literary tradition Plays from the Yuan and Ming dynasties In the Yuan Dynasty, many plays (in the forms of '' qu'' and ''zaju'') have featured Bao Zheng as the central character. These plays include: * '' Judge Bao Cleverly Investigates the Circle of Chalk'' (包待制智勘灰闌記) by Li Qianfu * ''Judge Bao Thrice Investigates the Butterfly Dream'' (包待制三勘蝴蝶夢) by Guan Hanqing * ''Judge Bao Cleverly Executes Court Official Lu'' (包待制智斬魯齋郎) by Guan Hanqing * ''Judge Bao Sells Rice at Chenzhou'' (包待制陳州糶米) * ''Ding-ding Dong-dong: The Ghost of the Pot'' (玎玎璫璫盆兒鬼) * ''Judge Bao Cleverly Investigates the Flower of the Back Courtyard'' (包待制智勘後 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Tianwen
Chen Tianwen (born 28 March 1963) is a Singaporean actor. Career Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984. He is contracted to Mediacorp, starring in many Chinese-language Singaporean dramas shown on MediaCorp Channel 8 since the 1990s. He has also starred in Singaporean movies including ''Ah Boys to Men 2'', '' Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen'' and '' The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown''. Chen holds a black belt in taekwondo and his martial arts background led to him being cast in many ''Wuxia'' dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series. He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team. ''The Straits Times'' remarked that Chen's "much-praised understated turn" in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning film ''Ilo Ilo'' put him in the spotlight once again. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Chinese Dramas
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country, island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one Singapore Island, main island, List of islands of Singapore, 63 satellite islands and islets, and Pedra Branca, Singapore, one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the List of countries and dependencies by population density, third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Yanyan
Xiao Yanyan (; 953–1009), also known as Empress Dowager Chengtian (承天皇太后) was a Khitan empress and military leader of imperial China's Liao dynasty. She was regent on behalf of her son from 982. History Xiao Yanyan was the 3rd child of Xiao Siwen (蕭思溫), Liao's chancellor. Also referred to by the name Xiao Chuo, Xiao's original Khitan family name was Bali (拔裏氏). She was the youngest of the Xiao sisters, along with Xiao Hunian and Lady Xiao. Xiao later married Emperor Jingzong of Liao and would go on to bear the crown Prince Yelü Longxu. Being granted the title of Empress, Xiao was influential during her husband's reign. She would go on to become regent for her son in 982 when he ascended the Liao throne as Emperor Shengzong at 12 years old after the untimely death of Emperor Jingzong of Liao who died while returning from a hunting trip. In 986, the Liao Empire was invaded by the Song Dynasty to the south under the leadership of Emperor Taizong of Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Yinzhu
Li Yinzhu (simplified Chinese: 李茵珠; born 14 September 1949) is a Singaporean actress. She has been in the entertainment industry since 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials. Career In 1980, Li signed with Singapore Broadcasting Corporation to be its first batch of actors. After contracting dengue fever in 2019 and subsequent health issues, she left Mediacorp in 2010 but continued to act on contract basis. Personal life Li was born in Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ..., China. She left China with her mother and two elder brothers when she was young. Li has 2 daughters. Filmography Film Musical Accolades References Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean television personalities Singaporean televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Chao (character)
Wang Chao may refer to: ; Places * Wang Chao District, a district of Tak Province, Thailand ; People * Wang Chao (Tang dynasty) (846–898), warlord in Fujian during the later years of the Tang dynasty * Wang Chao (character), fictional Song dynasty officer under Bao Zheng * Wang Chao (director) (born 1964), Chinese film director * Wang Chao (figure skater) Wang Chao (; born November 2, 1996) is a Chinese ice dancer. With his skating partner, Ning Wanqi, he is the 2020 Cup of China bronze medalist, a three-time Chinese national bronze medalist (2018–20), and competed in the final segment at tw ... (born 1996), Chinese ice dancer * Wang Chao (footballer) (born 1975), retired Chinese footballer * Wang Chao (baseball) (born 1985), Chinese baseball player * Wang Chao (sailor), Chinese sailor including in 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup See also * Wang Chau (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consort Li (Zhenzong)
Consort Li, imperial consort rank ''Chenfei'' () (987 – 1032), was an imperial consort of the Song dynasty of China. She was a concubine of Emperor Zhenzong and the mother of Emperor Renzong. She was posthumously honored as ''Empress Dowager Zhangyi'' (章懿皇太后), after Emperor Renzong discovered that she was his real mother. Biography Born in Hangzhou, the future Consort Li first became an imperial maid for Consort Liu. She caught the eye of Emperor Zhenzong and bore him a boy and a daughter (who died). The boy was claimed by Consort Liu who successfully became the empress. Even after the boy became Emperor Renzong, the real mother still kept her silence. In the 11th year of her son's reign (also overseen by Empress Liu), she became ill and was given the consort rank ''Chenfei'' shortly before she died. A year later, after Empress Liu also died, Prince Zhao Yuanyan told the emperor the truth, and also suggested that Consort Li had been murdered. Shocked with grief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kou Zhu
Kou Zhu (寇珠, also translated as "Pearl") is a fictional Song dynasty palace maid popular in legends related to Emperor Renzong of Song, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Concubine Li and Empress Liu. In the 19th-century novel ''The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants'', she is credited with saving the newborn Emperor Renzong: when her master Concubine Liu ordered her to strangle him and dump his body under a bridge, she gave the infant to the eunuch Chen Lin instead. Years later, she was tortured by Liu (then already the empress thanks to her conspiracy) and her eunuch Guo Huai, and committed suicide. Still years later, Bao Zheng and his chief strategist Gongsun Ce "invoked her ghost" to extract a confession out of Guo. She first appeared in writing in the play ''Chen Lin Carrying the Filigree Box at Gold Water Bridge'' (金水橋陳琳抱粧盒) from the 1615 volume ''Collections of Yuan Plays'' (元曲選), in which she was simply called Palace Maid Kou (寇承禦, "Kou Chengyu") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Huai (character)
Guo Huai (died 23 February 255), courtesy name Boji, was a military general of the state of Cao Wei (or Wei) during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Cao Cao as a subordinate of Cao Cao's generals Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He. During the Three Kingdoms period, he served in Wei, the state established by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, and lived through the reigns of four Wei emperors (Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang and Cao Mao). From the 220s until his death in 255, he governed and defended Wei's western borders in Yong and Liang provinces (covering parts of present-day Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia). During this time, he resisted multiple invasions by Wei's rival state, Shu Han, and quelled some rebellions by local Qiang, Di and other non-Han Chinese tribes. Family background Guo Huai was from Yangqu County (), Taiyuan Commandery, which is located southwest of present-day Yangqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Liu (Zhenzong)
Empress Zhangxian Mingsu (章獻明肅皇后); lit. “The orderly, worthy, wise and solemn Empress.” more commonly known as Empress Liu (劉皇后), was an empress of the Song dynasty, married to the Emperor Zhenzong in 1012 and quickly gained the emperor's trust to discuss government matters. She ruled '' unofficially'' as the regent of China during the illness of Emperor Zhenzong from 1020 until 1022, and then '' officially'' as regent during the minority of Emperor Renzong from 1022 until her own death in 1033. As a regent, she commanded in her own name, not the name of the young emperor, she became the second woman in Chinese history to wear the imperial robe, after Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant in Chinese history. Early life Orphaned in infancy, Lady Liu was raised by maternal relatives, and by adolescence she became a singer skilled at hand-drums. She married Gong Mei (龔美), a silversmith who took her to the capital Kaifeng, where in 983, she entered the palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
