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and

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. The story is loosely adapted from the 14th-century Chinese classical novel ''

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'', with Zhao Yun (Zhao Zilong) as the main character. It was first aired on

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from 3 April to 7 May 2016.

Synopsis

Zhao Zilong was a great military general who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early

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of China. With unparalleled fighting skills, courage and charisma, Zhao Zilong initially served

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but switched his allegiance to

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the ...

for the rest of his illustrious career as a member of the famous

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. However, when he becomes embroiled in a love triangle with the beautiful Xiahou Qingyi and another great warrior, Gao Ze, will he discover that battles of the heart are the most dangerous of all?

Cast

Main

as Zhao Zilong ** Huang Tianqi as Zhao Zilong (child) *

as Xiahou Qingyi / Ma Yunlu ** Tao Yixi as Xiahou Qingyi (child) *

as Gao Ze ** Gao Zhenxuan as Gao Ze (child) *

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as Gongsun Baoyue *

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as Li Quan / Li Rending * Zhao Yingzi as Li Feiyan * Guo Dongdong as Liu Shen ** Wang Pengchao as Liu Shen (child) * Sun Xiaoxiao as Liu Qing'er *

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as Shi Yan *

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Lü Bu Lü Bu () (died 7 February 199), courtesy name Fengxian, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Originally a subordinate of a minor warlord Ding Yuan, he betr ...

* Nazha as Diaochan * Yan Yikuan as

* Fan Yulin as

Supporting

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as Zhao An * Shi Xiaoqun as Zhao Zilong's mother * Qi Hang as Xiahou Jie * Zhang He as Geng Chun * Sun Dachuan as Pan Yu * Wen Haocheng as Zhou Huaizhong * Li Mingzhu as Zhao Shimei * Ding Xinmin as Yue Yuan * Li Tianye as

Guan Yu Guan Yu (; ), courtesy name Yunchang, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Along with Zhang Fei, he shared a brotherly relationship with Liu Bei and accompanied him on ...

* Zhu Laicheng as

Zhang Fei Zhang Fei () (died July or August 221 AD), courtesy name Yide, was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were among the earlie ...

* Zhang Xiaochen as

Ma Chao Ma Chao () (176–222), courtesy name Mengqi, was a Chinese military general and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. A descendant of the general Ma Yuan, Ma Chao was the eldest son of Ma ...

* Zhang Shan as

Huang Zhong Huang Zhong (, ) (died 220), courtesy name Hansheng, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Mount Dingjun in 219, in which ...

* Yang Le as

Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang ( zh, t=諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮) (181 – September 234), courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and military strategist. He was chancellor and later regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is ...

* Ma Xiaojun as

Pang Tong Pang Tong () (179–214), courtesy name Shiyuan, was a key adviser to the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. In his youth, Pang Tong was disregarded because he was plain looking, however Sima Hui highly esteemed him call ...

* Kang Se Jung as Sun Shangxiang * Li Jun as Sima Hui * Meng Yansen as Liu Bian (Emperor Shao) * Zheng Wei as Liu Xie (Emperor Xian) * Han Dong as

Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo () (died 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minist ...

* Miao Haojun as Wang Yun * Wu Diwen as

Li Ru Li Ru ( 189–192), courtesy name Wenyou, was an official serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Li Ru was from Heyang County (), Zuopingyi (), which is in present-day Heyang County, Shaanxi. He serve ...

* Xu Chong as

Hua Xiong Hua Xiong () (died 191) was a military general serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Little is recorded about Hua Xiong in history, apart from the fact that he served as a military officer u ...

* Liu Yapeng as Li Jue * Xu Zhanwei as

Guo Si Guo Si () (died 197), also known as Guo Duo, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord serving under the warlord Dong Zhuo during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He assisted Dong Zhuo in his many campaigns and served as a su ...

* Yan Wei as Zhang Ji * Da Youwei as

Fan Chou Fan Chou (died 2 March 195According to Liu Xie's biography in ''Book of the Later Han'', Fan Chou was killed by Li Jue on the ''yihai'' day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the ''Xingping'' era. This corresponds to 2 Mar 195 on the Julian cal ...

* Li Xiaohang as Xu Rong * Min Jian as Chen Gong * Liu Ruogu as

Liu Shan Liu Shan () (207–271), courtesy name Gongsi, was the second and last emperor of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. As he ascended the throne at the age of 16, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of the Chancellor Zhug ...

* Wu Wei as Jian Yong * Hu Bing as Sun Qian * Liang Ailin as Lady Gan * Huang Yina as

Lady Mi Lady Mi (190s) was a younger sister of Liu Bei's associate Mi Zhu who arranged a marriage between her and Liu Bei after Liu Bei's wife or wives and children had been captured by Lü Bu in 196. Though information on her life is scarce, she is mo ...

* Zhong Ming as

Mi Fang Mi Fang (died 223), courtesy name Zifang, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was also the younger brother of Mi Zhu, who also served Liu Bei. In 219, Mi Fang surren ...

* Zhang Ying as Cao Cao * Huang Yonggang as

Xiahou Dun Xiahou Dun () (died 13 June 220), courtesy name Yuanrang, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.''Sanguozhi'' vol.9. He served for a few months under Cao Ca ...

* Wang Wei as

Cao Hong Cao Hong (died 232), courtesy name Zilian, was a Chinese military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career in the late Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Cao Cao, who was his older secon ...

* Sun Xiaofei as

Cao Ren Cao Ren () (168 – 6 May 223), courtesy name Zixiao, was a military general serving during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China under the warlord Cao Cao, who was also his older second cousin. He continued serving in the state of Cao Wei – f ...

* Ma Yongkang as

Xu Huang Xu Huang () (died 227), courtesy name Gongming, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He later served in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period under the first ...

* Sun Haoran as

Zhang Liao Zhang Liao () (169–222), courtesy name Wenyuan, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served briefly in the state of Cao Wei, founded by Cao Cao's successor Cao Pi, in the ...

* Jiang Baocheng as

Xu Chu Xu Chu () (died 230), courtesy name Zhongkang, was a Chinese military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career as a bodyguard to the warlord Cao Cao and later became a g ...

* Liu Jiaxi as

Zhang He Zhang He () (died July or August 231), courtesy name Junyi, was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He continued serving in the state of Cao Wei under its first two rulers, Cao Pi and ...

* Lu Hongyang as

Cheng Yu Cheng Yu (141 – December 220), originally named Cheng Li, courtesy name Zhongde, was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was an adviser to Cao Cao, the warlord who became the ''de facto'' head of t ...

* An Junqi as

Xun You Xun You (157–214), courtesy name Gongda, was a statesman who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China and served as an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao. Born in the influential Xun family of Yingchuan Commandery (around present-d ...

* Wang Xiaowei as Liu Fu * Zhang Hang as Chen Jiao * Chen Jingyu as Xiahou En * Wang Bin as

Sun Jian Sun Jian () () (155–191?), courtesy name Wentai, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He allied himself with Yuan Shu in 190 when warlords from eastern China formed a ...

* He Gang as

Sun Quan Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...

* Li Yuan as

Zhou Yu Zhou Yu (, ) (175–210), courtesy name Gongjin (), was a Chinese military general and strategist serving under the warlord Sun Ce in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. After Sun Ce died in the year 200, he continued serving under Sun Quan, ...

* Yan Qingshu as Lady Wu * Yang Guang as Elder Qiao * Wang Kun as

Lu Su Lu Su (172–217), courtesy name Zijing, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty. In the year 200, when Sun Quan had just taken over the reins of power, his adviser Z ...

* Yang Hongwu as

Huang Gai Huang Gai () ( 180s–210s), courtesy name Gongfu, was a military general who served under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He previously served under Sun Quan's predecessors – Sun Jian (Sun Quan's father) and ...

* Yin Zhefei as

Cheng Pu Cheng Pu () (died after 210), courtesy name Demou, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He previously served under Sun Quan's predecessors: Sun Jian (Sun Q ...

* Cai Gang as Zhang Zhao * Hong Zhao as

Gu Yong Gu Yong (168 – November or December 243), courtesy name Yuantan, was a minister and the second Imperial Chancellor of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the late Eastern Han dynasty in the Jiangdong r ...

* Huang Chongfa as

Kan Ze Kan Ze (died November or December 243), courtesy name Derun, was an official of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Life Kan Ze was from Shanyin County, Kuaiji Commandery, which was located southeast of present-day ...

* Huang Wei as Zhang Wen * Liu Haotian as

Lü Fan Lü Fan (died 228), courtesy name Ziheng, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He continued serving in the state of Eastern Wu during the early Three King ...

* Tang Hao as Chen Wu * Huang Xintao as

Pan Zhang Pan Zhang (died 234), courtesy name Wengui, was a military general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He continued serving in the state of Eastern Wu (founded by Sun Quan) during the Three Kingdoms ...

* Bu Kang as Jia Hua * Ren Luomin as

Hua Tuo Hua Tuo ( 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts '' Records of the Three Kingdoms'' and '' Book of the Later Han'' record Hua Tuo as the first person in Ch ...

* Wang Gang as

Liu Biao Liu Biao () () (151 – September 208), courtesy name Jingsheng, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for serving as the Governor of Jing Province (coveri ...

* Lu Ying as Lady Cai * Li Lihua as

Cai Mao Cai Mao () ( third century), courtesy name Degui, was a military officer serving under the warlords Liu Biao and Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Cai Mao came from the elite Cai family in Xiangyang, Nan Commandery () ...

* Zhanqi as Zhang Yun * Dalai Halihu as

Yi Ji Yi Ji ( 200s–221), courtesy name Jibo, was a Chinese diplomat and politician serving in the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlord Liu Biao in the late Eastern Han dynasty before comi ...

* Liu Liu as

Yuan Shao Yuan Shao (, ; died 28 June 202), courtesy name Benchu (), was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He occupied the northern territories of China during the civil wars that occurred to ...

* Yu Yankai as

Wen Chou Wen Chou () (died 200) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. His force was defeated by that of rival warlord Cao Cao in the Battle of Yan Ford and he was killed in the midst of ...

* Li Yufu as

Yan Liang Yan Liang () (died 200) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was slain by Guan Yu at the Battle of Boma. Life Little is known about Yan Liang's life. The only historic ...

* Zhang Chengpeng as Qu Yi * Zhou Xiaobing as

Pang Ji Pang Ji (died 202), courtesy name Yuantu, was a Chinese politician serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Pang Ji was criticised by Cao Cao's advisor Xun Yu as "brave but heedless of other's opinions ...

* Huang Zheng as Chen Zhen * Luo Bin as

Ma Teng Ma Teng () (died June or July 212), courtesy name Shoucheng, was a Chinese military general and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He controlled Liang Province (涼州; covering parts of present-day Shaanxi and Gansu ...

* Wang Jianxin as

Han Sui Han Sui () (140s - June or July 215According to Cao Cao's biography in ''Sanguozhi'', Han Sui was killed in the 5th month of the 20th year of the ''Jian'an'' era of Liu Xie's reign. This corresponds to 15 June to 13 July 215 on the Julian calend ...

* Wang Haocheng as Ma Dai * Tian Zhen as

Jiang Gan Jiang Gan ( 209), courtesy name Ziyi, was a debater and scholar who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for his attempt to persuade Zhou Yu, a general serving under the warlord Sun Quan, to defect to Sun Quan's ...

* Yu Boning as

Zhang Ren Zhang Ren () (died 213) was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Zhang during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Zhang Ren was from Shu Commandery (蜀郡), Yi Province, which is around present-day Chengdu, Sichuan ...

* Sun Hao as

Zhou Cang Zhou Cang is a fictional character in the 14th-century Chinese historical novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''. Story A strong warrior with a dark face and a wiry beard, Zhou Cang gets caught up in the Yellow Turban Rebellion towards the end ...

* Li Yanbing as Lady Mo * Ma Jinghan as Mo Yang * Xiaobaozi as Mo Yang's daughter * Wang Zhengjia as Liu Zhang * Mou Fengbin as Lei Tong * Cheng Lixue as Lei Jiaojiao * Dong Feng as Yan Yan * Shen Xuewei as Huang Quan * Zhang Lianchun as Wu Lan * Wang Weiguang as Zhang Lu * Ma Honglei as

Yang Song Yang may refer to: * Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy * Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902 * YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration pr ...

* Leng Haiming as

Yuan Shu Yuan Shu () (died July or August 199), courtesy name Gonglu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. He rose to prominence following the collapse of the Han central government in 189 ...

* Yue Dongfeng as

Ji Ling Ji Ling ( 196) was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shu during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. In historical records In late 196, Yuan Shu sent Ji Ling to lead 30,000 troops to attack a rival warlord Liu Bei. When Liu Be ...

* Qu Gang as

Bao Xin Bao Xin (152–192) was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Bao Xin was from Pingyang County (), Taishan Commandery (), which is present-day Xintai County, Shandong. ...

* Yu Zikuan as Han Fu * Zhang Zhiyuan as Yan Gang * Du Yiheng as Du Jue * Wang Guan as Jiang Feng * Tan Xueliang as Ma Qing * Zhang Xiaopeng as Jiang Anguo * Zhou Xiaofei as Lin Yue * Sang Ping as Lü Peizhuang * Li Haiming as Zhang Kui * Xie Ning as Laosi * Yuan Wu as Laowu * Yu Hu as Laoliu * Yang Yiwei as Laoba * Xie Wenxuan as Xiaoyue * Yiling as Ping'er * Li Wanyu as Shuang'er * Jin Jia as Zhou Shan * Sun Jiaolong as

Pei Yuanshao The following is a list of fictional people significant to the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. The list includes characters in the 14th-century historical novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' by Luo Guanzhong and those found in othe ...

* Wang Zizi as Xu Sanniang * Cai Juntao as Laomo * Fu Weng as Yue Jingfang * Yuan Min as

Zhao Fan Zhao Fan ( 200s–210s) was a government official and minor warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Little is recorded about Zhao Fan in history, except that he was already serving as the Administrator (太守) of G ...

* Xian Seli as Lady Fan * Liu Sibo as Lady Zhao * Li Fei as Bao Long * Cheng Peng as Chen Ying * Gao Jin as Xiaohuzi * Li Hongtao as Dong Huang * Si Haozhao as Meng Guan * Shi Chuan as Zhou Nan * Chunlei as Chunyu Dao * Zhou Bixiao as Xiaoxiao * Liu Yonggang as Wang Zhong * Luo Aixin as Cai Yang * Zhang Xilai * Nie Donghong * Xia Bo * Wang Gang

Production and distribution

The series started filming in 2014 and wrapped up in 2015. Some footage from the 2008–2009 film ''Red Cliff (film), Red Cliff'' was reused for the Battle of Red Cliffs scenes. The series premiered in mainland China on 3 April 2016 on

and ran for 60 episodes. The series was produced at a cost of nearly 250 million yuan (US$40 million). The drama is featured at the Hong Kong International Film and TV market (FILMART), which was held from 23 to 26 March 2015; it is reported that the overseas copyright prices offered for the drama has soared to US$100,000 per episode, setting a record for Chinese costume dramas exported to overseas markets. The series was sold to Japan at a cost of US$50,000 per episode and has become the most expensive Chinese television series exported to Japan.

Soundtrack

Reception

The reaction to the series was overwhelmingly positive. On Chinese video streaming websites, it recorded 2.35 billion hits in a mere 13 days after its official release. Hunan TV also reported that the drama was being viewed 260 million times daily on average. In total, the series garnered more than 10 billion views. The drama's first episode had a 1.73% viewership rating, which in Chinese standards, is considered a tremendous success. The drama peaked at more than 2% in its later episodes.

Ratings

* Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The series's broadcasting rights were sold to streaming site Viki (website), Viki with English subtitles as well as various other television networks such as Chunghwa TV, Sichuan TV and Guangxi TV, and other countries such as Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Cambodia and Thailand.

References

{{reflist 2016 Chinese television series debuts 2016 Chinese television series endings Television series set in the Three Kingdoms Chinese historical television series Chinese romance television series Works based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms