''Love Through Different Times'', also known as ''Funniest Stories of the Ming's Royalists'', is a 2002 Chinese television
comedy-drama
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.
A ludicrous story, the drama uses
time travel
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to explain the mysterious disappearance of
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
's
Jianwen Emperor
The Jianwen Emperor (5 December 1377 – ?), personal name Zhu Yunwen (), was the second Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1398 to 1402. The era name of his reign, Jianwen, means "establishing civility" and represented a sharp chan ...
after the
Jingnan Campaign. It stars Taiwanese actress
Zhang Ting as a
kungfu
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-trained thief who time-traveled from modern Hong Kong to 14th-century
Nanjing
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, where she fell in love with Zhu Yunwen (
Xu Zheng), the eventual Jianwen Emperor.
It is considered the first time-travel television series produced in
mainland China
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.
[新舞台:穿越剧“穿”进剧场 步步也“精”心]
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Cast and characters
* Zhang Ting as Xiaowanzi
* Xu Zheng as Zhu Yunwen (Jianwen Emperor)
*Wan Hongjie as Zhu Di (Yongle Emperor)
*Liu Lili as Zhang Chuchu
*Sun Baoguang as Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor)
*Hou Jingyu as Zhu Shuang
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*Gao Yong as Zhu Gang
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*Zhu (surname), common Chinese surnames
*Zhu River, or Pearl River, in southern China
*Zhu (state), ancient Chinese state, later renamed Zou
*House of Zhu, the ruling house of the Ming dynasty in Chinese history
*Zhu (stri ...
See also
*''The Perfect Banquet
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'', a 2004 Chinese comedy drama also starring Zhang Ting and Xu Zheng
References
2002 Chinese television series debuts
2002 Chinese television series endings
Television series set in the Ming dynasty
Mandarin-language television shows
Chinese comedy-drama television series
Chinese time travel television series
Television series set in the 14th century
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