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on January 30, 2013, and in Taiwan on March 3, 2013.Official site on TVBS-Asia
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Cast and characters

*Xu Honghao as Bai Yutang *Zhang Xuan as He Ting *Zhang Pengpeng as Cao Sunü *Liu Xiaojie as Xiaohong * Jordan Chan as Wei Shuaixian *

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as Bao Zheng * Ni Dahong as Chen Zhen * Hou Yong as Song Quan * Yuan Yuan as Sima Ying *Wang Jingsong as Gongsun Ce *Fu Chengpeng as Zhan Zhao *Shang Daqing as Lu Fang *Zhang Shuping as Han Zhang *Yang Dapeng as Xu Qing *Jin Yang as

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*He Qiang as Yang Zongbao *Luo Guangxing as

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*Xiao Guoguang as

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References

Television shows based on The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants Works based on The Generals of the Yang Family Television series set in the Liao dynasty 2013 Chinese television series debuts 2013 Chinese television series endings Mandarin-language television shows Chinese wuxia television series Television shows set in Kaifeng {{China-tv-stub