''The Prince of Han Dynasty'' is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the

Han Dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

. Season 1 was first broadcast on

Beijing Television Beijing Radio and Television Station (BRTV), formerly Beijing Media Network (BMN), is a government-owned television network in China. It broadcasts from Beijing. The channel is available only in Chinese. Beijing Media Network was founded o ...

in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the second and third seasons in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Except for

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor, singer, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han i ...

, who played Emperor Wu in all three seasons, the cast members in each season are almost different from its preceding one.

Titles

The Chinese titles for each season are as follows: * Season 1: 大汉天子 (''The Prince of Han Dynasty'') * Season 2: 大汉天子第二部:汉武雄风 (''The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 2: The Majesty of Emperor Wu of Han'') * Season 3: 大汉天子第三部:铁血汗青 (''The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 3: Iron Blood and the Pages of History'')

Cast

Season 1

Liu Che The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc ...

* Chen Daoming as

Dongfang Shuo Dongfang Shuo (, c. 160 BCE – c. 93 BCE) was a Han Dynasty scholar-official, '' fangshi'' ("master of esoterica"), author, and court jester to Emperor Wu (r. 141 – 87 BCE). In Chinese mythology, Dongfang is considered a Daoist ''xian'' ...

* Alyssa Chia as Niannujiao *

Sally Chen Sally Chen (born 1948) is a Taiwanese actress. She has been nicknamed the "Empress specialist", having portrayed over a dozen Chinese empresses Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality ...

as Empress Dowager Dou * Wang Ling as

Wei Zifu Wei Zifu (; died 91 BC), posthumously known as Empress Si of the Filial Wu () or Wei Si Hou (衛思后, "Wei the Thoughtful Empress"), was an empress consort during ancient China's Han dynasty. She was the second wife of the famous Emperor Wu ...

* Chen Zihan as

Princess Pingyang Princess Pingyang (, formally Princess Zhao of Pingyang (, 590s–623) was the daughter of Li Yuan (later enthroned as Emperor Gaozu), the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty. She helped him to seize power and eventually take over the throne f ...

* He Jiayi as Chen Jiao * Liu Guanxiang as

Li Ling Li Ling (, died 74 BC), courtesy name Shaoqing (少卿), was a Chinese military general of the Han Dynasty who served during the reign of Emperor Wu (汉武帝) and later defected to the Xiongnu after being defeated in an expedition in 99 BC. ...

* Liu Yijun as Qiuchan * Zhang Mingjian as

Zhang Tang Zhang Tang (traditional Chinese: 張湯; simplified Chinese: 张汤; pinyin: Zhāng Tāng; died 116 BC) was a Chinese politician of the Western Han dynasty under Emperor Wu. He and his colleague, Gongsun Hong were Legalist bureaucrats. Backgroun ...

* Sun Feihu as

Liu An Liú Ān (, c. 179–122 BC) was a Han dynasty Chinese prince, ruling the Huainan Kingdom, and an advisor to his nephew, Emperor Wu of Han (武帝). He is best known for editing the (139 BC) ''Huainanzi'' compendium of Daoist, Confucianist, an ...

* Shang Rong as Liu Ling * Xiu Zongdi as Marquis * Zhou Zheng as Sima Tan * Song Xiaochuan as Dou Ying * Yi Yang as

Sima Xiangru Sima Xiangru ( , ; c. 179117BC) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician who lived during the Western Han dynasty. Sima is a significant figure in the history of Classical Chinese poetry, and is generally regarded as the greatest of all com ...

* Jia Hongwei as Guan Fu * Liu Xiaoxiao as Guo Deren * Sun Hao as Cao Shou * Li Daxin as Liu Yi * Zhang Han as Lei Bei * Yao Gang as Liu Wu * Lu Yi as Dong Yan * Li Wei as Guo Mama * Song Daguang as

Wei Qing Wei Qing (died 106 BC), courtesy name Zhongqing, born Zheng Qing in Linfen, Shanxi, was a Chinese military general and politician of the Western Han dynasty who was acclaimed for his campaigns against the Xiongnu, and his rags to riches life ...

* Ma Jie as Tingwei * Xu Liang as

Huo Qubing Huo Qubing (140 BC – 117 BC) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Western Han dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. He was the nephew of the general Wei Qing and Empress Wei Zifu (Emperor Wu's wife), and the half-bro ...

* Sun Jiaolong as Dou Wei * Xu Lin as Empress Wang Zhi * Jin Tian as Princess Guantao * Zhao Zhengyang as

Zhang Qian Zhang Qian (; died c. 114) was a Chinese official and diplomat who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the late 2nd century BC during the Han dynasty. He was one of the first official diplomats to bring back valuable inf ...

* Qiao Jie as Li Gan * Li Shengyu as Sima Qian * Peng Bo as

Zhuo Wenjun Zhuo Wenjun (; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Chinese poet of the Western Han dynasty. As a young widow, she eloped with the poet Sima Xiangru. The poem ''Baitou Yin'' (白頭吟, White-Haired Lament) which complains at the inconstancy of male love ...

* Sun Wanqing as Emperor Jing of Han * Zhao Dongbo as Mysterious man * Chi Guodong as

Li Guang Li Guang (184-119 BC) was a Chinese military general of the Western Han dynasty. Nicknamed "Flying General" by the Xiongnu, he fought primarily in the campaigns against the nomadic Xiongnu tribes to the north of China. He was known to the Xiong ...

* Hao Yang as Zhang Tang's wife * Ya Bing as Yanzhi * Chang Hong as Laobao

Season 2

as Emperor Wu of Han *

Ning Jing Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in '' Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Emp ...

as Empress Wei Zifu * He Jiayi as Li Wa /

Empress Chen Jiao Empress Chen of Wu (孝武陳皇后), was empress#China, empress of the Han dynasty and the first wife of Emperor Wu of Han (Liu Che). She was also known as Chen Jiao () or as her milk name Chen A'Jiao (陈阿娇). She was born to Chen Wu (Weste ...

* Dong Yong as

* Wang Gang as

Zhu Fuyan Zhufu Yan (主父偃, died 127 or 126 BCE) was a Chinese politician who served as a high-ranking court official and advisor to Emperor Wu of Han. He proposed the ''Tui'en Ling'' (推恩令 ‘Order to Expand Favours’), a decree that was meant to ...

Du Chun Du Chun (, born 22 May 1983) is a Chinese actor. Early life Du Chun was born in Hebei, China. His parents are also in the performing business. His father, Du Zhiguo is also an actor, and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. A ...

* Liu Yun as Qiuchan * Li Li as

* Liu Xiaohu as Ji Anshi * Yang Hongwu as Ji An * Zhao Xiaorui as King of Hunxie * Hu Guangzi as Li Guangli * Guan Shaozeng as Tian Fen * Zhu Yana as Yanshi Malan

Season 3

as Emperor Wu of Han * Ruping as Empress Wei Zifu * Sun Haiying as Jiang Chong * Li Fei as Qiuchan * Gao Hao as Li Han * Wu Qianqian as Empress Dowager Wang * Zhao Yiyang as Liu Ju * Bo Yan'an as Zhao Nizi *

An Yixuan An Yi-xuan (; born 吳玟靜 on 29 September 1980), also known as Ady An, is a Taiwanese actress and singer who was discovered when she was working in a coffee shop. Born on September 29, 1980, she also is known as Audrey An and Wu Wen Ching. A ...

as Huo Qilian * Xiong Naijin as Princess Weichang * Liu Guanlin as Ji Qinhu * Dong Yong as

* Zhou Ying as

Liu Xijun Sara Liu Xijun (), is a Chinese pop singer who rose to fame through televised singing competitions. Born 30 April 1988 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, she began as a singer by ranking fifth in the fourth season (2009) of a singing contest in China, '' ...

* Chen Lili as Ziwei *

Norman Chui Norman Chui Siu-keung (; born 16 October 1950) is a Hong Kong actor. He was best known for portraying heroic protagonists in many martial arts films from the 1970s to 1980s and later portraying villainous roles in the 1990s. Chui was contracted wi ...

as King of Yelang

External links

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