'' The Deer and the Cauldron '' is a Chinese television series adapted from

Louis Cha Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dail ...

's novel ''

The Deer and the Cauldron ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'', is a comic historical novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), the longest of his novels and the last to be published but chronologically it is the eighth novel. It was initially pub ...

''. It was directed by Lai Shui-ching, and starred Han Dong, Wei Qianxiang and others. The series was shot from September–December 2013, and first aired on

Anhui TV Anhui Television (AHTV; ), is a television network in the Hefei and Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest c ...

, Sichuan TV and Yunnan TV from 20 December 2014 to 9 January 2015.

Cast

* Han Dong as Wei Xiaobao * Wei Qianxiang as

Kangxi Emperor The Kangxi Emperor (4 May 1654– 20 December 1722), also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, born Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1661 to ...

* Zhang Meng as Shuang'er *

Lou Yixiao Lou Yixiao (; born 27 December 1988), also known as Loura Lou, is a Chinese actress and singer. Lou is noted for playing Hu Yifei () in the hit sitcom television series ''iPartment'', which enjoyed the highest ratings in China when it was broad ...

as Princess Jianning *

Viann Zhang Zhang Xinyu (, born 28 March 1987), also known as Viann Zhang, is a Chinese actress, singer and model. Biography Early life Zhang was born and raised in Kunshan, Jiangsu. She graduated from Wuxi institute of Commerce. Acting career Zhang began ...

as Su Quan *

Jia Qing Jia Qing (born November 2, 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is known for her roles in television dramas '' The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'', ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', ''The Wife's Lies'' and its sister series ''The Lover's Lies'', ...

as A'ke /

Chen Yuanyuan Chen Yuanyuan (1624–1681) was a Chinese courtesan who lived during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. She was the concubine of Wu Sangui, the Ming dynasty general who surrendered Shanhai Pass to the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and later reb ...

* Wu Qian as Mu Jianping * Zhao Yuanyuan as Fang Yi * Wang Yahui as Zeng Rou * Wang Lin as Wei Chunhua * Michelle Yim as Empress Dowager * Lai Shui-ching as

Oboi Oboi (Manchu: , Mölendorff: Oboi; ) (c. 1610–1669) was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative posts under three successive emperors of the early Qing dynasty. Born to the Guwalg ...

Ji Chunhua Ji Chunhua (; 20 July 1961 – 11 July 2018), sometimes romanized as Gai Chun Wa, was a Chinese actor and action choreographer. Just like Jet Li and Yu Chenghui, he was a Mainland China-trained wushu athlete who started his acting career in th ...

as Hai Dafu * Li Qingxiang as

Songgotu Songgotu (Manchu: ; ; 1636 – 1703) was a minister during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. He was an uncle of the emperor's primary spouse, Empress Xiaochengren of the Hešeri clan, who died during childbirth. He was als ...

* Liu Yong as Duolong * Wen Jie as Prince Kang * He Zhonghua as Chen Jinnan * Wang Wanjuan as Jiunan * Feng Jingao as

Wu Sangui Wu Sangui (; 8 June 1612 – 2 October 1678), courtesy name Changbai () or Changbo (), was a notorious Ming Dynasty military officer who played a key role in the fall of the Ming dynasty and the founding of the Qing dynasty in China. In Chinese ...

* Gu Bin as Wu Yingxiong * Lin Jiangguo as

Zheng Keshuang Zheng Keshuang, Prince of Yanping (; 13 August 1670 – 22 September 1707), courtesy name Shihong, art name Huitang, was the third and last ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan in the 17th century. He was the second son of Zheng Jing and ...

* Meng Fei as

Feng Xifan Feng Xifan ( 17th century), pseudonym Xifan (), was an official and general of the Kingdom of Tungning on the island of Taiwan in the late 17th century. He was from Longxi County, which is around present-day Qiling Village, Longwen District, Z ...

* Liu Dekai as

Shunzhi Emperor The Shunzhi Emperor (15 March 1638 – 5 February 1661) was the second emperor of the Qing dynasty of China, and the first Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1644 to 1661. A committee of Manchu princes chose him to succe ...

* Ashton Chen as Jingyuan * Jin Song as Mao Shiba * Lu Yong as Hong Antong * Tan Limin as Tao Hongying * Min Zheng as Feng Jizhong * Yu Kar-lun as Taoist Xuanzhen * Wu Lipeng as Mu Jiansheng * Wu Huaxin as Liu Yizhou * Ren Xihong as Wu Lishen * Xu Ming as Liu Dahong * Tang Jin as Wen Youyi * Hou Ruixiang as Wen Youdao * Liu Changde as Feng Yifei * Liu Changsheng as Xu Tianchuan * Lin Yizheng as Thin Monk * Gu Dechao as Fat Monk * Wang Yi as Mao Dongzhu * Zhong Lei as Bai Hanfeng * Li Quanyou as Guan Anji * Liu Wei as Qian Laoben * Zhu Jiazhen as Qi Laosan * Zhong Jiufu as Yang Yizhi * Xie Qijun as Zhao Qixian * Han Yinlong as Taoist Wugen

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