''The Witty Sorcerer'', also known as ''Zuo ci xi cao'', is a 1931 Hong Kong historical comedy-drama film, directed by Lai Pak-hoi. It was released on 14 March 1931 after Lai's other film '' The Pain of Separation'' and starred Lai himself and Xu Menghen. It is based on a story in the 14th-century historical novel ''

Romance of the Three Kingdoms ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD ...

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Zuo Ci Zuo Ci (), courtesy name Yuanfang, was a legendary personage of the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period (20 BC–280 AD) of China. Though he is known to be from Lujiang Commandery (盧江郡; around present-day Lu'an, Anhui) ...

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Cao Cao Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the dynasty's final years. As one o ...

(played by Lai Pak-hoi). It was one of the earliest locally filmed Hong Kong feature films to become successful on a grand scale.

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* 1931 films 1931 comedy-drama films Hong Kong films Films set in 3rd-century Han dynasty Films based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms Chinese silent films Chinese comedy-drama films Chinese black-and-white films Silent comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub

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