Amazing Detective Di Renjie
{{Unreferenced|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Amazing Detective Di Renjie.jpg
| image_size = 180
| caption = DVD cover art
| alt_name = Shen Tan Di Renjie
Wu Chao Mi An
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 神探狄仁傑 / 武朝迷案
| s = 神探狄仁杰 / 武朝迷案
| p = Shén Tàn Dí Rénjié / Wǔ Cháo Mí Àn
}}
| genre = detective fiction, historical drama, gong'an fiction, crime fiction
| creator =
| developer =
| writer = Qian Yanqiu
| director = Qian Yanqiu
| creative_director =
| presenter = Zhu Tong
Pang Jian
| starring = Liang Guanhua
Zhang Zijian
Lü Zhong
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Chang Ge Yi Qu (长歌一曲) performed by Tengger
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = China
| language = Mandarin
| num_episodes = 30 (original version)
27 (simplified version)
| executive_producer = Wang Guohui
| editor =
| location = China
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 45 minutes per episode
| company =
| channel = CCTV-8
| first_aired = {{Start date|2004|08|06|df=y}}
| last_aired =
}}
Amazing Detective Di Renjie, also known as Shen Tan Di Renjie and Wu Chao Mi An, is a Chinese television series based on gong'an detective stories related to Di Renjie, a Tang dynasty magistrate and statesman. Written and directed by Qian Yanqiu, the series starred Liang Guanhua as the titular protagonist, and was first broadcast on CCTV-8 on 6 August 2004. The series was followed by three sequels: Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2 (2006), Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3 (2008), and Mad Detective Di Renjie (2010).
Plot
The plot is divided into three parts as follows:
- Shi Tuan Jing Hun (使团惊魂), covering episodes 1 to 13.
- Lan Shan Ji (蓝杉记), covering episodes 14 to 23.
- Di Xue Xiong Ying (滴血雄鹰), covering episodes 24 to 30.
Cast
- Liang Guanhua as Di Renjie
- Zhang Zijian as Li Yuanfang
- Lü Zhong as Wu Zetian
- Zhu Yanping as Hu Jinghui
- Xu Qian as Zeng Tai
- Diana Pang as Li Qingxia (Jin Mulan)
- Yan Yansheng as Liu Jin
- Jiang Xin as Fang Yingyu (Xiaohong)
- Xu Xiaobei as Ilterish Qaghan
- Li Shilong as Liu Chali
- Xu Feilian as Liu Chuanlin
- Liu Shuang as Princess Taiping
Characters in the series
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! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" | Character ! 2004 ! 2006 ! 2008 ! 2010 ! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" | Description |
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scope="row" | Di Renjie
| colspan="4" | Liang Guanhua | The Chancellor in the central court |
scope="row" | Li Yuanfang
| colspan="4" | Zhang Zijian | Di Renjie's bodyguard |
scope="row" | Wu Zetian
| colspan="4" | Lü Zhong | The Empress of China |
scope="row" | Zeng Tai
| colspan="4" | Xu Qian | Di Renjie's student |
scope = "row" | Di Ruyan (Su Xian'er)
| {{cEmpty}} | Jiang Xinyan | {{cEmpty}} | Qu Shanshan | Di Renjie's niece, originally an assassin |
scope="row" | Wang Xiaojie
| only mentioned | Yan Yansheng | {{cEmpty}} | Yan Yansheng | Senior General of Right Mighty Guard Army |
scope = "row" | Ilterish Qaghan (Jili Kehan)
| colspan="2" | Xu Xiaobei | {{cEmpty}} | Li Junqi | Founding Khan of the Tujue |
scope = "row" | Di Chun
| colspan="3" | Zhao Zhigang | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's leading butler |
scope = "row" | Zhang Huan
| {{cEmpty}} | colspan="3" | Liang Kai | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Li Lang
| {{cEmpty}} | Jia Yanfeng | Liu Niqiu | Li Zhuolin | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Wu Sansi
| colspan="2" |Fu Hongjun | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Prince of Liang |
scope = "row" | Li Xian
| colspan="2" |Wang Xinsheng | {{cEmpty}} | only mentioned | Crowned Prince, historically Emperor Zhongzong of Tang |
scope = "row" | Zhang Jianzhi
| Ren Xuehai | Shao Yongcheng | Ren Xuehai | Wang Pu | Chancellor in the central court |
scope = "row" | Princess Taiping
| Liu Shuang | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wu Zetian's daughter |
scope = "row" | Fang Qian (Liu Jin)
| Yan Yansheng | only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Mayor of Youzhou |
scope = "row" | Wu Yizhi
| Kong Qingzi | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Deputy mayor of Youzhou |
scope = "row" | Li Qingxia (Jin Mulan)
| Peng Dan | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Emperor Taizong's great-granddaughter |
scope = "row" | Hu Jinghui
| Zhu Yanping (flashback) | only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} | A general in the imperial guard |
scope = "row" | Yu Feng
| Mei Zhigang | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | General in the rebel army |
scope = "row" | Old Zhang (Mr. Four)
| Pan Yaochu | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Resident of Big Willow Village |
scope = "row" | Lu Dayou
| Li Haifeng | Li Haifeng (flashback) | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Resident of Youzhou |
scope = "row" | Liu Chali
| Li Shilong | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A retired official living in Huzhou |
scope = "row" | Liu Chuanlin
| Xu Feilian | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Liu Chali's son |
scope = "row" | Yingyu
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | The Crown Prince's Maid of Honor |
scope = "row" | Li Gui
| Lu Ming | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Son of Prince of Yue |
scope = "row" | Liu Da
| Zhao Junkai | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Liu Chali's servant, a secret police |
scope = "row" | Xu Shide
| Qian Yanqiu | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A secret police |
scope = "row" | He Yun
| Xia Zhiping | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | An official who bred horses for Wu Zetian |
scope = "row" | Gao Rujin (Jiang Xiaolang)
| Guo Xiao'an | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A retired county governor, formerly a general under Yuwen Huaji during the Sui dynasty |
scope = "row" | Yang Fang
| {{cEmpty}} | Meng Lingfei | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Ren Kuo
| {{cEmpty}} | Liu Jihe | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Qi Hu
| {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Gong Haibin | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Pan Yue
| {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Wang Lei | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Shen Tao
| {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | He Zhengheng | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Xiao Bao
| {{cEmpty}} | colspan="2" | Li Zhuolin | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's assistant |
scope = "row" | Xiao Qingfang
| {{cEmpty}} | Qiao Hong | {{cEmpty}} | only mentioned | Leader of a rebellion group while being the commander of Wu Zetian's secret police agency |
scope = "row" | Hui Wenzhong
| {{cEmpty}} | Chunyu Shanshan | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A highly skilled assassin |
scope = "row" | Li Kaigu
| {{cEmpty}} | Jiang Changyi | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A Khitan general serving in Wu Zetian's army |
scope = "row" | Quan Shancai
| {{cEmpty}} | Huo Ercha | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Senior General of the Left Guard Army |
scope = "row" | Zhao Wenhui
| {{cEmpty}} | Song Chuyan | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Commander of the Yingzhou Circuit |
scope = "row" | Huang Zhen
| {{cEmpty}} | Cong Shan | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Vice Commander of the Yingzhou Circuit |
scope = "row" | Wang Tiehan
| {{cEmpty}} | Chen Lei | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A lower-ranked general under Wang Xiaojie's command |
scope = "row" | Su Honghui
| {{cEmpty}} | Zhou Ying | {{cEmpty}} | only mentioned | A lower-ranked general under Wang Xiaojie's command |
scope = "row" | Qiu Jing
| {{cEmpty}} | Zhang Chengxiang | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Mayor of Chongzhou |
scope = "row" | Bug-Chor (Mo Chuo)
| {{cEmpty}} | Deng Wei | {{cEmpty}} | only mentioned | Son of Jili Kehan |
scope = "row" | Yuan Tiangang
| {{cEmpty}} | Shao Wanlin | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A legendary astrologer and engineer |
scope = "row" | Xiaomei and Xiaofeng
| {{cEmpty}} | Shu Yan | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Twin sisters and assassins |
scope = "row" | Lu Cheng
| {{cEmpty}} | Li Shilong | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yuan Tiangang's student |
scope = "row" | Wu Xiang
| {{cEmpty}} | Ji Jun | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Owner of the Qingyang Hotel in Liuzhou |
scope = "row" | Huan Bin
| {{cEmpty}} | Su Gang | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A leader in the rebel group while being a general in the imperial guard |
scope = "row" | The Fake Xue Qingling
| {{cEmpty}} | Zhao Junkai | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Originally a robber, then stole Xue Qingling's identity and became a Marquis |
scope = "row" | Lin Yongzhong
| {{cEmpty}} | Long Muxue | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Governor of Wuping County, but actually the real Xue Qingling |
scope = "row" | Wen Kai
| {{cEmpty}} | Bao Yucheng | only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} |
scope = "row" | Xiaoyun
| {{cEmpty}} | Yang Si | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | The fake Xue Qingling's lover, but actually a secret police |
scope = "row" | Zhang Yi
| {{cEmpty}} | Wang Peng | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Lin Yongzhong's servant |
scope = "row" | Jinniang
| {{cEmpty}} | Xue Zibin | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Lin Yongzhong's daughter |
scope = "row" | Du Er
| {{cEmpty}} | Yang Ming | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | The leading servant in the Marquis Mansion |
scope = "row" | Wang Kai
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Fu Jun | {{cEmpty}} | Duke of Guiyi |
scope = "row" | Wang Qiang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Song Chuyan | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Kai's younger brother |
scope = "row" | Fang Zhe
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yang Zengyuan | {{cEmpty}} | Senior General in the Longwu Guard Army |
scope = "row" | Wei'er
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Guan Yue | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Qiang's wife |
scope = "row" | Xiaotao
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Ran Yuan | {{cEmpty}} | A leader of a criminal group in Liangzhou |
scope = "row" | Feng Yang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhao Liang | {{cEmpty}} | Senior General of Right Baotao Guard Army |
scope = "row" | Lu Jiying
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhang Shuping | {{cEmpty}} | Governor of Shanyang County |
scope = "row" | Wen Qing
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Guo Qiming | {{cEmpty}} | Governor of Xuyi County |
scope = "row" | He Wuqi
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhao Junkai | {{cEmpty}} | Owner of a salt store |
scope = "row" | He jing
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yu Lianwei | {{cEmpty}} | He Wuqi's servant |
scope = "row" | Li Zijun
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Qiao Hong | {{cEmpty}} | He Wuqi's wife |
scope = "row" | Ning Wushuang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Qu Shanshan | {{cEmpty}} | Widow of Li Han, an official in Ministry of Works |
scope = "row" | Feng Keyan
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Minggang | {{cEmpty}} | Vice Minister of the Works |
scope = "row" | Ge Tianba
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Han Zhenhua | {{cEmpty}} | A landlord in Xuyi County |
scope = "row" | Yungu and Xiaoqing
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Ge Tianba's twin daughters |
scope = "row" | Deng Tong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yang Yan | {{cEmpty}} | Ge Tianba's subordinate |
scope = "row" | Peng Chun
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhang Hengli | {{cEmpty}} | Ge Tianba's subordinate |
scope = "row" | Ge Biao
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Qin Hanlei | {{cEmpty}} | Ge Tianba's servant |
scope = "row" | Sun Xiwang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhong Weihua | {{cEmpty}} | A tailor in Yangzhou |
scope = "row" | Yan Xiaoyu
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Chai Jingjing | {{cEmpty}} | Sun Xiwang's wife |
scope = "row" | Yuan Qi
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Qian Yanqiu | {{cEmpty}} | Prince of Ying, the gangmaster of the Iron Hands |
scope = "row" | Long Feng
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Pu | {{cEmpty}} | A top assassin in the Iron Hands |
scope = "row" | Hu Yun
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Gao Yuanfeng | {{cEmpty}} | A top assassin in the Iron Hands |
scope = "row" | Bao Chong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Fan Chunlei | {{cEmpty}} | A top assassin in the Iron Hands |
scope = "row" | Yao Chong
| only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} | Chen Weiguo | {{cEmpty}} | Di Renjie's student, future chancellor |
scope = "row" | Cui Liang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Xinsheng | {{cEmpty}} | Mayor of Yangzhou |
scope = "row" | Wu Wendeng
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | An Ruiyun | {{cEmpty}} | Deputy mayor of Yangzhou |
scope = "row" | Yang Jiucheng
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yang Jun | {{cEmpty}} | A official in Yangzhou in charge of the maintenance of the Grand Canal |
scope = "row" | Fang Jiu
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Chen Yilin | {{cEmpty}} | A slender man in Yangzhou |
scope = "row" | Pang Si
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Liao | {{cEmpty}} | A slender man in Yangzhou |
scope = "row" | Di Fu
| only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Su Hao | Di Renjie's servant |
scope = "row" | Wu Youde
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Li Shilong | Wu Zetian's cousin, Prince of Nanping |
scope = "row" | Wu Yuanmin
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yuan Ran | Wu Youde's daughter, Princess Yingyang |
scope = "row" | Chunhong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zheng Nan | Wu Yuanmin's Maid of Honor |
scope = "row" | Sharhan
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Fu Jun | A Persian official who manages gold and silver instruments for Wu Zetian |
scope = "row" | Yaka and Saiban
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Fu Jun | Sharhan's triplet brothers |
scope = "row" | Ms. Zhong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Liu Lei | Sharhan's wife |
scope = "row" | Ta Ke
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Gao Peng | Sharhan's servant |
scope = "row" | Tie Le
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Gao Qiushan | Sharhan's subordinate |
scope = "row" | Feng Huang
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Dai Yunxia | Commander of Wu Zetian's secret police agency |
scope = "row" | Chaichi
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhang Hongzhen | King of the Yuezhi Kingdom |
scope = "row" | Nalu
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Li Xi'er | Queen of the Yuezhi Kingdom |
scope = "row" | Weita
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhang Guohua | A prince in Yuezhi Kingdom |
scope = "row" | Qiongta
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Liu Wendi | A princess in Yuezhi Kingdom |
scope = "row" | Zhong Jie
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Fu Jun | Chancellor of Yuezhi Kingdom |
scope = "row" | Jin Yucui
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yan Lu | An assassin based in Nie's Hotel |
scope = "row" | Helu
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Xinsheng | A prince in Tujue |
scope = "row" | Qi Ge
| {{cEmpty}} | only mentioned | {{cEmpty}} | Qian Yanqiu | A Turk general, Helu's follower |
scope = "row" | Ferghana (Bahanna)
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Chen Yilin | The crowned prince in Tujue |
scope = "row" | Zhao Yongrong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhao Junkai | An officer who manages military supplies in Hexi Corridor, Wu Youde's cousin |
scope = "row" | Wulezhi
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yang Zengyuan | A Turkic assassin, Helu's bodyguard |
scope = "row" | Buzhen
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Yang Zengyuan | Jiwangjue Khagan who surrendered to the Tang dynasty |
scope = "row" | Fujiwara
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zhan Xiangchi | The senior kentōshi from Japan |
scope = "row" | Arinori Rie
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Suzuki Miki | A kentōshi from Japan working in the Ministry of Wars |
scope = "row" | Yoshinori Gumaro
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Zheng Cheng | A kentōshi from Japan working in the Ministry of Wars |
scope = "row" | Bushan
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Peng | Chancellor of the Tujue Khanate |
scope = "row" | Maola
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Wang Guoping | Chancellor of the Tujue Khanate |
scope = "row" | Jieliedian
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Li Zhen | A Turkic general following Ferghana |
scope = "row" | Li Yong
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | Li Jianyang | A silversmith in Luoyang |
scope = "row" | Kasa
| {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | {{cEmpty}} | A Xian | A general from Tokhara Kingdom |
scope="row" colspan="6" style="background-color:#ddf;" | |
External links
- {{in lang|zh}} [http://data.ent.sina.com.cn/tv/6608.html Amazing Detective Di Renjie (Season 1)] on Sina.com
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Category:2004 Chinese television series debuts
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