The Book and the Sword (2008 TV series)
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| image = The Book & The Sword -2008 intertitle (書劍恩仇錄 2008- 主要標題.jpg
| caption = The Book and the Sword intertitle
| alt_name = Legend of the Book and Sword
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| t = 書劍恩仇錄
| s = 书剑恩仇录
| p = Shū Jiàn Ēn Chóu Lù
}}
| genre = Wuxia
| developer =
| based_on = {{based on|The Book and the Sword|Louis Cha}}
| screenplay = Liu Kuixu
Wu Jiuru
Li Yanbo
Liu Yuzhu
| director = Tan Youye
Wen Weiji
He Zhenhua
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = Adam Cheng
Qiao Zhenyu
Niki Chow
Liu Ying
Liu Dekai
Lu Chen
Deep Ng
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = "In the Human World" ({{zhi|c=在人间}}) performed by Adam Cheng and Wang Qi
| endtheme = "It's Better to Let You Go" ({{zhi|c=还是让你走}}) performed by Niki Chow
"Give Up" ({{zhi|c=放弃}}) performed by Yang Yang
| composer = Ren Peng
| country = China
| language = Mandarin
| num_episodes = 40
| executive_producer =
| producer = Wang Pengju
Yin Lianhe
Au Chi-yan
| editor =
| location = China
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 45 minutes per episode
| company =
| channel = CETV-3
| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|03|20|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2009}}
| related =
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The Book and the Sword is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title, starring Qiao Zhenyu, Adam Cheng, Niki Chow, and Liu Dekai. First broadcast on CETV-3 in China in 2009, the plot deviates significantly from the original source.
Plot
{{See also|The Book and the Sword#Plot}}
The series generally follows the novels in terms of the flow of events. However, unlike in the novel and earlier adaptations, Yu Wanting is the primary antagonist in the series instead of the Qianlong Emperor.
In this series, "Yu Wanting" is the alter ego of the exiled prince Yintang, a half-brother of the Yongzheng Emperor. The power-hungry Yintang seeks vengeance and wants to usurp the throne from the Qianlong Emperor. Yintang knows the truth that the Qianlong Emperor is not a biological son of the Yongzheng Emperor, and constantly threatens the Qianlong Emperor with the evidence he holds. He secretly forms the Red Flower Society and instigates the society and some tribes in Xinjiang to oppose the Qianlong Emperor.
Yintang fakes his death at one point and allows his godson, Chen Jialuo, to succeed him as leader of the Red Flower Society. However, within the society, the Chang brothers, Wei Chunhua and Shi Shuangying are the only ones who know that "Yu Wanting" is still alive, and they serve as his spies by watching over Chen Jialuo and the others.
The series also feature a different ending from the novel, with many of the society's members meeting their ends at the hands of Yintang. The surviving ones, under Chen Jialuo's leadership, confront Yintang to put an end to his ruthless ambitions.
Cast
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- Qiao Zhenyu as Chen Jialuo / Fuk'anggan
- Adam Cheng as Qianlong Emperor
- Niki Chow as Huoqingtong
- Liu Ying as Princess Fragrance
- Liu Dekai as Yu Wanting / Yintang
- Lu Chen as Li Yuanzhi
- Li Chengyuan as Zhou Qi
- Fu Hongjun as Taoist Wuchen
- Zhang Ping as Zhao Banshan
- Liu Naiyi as Wen Tailai
- Zhong Liang as Chang Bozhi
- Tan Jianchang as Chang Hezhi
- Li Yuan as Xu Tianhong
- Xu Xiaoming as Yang Chengxie
- Ng Yuen-chun as Wei Chunhua
- Lu Yuwen as Zhang Jin
- Qi Fang as Luo Bing
- Zhao Dongbo as Shi Shuangying
- Zhang Kai as Jiang Sigen
- Deep Ng as Yu Yutong
- Sally Chen as Empress Dowager Chongqing
- Bryan Leung as Yuan Shixiao
- Wong Yat-fei as Cheng Zhengde
- Yuen Qiu as Guan Mingmei
- Li Donglin as Zhang Zhaozhong
- You Jiahui as Bu Qianjia
- Li Shipeng as Tong Zhaohe
- Wang Gang as Zhou Zhongying
- Tong Xiaomei as Zhou Qi's mother
- Zheng Wei as Zhou Yingjie
- Cui Gui as Ma Zhen
- Dong Zhihua as Lu Feiqing
- Yao Jia as Empress
- Ren Wei as Heshen
- Yang Yifan as Bai Zhen
- Chen Tao as Etu
- Hong Zongyi as Prince Zheng
- Zhang Wei as Hong Shi
- Shen Baoping as Yongzheng Emperor
- Zhao Enhan as Nine Gates Commander
- Wang Yingqi as Zhaohui
- Gong Fangmin as Li Kexiu
- An Ruiyun as E'ertai
- Du Yachun as Xu Xiangping
- Wu Lihua as Physician Cao
- Yang Min as Yuruyi
- Liu Hengyu as Aizhuo'er
- Zhou Jiwei as Long Jun
- Yan Jun as Tang Yilei
- Jin Peng as Hahetai
- Liu Zifei as Yuezhi princess
- Hou Jianglong as Han Wenchong
- Xu Xiangdong as Muzhuolun
- Luo Ya as Xiaolan, Xiaolu, Wu Chanjuan
- Huang Wei as Rui Dalin
- Niu Ziqing as Meng Jianxiong
- Liu Juntao as Yan Shizhang
- Zhang Shaohui as Cheng Huang
- Jiao Changdao as Zeng Tu'an
- Yuan Ming as Wan Qinglan
- Gan Qilin as Li Guangping
- Wang Hong as Eunuch Li
- Song Haitao as Yan Bogan
- Zhang Guofeng as Ma Shanjun
- Wang Xinchen as Gu Youlan
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Reception
The series has been criticised on Guangzhou Daily by viewers, who feel that the story deviates the most from the original source among all the film and television adaptations of Louis Cha's works.[http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-07/21/content_640013.htm The Book and the Sword (2008) review on Guangzhou Daily] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812112248/http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2009-07/21/content_640013.htm |date=2010-08-12 }} {{in lang|zh}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|zh}} [http://data.ent.sina.com.cn/tv/7056.html The Book and the Sword] on Sina.com
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Category:Chinese wuxia television series
Category:Television series set in the Qing dynasty
Category:Works based on The Book and the Sword
Category:2009 Chinese television series debuts
Category:2009 Chinese television series endings
Category:Television shows about rebels