A Romance of Three Kingdoms

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## Details

* **Title:** 三国演义 (三國演義) / San Guo Yan Yi
* **English title:** [A] Romance of Three Kingdoms
* **Also known as:** Romance of the Three Kingdoms / The Romance of Three Kingdoms
* **Genre:** Romanticized historical drama, politics
* **Episodes:** 84
* **Broadcast network:** CCTV
* **Broadcast year:** 1994
* **Opening theme song:** Gun Gun Chang Jiang Dong Shi Shui (滚滚长江东逝水) *The Waters of the Yangtze River Roll Eastward* by Yang Hong Ji (杨洪基)
* **Ending theme song:** Li Shi De Tian Kong (历史的天空) *The Sky of History* by Mao A Min
* **Related TV series:** See San Guo Yan Yi

## Synopsis

Based on the classic novel by Luo Guanzhong

## Cast

### Main

* Bao Guo An as Cao Cao (Meng De)
* Sun Yan Jun as Liu Bei (Xuan De)
* Wu Xiao Dong as Sun Quan (Zhong Mou) and Sun Jian
* Tang Guo Qiang as Zhuge Liang (Kong Ming)
* Lu Shu Ming as Guan Yu (Yun Chang)
* Li Jing Fei as Zhang Fei (Yi De)

### Extended

* Zhang Shan as Zhao Yun / Zi Long (young)
	+ Yang Fan (杨凡) as Zhao Yun (middle age)
	+ Hou Yong Sheng (侯永生) as Zhao Yun (old)
* An Ya Ping as Ma Chao
* Hong Yu Zhou as Zhou Yu
* Wei Zong Wan as Sima Yi 2
* Gao Lan Cun as Sima Zhao 2
* Wang Hong Tao (王洪涛) as Huang Zhong 1
	+ Ye Jun (叶钧) as Huang Zhong 2
* Jiang Kai as Guo Jia
* He Qing as Xiao Qiao
* Gong Li Jun as Da Qiao
* Zhang Guang Bei as Lu Bu
* Chen Hong as Diao Chan
* Zhang Tian Shu as Jiang Wei (younger)
	+ Fan Zhi Qi as Jiang Wei (older)
* Liu Wei as Wei Yan 1
	+ Wang Xin Hai as Wei Yan 2
* Li Po as Dong Zhuo
* Li Qing Xiang as Yuan Shao (older)
	+ Hong Yu Zhou as Yuan Shao (younger)
* Wang Guang Hui as Cao Rui
* Yang Jun Yong as Cao Pi (voiced by Tian Er Xi)
* Zheng Qiang as Cao Zhen
* Ji Chen Mu as Cao Mao
* Xu Shao Hua as Zhang Liao 1
	+ Zhang Ya Kun as Zhang Liao 2
	+ Wang Wei Guo as Zhang Liao 3
* Wang Hui as Yi Ji 2
* Yan Huai Li as Cheng Pu 1
* He Bing as Zhuge Ke
* Sun Nan (孙楠) as Meng Da
* Lu Zhong as Empress Dowager Dong
* Wang Gang (王刚) as Ling Tong 1
* Zhuang Li as Madam Cui
* Han Qing as Sima Yan
* Xiu Zong Di as Chen Gong 2
* Chen Zhi Hui as Bao Xin, Liao Hua, Xu Chu, and Tai Shi
* Ding Zhi Cheng as Ji Ping
* Shi Xiao Man as Xu You
* Tan Zong Yao as Wang Yun
* Liu Yu Bin as Dang Jun
* Li Ming as Cao Jie
* Bi Yan Jun (毕彦君) as Li Ru
* Bao Da Zhi as Han Xian Di (Emperor Xian of Han)
	+ Su Ke as teenage Han Xian Di
* Xu Di as Madam Mei 1
	+ Wang Lu Yao as Madam Mei 2
* Yi Shu Fang (伊淑芳) as Madam Gan 1
	+ Guo Shu Ping (郭淑萍) as Madam Gan 2
* Zhao Yue as Sun Shang Xiang
* Pan Yue Ming as Sun Xiu
* Gao Bao Bao as Madam Yan
* Ni Ge Mu Tu as Xu Huang
* Yang Li Xin as Xiahou Jie
* Huang Xiao Li as Han Xuan
* Wang Yi as Ding Feng and Han Sui
* Lu Yong as Yang Ling
* Ma Zi Jun as Liu Bei's wedding officiant
* Mang Lai as Wang Zhong / Liao Hua / Gao Lan / Wen Pin
* Gai Ke as Fan Shi
* Pu Cun Xin as Sun Ce
* Huo Er Cha as Liu Dai

## Production Credits

* **Original writing:** Novel *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* by Luo Guan Zhong
* **Screenwriter:** Du Jia Fu (杜家福), Li Yi Bo (李一波), Zhou Kai (周锴), Zhu Xiao Ping (朱晓平), Ye Shi Sheng (叶式生)
* **Chief producers:** Wang Feng (王枫), Ren Da Hui (任大惠)
* **Producer:** Dai Lin Feng (戴临风), Yang Wei Guang (杨伟光),　Zhang Tian Min (张天民), Yu Chang Hua (于广华), Zhou Ming (周明), Liu Jin Ru (刘瑾如)
* **Production managers:** Zhang Ji Zhong, Hao Heng Min (郝恒民),　You Shi Jun (尤世军), Shan Yu Sheng (单雨生), Zhang Guang Qian (张光前), Wang Xiao Ying (王小颖)
* **Chief director:** Wang Fu Lin
* **Director:** Zhang Shao Lin (张绍林), Shen Hao Fang (eps8-23), Sun Guang Ming (孙光明), Zhang Zhong Yi (张中一), Cai Xiao Qing (蔡晓晴)
* **Assistant director:** Sun Meng Quan
* **Executive director:** Wu Xiao Dong
* **Music:** Li Yi Ding (李一丁), Wang Xian (王宪)

## Episode Titles

* **Ep 1:** Peach Garden Oath of Three Sworn Brothers
* **Ep 2:** Turmoil by Ten Eunuchs
* **Ep 3:** Dong Zhuo Seizes the Capital
* **Ep 4:** Cao Cao Presents a Sword
* **Ep 5:** Three Heroes Fight Lu Bu
* **Ep 6:** An Interlocking Strategem
* **Ep 7:** The Fengyi Pavilion
* **Ep 8:** Liu Bei Declines to Take Xuzhou Thrice
* **Ep 9:** Sun Ce Builds his Career
* **Ep 10:** Settling Conflicts via Shooting [Arrows]
* **Ep 11:** The Battle of Wan City
* **Ep 12:** The White Gate Tower (part 1)
* **Ep 13:** The White Gate Tower (part 2)
* **Ep 14:** Discussion of Heroes whilst Drinking
* **Ep 15:** Yuan [Shao] and Cao [Cao] Battle
* **Ep 16:** Guan Yu Sets Three Conditions
* **Ep 17:** Hanging up the Seal and Sealing Chests [of Gold]
* **Ep 18:** A Solitary Journey of a Thousand Miles
* **Ep 19:** The Meeting at Gu City
* **Ep 20:** Seizing Jiangdong
* **Ep 21:** The Battle of Guandu (part 1)
* **Ep 22:** The Battle of Guandu (part 2)
* **Ep 23:** Yuan Shao's Defeat
* **Ep 24:** Leaping Across Tan River
* **Ep 25:** Liu Bei Seeks a Talented Individual
* **Ep 26:** Zhuge Liang is Recommended
* **Ep 27:** Visiting the Thatched Hut Thrice
* **Ep 28:** Burning Bowang Slope
* **Ep 29:** Crossing the Yangtze River with the People
* **Ep 30:** Debating the Scholars of Eastern Wu
* **Ep 31:** Inciting Zhou Yu by Wisdom
* **Ep 32:** Zhou Yu's Fruitless Scheme
* **Ep 33:** A Meeting of Heroes
* **Ep 34:** Using Straw Boats to Borrow Arrows [from Cao Cao]
* **Ep 35:** The Self-Torture Ruse
* **Ep 36:** Pang Tong Presents the Scheme of Chaining Ships
* **Ep 37:** Composing a Poem whilst Wielding a Spear
* **Ep 38:** Zhuge Liang Sacrifices to Procure Wind
* **Ep 39:** The Burning of Red Cliffs
* **Ep 40:** Taking Nanjing by Strategy
* **Ep 41:** Taking Four Commanderies by Force
* **Ep 42:** The Beauty Ruse

* **Ep 43:** Ganlu Temple
* **Ep 44:** Return to Jingzhou
* **Ep 45:** Angering Zhou Yu Thrice
* **Ep 46:** Sleeping Dragon Mourns the Deceased [Zhou Yu]
* **Ep 47:** Cutting off Beard and Abandoning Robes [in Escape]
* **Ep 48:** Zhang Song Presents a Map
* **Ep 49:** Liu Bei Enters Western Shu (now Sichuan)
* **Ep 50:** Fallen Phoenix Slope
* **Ep 51:** Righteously Releasing Yan Yan
* **Ep 52:** Capturing Western Shu (now Sichuan)
* **Ep 53:** [Guan Yu] Attends the Banquet Solo with a Lone Weapon
* **Ep 54:** The Battle of Hefei
* **Ep 55:** Contending for Succession
* **Ep 56:** The Battle for Mount Dingjun
* **Ep 57:** The Skillful Capture of Hanzhong
* **Ep 58:** Drowning Seven Armies
* **Ep 59:** [Guan Yu's Defeat in] Mai City
* **Ep 60:** Cao Cao's Death
* **Ep 61:** Cao Pi Usurps Han Power
* **Ep 62:** Expedition to Eastern Wu
* **Ep 63:** The Burning of Shu Camps
* **Ep 64:** Pacifying Attacks from Five Directions
* **Ep 65:** Crossing the Lu River
* **Ep 66:** Asking the Way in a Desperate Situation
* **Ep 67:** Capturing and Releasing Meng Huo Seven Times
* **Ep 68:** The Northern Expedition
* **Ep 69:** Reducing Jiang Wei to Submission
* **Ep 70:** Sima Yi Restored to Command
* **Ep 71:** The Empty Fort Ruse
* **Ep 72:** Sima Yi Seizes the Seal of Commander
* **Ep 73:** A Battle of Wits at Qishan
* **Ep 74:** Zhuge [Liang] Dresses Like a Spirit
* **Ep 75:** The Six Northern Expeditions to Qishan
* **Ep 76:** [Rain] Extinguishing the Fire in Shangfang Valley
* **Ep 77:** Autumn Winds at Wuzhang Plains (Zhuge Liang's Death)
* **Ep 78:** Seizing Power Using a False Illness
* **Ep 79:** Coups in the Wu Palace
* **Ep 80:** Besieged on Tielong Mountain
* **Ep 81:** Sima Zhao Commits Regicide
* **Ep 82:** The Ninth Northern Expedition to the Central Plans
* **Ep 83:** A Surprise Advance via an Yinping Bypass
* **Ep 84:** Jin Unites the Three Kingdoms

## Notes

* Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The other three are Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, and Water Margin.
* Production of this epic drama started in 1990 and took ~4 years to complete. More than 20 assistant directors participated in its making. One of them was Wang Wei Guo, one of the three actors who played Zhang Liao.
* There are numerous instances of multiple actors playing the same role and the same actor playing more than one role in the series.

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