The Conqueror's Story
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Leung Wing-mui Cheung Wa-biu Sin Siu-ling Mak Sai-lung Ma Chi-kan Chan Bo-yin |
| Directed by | Wong Kok-keung Chu Lai-wo Ng Koon-ching Wong Kin-fan Chan Seung-kuen |
| Starring | Adam Cheng Kwong Wa Maggie Cheung Melissa Ng |
| Opening theme | Juet Sai Hung Choi (絕世雄才) performed by Adam Cheng |
| Ending theme | Chi Sam Yau Kei Nung (癡心有幾濃) performed by Kwong Wah and Kitman Mak |
| Composers | Mo Leung-kwong Cheng Kwok-kong |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Executive producer | Lee Tim-shing |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Production company | TVB |
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| Network | TVB Jade |
| Release | October 25 – December 4, 2004 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 楚漢驕雄 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 楚汉骄雄 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Proud Heroes of Chu and Han | ||||||||||
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The Conqueror's Story is a Hong Kong television series based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty in Chinese history. It was first broadcast in 2004 in Hong Kong on TVB Jade.
Plot
The plot follows a story-by-story pattern, with each episode featuring an event before and during the Chu–Han Contention. A cast member explains the background of the story in the prologue of each episode.
Pre-episode extras
Prior to the start of each episode is an extra scene that provides an explanation to a certain main point within that episode, many of which have been enshrined in history books, or have become idioms frequently used in modern Chinese society.
| # | Rough translation of title (in English) | Original title (in Chinese) | Presenter |
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| 1 | Rising in rebellion | 揭竿起義 | Cheung Chi-kwong |
| 2 | Street rascal | 市井之徒 | Ng May-hang |
| 3 | Uprising of the Slaying of the White Serpent | 斬白蛇起義 | Law Lok-lam |
| 4 | Evaluation of the First Emperor | 秦始皇功過 | Cheng Chi-sing |
| 5 | The Second Emperor | 二世祖 | Lam Wai-san |
| 6 | Beauty Yu | 虞美人 | Ka Bik-yee |
| 7 | Humiliation of crawling between another person's legs | 胯下之辱 | Cheung Chi-kwong |
| 8 | Li Yiji | 酈食其 | Law Lok-lam |
| 9 | Zhang Liang's plan | 張良計 | Lam Wai-san |
| 10 | King Huai of Chu | 楚懷王 | Cheng Chi-sing |
| 11 | A subject's title | 卿子冠軍 | Ng May-hang |
| 12 | Breaking cauldrons and sinking boats | 破釜沉舟 | Adam Cheng |
| 13 | To call a deer a horse | 指鹿爲馬 | Henry Lo |
| 14 | Three conditions in an agreement | 約法三章 | Cheung Chi-kwong |
| 15 | Feast at Hong Gate | 鴻門夜宴 | Ngai Wai |
| 16 | Apes bathed and dressed in human clothes | 沐猴而冠 | Wayne Lai |
| 17 | Out with the old, in with the new | 推陳出新 | Mak Ka-lun |
| 18 | Xiao He chases Han Xin under the moonlight | 蕭何月下追韓信 | Siu Chuen-yung |
| 19 | Pretending to repair the gallery roads while secretly passing through Chencang | 明修棧道 暗渡陳倉 | Adam Cheng |
| 20 | Reverse Strategy | 反間計 | Henry Lo |
| 21 | When Han Xin selects his soldiers, the more the better | 韓信點兵 多多益善 | Lam Wai-san |
| 22 | The Battle of Sui River | 睢水之戰 | Ngai Wai |
| 23 | Traveling at night dressed in glamorous outfits | 錦衣夜行 | Wayne Lai |
| 24 | Ancient torture methods | 古代極刑 | Ka Bik-yee |
| 25 | The fake king of Qi | 假齊王 | Siu Chuen-yung |
| 26 | Offer me a bowl of broth | 分我杯羹 | Ng May-hang |
| 27 | Going back on one's words | 出爾反爾 | Cheng Chi-sing |
| 28 | The Hong Canal | 鴻溝 | Law Lok-lam |
| 29 | Surrounded by Chu songs | 四面楚歌 | Mak Ka-lun |
| 30 | Too ashamed to face my folks from Jiangdong | 無面目見江東父老 | Adam Cheng |
Cast
- Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
Lead roles
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External links
- Template:Zh icon The Conqueror's Story official page on TVB's website