Han Liu Bang
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| Han Liu Bang | |
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| 汉刘邦 | |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | "Song of the Great Wind" (大风歌) by Sun Jian |
| Ending theme | "Heroes Through the Ages" (千古英雄浪涛沙) performed by Han Lei |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Production location | China |
| Running time | ≈45 minutes per episode |
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Han Liu Bang (汉刘邦) is a Chinese historical television series based on the life of Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu), the founder of the Han dynasty, starring Liu Wenzhi as the titular character. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China in 1998.
List of episodes
[edit]The 35-episode series follows the events in Liu Bang's life: his humble origin as a low-ranking government officer; his role in the rebellion against the Qin dynasty; his power struggle with Xiang Yu in the Chu–Han Contention; his enthronement; the major events of his reign; and finally his death.
| # | Rough translation of title (in English) | Original title (in Chinese) |
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| 1 | Chief of Sishui | 泗水亭长 |
| 2 | Uprising on Mount Mangdang | 芒砀起事 |
| 3 | Supporting the Duke of Pei | 拥立沛公 |
| 4 | Agreement to resist Qin | 相约抗秦 |
| 5 | Liu Bang and Xiang Yu make a pledge | 刘项盟誓 |
| 6 | Advancing to Guanzhong | 兵进关中 |
| 7 | Xianyang - Fall of Qin | 咸阳灭秦 |
| 8 | Three Conditions | 约法三章 |
| 9 | Feast at Hong Gate | 鸿门赴宴 |
| 10 | Temporarily agreeing to be King of Han | 屈就汉王 |
| 11 | Burning the galley roads | 火烧栈道 |
| 12 | Han Xin joins Han | 韩信归汉 |
| 13 | Appointing a general | 金坛拜将 |
| 14 | Building an army | 厉兵秣马 |
| 15 | Passing through Chencang secretly | 暗渡陈仓 |
| 16 | Defeat at Pengcheng | 兵败彭城 |
| 17 | Persuading Ying Bu to surrender | 说降英布 |
| 18 | Defending Xingyang | 固守荥阳 |
| 19 | Eliminating Fan Zeng by strategy | 智除范增 |
| 20 | Escaping from danger in Xingyang | 荥阳脱险 |
| 21 | Battle of Chenggao | 争战成皋 |
| 22 | Engagement at Guangwu | 对峙广武 |
| 23 | Treaty of Hong Canal | 鸿沟议和 |
| 24 | Battle of Gaixia | 垓下大战 |
| 25 | Suicide at Wu River | 乌江自刎 |
| 26 | Proclaimed Emperor at Dingtao | 定陶称帝 |
| 27 | Capturing Han Xin by trickery | 诱擒韩信 |
| 28 | Besieged at Baideng | 兵困白登 |
| 29 | Moving the capital to Xianyang | 迁都咸阳 |
| 30 | Internal woes and external threats | 内忧外患 |
| 31 | Preparing for a rebellion | 勘力叛乱 |
| 32 | Dispute over the succession | 废长风波 |
| 33 | Attacking Ying Bu | 征讨英布 |
| 34 | Song of Great Wind | 高歌大风 |
| 35 | Death of Liu Bang | 刘邦之死 |
Cast
[edit]- Liu Wenzhi as Liu Bang
- Yu Xiaohui as Lü Zhi
- Wang Gang as Zhang Liang
- Li Hongwei as Han Xin
- Cheng Wenkuan as Xiao He
- Zhu Na as Consort Qi
- Zhang Lin as Xiang Yu
- Zhou Lu as Consort Yu
- Liu Zhongyuan as Fan Zeng