The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (2002)

Original title

铁齿铜牙纪晓岚

Directed by

Zhang Guoli

Cast

Zhang Guo Li, Zhang Tie Lin, Wang Gang, Yuan Li, Xiang Neng, Cynthia Khan, Pan Xiao Li, Liu Wei Hua

Genre

drama television series

Country

Hong Kong

Length

4 seasons, 165 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

8.4 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Chinese TV series follows fictional adventures of Qing dynasty official Ji Xiaolan. He matches wits with Manchu official Heshen and serves the Qianlong Emperor in amusing situations.

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What happens

The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (Chinese: 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚; pinyin: Tie chī tóng yá jì xiǎolán) is a Chinese historical comedy television series chronicling fictitious events in the life of Qing official Ji Xiaolan in the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. It stars Zhang Guoli as Ji Xiaolan, Wang Gang as Manchu official Heshen and Zhang Tielin as the Qianlong Emperor. The series first aired in mainland China on January 8, 2001 and concluded on July 17, 2009, with 173 episodes broadcast over four seasons. It was a critical success in China and was nominated in 2003 for three Feitian Awards for Outstanding Actor (Zhang and Wang) and Outstanding Historical Television Series, the latter of which it won. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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