Han Liu Bang (traditional Chinese: 漢劉邦; simplified Chinese: 汉刘邦; pinyin: Hàn Liú Bāng) is a Chinese television series based on the life of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China in 1998.
| Han Liu Bang | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover art | |
| Traditional Chinese | 漢劉邦 |
| Simplified Chinese | 汉刘邦 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hàn Liú Bāng |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Starring | Liu Wenzhi Zhang Lin Yu Xiaohui |
| Opening theme | Dafeng Ge (大风歌) performed by Sun Jian |
| Ending theme | Qiangu Yingxiong Langtaosha (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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | CCTV Changchun Film Studio Xuzhou Municipal People's Government |
List of episodes
editThe 35 episodes long series chronicles the events in Liu Bang's life: his humble origin as a low-ranking government officer; his involvement in the insurrection against the Qin dynasty; his struggle with Xiang Yu in the Chu–Han Contention; his enthronement; the major events in his reign; his death.
| # | Rough translation of title (in English) | Original title (in Chinese) |
|---|---|---|
| 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