Sunday 29 October 2017

Rule the World

Web Drama: Rule the World
Chinese Title: 独步天下 / Du Bu Tian Xia
Broadcast Website: Tencent

Broadcast Date: October 30, 2017

Air Time: Monday to Wednesday 20:00 (two episodes every night)
Genre: Historical, Time Travel
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 45
Director: Shao Jinghui
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from the novel An Unrivalled World by Li Xin
Watch Episodes On: Youtube (eng subs)

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story between the most beautiful woman and her romance with Huang Taiji who laters goes on to establish the Qing Dynasty.

It begins when Bu Youran, a novelist, finds herself drawn to the story of Dong Ge (Tina Tang) who is known as the most beautiful woman among the Jurchen people. She has been hailed as someone who can make or break a nation and becomes the center of power struggles of many men. For political reasons, her brother presents her to Nurhaci (Jing Gang Shan) as a gift. She also has to face Chu Ying's (Wang Kai Yi) advances, Dai Shan's (Zhang Rui) gentler tendencies, Duo Er Gun's (Qu Chu Xiao) unruliness and Huang Taiji's (Raymond Lam) incomparable love. Can a woman from the modern times learn to adapt to a new life and a new romance? Can she escape what's been written in history? (Source: DramaPanda)

Fun Facts

Filming took place in Hengdian World Studios and Beijing.
Recorded in history: “Dong’ge, full name Yehenala Buxiyemala, died at age thirty four…” Source: shushengbar
It is produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures, Yuekai Entertainment and New Classics Media.
It is Raymond Lam's third time playing the king of a nation after A Step into the Past and The Virtuous Queen of Han. It is his first Qing Dynasty drama.
It is Tina Tang's second time in a Qing Dynasty drama after Legend of Zhen Huan.
Jing Gang Shan read many books to play the iconic role of Nuraci well.

Cast

	Raymond Lam as Huang Taiji ( Qing Taizong )
	Tina Tang Yixin as Bu You Ran Dong Ge
	Zhang Rui as Aisin Gioro Dai Shan
	Jing Gangshan as Aisin Gioro Nurhaci
	Maggie Chen Xinyu as Ulanala A Ba Hai
	Xu Rongzhen as Gun Dai
	Wang Kaiyi as Chu Ying
	Shawn Qu Chuxiao as Aisin Gioro Dorgon
	Chen Xiaoyao as Yehenala Wu Tana
	Amy Wang Yuanhui as Borjigin Jerjer