''Eternal Happiness'' (Traditional Chinese: 再生緣; literally ''Reincarnated Fate'') is a

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

television drama from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

based on a short story of the same name by

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

novelist Chen Duansheng. ''Eternal Happiness'' was produced by Poon Kar Tak and edited by Tong King Ping. The original broadcast was on the

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network with 45-minute episodes airing five days a week from August 5 to September 13 in 2002. Eternal Happiness was the highest rated drama in Hong Kong for the year 2002 eclipsing some other major productions such as Golden Faith and Where The Legend Begins.

Cast and characters

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' *

Michelle Ye Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in ''Eternal Happiness'', ''Triumph in the Skies'', and ''Lost in the Chamber of Love''. Her most notable role was in the 2009 fi ...

as Mang Lai-kwan (孟麗君) *

Raymond Lam Raymond Lam (; Jyutping: lam4 fung1; born 8 December 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and singer who is best known for roles in the television dramas '' A Step into the Past'', '' Twin of Brothers'', '' Moonlight Resonance'', '' Highs and Lows'' and '' L ...

as Wongpo Siu-wah (皇甫少華) *

Joe Ma Tak-Chung Joe Ma Tak-chung (; born 27 June 1968) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB actor. He was a Hong Kong Police Force, policeman before he joined the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1993. He was a member of the ...

as Temür Khan (奇渥溫鐵穆耳) * Rain Lau as Wing-lan (榮蘭) * Tavia Yeung as So Ying-suet (蘇映雪) * Myolie Wu as Lau Yin-yuk (劉燕玉) * Mok Ka Yiu as Mang Chi-yu (孟子儒) * Ursule Wong as Wai Ying-ngor (衛勇娥) * Lo Hoi Pang as Mang Si-yuen (孟士元) * Deno Cheung as Lau Fui-bik (劉奎璧) * Wi Kar Hung as Asong Gor (阿桑哥) * Law Lok Lam as Lau Chit (劉捷) * Natalie Wong as Princess Futjan (闊真郡主) * Lee Kwok Luen as Man Kan-tung (文近東) * Lee Kong Lung as Zhenjin (真金) * Helena Law as Queen Nanbie (南必皇后) * Kong Hon as Kublai Khan (忽必烈) * Liu Kai Chi as Khungjil (忽哥赤) * Chun Wong as Lai Yeuk-san (酈若山) * Kenneth Ma as Lai Ming-tong (酈明堂) * Mary Hon as Kakmaisi (格米思) * Gregory Rivers as

Marco Polo Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...

(馬可孛羅)

Plot

Mang Lai-kwan's (

) father Mang Si-yuen (Lo Hoi Pang) was a royal doctor for the previous dynasty and a learned man, but he is set in his ways and believes that women should not be educated. Lai-kwan wants to seek knowledge and often dresses as a man to go to school. On her ventures, she meets the royal grandson Temür (

) who is traveling in disguise and also a straight-up young hero Wongpo Siu-wah (

) and the three become adopted brothers. Temür sees through Lai-kwan's disguise and knows she is a girl, but he does not reveal this; Lai-kwan also has feelings for Temür. Si-yuen decides to marry Lai-kwan to Wongpo Siu-wah, but at the same time, rich bully Lau Fui-bik (Deno Cheung) asks for Lai-kwan's hand in marriage. As the day of the marriage draws near, Lai-kwan decides to tell Temür about her feelings towards him, but Temür is summoned back to the courts and asks Siu-wah to take his place to meet her. When Lai-kwan sees Siu-wah instead of Temür, she is very disappointed and pushes Siu-wah away. Lai-kwan runs away and on her travels, dressed as a man, causes many laughs and much trouble, getting involved in many different situations. Lai-kwan's feelings develop for both Temür and Siu-wah and are forever changing between the two, especially when she finds out that Siu-wah is actually her fiancé and Temür has become the emperor of the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/eternal_happiness/story/index.html
Eternal Happiness review
TVB dramas Television series set in the Yuan dynasty 2002 Hong Kong television series debuts 2002 Hong Kong television series endings Television series set in the 13th century