''Flying Daggers'' is a 2003 Taiwanese-Chinese television series adapted from
Gu Long
Xiong Yaohua (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), better known by his pen name Gu Long, was a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. A graduate of Cheng Kung Senior High School and Tamkang University, Xi ...
's novel ''Feidao Youjian Feidao'' of the ''
Xiaoli Feidao Series''. The series is produced by
Young Pei-pei
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American roc ...
and starred
Julian Cheung,
Ruby Lin
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Dong Jie
Dong Jie (, born 19 April 1980) is a Chinese actress and dancer.
Dong made her debut in Zhang Yimou's '' Happy Times'' (2000) ( Yimou girl), playing a blind girl mistreated by her stepmother. Zhang selected Dong after a casting call on the Inte ...
.
Plot
Li Huai is the illegitimate son of Li Manqing, an influential government official who is also well versed in martial arts. His grandfather, Li Xunhuan, was a highly revered martial artist who rose to fame for his signature dagger-throwing technique, the "Little Li Flying Dagger". Li Huai has never met his father before because he was raised far away from home by his mother, who died when he was still a child. He leads the life of a roaming street urchin with his two best friends, Zhao Chuan and Zhang Zhen.
Li Huai eventually meets his father and his family in town, but their reunion is an unhappy one. Li has never been properly educated since he was a child so he behaves in a rough and uncouth manner. His stepbrother and stepmother, who already despise him for his background, find his behaviour disgraceful to their family. Faced with constant prejudice and bullying from his stepbrother and stepmother, Li has no choice but to flee from home. Before he leaves, his father passes him the manual of the "Little Li Flying Dagger" and tells him to practise the skill on his own. His mother left him with an embroidered purse containing a treasure map before she died. Li finds the treasure and roams the ''
jianghu
''Jianghu'' () is a term that generally refers to the milieu, environment, or sub-community in which many Chinese wuxia stories are set. The term is used flexibly, and can be used to describe a fictionalized version of Historical China (usually ...
'' to help the poor with his wealth and use his newly mastered martial arts to uphold justice.
Throughout his adventures, Li gets entangled in romantic relationships with two maidens. The first, Xue Caiyue, is an enemy of his family because his father killed her father, Xue Qingbi, in a duel several years ago. The second, Fang Keke, is indebted to him and has a crush on him because he changed her life from that of a beggar to a rich girl. At the same time, Li's two childhood friends also play significant roles in shaping his path: Zhao Chuan is kind and compassionate towards him, but he is secretly in love with Fang Keke; Zhang Zhen is scheming and ungrateful, and he exploits Li to achieve his goal of becoming the richest man in town.
Cast
*
Julian Cheung as Li Huai
*
Ruby Lin
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as Xue Caiyue
*
Dong Jie
Dong Jie (, born 19 April 1980) is a Chinese actress and dancer.
Dong made her debut in Zhang Yimou's '' Happy Times'' (2000) ( Yimou girl), playing a blind girl mistreated by her stepmother. Zhang selected Dong after a casting call on the Inte ...
as Fang Keke
*
Sun Xing
Sun Xing (born October 16, 1963) is a Hong Kong actor and Mandopop singer born in Guangzhou, China. He shot to fame in the 1990s by portraying heroes in a number of Taiwanese ''wuxia'' TV dramas. Later he mostly appeared in comedies.
Biography
S ...
as Xue Qingbi
* Gao Hongxian as Zhao Chuan
* Zheng Guolin as Zhang Zhen
* Kou Zhenhai as Li Manqing
*
Cecilia Han as Leng Xiaoxing
* Yue Yueli as Fang Tianhao
* Liu Weihua as Han Jun
* Li Xueqing as Emperor
See also
* ''
The Sentimental Swordsman''
*
''The Romantic Swordsman'' (1978 TV series)
*
''The Romantic Swordsman'' (1995 TV series)
External links
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Taiwanese wuxia television series
Chinese wuxia television series
2000s Taiwanese television series
2003 Chinese television series debuts
2003 Taiwanese television series debuts
2003 Chinese television series endings
2003 Taiwanese television series endings
Works based on Xiaoli Feidao (novel series)
Mandarin-language television shows
Television shows based on works by Gu Long