The Book and the Sword

Rage and Passion

June 2025 •

Rage and Passion is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1992.

The Return of the Condor Heroes

June 2025 •

The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade from 31 October 1983 to 6 January 1984 in Hong Kong.

The New Seven Heroes and Five Gallants

June 2025 •Chinese

The Legend of Heroes

June 2025 •Chinese

In the late Southern Song Dynasty, as the Jin forces invaded, the Guo and Yang families faced tragedy. Taoist Qiu Chuji and the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan bet to train their descendants in martial arts. Guo Jing and Yang Kang, growing up under different circumstances, face various challenges. Guo Jing and Huang Rong develop a relationship amid turmoil, while Yang Kang's actions affect those around him.

The Journey of Legend

June 2025 •Chinese

Xiao Mingming is a martial arts novel enthusiast who, as the novel's protagonist Xiao Qiushui, journeys through a fictional martial arts world and grows from a passionate youth into a noble hero.

Hidden Master

June 2025 •Chinese

Despite his fierce appearance, the kind-hearted Gou Lingfeng dreams of becoming a hero. After accidentally mastering demonic martial arts, he faces prejudice but joins forces with Ma Yingdan and Zhuge Heng to solve mysteries. Along the way, he learns that true heroism transcends labels and continues his journey to become the hero he aspires to be.

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

June 2025 •Chinese

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai, the same company that produced Chinese Paladin, The Little Fairy and The Young Warriors. Many cast members from those projects collaborated again in this series, such as Hu Ge, Ariel Lin, Justin Yuan, and Cecilia Liu. The series was first broadcast on KMTV-1 in China in July 2008.

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

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Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

June 2025 •Chinese

Based on the popular novel by Jin Yong Kam Yung. He also wrote Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre takes place during 14th Century China during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, roughly 100 years after the events of Return of the Condor Heroes. After decades of struggles, famine, and bitterness which the Chinese citizens blamed on the Yuan Dynasty's misgovernment, the Martial Arts sects have begun to rebel. Prince Ruyong asks Cheng Kun, a Shaolin monk with an ulterior motive, for a plan on how to deal with the rebels. "The wielder of Heavenly Sword and/or Dragon Sabre rules the world." This well known legend in the Martial Arts community is the impetus for the tale of Zhang Wuji. The story begins with how his parents met (episodes 1-3), then tells his trials as an adolescent (episodes 4-8), proceeds to relate his rise to prominence (episodes 9-23) and reveals the secret behind Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (episode 23), and ends with the confluence of Wuji's love life, the Martial Arts sects' long standing grudges, and cruel fate.

The Condor Heroes 95

June 2025 •

The Condor Heroes 95 is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Return of the Condor Heroes. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1995. Many of the cast from The Legend of the Condor Heroes reprised their roles in this series, such as Lau Dan and Wayne Lai. In addition, Jason Pai reprised his breakthrough role as Kwok Ching, whom he previously portrayed in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

June 2025 •

The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 2000.

Face to Fate

June 2025 •

In a war against evil, the White Force and the Black Force have a Golden Seal Battle every five years. Each force selects five people to represent its community. Whichever side wins the battle has control of the wuxia world for the next five years. However, over the years, the Black Force has become more evil than before, and their goal evolved to destroy all good to allow evil to control the world. When the selected five representatives from the White Force are suddenly killed, its members are forced to find replacements.

Princess Silver

June 2025 •Chinese

Rong Le, a princess who loses her memory, is forced to marry Wu You, the prince of Beilin. After being rejected, she adopts a new identity and embarks on a journey to find a legendary book, unknowingly falling in love with Wu You, only to have their relationship tested by family obligations.

Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact

June 2025 •Chinese

Tushan Honghong, a fox spirit from the righteous Tushan Fox Clan, saves Dongfang Yuechu, a human youth pursued by his lifelong enemy, by chance. As they spend time together in Tushan, a bond gradually forms between them. Ultimately, they join forces with their loved ones to combat the forces of evil in order to fulfill their shared desire for peace between their two clans.

Blades of the Guardians

June 2025 •Chinese

The Return of the Condor Heroes

June 2025 •Chinese

The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It is the second installment of a trilogy produced by Zhang Jizhong, preceded by The Legend of the Condor Heroes and followed by The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first broadcast on 17 March 2006 in China and subsequently broadcast in other Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

Laughing in the Wind

June 2025 •Chinese

Laughing in the Wind is a 2001 Chinese television series produced by Zhang Jizhong, starring Li Yapeng and Xu Qing in the leading roles. The series is an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. It was first broadcast on CCTV in China in 2001.

Long Wang Ling

June 2025 •Chinese

Feng Zhi Lou was unable to become a martial artist and was ridiculed. She was sent to the pharmacy to work and help uncle Feng search for medicine for more than ten years. She has become a laughing stock of the six major families, and even in Wujing Dynasty. One day, when Feng Zhi Lou was collecting medicine she saved Chu Mo Shang, a mysterious man who fell into the cliff after being seriously injured. The kind-hearted Feng Zhi Lou couldn't bear to see him be bitten by insects and rats, so she sent him medicine every day. Under the care of Feng Zhi Lou, Chu Mo Shang gradually recovered, but Feng Zhi Lou encountered an obstacle. It turned out that her father wanted to marry her to Jia Yu, a fool in Zhuangkou. Due to her opposition, her father gave her a three-day deadline to find someone who was willing to marry her, otherwise she has to marry Jia Yu. In a hurry, Feng Zhi Lou thought of Chu Mo Shang, who was treated by her...

Love Is An Accident

June 2025 •Chinese

A girl stumbles upon Jiangjou’s mountaintop pavilion, never imagining she would come to pose as the young master's future wife.

Legend of the Undercover Chef

June 2025 •Chinese

This drama tells the story of Ximen Changhai, head of the Magpie Saber Sect, who is determined to eradicate the wokou pirates and joins a secret plan to do so. To prevent his plans from leaking out, Ximen Changhai brought his brother, Ximen Changzai, a cook, to the Magpie Saber Sect to become the acting sect head, and as affairs within the Sect changed, an amusing martial arts story started within the sect.