Description
A Romance of Three Kingdoms (Chinese with English Subtitles) 5 Parts -- 84 Sub Parts -- 58 Discs VCD
Romanceof the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese television series adaptedfrom the classical novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong.The series was produced by ChinaCentral Television (CCTV) and was first aired on the network in 1994. Itspanned a total of 84 episodes, each approximately 45 minutes long. One of themost expensive television series produced at the time, the project wascompleted over four years and involved 400,000 cast and crew members, includingdivisions of the People'sLiberation Army from the Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu military regions. Some of the dialogues spoken by characters were adapteddirectly from the novel. Extensive battle scenes, such as the battles of Guandu, Red Cliffs and Xiaoting, were also live-acted.
List of episodes
The series is divided into five parts and each part has a differentexecutive producer and director(s).
Part One
Title: (Part One: Heroes compete for power)
Executive producer: You Shijun
Director(s): Shen Haofang, Cai Xiaoqing
# Rough translation oftitle (in English) Original title (inChinese)
1 Oath of the PeachGarden
2 The Ten Attendantscause political turmoil
3 Dong Zhuo takescontrol of the capital
4 Cao Cao presents asword
5 The three heroes fightLü Bu
6 The Chain-linksStrategy
7 Fengyi Pavilion
8 Offering Xu Provincethrice
9 Sun Ce builds adynasty
10 Shooting an arrowthrough a halberd
11 Battle of Wancheng
12 White Gate Tower (part1)
13 White Gate Tower (part2)
14 Discussing about heroesover drinks
15 Yuan Shao and Cao Caomobilise their armies
16 Guan Yu lists threeconditions
17 Returning riches and aseal
18 A lone journey over athousand li
19 Reunionin Gucheng
20 Sun Ce's death
21 Battle of Guandu (part1)
22 Battle of Guandu (part2)
23 Yuan Shao is defeated
Part Two
Title: (Part Two: TheBattle of Red Cliffs)
Executive producer: Zhang Guangqian
Director: Cai Xiaoqing
# Rough translation oftitle (in English) Original title (inChinese)
24 Leaping across the Tan Streamon horseback
25 Liu Bei seeks thevirtuous
26 Turning back torecommend Zhuge Liang
27 Three visits to thethatched cottage
28 The inferno at BowangSlope
29 Assisting the peopleacross the river
30 Arguing with theConfucian scholars
31 Cleverly instigatingZhou Yu
32 Zhou Yu's plan goes towaste
33 The Heroes' Gathering
34 Borrowing arrows withstraw boats
35 The Self-torture Ruse
36 Pang Tong presents theChain-links Strategy
37 Thrusting a spear andcomposing a poem
38 Zhuge Liang prays forthe wind
39 Burning of the RedCliffs
40 Seizing Nan Commandery by wit
41 Conquering the fourcommanderies
42 The Beauty Scheme
43 Ganlu Temple
44 Return to Jing Province
45 Zhou Yu is infuriatedthrice
46 The Crouching Dragonattends a funeral
47 Slicing off beard anddiscarding robe
Part Three
Title: (Part Three: Emergence of the Three Kingdoms)
Executive producer: Shan Yusheng
Director: Sun Guangming
# Rough translation oftitle (in English) Original title (inChinese)
48 Zhang Song presents amap
49 Liu Bei enters Sichuan
50 The Phoenix falls at a slope
51 Righteously releasingYan Yan
52 Conquering western Sichuan
53 Attending a banquetalone and armed with only a blade
54 Battle of Hefei
55 Contention for thesuccession
56 Mount Dingjun
57 Strategic capture ofHanzhong
58 Drowning the sevenarmies
59 Leaving Maicheng
60 Cao Cao's death
61 Cao Pi usurps the Hanthrone
62 Campaign against Wu
63 Burning of the linkedcamps
Part Four
Title: (Part Four:Battles in the south and north)
Executive producer: Zhang Jizhong
Director: Zhang Shaolin
# Rough translation oftitle (in English) Original title (inChinese)
64 Calmly holding off fiveenemy forces
65 Troops cross the LuRiver
66 Seeking a path out indire straits
67 Meng Huo is capturedseven times
68 Northern Expedition
69 Winning over Jiang Wei
70 Sima Yi returns
71 Empty Fort Strategy
72 Sima Yi obtains a seal
73 Battle of wits at Mount Qi
74 Zhuge Liang disguiseshimself as a god
75 Six campaigns on Mount Qi
76 The fire isextinguished in Shangfang Valley
77 Autumn winds on theWuzhang Plains
Part Five
Title: (Part Five:Three united as one)
Executive producer: Hao Hengmin
Director: Zhang Zhongyi
# Rough translation oftitle (in English) Original title (inChinese)
78 Feigning illness totrick Cao Shuang
79 Conflict in the Wupalace
80 Siege of Mount Tielong
81 Sima Zhao commitsregicide
82 Nine campaigns on theCentral Plains
83 Stealth march to Yinping
84 Three united under Jin