Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge

Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge
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Also known as	1. The Book and the Sword 2. The Romance of the Book and Sword'
Genre	Wuxia
Written by	Louis Cha (original story)
Directed by	Lee Kwok-lap
Starring	Vincent Zhao Esther Kwan Rachel Ngan Aaron Chen Ray Lui Vicky Chen Tse Kwan-ho Sun Li Joey Leung Kym Ng
Opening theme	Fengyue Xiao Pingsheng (風月笑平生) performed by Lunhui Band
Ending theme	1. Le Xiaoyao (樂逍遙) performed by Wang Zheng 2. Xuehui (學會) performed by Evonne Hsu
Country of origin	Taiwan China Hong Kong Singapore
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40
Production
Location(s)	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	Chinese Entertainment Shanghai CTV (Taiwan) Tong Yan Co. (Hong Kong) SPH MediaWorks (Singapore)
Release
Original network	CTV (Taiwan)
Original release	2002

Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge is a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The series was first broadcast on CTV in Taiwan in 2002.

Cast

• Vincent Zhao as Chen Jialuo
• Esther Kwan as Huoqingtong
• Rachel Ngan as Princess Fragrance
• Aaron Chen as Qianlong Emperor
• Ray Lui as Wen Tailai
• Vicky Chen as Luo Bing
• Tse Kwan-ho as Yu Yutong
• Leslie Sun as Li Yuanzhi
• Joey Leung as Xu Tianhong
• Kym Ng as Zhou Qi
• Guo Liang as Zhang Zhaozhong
• Xu Lu as Yu Ruyi
• Cheng Pei-pei as Empress Dowager Chongqing
• Zhang Tielin as Yu Wanting
• Yang Guang as Lu Feiqing
• Wu Yue as Zhao Banshan
• Mao Hu as Zhang Jin
• Che Gen as Jiang Sigen
• Feng Pengfei as Xinyan
• Ho Kwai-lam as Li Kexiu
• Deli Ge'er as Muzhuolun
• Zhang Hongming as Huo'ayi
• Lu Yong as Bai Zhen
• Xi Hong as Empress
• Bryan Leung as Yuan Shixiao
• Elvis Tsui as Tuying
• Sui Yongqing as Xuediao
• Sun Changhong as Zhaohui
• Li Qingxiang as Zhou Zhongying
• Jia Yanpeng as Wei Chunhua
• Zhao Xiaozuo as Yang Chengxie
• Guo Qiming as Shi Shuangying
• Wang Xiaohong as Mrs Zhou
• Zhang Wei as Taoist Wuchen
• Guo Changhui as Chang Hezhi
• Jin Ming as Chang Bozhi
• Zhu Yana

External links

• Shu jian en chou lu on IMDb
• (in Chinese) Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge on Sina.com