Wu Zi Bei Ge

Wu Zi Bei Ge
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Also known as	Wu Zi Bei Ge: Wu Zetian Zhuan
Genre	Historical drama
Written by	Chen Yanmin Zhang Wenhua Li Yijia
Directed by	Chen Yanmin
Starring	Siqin Gaowa Wen Zhengrong Zhang Tielin Fang Xu Liu Wei Liu Jinshan Liao Xiaoqin
Theme music composer	Ma Ding
Opening theme	Wu Zi Bei Ge (无字碑歌) performed by Mao Amin
Ending theme	Qianqiu Gongzui Renping Shuo (千秋功罪任凭说) performed by Mao Amin
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40
Production
Location(s)	Zhuozhou, Hebei, China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Release
First shown in	2006

Wu Zi Bei Ge
Traditional Chinese	無字碑歌
Simplified Chinese	无字碑歌
Literal meaning	Song of the Uncharactered Stele
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Zì Bēi Gē
(alternate Chinese title)
Traditional Chinese	無字碑歌：武則天傳
Simplified Chinese	无字碑歌：武则天传
Literal meaning	Song of the Uncharactered Stele: The Story of Wu Zetian
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Zì Bēi Gē: Wǔ Zétiān Zhuàn

Wu Zi Bei Ge, also known as Wu Zi Bei Ge: Wu Zetian Zhuan, is a 2006 Chinese television series based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of "Empress Regnant". The series was directed and written by Chen Yanmin, and starred Siqin Gaowa and Wen Zhengrong as the empress. The series' title Wu Zi Bei Ge literally means "Song of the Uncharactered Stele", with the "stele" referring to the unmarked one standing near Wu Zetian's tomb at the Qianling Mausoleum.

Cast

Siqin Gaowa as Wu Zetian Wen Zhengrong as Wu Zetian (young) / Princess Taiping Zhang Tielin as Emperor Gaozong of Tang Fang Xu as Di Renjie Liu Wei as Emperor Taizong of Tang Liu Jinshan as Wei Shun'an Liao Xiaoqin as Shangguan Wan'er Yan Bingyan as Empress Wang Xie Jintian as Consort Xiao Li Xinyi as Lady of Wei Tan Yang as Lai Junchen Sha Jingchang as Wei Yuanzhong Xu Zhengting as Zhangsun Wuji Cao Jinsheng as Hao Chujun Wang Biao as Han Yuan Xia Feng as Lai Ji Zeng Qiusheng as Xu Jingzong Wang Deshun as Li Ji Xu Wenbin as Chu Suiliang Ying Da as Li Yuanjing Li Ding as Zhang Gongyi Zhao Jin as Pei Yan Yang Jun as Wu Yuanqing / Wu Sansi He Shengwei as Wu Yuanshuang / Wu Chengsi Lu Shiyu as Li Xian Wang Jinxin as Li Dan Li Yixiao as Wei Tuan'er Ma Jie as Li Yifu Wu Feifei as Consort Liu Liu Su as Consort Dou

Zheng Yu as Liu Shi Zhou Yihua as Li Zhaode Zhou Shiyi as Xu Yougong Li Ming as Zhang Guangfu Xueshan as Xu Yanbo Li Yansheng as Zhang Jianzhi Zhao Chengshun as Su Liangsi Wang Hui as Xue Huaiyi Li Yang as Zhou Xing Ge Yaming as Suo Yuanli Ba Duo as Hou Sizhi Zhou Weitao as Li Hong Zhao Bo as Li Xian Li Xiaobo as Fu Youyi Xu Fengnian as Wang Xiaojie Zhu Chen as Zhang Yue Zhang Ping as Pei Xingjian Wang Jianing as Xu Jingye / Xu Jingzhen Cheng Wu as Zhang Changzong Chi Jia as Zhang Yizhi Li Rui as Zhang Changyi Wang Gang as Lou Shide Dali as Zhang De Li Bin as Liu Yicong Guan Huaitian as Li Ke Yu Jingliang as Di Guangyuan Tang Beiping as Chu Gui Xiahou Bin as Dou Xijian Cao Xuefei as Cui Xuanwei Fan Xiaoyang as Pei Feigong

Li Xueping as Fan Yunxian Wang Chunyuan as Li Jiao Ren Chengwu as Li Zhen Zeng Hongsheng as Shangguan Yi Zhang Zhitong as Wu Zetian's mother Wang Yong as Chen Zi'ang Sun Leiyan as Liu Yizhi Xu Ming as Zhu Jingze Qi Ji / Zhang Xiaoxiao as Li Zhong Lu Dongchang as Qiu Shenji Zhang Erhe as Wang Fusheng Chen Xinhua as Ming Chongyan Dahai as Lu Mingyi Sun Hao as An Jinzang Li Li-chun as Wei Zheng Bai Yun as Xue Shao Chu Tong as Luo Binwang Liu Ping as Wang Deshou Wang Tianyi as Yue Yi Shi Lei as Li Longji Han Ziting as Li Sujie Sun Lijun as Prince of Dongping Bai Yunfei as Fang Yi'ai Jia Yue as Xue Wanche Zhang Zhenxing as Chai Lingwu Zhang Jingtu as Li Xiaoyi Pan Meiru as Cheng Wuting Xie Jian as Wang Qingzhi Li Yan as Su Anheng Chai Hao as Xiaomeng

Sun Han as King of West Yi Bai Ma as Commander Wang Zhang Sanjin as old farmer Ji Qin as Abbess of Ganye Abbey Zhu Jian as nun Wang Yingqi as Zhou Lin Wu Huanyan as Empress Wei Jia Yulan as Princess Qianjin Ma Yashu as Princess Gaoyang Gao Yafan as Princess Baling Hai Yan as Mrs Zhangsun Yang Qian as Biyu Wang Xuanyi as Xiaohui Xu Lu as Xiaoying Zhang Qingchun as Lady Liu Lu Dong as Du Su Li Tong as Lady of Wei An Limin as Li Hui Cui Shaohui as Li Yuanying Liu Mengmeng as female official Zhou Yihao as Di Fu Song Lijie as Mrs Di

External links

• (Chinese) Wu Zi Bei Ge on Sina.com