Table of key figures and their appearance in the TV drama
(this list is not exhaustive and is based on the TV drama itself, not on the synopsis)
Name
(Pinyin)
Cai E
Name
(Chinese
characters)
朝彥
十五郎
蔡锷
Cao Kun
曹锟
Cao Rulin
曹汝霖
Cen
Chunxuan
岑春煊
Chen Boping
Cheng Biguang
Cheng
Dequan
Chun Prince
see also
Yihuan and
Zaifeng
Cixi
陈伯平
Asahiko
Jûgorô
Additional
names
Title
Short description
Japanese navy cadet;
Junko's betrothed
Songpo
松坡
Zhongshan
仲珊
程壁光
Instalments which
feature this character
(directly or indirectly)
3, 6-7, 9, 11
military governor of
55, 58-59
Yunnan province, former
disciple of Liang Qichao
trained under Yuan
16, 21, 46-47, 58-59
Shikai; military governor
lawyer (later, during the 38
May Fourth era, also
became minister, and
was attacked during
demonstrations for being
pro-Japanese)
official who helps Cixi 24-29, 38, 40
escape from the allied
forces; opponent of the
Qing Prince and Yuan
Shikai
revolutionary
40
Associate of the
revolutionaries
military governor of
Jiangsu province
14-15
慈禧
empress dowager
Deng
Shichang
邓世昌 Zhengqing
正卿
commander of the
"Zhiyuan" (致远舰)
1-2, 4, 6-14, 16-43, 5051
4, 10-11
Ding
Ruchang
丁汝昌 Yuting
雨雨
military commander-in- 4-6, 10-11
chief of the Beiyang
Navy
程德全
52-53
Duanfang
端方
Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Zhiquan general,
later
芝泉
minister
of state
Duan Zhigui 段芝贵
Enhai
Enming
daotai
道台
("spiritual
leader")
恩海
恩铭
Fang Boqian 方伯谦 Yitang
益堂
Feng Guozhang
冯国彰
Fukuzawa
Yukichi
福沢
諭吉
Gangyi
刚毅
Gong Prince
Gu
Hongming
Guangxu
emperor
Heinrich
Hong'er
Huang
Ruilan
Yixin
恭亲王
奕訢
辜鸿铭 Tangsheng
湯生
Dezong
光绪
德宗
海因里
希
Gongnü
红儿
宮女
("palace
lady")
黄瑞兰
Huang Xing 黄兴
Huang Yiou 黄一欧
Keqiang
克强
provincial governor of
Hunan
trained under Yuan
Shikai; temporarily
provincial governor of
Guangdong and
Guangxi; prime minister
the daotai of Tianjin
a boxer
son-in-law of the Qing
Prince Yikuang; is
assassined by
revolutionaries
commander of the
"Jiyuan" (济远) of the
Beiyang Navy
trained under Yuan
Shikai; officer; later
warlord
influential Japanese
intellectual of the Meiji
period
Cixi's brother-in-law
6th brother of Cixi's
deceased husband
translator; scholar and
advisor of Zhang
Zhidong
son of the Chun Prince
Yihuan, Cixi's nephew
German expert for iron
foundries
32, 34
16, 19, 44-45, 48-49,
54 -57, 59-60
37-38
23
32, 37, 40
4-5, 10
16, 19, 21, 43-45, 59
6
17-26
8, 11, 17
2-4, 14, 18-19, 23, 36
1-4, 6-28, 30, 33-34,
40, 42
2-4
one of Cixi's favourite 1, 9, 11, 13-14, 16, 22,
young palace ladies; Cixi 25-26
gives her to Li
Hongzhang as a present
official in charge of
4
coastal defence;
involved in contraband
trade of the Beiyang
Navy; replaces canon
balls with stones
revolutionary; fellow of 32 -34, 37-38, 42-57
Sun Yatsen
Huang Xing's son
60
Itô Hirobumi 伊藤
博文
Itô Yûkô
伊東
佑享
Jiang
Chunlin
江春霖 Zhongmo 仲默
Jiang Shixing
Jin taifei
蒋士星
Junko
純子
Kang
Guangren
康广仁 Youbo
幼博
Kang
Youwei
康有为 Nanhai
南海
Komura
Jutarô
小村
寿太郎
Koyama
Toyotarô
小山
豊太郎
谨太妃
Li
李光昭
Guangzhao
Li
李鸿章 ShaoHongzhang
quan
少荃
Japanese prime minister 3, 6-7, 9, 11-12, 19-20,
33
Yushi
御史
commander-in-chief of
the Japanese navy
(舰队司令)
censor who accuses the
Qing Prince and Yuan
Shikai
censor
one of the Guangxu
emperor's concubines
daughter of an
innkeepter; donates
money, which she has
earnt through
prostituting herself, to
the Japanese government
to help modernise the
Japanese fleet; Asahikao
Jûgorôs's fiancée
Kang Youwei's younger
brother who is executed
after the 1898 Hundred
Days of Reforms
scholar and reformer,
head of the 1898
Hundred Days of
Reforms
Japanese ambassador
3, 6-7, 9, 11
43
37
60
6-7, 9
9, 20-21
4-5, 9, 13-22, 27, 3031, 39-40, 51, 56, 60
6-7, 9
a Japanese who attempts 12
to assassinate Li
Hongzhang in 1895
business man who
7-8
purchases wood for the
construction of the
Summer Palace
Li Zhong- governor of Beiyang,
1-19, 21-23, 25-27, 29,
tang
commander in the Sino- 33, 36, 39, 50
李中堂, Japanese War, Chinese
lead negotiator during
总督
the negotiations for the
zongdu
Treaty of Shimonoseki
and for the Boxer
Protocol
Li Lianying 李莲英
1-2, 4-7, 9-10, 12-14,
18-31, 34-36, 38-39,
41-43
Li
Yuanhong
43-44, 46, 48-49, 5556, 59-60
Liang
Qichao
Da
Cixi's favorite eunuch
zongguan
大总管
("chief
eunuch")
commander of the
黎元洪 Songqing
Wuchang troops, later
vice president and
宋卿
president
Manchu court official,
良弼
assassinated by
revolutionaries in 1912
scholar and reformer,
梁启超 Zhuoru
Kang Youwei's disciple
卓如
Lin Xu
林旭
Liangbi
one of the 1898
reformers, sacrifices his
life to the reforms
Liu Buchan 刘步蟾 Zixiang
commander of the
"Dingyuan"
子香
(定远舰管带) and
opium addict
Liu Guangdi 刘光第
one of the 1898
reformers , sacrifices his
life to the reforms
Liu Kunyi 刘坤一
governor general of
Jiangsu, Jiangxi and
Anhui
Longyu
the emperor's principal
隆裕
wife, later the empress
dowager
(Lü)
teacher in the first
吕碧城 Dunfu Dunfu
Bicheng
xiansheng women's school in
遁夫
遁夫先生 Tianjin
("teacher
Dunfu")
Lu Haodong 陆皓东
member of the
Revolutionary Party
(革命党); first victim of
the Chinese revolution
Lu
temporarily prime
陆征祥
Zhengxiang
minister, diplomat
Luo
罗荣光
Rongguang
Luo Wen
罗文
Tungu
暾谷
45
5, 9, 13-21, 25, 27, 3031, 33, 37, 40, 51-53,
55-58, 60
19-21
4-6, 10-11
19, 21
22 (mention)
24, 41-42, 44-46, 50
31
14-15
48
general during the boxer 23
rebellion
Guomindang legal
43, 46-60
expert, member of
parliament
Ma Sanjun
马三俊
Meiji-Tennô 明治
emperor
天皇
天皇
Meng
孟恩远 Shucun
Enyuan
曙村
Morrison
莫理逊
Mutsu
陸奥
Munemitsu 宗光
Puyi
溥仪
follower of Li
Hongzhang; later
ordered by Li to work
for Yuan Shikai
Japanese emperor
(reigned 1868-1912)
1, 4-5, 11-16
2-3, 6-7, 9, 11-12, 33
owner of the brothel in 1, 13, 15-16, 21
which Sheng Yuying,
Yuan Shikai's lover,
used to work; later a
general in the Xiaozhan
garrison (小站)
journalist for the London 1, 6, 10, 21, 37, 44-45
Times
Japanese foreign
3, 6-7, 9, 11-12
minister
last Chinese emperor,
Zaifeng's son
35, 42-46, 50, 58, 60
Qing Prince
see Yikuang
Qiu Jin
秋瑾
Qiu Simao 邱四毛
40 (mention)
16
Qu Hongji
27-32, 34-40
Ronglu
female revolutionary
former follower of Li
Hongzhang, kills a
peasant family while
drunk
瞿鸿禨
军机大臣 candidate with the best
results of the first
Grand
Minister imperial official
of State examinations after the
Boxer Rebellion, high
court official, opponent
of Yuan Shikai
Li Hongzhang's
Zhong- among
荣禄
hua
others of- successor as governor
ficial in general of Beiyang
仲华
the
Ministry
of War
(兵部尚
书),
governor
general of
Zhili
(直隶总
督)
14-24, 26-29, 39
26th President of the
USA (1901 - 1909)
Roosevelt,
Theodore
Ruicheng
瑞澄
Saigô
西郷
Tsugumichi 従道
Shen Yuying 沈玉英 Yingzi
英子
Sheng
Xuanhuai
盛宣怀 Xingsun
杏荪
Song Jiaoren 宋教仁 Dunchu
钝初
Song Jiashu 宋嘉树 Charly
Soong
宋查理
Song
宋庆龄
Qingling
Sun Ke
孙科
Sun Mei
孙眉
Sun Yatsen 孫中山 Sun
(Zhongshan)
Yatsen
孙逸仙,
Sun
Wen
孙文
Tan Sitong 谭嗣同 Fusheng
复生
Tan
谭钟麟
Zhonglin
Tang
唐庆昌
Qingchang
Tang Shaoyi 唐绍仪 Shaochuan
少川
Tennô
see MeijiTennô
Tian Mo
田沫
33
provincial governor of 43
Hubei
Japanese navy minister 3, 6-7, 11
(海军部长)
former prostitute, Yuan 1, 13, 16, 21, 26-27,
Shikai's favourite
31, 43, 53-54, 57-59
concubine
Li Hongzhang's advisor, 2-5, 6-11, 22-23, 25,
later head of the trade
30, 34-35, 38
office
revolutionary, chairman 33, 43, 45-47, 51-54
of the Guomindang
important and influential 38, 48, 54
business man, Song
Qingling's father
Song Jiashu's (Charly
38(jung), 48, 55-60
Song) daughter, Sun
Yatsen's wife
Sun Yatsen's son
28
Sun Yatsen's brother
15-16, 28
st
revolutionary, 1
9-10, 13-17, 21, 25,
President of the Republic 28, 30-34, 37-38, 42-60
of China; founder of the
Guomindang
one of the 1898
reformers, sacrifices his
life for the reforms
governor of Guangdong
and Guangxi
leading official in the
Ministry of Revenue
prime minister by
appointment of Yuan
Shikai and member of
the Guomindang
19-21
15, 29
34 - 37
47
reporter of the "Shibao" 43, 46-54, 57-60
时时, Luo Wen's
girlfriend
Waldersee,
Graf von
Wang Afa
Wang Zhao
Wang Zhuosheng
Wen Tingshi
Weng
Tonghe
Wu Chuan
Wu Yuding
Wu
Tingfang
Xiao Dezi
瓦德西
German general, leader
of the allied forces
during the Boxer
Rebellion
antiques dealer
王阿发
official and reformer
王照
sent to assassin Sun
王卓生
Yatsen, but instead joins
the newly founded party
in Japan
("Gemingdang") and
becomes Sun's
bodyguard
one of Weng Tonghe's
文廷式
disciples
翁同和 Shengpu minister minister of revenue,
of revenue tutor of the Guangxu
声甫
(户部尚 emperor and also of his
predecessor, the Tongzhi
书)
emperor
beggar
武川
one of Qu Hongji's
吴毓鼎
disciples
Chinese ambassador to
伍廷芳
Japan; took part in the
negotiations between
China and Japan
following the SinoJapanese War (18941895)
eunuch, works for Li
小德子
Lianying
Xiao
小凤仙
Fengxian
Xu Chengyu 徐承煜
Xu Jingdeng 许景澄
Xu Qin
徐勤
Xu Shichang 徐世昌 Juren
菊人
Xu Tong
徐桐
Xu Xilin
徐锡麟 Bosun
伯荪
prostitute and Cai E's
lover
official, Xu Tong's son
official who opposes the
Boxer Rebellion and is
executed
one of Liang Qichao's
disciples
Yuan Shikai's advisor,
composes writings for
Yuan
head of the Hanlin
Academy
revolutionary, one of
Liang Qichao's disciples
24, 26
52-53
18, 21
56-57
14, 16
1-4, 7-8, 10-18
32
29, 36, 38-40
4, 12-13
4-9, 19, 21-22, 21-28,
34, 37-38, 41-42, 44,
46
56, 58 (mention)
18, 26
23
17
13, 15-16, 20-21,37,
44, 46, 56, 57, 58, 59
4, 13-14, 17-18, 21-24,
26
37, 40
Yan
Fengsheng
严凤笙
Yan Fu
严复
Yan
Jingming
阎敬铭
盐运使
Jidao
几道
minister of revenue who
is discharged by Cixi
because he directly
contradicts her
Duan Zhigui's lover
scholar, proponent of a
constitutional monarchy,
temporarily Yuan
Shikai's advisor
one of the 1898
reformers, sacrifices his
life for the reforms; one
of Zhang Zhidong's
disciples
actor at the Beijing opera
who commits suicide in
order to accuse Li
Hongzhang
censor, one of the 1898
reformers, sacrifices his
life for the reforms
official who works for
Yuan Shikai
Yang Cuixi 杨翠喜
Yang Du
Xizi
杨度
皙子
Yang Rui
杨锐
Yang San
杨三
Yang
Shenxiu
杨深秀
Shuqiao
叔乔;
Dunshu
钝叔
Yang Shiqi 杨士琦 Xingcheng
杏成
Yihuan
弈环
(Chun
Prince)
Yikuang
(Qing
Prince)
弈劻
official in charge of salt 31
transportation in Tianjin;
wants to forbid his niece
Lü Bicheng to work as a
teacher for the women's
school in Tianjin
scholar, proponent of a 14 (mention)
constitutional monarchy
Qi ye 七爷
("seventh
lord"),
Chun
wangye
醇王爷
(Chun
Prince)
Qing
wang
庆王,
Qing
wangye
庆王爷
("Qing
Prince")
1
37-39
32 - 34， 43-44, 46-47,
50-51, 57-59
19-21
13
18, 21
24-29, 37-40
the Guangxu emperor's
father, Cixi's deceased
husband's brother
1-2, 4-6, 42
successor of the Chun
Prince Yihuan; chief
responsible for the
construction of the new
Summer Palace; later
responsible for foreign
affairs
7-13, 20-23, 25-26,2830, 34-40, 43-44
Yinchang
荫昌
Ying Guixin 应桂馨
Yingzi see
Shen Yuying
Yuan Chang 袁昶
general who is supposed 27, 43-44
to lead the imperial
troops to Hubei in order
to suppress the
revolutionary uprising
official in Jiangsu who is 52-53
involved in Song
Jiaoren's assassination
official who opposes the
Boxer Rebellion and is
executed
Yuan KeDa shao eldest son of Yuan
袁克定
ding
ye 大少爷 Shikai, general of the
Beiyang Army
Yuan Kewen 袁克文
Yuan Shikai's second
eldest son
Yuan Shikai 袁世凯 Weiting
military governor of
Tianjin, Li Hongzhang's
慰廷
successor as head of the
Beiyang Army, later
president of the Republic
Yulu
governor
general of Zhili
裕禄
Yuxian
Prefect of Shandong and
毓贤
Boxer sympathiser
Zaifeng
prince
son of the Chun Prince
醇
醇
载沣
(Chun
(Chun- regent
Yihuan 弈环 (brother of
Prince)
Prince) Shezheng Guangxu)(Zaifeng's and
wang
the emperor's mother is
摄政王
Cixi's sister)
Zaize
the
emperor's cousin,
载泽
member of the Qing
delegation to go abroad,
proponent of
constitutionalism
Zaizhen
Beizi
son of the Qing Prince
载振
Yikuang
贝子
Zhang Jian 张謇
Jizhi
best examination
candidate during the
季直
palace examinations of
1894, Weng Tonghe's
favourite (later
influential and important
in the industry and the
educational system)
Zhang Xun 张勋
Shao- Xuzhou trained under Yuan
xuan
Dudu
Shikai, military governor
绍轩
徐州都督 of Xuzhou, later warlord
23
42, 46-47, 55, 57-59
42, 58
1, 3, 9, 13-21, 24-59
23
22, 26
6(young), 25, 29-30,
35, 38-43, 60
32, 34, 44
25, 27, 29, 34-38, 40
4, 8, 10, 12-13, 22-23
16, 19, 21, 36, 50, 55,
58, 60
Zhang
Zhenwu
张振武
Commander of the
revolutionary troops
48-49
Zhang
Zhidong
governor general of
Nanyang, scholar
1-4, 14,17-20, 22-23,
30-32, 40-43
Zhao
Bingjun
张之洞 Xiaoda Xiangshuai
孝达
香帅; HuGuang
zongdu
湖广总督
Zhi'an
赵秉钧
智庵
Zhao
Fengchang
Zhao Qilin
Zhen fei
赵凤昌 Zhujun
竹君
赵启霖
珍妃
Zheng Shiliang
Zhou Fu
郑士良
Zhou
Rongyao
周荣曜
周馥
Zhu Baokui 朱宝奎
trained under Yuan
15-16, 21, 24-27, 30,
Shikai, head of the
44, 46-47, 49-54
Beijing police forces,
temporarily prime
minister, coordinates
Song Jiaoren's
assassination
Zhang Zhidong's disciple 3-4
censor
the Guangxu emperor's
favourite concubine
revolutionary
38-39
6, 16, 19-20, 24
25
governor general of
40 (mention)
Guangdong
corrupt maritime
28-29
customs services
administrator in Canton
Sheng Xuanhuai's
34-35, 38
subordinate; later
changes allegiances