To Live to Love

2006 Chinese TV series or program

To Live to Love

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Traditional Chinese| 長恨歌
Simplified Chinese| 长恨歌
Literal meaning| The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
Hanyu Pinyin| Cháng Hèn Gē
Genre|

* period drama
* romantic drama

Based on| The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
by Wang Anyi
Written by|

* Jiang Liping
* Zhao Yaomin

Directed by| Ding Hei
Starring|

* Maggie Cheung Ho-yee
* Huang Yi
* Tse Kwan-ho
* Wu Hsing-kuo
* Xu Zheng
* Chen Lina
* Gu Yan
* Jin Meng

Music by| Zhao Lin
Opening theme| "Ruguo Meiyou Ni" (如果没有你) performed by Bai Guang
Ending theme| "Wuxin Dengdai" (无心等待) performed by Janice Yan
Country of origin| China
Original language| Mandarin
No. of episodes| 35
Production
Executive producer| Ding Hei
Producer| He Zizhuang
Cinematography|

* Huang Wei
* Wang Tianlin

Running time| 45 minutes
Production companies|

* Wenhui–Xinmin United Press Group
* Shanghai Film Group Corporation
* Hairun Movies & TV Production
* Eastern Shanghai Culture, Movies & TV
* Zuo'an Movies & TV Production

Original release
Network| Shanghai Television
Release| March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28)

To Live to Love[1] is a 2006 Chinese period TV drama series directed by Ding Hei, based on Wang Anyi's 1995 novel The Song of Everlasting Sorrow. The series stars Huang Yi and Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as the protagonist Wang Qiyao in different ages. It also stars Tse Kwan-ho (as Mr. Cheng), Wu Hsing-kuo (as Director Li), Xu Zheng (as Kang Mingxun), and Chen Lina (as Jiang Lili).

## Filming

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Filming began in July 2004 in Soochow University, and moved to Shanghai, where the story is set, in August 2004.[2] The series was first broadcast on March 28, 2006, on Shanghai Television.[3]

## Cast and characters

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Episodes 1-14 deal with the years 1947–1950. These episodes correspond to roughly Part I and Part II, Chapter 1 of the novel. Episodes 14–35 deal with the years from 1958 to 1979.

Actor | Character | Notes

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Main cast
Huang Yi (ep. 1–14) | Wang Qiyao |
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (ep. 14–35)
Tse Kwan-ho | Cheng Shidi | "Mr. Cheng"
Chen Lina | Jiang Lili |
Gu Yan | Wang Qiyao's mother | died of illness in 1968
Episodes 1–14
Ding Danni | Wu Peizhen |
Wei Li | Wang Jingtang | Wang Qiyao's father, died of illness in 1948
Zhang Junwei | Wang Qiming (teenaged) | Wang Qiyao's younger brother
Xu Yulan | Mama Zheng | Wang family's maidservant
Liu Changwei | Mr. Xu | Wang Jingtang's colleague
Song Linlin | Captain Jason | captain of a European ship
Jiang Shizhuo | Fugui | Wu Peizhen's cousin
Qu Cheng | Yang Biao | film director
Yan Xiaopin | Jiang Lili's mother |
Li Ying | Su San | film actress, also Li Puzhi's mistress
Wu Hsing-kuo | Li Puzhi | "Director Li"
Liu Jie | Xiaoyanhong | Li Puzhi's wife, also sworn sister of Jiang Lili's mother
Liao Jinfeng | "eldest sworn sister" | sworn sisters of Xiaoyanhong and Jiang Lili's mother
Song Ruhui | "second sworn sister"
Sun Min | "fourth sworn sister"
Ye Qing | "fifth sworn sister"
Yuan Ping | "sixth sworn sister"
Zhou Xiaoli | "seventh sworn sister"
Zhao Zhenzhong | Li Puzhi's adjutant | actually a Communist spy
Tan Zengwei | "Mugen" | Jiang family's butler
Li Daojun | Jiang family's tailor |
Xiang Mei | Wang Qiyao's grandma |
Sun Qixin | Yu Qing | servant and lover of Wang Qiyao's grandma
Si Xiao | Wang Hongcai | "Deuce"
Episodes 14–35
Chen Qing | Wang Qiming (older) |
Liu Xiao | Cuifen | Wang Qiming's wife
Zhang Dongwei (child) | Maomao | Wang Qiming's son
Zhang Hongming | Mr. Zhang | Jiang Lili's leader and eventual husband
Ni Hongjie | Gu Mali | Cheng Shidi's neighbor who likes him
Wang Yin | Liu Mei | Cheng Shidi's colleague in the library
Wang Guojing | Yan Shande | "Mr. Yan"
Jin Meng | Lu Yunying | "Madame Yan"
Li Shuai (child) | Yan Xiaodi (Lu Yunying's son) |
Yu Cunshi (teen) | led Red Guards to ransack Wang Qiyao's apartment
Zhou Hao | dated Weiwei before realizing they were related
Fang Ling | Fengdi | Yan family's maidservant
Dai Zhao'an | Aliu | a neighbour in Peace Lane
Huang Lijuan | Qian Yingying | Aliu's wife
Xu Zheng | Kang Mingxun |
Xu Chengxian | Kang Mingxun's father |
Chen Hongmei | Kang Mingxun's "Mother" | not his real mother
Chen Jianfei | Kang Mingxun's "Second Mother" | his real mother
Shi Tingting | Kang Mingni | Kang Mingxun's younger half-sisters
Wang Yun | Kang Mingshan
Zhao Rongrong | Kang family's maidservant |
Ji Xueping | Xu Yuanyuan | Kang Mingxun's date and eventual wife
Bahtiyar Aziz | Sasha |
Sheng Zhao (child) | Wang Weiwei |
Gao Si | dated both Yan Xiaodi and Feng Yongli
Shen Yue | Zhang Yonghong | dated Feng Yongli
Liu Lei | Feng Yongli | "Old Colour"
Xu Fu | Feng Yongli's father | Cheng Shidi's colleague in the library

## References

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1. ^ Wang Anyi (2008). The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai. Translated by Berry, Michael; Chan Egan, Susan Chan. Columbia University Press. pp. 433. ISBN 978-0-231-14342-4.
2. ^ 电视版《长恨歌》开机 两个“王琦瑶”面对面
3. ^ 《长恨歌》黄奕版王琦瑶将除面纱

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Works by Wang Anyi

Novels|

* Lapse of Time (1982)
* The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (1995)

Screenplay|

* Temptress Moon (1996)
* Love After Love (2020)

Adaptations|

* The Zhang Family's Daughter-in-Law (1985)
* Everlasting Regret (2005)
* To Live to Love (2006)

See also|

Ru Zhijuan (mother)
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