* BrokenBase: Is the series better in its original Mandarin because of the flowery language used, or was the TVB Hong Kong Cantonese dub superior because it simplifies the language and is easier to understand? In countries that get the show in both languages, this is normal teatime friendly debate.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show was one of the most popular Taiwanese series shown in mainland China during the 1990s, alongside ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'' and ''New Legend of Madame White Snake'', and is still rerun on many mainland channels.
* MemeticMutation: The Chinese lyrics in the Romanian pop group ''Blaxy Girls''' hit single ''If You Read My Mind (Chaow Remix)'' [[note]]collequally known as ''Chin Cheng Hanji'' to the internet, and set to an image of Tom from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' looking like a stereotypical Chineseman wearing a record on his head and spinning dazed on a turntable, [[Memes/TomAndJerry more info here]][[/note]], actually originated of a Justice Bao play, ''The Execution of Chen Shimei'' aka ''Sin of Lust'', specifically from the scene where Justice Bao is reading the charges laid against the scholar who deceived the emperor.