History Main / ImperialChina

Most [[UsefulNotes/TheWest Western]] audiences know this UsefulNotes/{{Chin|a}}ese period from [[UsefulNotes/TheFarEast East Asian]] pop culture sources such as {{Wuxia}} movies, or Japanese works such as the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series of games and ''[[Manga/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1971 Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi]]'', though most of these are based on much older Chinese novels, folk-stories and other source material.

Most European audiences know this UsefulNotes/{{Chin|a}}ese period from [[UsefulNotes/TheFarEast East Asian]] pop culture sources such as ''{{Wuxia}}'' movies, or Japanese works such as the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series of games and ''[[Manga/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1971 Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi]]'', though most of these are based on much older Chinese novels, folk-stories and other source material.

Most European audiences know this UsefulNotes/{{Chin|a}}ese period from Asian pop culture sources such as ''{{Wuxia}}'' movies, or Japanese works such as the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series of games and ''[[Manga/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1971 Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi]]'', though most of these are based on much older Chinese novels, folk-stories and other source material.

Most European audiences know this UsefulNotes/{{Chin|a}}ese period from Asian pop culture sources such as ''{{Wuxia}}'' movies, or Japanese works such as the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series of games and the ''Anime/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' anime, though most of these are based on much older Chinese novels, folk-stories and other source material.

!!Chinese works set in this era:

* Most ''{{wuxia}}'' books, films, TV series etc.

* ''Film/{{Fearless 2006}}''

* For that matter, more Chinese historical dramas than you can shake a stick at, many of them set in the Qing Dynasty. If you see a queue (that distinctive ''long'' pigtail combined with shaved forehead), it's Qing.

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* ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime''
* ''Manhua/{{Choukakou}}''
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* The story ''A Sword is Drawn'' in ''Literature/AnInstinctForWar''.

* ''Series/TheDeerAndTheCauldron2014'' and ''Series/RoyalTramp''

* ''Series/TheEternalLove'' and ''Series/TheEternalLove2''
* ''Series/TheFour'' and ''Series/TheFour2015''

* All television adaptations of ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes''

* ''Series/NirvanaInFire'' and ''Series/NirvanaInFire2''

* All television adaptations of ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes''

* Most Chinese opera

!!Japanese works set in this era:

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* ''[[Anime/LikeTheCloudsLikeTheWind Kumo No Yo Ni Kaze No Yo Ni]]'' (''Like the Clouds, Like the Wind'')
* ''The Tale of the White Serpent'' (白蛇伝)
* ''Anime/KoutetsuSangokushi''

* ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku''
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', ''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'' and ''Manga/FushigiYuugiByakkoSenki''
* ''Manga/{{Kingdom}}'', set during the Warring States Period.

[[folder:Literature]]
* ''The Favorite'' by Inoue Yasushi is about Yang Guifei.

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* There have been at least two Japanese TV production of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' that use a relatively straight fantasy version of the setting. The 1978 version was dubbed by the BBC as ''Series/{{Monkey}}''.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Loose adaptation of ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' novel, which in turn is HistoricalFictionLiterature depicting events during the end of Eastern Han Dynasty (189-220 AD) and Three Kingdoms period in ancient China (220-280 AD).

!!Korean works set in this era:

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* ''Film/{{Rampant}}'' is set during the Qing Dynasty's control of Joseon-era Korea. The Emperor of Qing is frequently mentioned but never seen, and the protagonist has just returned from living in China.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Dae Jo-yeong''
* ''Empress Ki''
* ''Empress Cheonchu''
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!!Western Works set in this era:

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* The ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' franchise, given it's a wuxia parody
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', though it's based on a traditional Chinese folk-story.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The early parts of Bertolucci's ''Film/TheLastEmperor''.
* ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''.
* ''Film/Mulan2020'', set in ancient China.
* ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' (the early parts).
* ''Film/FiftyFiveDaysAtPeking'', also set during the Qing Dynasty.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' gamebooks, ''Literature/BlackVeinProphecy'' and ''Literature/TheCrimsonTide'' is set in the FF-verse equivalent to Ming Dynasty China.
* The ''Literature/JudgeDee'' novels and short stories, though the first is a translation of a Chinese story.
* Several novels by Pearl Buck, including ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' and ''Peony''.
* ''Literature/SnowFlowerAndTheSecretFan''
* ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'' and its sequels appear in a version where AllMythsAreTrue.
* ''L'Impératrice de la Soie'' trilogy by José Frèches.
* ''Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South'' by Lawrence Yep, from ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'' series.
* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' and ''River of Stars'' by Guy Gavriel Kay.
* ''Literature/InterestingTimes'' is a parody of Imperial China (with bits of Japan thrown in) set in a Literature/{{Discworld}} context.
* ''Literature/TribulationsOfAChinamanInChina'' by Creator/JulesVerne.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Some parts of the first ''Series/KungFu1972'' TV series.
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[[folder:Theater]]
* The stage play and later opera, ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}''.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Toys/FunkoPop has a Creator/DCComics line of figures called "Imperial Palace", which is made of superheroes from Franchise/TheDCU dressed in medieval Chinese armors.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' is set in a role-playing-game FantasyCounterpartCulture.
* ''VideoGame/EmperorRiseOfTheMiddleKingdom''
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Webcomic/TheArtOfMonsters'' is set in a fantastical Tang dynasty - think ''Literature/{{Journey To The West}}'' but focusing on events on a single mountain.
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[[folder:Web Video]]
* Season 4 Episode 4 of ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'' depicts ancient China as its setting.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' are centered around China. Oddly enough, the show's resident Chinese character, Cho-Cho, barely appears in either episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'', which is set during the Qing Dynasty.
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* ''Film/RedCliff''

* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''

* ''Literature/InterestingTimes'' is an UpToEleven parody of Imperial China (with bits of Japan thrown in) set in a Literature/{{Discworld}} context.

* Some parts of the first ''Series/KungFu'' TV series.

* Toys/FunkoPop has a line called "Imperial Palace", which is made of Creator/DCComics superheroes dressed in medieval Chinese armors.