Trivia / The Advisor's Alliance

• This is the third time Yu Hewei is portraying a historical figure from the Qin-Han era. Previously, he was Liu Bei in the 2010 Three Kingdoms TV series, and Qin Shihuang in King's War.
• Wang Luoyong, who portrayed Zhuge Liang, was actually the first Asian actor to play the leading role of the Eurasian Engineer in Miss Saigon on Broadway. He even narrated, "live" on Chinese TV and in perfect English, an English translation of Zhuge's Former Chu Shi Biao. In addition, he reprised the role in a skit for an episode of National Treasures (国家宝藏, "Guo Jia Bao Zang"), which highlighted Zhuge's contribution to the production and trading of salt in Sichuan during his time as Chancellor of Shu.