Chinese History Through Kung Fu Movies Timeline HELP US ADD

[Guest gfanikf]

... to what we have so far.

So now you can try and check out the unique and interesting periods of Chinese history through kung fu movies. This list was done a couple of years ago but most likely wasn't seen by many recent members. We're also going to try and add to it more as even just the last three in terms of TVB and Shaw releases have been tremendous. Credit first of course.

Thread/idea by gfanikf KFF

Timeline from www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html (coutesy of gfanikf - this forum)

Sensasian Timeline & List from tinyurl.com/35woeu

Magic8 posted this on asiandvdguide

iskandam posted this on KFCC

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Jin Yong posted this on KFF

Limubai2000 added this (KFF)

Sensasian List link found by curtpdx (KFF)

Compiled by Limubai2000 from KFF

Chinese History Through Kung Fu Movies Timeline v .3

2690-2590 B.C. Huang Di

2333-2234 B.C. Tang Yao

2233-2184 B.C. Yu Shun

2100-1500 B.C. Xia

1700-1027 B.C. Shang

Last Woman of Shang (iskandam)

Na Cha The Great (Sensasian)

A Maid From Heaven (sensasian)

1027-771 B.C. Western Zhou

A Step Into The Past (TVB Serial)(Sensasian)

The King With My Face (Sensasian)

770-221 B.C. Eastern Zhou

770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period

Hsi Shih (Jin Yong)

Saga Of zhou Dynasty The Spring And Autumn Period (Sensasian)

475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period

Saga Of Zhou Dynasty The Warring States (Sensasian)

221-207 B.C. Qin

Emporer's Shadow (Magic8)

Hero (Magic8)

Emporer And The Assasin (Magic8)

First Emporer of China IMAX (Documentary)(Limubai2000)

Terracotta Warriors (Sensasian)

Shin No Shikoutei (Sensasian)

The First Emporer (Sensasian)

The Rise Of The Great Wall (Sensasian)

206 B.C.- A.D. 9 Western Han

Great Conqueror's Concubine Part 1 & 2 (iskandam)

Farewell To My Concubine (Sensasian)

Beyond The Great Wall (Sensasian)

Han Dynasty (Sensasian)

Heroic Prince (Sensasian)

Wulung Prince (Sensasian)

Silk Road Parts 1,2, & 3 (Sensasian)

A.D. 9-24 Xin (Wang Mang interregnum)

A.D. 25-220 Eastern Han

A.D. 220-280 Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms (TV-50) (iskandam)

Generation Pendragon (Sensasian)

Li bu And Diao Chan (Sensasian)

Hero Of The Three Kingdoms (Sensasian)

Strategy Of Three Kingdoms (Sensasian)

220-265 -- Wei

221-263 -- Shu

229-280 -- Wu

A.D. 265-316 Western Jin

The Butterfly Lover (Sensasian)

The Lovers (Sensasian)

2002 Butterfly Lovers 40 (Sensasian)

A.D. 317-420 Eastern Jin

A.D. 420-588 Southern and Northern Dynasties

Mulan (Sensasian)

Wu Yen (Sensasian)

Master Of Zen (Sensasian)

The Legend Of Lady Chung (Sensasian)

Dharma - Founder Of Shaolin (Sensasian)

420-588 Southern Dynasties

420-478 -- Song

479-501 -- Qi

502-556 -- Liang

557-588 -- Chen

386-588 Northern Dynasties

386-533 -- Northern Wei

534-549 -- Eastern Wei

535-557 -- Western Wei

550-577 -- Northern Qi

557-588 -- Northern Zhou

A.D. 581-617 Sui

A.D. 618-907 Tang

Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (Magic8)

Empress Wu Tse-Tien (Jin Yong)

Yang Kwei Fei (Jin Yong)

Foundation (Sensasian)

The Queen Of Tibet (Sensasian)

Heroic Ones (Sensasian)

A.D. 907-960 Five Dynasties

907-923 -- Later Liang

923-936 -- Later Tang

936-946 -- Later Jin

947-950 -- Later Han

951-960 - Later Zhou

A.D. 907-979 Ten Kingdoms

A.D. 960-1279 Sung

Water Margin (Magic8)

All Men Are Brothers (Magic8)

Deadly Duo (Jin Yong)

Heroes Of Sung (Jin Yong)

Brave Archer (series) (Jin Yong)

Golden Lotus (Jin Yong)

Legend Of The Condor Heroes (Book & Movie) (Sensasian)

Cat And Mouse (Sensasian)

The Lion Roars (Sensasian)

Twelve Gold Medallions (Sensasian)

The Grand Substitution (Sensasian)

The Heroine Of The Yangs Part 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

General Father, General Son (Sensasian)

Ashes Of Time (Sensasian)

Seven Warriors, Five Heroes (Sensasian)

Justice Pao - The Princes (Sensasian)

The Legend Of the Condor Heroes Parts 1,2 & 3 (TVB Series) (Sensasian)

Young Impartial Judge Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

The Bride Napping (Sensasian)

Bao Gong Sheng Si Jie (Sensasian)

Junior Master Bao (Sensasian)

The Return Of The Condor Heroes (Sensasian)

Yue's Young Warriors (Sensasian)

Justice Pao - Zhe Bao Mian (Sensasian)

Yeung Female Warriors Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

Ghenghis Khan (Sensasian)

The Yang's Saga (Sensasian)

Ghenghis Khan (TVB Series) (Sensasian)

All Men Are Brothers - Blood Of The Leopard (Sensaian)

Legend Of Condor Heroes (Puppet Show) (Sensasian)

960-1127 -- Northern Sung Brave Archer (series) (Jin Yong)

1127-1279 -- Southern Sung Brave Archer (series) (Jin Yong)

A.D. 916-1125 Liao

A.D. 1038-1227 Western Xia

A.D. 1115-1234 Jin

A.D. 1279-1368 Yuan

Musa (iskandam)

Bichunmoo (iskandam)

One Armed Swordman (Jin Yong)

Little Dragon Maiden (Jin Yong)

Brave Archer (series) (Jin Yong)

Marco Polo (Jin Yong)

Fall of Yuan to Ming

Musa (Muay Thai Media)

Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Part 1 & 2 (Jin Yong)

A.D. 1368-1644 Ming

Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (Jin Yong)

The Kingdom And The Beauty (Sensasian)

Princes Chang Ping Parts 1 & 2(Sensasian)

Flirting Scholar (Sensasian)

The Three Smiles (Sensasian)

The Saga Of Yeun Soong Wun (Sensasian)

Big Foot Queen (Sensasian)

Chinese Odyssey - King Zhengde And Phoenix (Sensasian)

A.D. 1644-1911 Qing

New Tale Of Flying Fox (Jin Yong)

Emporer And His Brother (Jin Yong)

The Voyage Of Emporer Qian Long (Jin Yong)

The Emporer And The Beauty (Jin Yong)

Blood Brothers (Jin Yong)

Huang Fei Hung/Once Upon A Time In China Series (Muay Thai Media)

Boxer Rebellion (Muay Thai Media)

Empress Dowager (Jin Yong)

Last Tempest (Jin Yong)

Burning Of the Imperial Palace (Jin Yong)

Reign Behind the Curtain (Jin Yong)

Iron Bodyguard (Jin Yong)

Five Shaolin Masters (Jin Yong)

The 36th chamber of Shaolin (Jin Yong)

Disciple of the 36th Chamber (Jin Yong)

Return to the 36th chamber (Jin Yong)

Heroes Two (Jin Yong)

Executionners From Shaolin (Jin Yong)

Clan Of The White Lotus (Jin Yong)

Invincible Shaolin (Jin Yong)

Two Champion Of Shaolin (Jin Yong)

The Master (Jin Yong)

Dirty Ho (Jin Yong)

Sword Stained with Royal Blood (Jin Yong)

Legend of the Fox (Jin Yong)

Shaolin Temple (Jin Yong)

Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (Jin Yong)

The Emperor and the Minister (Jin Yong)

Royal Tramp 1 & 2 (Jin Yong)

Iron Monkey (Sensasian)

Justice My Foot (Sensasian)

Hail The Judge (Sensasian)

Lawyer, Lawyer (Sensasian)

The Legend Of Ji Xiao Lan (Sensasian)

The Duke Of Mount Deer (TVB Series) (Sensasian)

Hero Fong Sai Yuk (Sensasian)

Prodigal Son (Sensasian)

Emporer Chien Lung And The Beauty (Sensasian)

Fake Emporer (Sensasian)

Anecdote Of Hau Zhuang (Sensasian)

Killing Machine (Sensasian)

Legend Of Yong Zheng Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

Book And Sword Parts 1,2 & 3 (Sensasian)

Romance Of Book And Sword (Sensasian)

Voyage Of Emporer Chien Lung (Sensasian)

Warriors Two (Sensasian)

New Legend Of Shaolin (Sensasian)

Kangxi's Love Story Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

Twilight Of the Forbidden City (Sensasian)

Reign Behind A Curtain (Sensasian)

Last Emporer (Sensasian)

Lover Of The Last Empress (Sensasian)

Lai Shi, China's Last Eunnuch (Sensaian)

Young Of wong Fei Hung (Sensasian)

Opium War (Sensasian)

Sino Dutch War 1661 (Sensasian)

New Legend Of Fong Sai Yuk Part 3 (Sensasian)

Legend of Yong Zheng (Sesasian)

Kangxi Dynasty (Sensasian)

Yong Zheng Dynasty (Sensasian)

Dynasty Of Chien Lung (Sensasian)

Mr Winner (Sensasian)

Tales of a Eunnuch (Jin Yong)

Fong Sai Yuk Parts 1 & 2(Muay Thai Media)

Once Upon A Time In China (Magic8)

A.D. 1912 - 1949 Chinese Civil War/WW2

Fist Of Fury (Magic8)

Fist Of Legend (Magic8)

Vengeance (Jin Yong)

Anonymous Heroes (Jin Yong)

The Warlord (Sensasian)

May And August (Sensasian)

Soong Sister (Sensasian)

Peking Opera Blues (Sensasian)

Peony Pavilion (Sensasian)

Till We Meet Again (Sensasian)

Boxer From Shantung (Sensaian)

Route (Sensasian)

Shanghai Grand (Sensasian)

Lord Of East China Sea Parts 1 & 2(Sensasian)

Fist Of Legend (TV Series) (Sensasian)

Man Behind The Sun (Sensasian)

Centre Stage (Sensasian)

Narrow Escape (Sensasian)

Vermilion Door (Sensasian)

Story Of Three Loves Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

Bund (Sensasian)

Spring River Flows East - The Eight War Torn Years (Sensasian)

Star, Moon and Sun Parts 1 & 2 (Sensasian)

Kawashima Yoshiko (Sensasian)

Fist Of Hero (Sensasian)

[18JadeArafats]

yup, another one about the Yang's

[Guest sammofan]

8 Diagram Pole Fighter, 14 Amazons, Yang's Women Warriors etc. are set during Northern Soong dynasty's war against the Khitan Liao dynasty.

Heroes of Sung is set during the fall of Northen Soong to the Jurchen Jin dynasty.

12 Gold Medallions is set during the Southern Soong war against Jurchen Jin dynasty.

Brave Archer & Little Dragon Maiden (Legend & Return of the Condor Heroes) are set during the last decades of the Southern Soong/Jurchen Jin period.

[Guest wuxiamaniac]

You might want to add the following :

Battle Wizard - Jin Yong (Southern Song)

Sword Stained with Royal Blood - Jin Yong(end of Ming Dynasty)

Duke of Mount Deer - Jin Yong (Qing)

The Emperor and His Brother - Jin Yong (Qing)

Princess Fragrance - Jin Yong (Qing)

The Legend of Book & Sword - Jin Yong (Qing)

A Deadly Secret - Jin Yong just confirmed that story should take place in Qing dynasty, therefore most past films and adaptations are incorrect (Qing)

Swordsman 1 - Jin Yong (Ming)

Swordsman 2 - Jin Yong (Ming)

Swordsman 3: The East is Red - Jin Yong (Ming)

Laughing in the Wind - Jin Yong (Ming)

The Duel - Gu Long (Ku Lung) (Ming)

Clans of Amazon - Gu Long (Ming)

Duel of the Century - Gu Long (Ming)

References (mostly in English) by the wuxia experts themselves :

wuxiasociety.org/forum/vi....php?t=153

wuxiasociety.org/forum/vi...c.php?t=30

wuxiasociety.org/forum/vi...c.php?t=24

[KyFi]

Cool list---thanks for the work, guys.

But what about the funky 70's---don't Chinatown Kid and Shaolin Handlock deserve their place in history? :lol

[Guest wuxiamaniac]

Also I have no idea where this film come from ?

"Hsi Shih (Jin Yong)"

Jin Yong never wrote a story called "Hsi Shih", Jin Yong's earliest work took place in Southern Song, the novel title is "Demi Gods & Semi Devils," sometimes called "Heaven Dragon", adapted by the Shaw in the movie "The Battle Wizard"

[Guest wuxiamaniac]

Another mistake "Farewell to My Concubine," this story took place in the 1920s China.

[DrNgor]

Resurrecting the list (thanks @teako170 and Limubai2000). I'll update it regularly and I'll include non-kung fu titles, too.

 

2690-2590 B.C. Huang Di

The Legend of Emperor Yan (1994)

2333-2234 B.C. Tang Yao

2233-2184 B.C. Yu Shun

2100-1500 B.C. Xia

1700-1027 B.C. Shang

The Story of a Seductress (1939)
Tan Kei in the Meat Hill (1949)
The Life, Love and Death of Tah Chee (1955)
Tan Kei's Death by Fire (1958)
Tan Kei in the Meat Hill (1958)
A Maid From Heaven (1963)
Daji Defeats Saddler Wang (1964)
Last Woman of Shang (1964)
Na Cha The Great (1974)
Chinese Gods (1975)
League of Gods (2016)

1027-771 B.C. Western Zhou

A Step Into The Past (TVB Serial)
The King With My Face (1967)

770-221 B.C. Eastern Zhou

770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period

Saga Of zhou Dynasty: The Spring And Autumn Period
Confucius (1940)
Xi Shi (1956)
Fan Li and Hsi Shih (1956)
The Eternal Beauty of Hsi-Shih (1965)
Hsi Shih Beauty of Beauties (1965)
Confucius (2010)

475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period

Saga Of Zhou Dynasty: The Warring States
Little Big Soldier (2009)
The Warring States (2011)
Kingdom (2019 - Japan)

221-207 B.C. Qin

Shin No Shikoutei (1962 - Japan)
The Rise Of The Great Wall (1986 - ATV series)
Terracotta Warriors (1990)
First Emperor of China IMAX (1990 - Documentary)
Emporer's Shadow (1996)
Emporer And The Assasin (1998)
Hero (2002)
The Myth (2005)
The First Emperor (2006)

Chu-Han Contention (Interregnum)

The Battlefield (1986 - TV series)
Great Conqueror's Concubine (1994)
The Story of Han Dynasty (2003 - TV series)
The Conqueror's Story (2004 - TVB series)
Banquet at Hongmen (2005)
White Vengeance (2011)
The Last Supper (2012)
Chu Han Zhengxiong (2012 - TV series)
King's War (2012 - TV series)

206 B.C.- A.D. 9 Western Han

Han Dynasty
Heroic Prince
Silk Road Parts 1,2, & 3
Dr. Li and Dongfang Shuo (1940)
Beyond The Great Wall (1964)
Heir to the Throne Is... (1986 - TVB series)
Han Liu Bang (1998 - CCTV series)
The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001/2003/2005 - TV series)
Wulung Prince (2002 - TV series)
The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005 - TV series)
Dongfang Shuo (2008 - TV series)
Painted Skin (2008)
Painted Skin (2008 - TV series)
The Queens (2008 - TV series)
Beauty's Rival in Palace (2010 - TV series)
The Han Triumph (2011 - CCTV series)
Sound of the Desert (2014 - TV series)
Love Yunge from the Desert (2015 - TV series)
Dragon Blade (2015)
Princess Jieyou (2016 - TV series)

A.D. 9-24 Xin (Wang Mang interregnum)

A.D. 25-220 Eastern Han

Dynasty Warriors (2021)

A.D. 220-280 Three Kingdoms

Dingjun Mountain (1905 - lost)
The Witty Sorcerer (1931)
Diao chan (1938)
Lu Bu's Trick on Diao Chan (1949)
The Affair Between Lu Bu and Diaochan (1952)
The Story of Diaochan (1953)
General Kwan Seduced by Diaochan Under Moonlight (1956)
God of River Lok (1975 - TVB series)
Three Kingdoms (1976 - RTV series)
The Legendary Prime Minister (1985 - ATV series)
Zhuge Liang (1985 - TV series)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994 - CCTV series)
Guan Gong (1989)
Three Great Kingdoms (1990)
Guan Gong (1996 - Taiwanese series)
Generation Pendragon (1999)
Cao Cao (1999 - TV series)
Lü Bu and Diaochan (2001 - TV series)
Where the Legend Begins (2002 - TVB series)
The Legend of Guan Gong (2004 - TV series)
Red Cliff (2008)
Red Cliff, part 2 (2009)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
Three Kingdoms (2010 - TV series)
The Lost Bladesman (2011)
Three Kingdoms RPG (2012 - TVB series)
The Assassins (2012)
The Legend of Goddess Luo (2013 - TV series)
Cao Cao (2014 - TV series)
God of War, Zhao Yun (2016 - TV series)
The Advisors Alliance (2017 - TV mini-series)
Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018 - TV series)
The Wind Blows from Langxi (2022 - TV series)
Unified Three Kingdoms (2022 - TV series)

220-265 -- Wei

221-263 -- Shu

229-280 -- Wu

A.D. 265-316 Western Jin

The Butterfly Lovers (Part 1) (1935)
The Butterfly Lovers (Sequel to The Butterfly Lovers) (1935)
The Butterfly Lovers (Part 1) (1948)
The Butterfly Lovers (Part 2) (1948)
Butterfly Lovers (1954)
Leung San Par Chok Ying Toi (1963)
The Lovers (1994)
The Butterfly Lovers: Leon and Jo (2004)
Butterfly Lovers (2008)

A.D. 317-420 Eastern Jin

A.D. 303 - 439 Sixteen Kingdoms Era

General and I (2017 - TV series)

A.D. 420-588 Southern and Northern Dynasties

The Legend Of Lady Chung
Dharma - Founder Of Shaolin
Mulan Joins the Army (1939)
The Story of Hua Mulan (1951)
Hua Mulan Joins the Army (1952)
Hua Mulan, the Girl Who Went to War (1957)
Lady General Hua Mulan (1964)
Shaolin Monk (1976)
Master Of Zen (1994)
Hua Mulan in Legend (1994)
Mulan (1997)
A Tough Side of a Lady (1998 - TVB series)
Hua Mu Lan (1999 - CTV series)
Wu Yen (2001)
Mulan (2009)
Mu Lan (2012 - TV series)
The Legend of Hua Mulan (2013 - CCTV series)
Mulan (2020)
Unparalleled Mulan (2020)
Matchless Mulan (2020)
Hua Mulan (2020 - animated)

420-588 Southern Dynasties

420-478 -- Song

The Song of Glory (2020 - TV series)

479-501 -- Qi

502-556 -- Liang

Nirvana in Fire (2015 - TV series)
Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (2017 - TV series)

557-588 -- Chen

386-588 Northern Dynasties

386-533 -- Northern Wei

Nirvana in Fire (2015 - TV series)
The Princess Weiyoung (2016 - TV series)
Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (2017 - TV series)

534-549 -- Eastern Wei

535-557 -- Western Wei

550-577 -- Northern Qi

Legend of Lu Zhen (2013 - TV series)

557-588 -- Northern Zhou

Prince of Lan Ling (2013 - TV series)

A.D. 581-617 Sui

Shaolin Temple (1982)
Heroes of Sui and Tang (1996 - TV series)
Legend of the Sui Tang Heroes (2003 - TV series)
Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013 - TV series)
The Legend of Dugu (2018 - TV series)
Queen Dugu (2019 - Web series)

A.D. 618-907 Tang

The Empress Wu Tse-Tien (1939)
Empress Wu Zetian (1949)
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955 - Japan)
Empress Wu (1961)
The Magnificent Concubine (1962)
The Empress Wu Tse-tien (1963)
Heroic Ones (1970)
Lady Yang (1976 - TVB series)
Yang Gui Fei (1985 - CTS series)
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)
The Queen Of Tibet (1986)
Tang Ming Huang (1990 - TV series)
Yang Guifei (1992)
Offspring of Concubine Yang (1996)
Empress Wu (1999)
The Legend of Lady Yang (2000 - TVB series)
Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (2003)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007 - TV series)
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010 - TV series)
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Lady of the Dynasty (2015)
Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019 - TV series)

A.D. 907-960 Five Dynasties

Curse of the Golden Flower (2005)
The Banquet (2006)
A Change of Destiny (2007 - TVB series)
The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011 - TV series)
Fall from Grace - Princess the Afinity (2015 - TV series)
The Great Emperor in Song Dynasty (2015 - TV series)
The Wolf (2020)

907-923 -- Later Liang

923-936 -- Later Tang

936-946 -- Later Jin

947-950 -- Later Han

951-960 - Later Zhou

A.D. 907-979 Ten Kingdoms

A.D. 960-1279 Sung

General Father, General Son
Seven Warriors, Five Heroes
Justice Pao - The Princes
Young Impartial Judge Parts 1 & 2
Bao Gong Sheng Si Jie
Junior Master Bao
Justice Pao - Zhe Bao Mian
Ghenghis Khan
The Yang's Saga
Ghenghis Khan (TVB Series)
How Wu Song Kills His Sister-in-Law (1927)
Boo Siong (1938)
Wu Song's Adventure of the Lion Pavilion (1948)
Mo Tsung's Bloody Fight at Double Pavilion (1949)
Bandits of the Water Margin (1950)
Chin Ping Mei (1955)
Wu Song's Bloody Fight on Lion's Bower (1956)
Taking the Birthday Gifts Caravan by Strategy (1957)
Story of the Vulture Conqueror (1958)
Story of the Vulture-Conqueror (Part 2) (1959)
Wu Song Fights the Tiger (1959)
Female General Mrs. Yang (1961)
Bride Napping (1962)
The Grand Substitution (1965)
The Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)
The Deadly Duo (1971)
Heroes Of Sung (1971)
Water Margin (1972)
Delightful Forest (1972)
The 14 Amazons (1972)
All Men Are Brothers (1973)
The Golden Lotus (1974)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1976 - CTV series)
Brave Archer (1978 - 1982 - 4 films)
Yang Female Warriors Parts 1 & 2 (1981 - TV series)
Tiger Killer (1982)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983 - TVB series)
The Legend of All Men Are Brothers (1984)
The Marshes of Liang Shan Po (1984)
8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
The Silk Road (1988 - Japan)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1988 - CTV series)
The Golden Lotus "Love and Desire" (1991)
Ghost Story of Kam Ping Mui (1991)
Rage and Passion (1992 - TVB Series)
All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard (1993)
The Mystery of the Condor Hero (1993 - TVB series)
Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
Tai Chi Master (1993)
Ashes Of Time (1994)
Hail the Judge (1994)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1994 - TVB series)
The Condor Heroes Return (1994 - TVB series)
Jin Pin Mei (1996)
New Jin Pin Mei I (1996)
New Jin Pin Mei II (1996)
New Jin Pin Mei III (1996)
New Jin Pin Mei V (1996)
New Jin Pin Mei IV (1996)
The Heroine Of The Yangs (1998 - TV series)
Water Margin: Heroes' Sex Stories (1999)
Romance & Sex of Sung Dynasty (1999)
Love & Sex in Sung Dynasty (1999)
The Lion Roars (2002)
Zhen Ben Jin Ping Mei (2002)
Cat And Mouse (2003)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003 - TV series)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008 - TV series)
The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks (2008)
The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks II (2009)
The Legendary Amazons (2011)
The Lion Roars II (2012)
Xin Jin Ping Mei (2013)
Saving General Yang (2013)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017 - TV series)
The Generals of the Yang Family (2019)
The Generals of the Yang Family 2 (2019)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Dragon Tamer (2021)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claw (2021)

960-1127 -- Northern Sung 

Brave Archer (1978 - 1982 - 4 films)
Yao's Young Warriors (1983)

1127-1279 -- Southern Sung 

The Invincible Sword (1972)
Brave Archer (1978 - 1982 - 4 films)

A.D. 916-1125 Liao

Great Liao's Empress Dowager (1995)
Empress Cheonchu (2009 - Korean series)
Battle Between Song and Liao Dynasties (2019)
Legend of Xiao Chuo (2020 - TV series)

A.D. 1038-1227 Western Xia

A.D. 1115-1234 Jin

The Deadly Duo (1971)
The Invincible (1972)
War of the Shaolin Temple (1980)
Yao's Young Warriors (1983)

A.D. 1279-1368 Yuan

One Armed Swordman (1967)
A City Called Dragon (1969)
Blood of the Dragon (1971)
Oath of Death (1971)
The Rescue (1971)
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Marco Polo (1975)
Magnificent Wanderers (1977)
Little Dragon Maiden (1983)
Bichunmoo (2000)
Musa (2002)

Fall of Yuan to Ming
Musa (2002)
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Part 1 & 2 (1978)
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)
New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)
New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 (2022)

A.D. 1368-1644 Ming

Big Foot Queen
An Ingenious Courtship (1937)
Tang Bohu's Seduction of Qiuxiang (1950)
The Scholar Tang Bohu and the Maid Qiuxiang (1953)
How the Scholar Tong Pak-Fu Won the Maid Chau-Heung (1954)
Tang Bohu's Seduction of Qiuxiang, Part Two (1954)
The Ingenious Seduction (1956)
How the Scholar Tang Bohu Won the Maid Qiuxiang (1957)
Sword of Blood and Valour (1958)
Sword of Blood and Valour (Part 2) (1959)
The Kingdom And The Beauty (1959)
Three Charming Smiles (1964)
Come Drink with Me (1966)
Dragon Inn (1967)
The Three Smiles (1969)
The One-Armed Magic Nun (1969)
The Valley of the Fangs (1970)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
Beach of the War Gods (1973)
Heroes of the Late Ming Dynasty (1975)
The Valiant Ones (1975)
Princess Chang Ping (1976)
The Last Battle of Yang Chao (1976)
Invincible Iron Armour (1977)
Dynasty (1977)
Green Dragon Inn (1977)
Mysterious Heroes (1977 - aka Wu Tang Swordsman)
The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho (1977)
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1977 - TV series)
The Proud Youth (1978)
Eunuch of the Western Palace (1979)
Ninja Wolves (1979)
The Saga Of Yuen Soong Wun (1980?? - TV series)
Black Eagle's Blade (1981)
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1981)
Princess Cheung Ping (1981 - ATV series)
Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1982)
Duel to the Death (1983)
Wheel of Life (1983) - King Hu segment
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court (1984)
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1985 - TVB series)
Yu Pui Tsuen II (1987)
The Iceman Cometh (1989)
Swordsman (1990)
Sex and Zen (1991)
An Eternal Combat (1991)
New Dragon Inn (1992)
Swordsman II (1992)
The East is Red (1993)
The Assassin (1993)
Butterfly and Sword (1993)
Flirting Scholar (1993)
Holy Weapon (1993)
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1993)
Kung Fu Scholar (1994)
Sex & Zen II (1996)
Sex & Zen III (1998)
Crimson Sabre (2000 - TVB series)
Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
Perish in the Name of Love (2003 - TVB series)
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (2007 - TV series)
14 Blades (2010)
The Love of Three Smile: Scholar and the Beauty (2010)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Zheng He 1405 - Voyage Extraordinaire (2013)
Brotherhood of Blades (2014)
God of War (2016)
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017)
The Rusty Blade (2022)

Fall of Ming to Qing / Shun Dynasty

The Snake, the Tiger, the Crane (1980)

A.D. 1644-1911 Qing Dynasty

The Rascal He on Fire (1959)
Romance of the Forbidden City (1964)
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)
Ming Patriots (1976)
Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue (1976)
Ten Brothers of Shaolin (1977)
Phantom Kung Fu (1978)
Shaolin Mantis (1978)
Invincible Shaolin (1978)
Dirty Ho (1979)
The Master (1980)
The Rebellious Reign (1980)
Lion vs. Lion (1981)
Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Forbidden City Cop (1996)
 

1647, 1674, 1677, 1714, 1728, 1732 - (Alleged) Burning of Shaolin Temple

The Blazing Temple (1976)
Hand of Death (1976)
South Shaolin Temple Strikes (1981)

A.D. 1661 - Southern Ming General Koxinga establishes Tungning Kingdom in Taiwan

Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2001)

A.D. 1661 - 1722 - Reign of the Kangxi Emperor

Seven Swordsmen Leave Tianshan (1959)
Tales of a Eunuch (1983)
The Duke of Mount Deer (1984 - TVB series)
The Duke of Mount Deer (1984 - CTV series)
Royal Tramp (1992)
Royal Tramp 2 (1992)
The Ching Emperor (1995)
The Duke of Mount Deer (1998 - TVB series)
Record of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (1998-2007 - TV series)
Kangxi Dynasty (2001 - TV series)
The Duke of Mount Deer (2001 - TVB series)
Seven Swords (2005)
Seven Swordsmen (2006 - TV series)
The Secret History of Kangxi (2006 - TV series)
Royal Tramp (2008 - TV series)
The Life and Times of a Sentinel (2011 - TV series)
Scarlet Heart (2011 - TV series)
The Palace (2013)
Gilded Chopsticks (2014 - TV series)
The Deer and the Cauldron (2014 - TV series)
Time to Love (2015)
The Legend of Dragon Pearl (2017 - TV series)

A.D. 1722 - 1735 - Reign of the Yongzheng Emperor

The Flying Guillotine (1975)
The Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977 - ??)
The Flying Guillotine, Part 2 (1978)
Dynasty (1980 - TV series)
The Lady Assassin (1983)
Secret Battle of the Majesty (1995 - TV series)
Legend of Yung Ching (1997 - TV series)
The Hitman Chronicles (1997 - TV series)
Yongzheng Dynasty (1999 - TV series)
Emperor Yong Zheng (2001 - TV series)
Li Wei the Magistrate (2002 - TV series)
Doomed to Oblivion (2002 - TV series)
Jiangshan Weizhong (2002 - TV series)
Palace Painter Master Castiglione (2003 - TV series)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (2004 - TV series)
Huang Taizi Mishi (2004 - TV series)
Li Wei the Magistrate II (2004 - TV series)
Shang Shu Fang (2005 - TV series)
The Juvenile Qianglong Emperor (2005 - TV series)
Palace (2011 - TV series)
Empresses in the Palace (2011 - TV series)
Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 - TV series)
 

A.D. 1735 - 1796 - Reign of the Qianlong Emperor

The Adventures of Fong Sai-Yuk (1938)
The Emperor Goes South (1940)
Emperor Qian Long's Trip to South China (1946)
Fang Shiyu and Misao Cuihua (1948)
Fang Shiyu and Wu Weiqian's Three Attemps at Wudang Mountain (1949)
Fang Shiyu's Nine Battles at Emei Hill (1949)
Fang Shiyu and His Impersonator (1950)
How Fong Sai-Yuk Shattered the White Lotus Gang (1950)
Fong Sai-Yuk in a Bloody Battle in Ying Yang Cave (1950)
Fang Shiyu and His Father's Revenge (1950)
The True Story of Fang Shiyu (1951)
How Fang Shiyu Escorted Miss Yan on a 1,000 mile Journey (1951)
Fang Shiyu's Three Ventures into the Lane of Wooden Robots (1951)
The Battle Between Fang Shiyu and the Flying Hero of Guangdong (1951)
Fang Shiyu's Invasion of Juling Peak (1951)
Duel between Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan (1952)
Fang Shiyu Challenges the Boxing-Stage Champion (Part 1) (1952)
Fang Shiyu Challenges the Boxing-Stage Champion (Part 2) (1952)
Story of Fang Shiyu and Hu Weiqian (1955)
Fang Shiyu Comes to Hong Xiguan's Rescue (1956)
Hong Xiguan and Third Madam of Yongchun (1956)
Emperor Qianlong's Tour of Jiangnan (1956)
Emperor Qianlong's Adventures in the Bower of a Million Flowers (1956)
Fang Shiyu Attacks Emperor Qianlong in Fury (1958)
Fang Shiyu's Three Attacks on Emperor Qianlong (1958)
Fang Shiyu's Bloody Battle with the Net of Dual Forces (1959)
The Book and the Sword (1960)
A King's Caprice (1963)
Flying Fox of Snowy Mountains Part 1 (1964)
Flying Fox of Snowy Mountains Part 2 (1964)
The Prodigal Boxer (1972)
Heroes Two (1974)
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Men from the Monastery (1974)
Shaolin Avengers (1974)
The Shaolin Temple (1976)
Emperor Chien Lung (1976)
The Prodigal Boxer II (1976)
The Legend of the Book and the Sword (1976 - TVB series)
Secret of Shaolin Poles (1977)
The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (1977)
Dream of the Red Chamber (1977)
Executioners of Shaolin (1977)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Dream of the Red Chamber (1978)
Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber (1978)
The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)
Showdown at Cotton Mill (1978)
Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty (1980)
Two Champions of Shaolin (1980)
Legend of the Fox (1980)
The Emperor and his Brother (1981)
The Emperor and the Minister (1982)
New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
Young Hero of Shaolin (1984)
Book and Sword Chronicles (1984 - TTV series)
Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)
Crazy Shaolin Disciples (1985)
The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985 - TVB series)
Young Hero of Shaolin (1986)
Romance of the Book and Sword (1987)
Princess Fragrance (1987)
Legend of the Book and the Sword (1987 - TVB series)
The Romantic Emperor (1991)
The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1991 - TTV series)
The Book and the Sword (1992 - CTS series)
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)
Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993)
The Sword of Many Loves (1993)
New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
Shaolin Avengers (1994)
The Book and the Sword (1994 - CCTV series)
The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1999 - TVB series)
Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge (2002 - TV series)
The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (2002 - TV series)
Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain (2006 - ATV series)
The Book and the Sword (2008 - TV series)
Side Story of Fox Volant (2022 - TV series)
 

A.D. 1796 - 1820 - Reign of the Jiaqing Emperor

The Pirate (1973)
King of the Sea (1994)

A.D. 1839 - 1842 - The First Opium War

The Opium War (1959)
Opium War (1963)
The Opium War (1997)
Lawyer, Lawyer (1997)

A.D. 1850  - 1864 - The Taiping Rebellion

Taiping Kingdom (1941)
China at Dawn (1961)
Blood Brothers (1973)
The South Shaolin Master (1984)
Betrayal and Revenge (1985)
The Warlords (2007)
Tai Chi 0 (2012)
Tai Chi Hero (2012)

A.D. 1855 - The Third Plague Pandemic

Iron Monkey (1993)

A.D. 1861 - 1908 - Reign of the Dowager Empress Cixi

The Empress Dowager (1940)
Sorrows of the Forbidden City (1948)
The Empress Dowager (1975)
The Last Tempest (1976)
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Warriors Two (1978)
Descendant of Wing Chun (1978)
The Martial Club (1978)
Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983)
Reign Behind the Curtain (1983)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Two Dowagers (1987)
The Empress Dowager (1989)
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch (1991)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Once Upon a Time in China 2 (1992)
Once Upon a Time in China 3 (1993)
Once Upon a Time in China 4 (1993)
Once Upon a Time in China 5 (1994)
Lover of the Last Empress (1995)
Fake Emperor (1995)

A.D. 1898 - 1901 - The Hundred Days' Reform/The Boxer Rebellion

55 Days at Peking (1963)
The Iron Bodyguard (1973)
The Spiritual Boxer (1975)
The Boxer Rebellion (1976)
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
Kung Fu Hero Wang Wu (1985)
Last Hero in China (1993)
Blade of Fury (1993)
 

A.D. 1912 - 1949 - The Republic Era

May And August
Peony Pavilion
Till We Meet Again
Boxer From Shantung
Route
Shanghai Grand
Lord Of East China Sea Parts 1 & 2
Fist Of Legend (TV Series)
Centre Stage
Narrow Escape
Story Of Three Loves Parts 1 & 2
Bund
Star, Moon and Sun Parts 1 & 2
Kawashima Yoshiko
Fist Of Hero (1999)

A.D. 1907 - 1915 - Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the first uprisings, early days of the Republic

Anonymous Heroes (1971)
Fist of Fury (1972)
The Bodyguard (1974)
New Fist of Fury (1976)
Fist of Fury, Part 2 (1977)
Project A II (1987)
Drunken Master II (1994)
The Soong Sisters (1997)
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
1911 (2011)
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A.D. 1915 - 1916 - Yuen Shih-Kai "Dynasty"

Five Tough Guys (1974)
Chinese Acupuncture Kung Fu (1988)
21 Red List (1994)
Drunken Master 3 (1994)
Little Heroes on the Run (1995)

A.D. 1916 - 1928 - The Warlord Era

Sweet is Revenge (1967)
Vengeance! (1970)
The Warlord (1972)
A Gathering of Heroes (1973)
Rebel Intruders (1980)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Shaolin (2011)
The Great Magician (2012)
Call of Heroes (2016)

A.D. 1927 - 1937 - The Nanjing Decade

The Shanghai Thirteen (1984)

A.D. 1937 - 1945 - The Second Sino-Japanese War / WW2

Spring River Flows East - The Eight War Torn Years (1947)
Heroes of the Underground (1973)
Girls in the Tiger Cage (1975)
Revenge in the Tiger Cage (1976)
Men Behind the Sun (1988)
Laboratory of the Devil (1992 - Men Behind the Sun 2)
Comfort Women (1992)
A Narrow Escape (1992 - Men Behind the Sun 3)
Comfort Women (1994)
Fist of Legend (1994)
Black Sun - The Nanking Massacre (1995 - Men Behind the Sun 4)
Comfort Women (2003)
On the Nan Ni Wan Frontier (2013)

A.D. 1945 - 1949 - Post WW2 to the Fall of the Kuomanting

Born to Defence (1986)
The Founding of a Republic (2009)
The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2016)

Edited April 1 by DrNgor

[NoKUNGFUforYU]

Ma yuan Chen/Boxer From Shantung was actually a real guy but lived in the Ching Dynasty. He was involved in race tracks.

I wish I could find the article.

 

[DrNgor]

I updated my post above with the numerous TV series set during the Three Kingdoms era. I'll try to sort out and organize (and add to, of course) the Qing Dynasty section over the coming week.

[DrNgor]

Okay, I started organizing and sub-dividing the Qing Dynasty section. It will take a little while, but it's looking good so far.