Duke of Mount Deer 2000

The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 (traditional Chinese: 小寶與康熙; simplified Chinese: 小宝与康熙; pinyin: Xiǎo Bǎo Yǔ Kāng Xī) is a Taiwanese and Hong Kong TVB co-production released in 2000. It is an adaption of Louis Cha's Wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記). It was first broadcast in 2000 in Hong Kong and followed by subsequent broadcasts in other Asian countries. This production is a more recent, and somewhat more loose adaptation of Jin Yong's las... more

The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 (traditional Chinese: 小寶與康熙; simplified Chinese: 小宝与康熙; pinyin: Xiǎo Bǎo Yǔ Kāng Xī) is a Taiwanese and Hong Kong TVB co-production released in 2000. It is an adaption of Louis Cha's Wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記). It was first broadcast in 2000 in Hong Kong and followed by subsequent broadcasts in other Asian countries. This production is a more recent, and somewhat more loose adaptation of Jin Yong's last and most distinctive Wuxia novel "The Deer and the Cauldron". The story is centred around an uneducated street urchin Wei Xiao Bao, who was born and raised in a brothel by his mother. Through a series of misadventures, he managed to make his way from the southern playground of Yangzhou to Beijing, the seat of Manchurian imperial power, and bumbling accidentally into a fateful encounter with young Emperor Kang Xi. By hook or by crook, but also through a genuine concern and fierce loyalty towards his "mate" the Emperor, Xiao Bao found himself... less