Chen Xiao is a Chinese actor. Born on July 5, 1987, he made his acting debut in the 2010 film “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.” He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “Legend of Lu Zhen” (2013), “Swordsman” (2013), “The Romance of the Condor Heroes” (2014) and “Love & Life & Lie” (2017).

Chen Xiao

A decade and a half ago, Yun Xiang (Chen Xiao)’s family was cruelly slaughtered in a mysterious massacre that engulfed an entire village. After hiding away from the rest of the world, he has decided to return – and seek both answers and revenge. He has no fighting skills, but is quick-witted. Realizing that he cannot hope to complete his quest alone, he enlists the help of a motley crew of allies. These include the beautiful but secretive Shu Ya Nan (Mao Xiao Tong). The latter is an orphan who was once taken in by his master. She is a fierce and skilled fighter, but appears to have a few skeletons in her closet.

Along with the expert swordsman Jin Biao (Liu Guan Lin) and the martial arts connoisseur Su Ming Yu (Tan Xiao Tan), Yun Xiang and Shu Ya Nan head off in search of the truth. But how far can Yun Xiang trust his band of warrior allies? As they edge ever closer to the truth, the band unearths deadly secrets from the past and faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Will Yun Xiang find the truth he is looking for? And will Shu Ya Nan and the rest prove to be adept allies...or formidable foes?

This drama was adapted from a novel by Fang Bai Yu.

“The Ingenious One” is a 2023 Chinese drama series that was directed by Patrick Yau.

The Ingenious One

&nbsp;Several years ago, Wu Zhen Feng (Chen Xiao) and his best friend Chen Yu (Wang Yibo) were police cadets when disaster struck: A fiendish drug trafficking mob called K murdered the former’s father, sparking a chain of events that saw Wu Zhen Feng booted out of the police force. He attempted to flee the country, but Chen Yu followed him, hoping to stop his friend from doing anything rash. But the duo was dragged into a fracas at the border, where Wu Zhen Feng allowed himself to be taken off by the drug gang in order to save his friend.

Now, Chen Yu has completed his training and has become a rising star in the ranks of the police’s narcotics team. But in this time, Wu Zhen Feng has ostensibly become a major figure in the illegal gang, as well as a murder suspect. When Chen Yu is ordered to go undercover and take the gang down once and for all, it appears that the former friends could be set for a deadly showdown. But as they face off as enemies, Chen Yu begins to suspect Wu Zhen Feng might not be who he seems to be…

“Being a Hero” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Fu Dong Yu.

Being a Hero

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Tencent

In the early 11th Century, the future of the Empire is in doubt after a damning painting of the Empress’ past life goes missing – threatening to undermine the Imperial family. Gu Qian Fan (Chen Xiao), the commander of an elite military unit, is dispatched to find the picture before it falls into the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Zhao Pan Er (Liu Yi Fei), a young woman who is on the trail of her missing fiancé, has also come to the Imperial capital in search of answers.

She has joined forces with two women whom she has saved from the jaws of despair: Song Yinzhang (Lin Yun) and Sun San Niang (Liu Yan). The latter was abandoned by her husband and barred from seeing her child, while the former was being abused by her philandering husband. The three women open a small tea house, which soon becomes the talk of the town, due to their diverse culinary, tea-making, and musical talents. Eventually, Zhao Pan Er and Gu Qian Fan’s paths cross. Although they initially mistrust one another, they start to realize that a closer relationship could be of mutual benefit. What will happen, however, when the romance begins to spark between them?

“A Dream of Splendor” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Yang Yang.

A Dream of Splendor

The Teahouse of Dreams

Aged 39, Yang Guang (Chen Xiao), has been treading water for years. He is the host of a radio show that involves people making frank emotional confessions, and the show has been on the airwaves for over 15 years, with him behind the microphone the whole time. The job has become formulaic for him, and has left him somewhat numb to real-world emotions. His work and his past, also tinged with unhappiness, have left him unable to communicate sincerely with other people, both at the radio station and in his private life.

But he gets a rude awakening when a new show threatens to consign his program to the scrapheap. Instead of giving in, he digs in and decides to revamp his show, switching focus – a process that makes him face his own problems for the very first time. Things get even trickier for him when a lawyer named Liao Wang (Wang Xiao Chen) claiming to represent his mother turns up. Liao Wang drags him into a property dispute – and forces him to face up to family issues he’s been sweeping under the carpet for decades!

“Simmer Down” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Yang Dong.

Simmer Down

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iQiyi

In 6th-century China, the young Dugu Jia Luo (Joe Chen) is the seventh daughter of the Duke of Wei, an influential general in a land dominated by warring families. Political chaos is rife, and civil war rages throughout the factitious territories that will one day become China.

Dugu Jia Luo’s life is thrown into turmoil when a scheming public official sees to it that her family is unfairly blamed for wrongdoing. She and her family become pariahs. But the young Dugu Jia Luo resolves to learn from this bitter experience. She decides to become a strong-minded woman who lets justice and honor rules everything she does.

She marries a young man named&nbsp;Yang Jian (Chen Xiao), the eldest son of the Duke of Sui. The young Dugu Jia Luo and Yang Jian make a solemn and fateful pledge of fidelity to one another.

With her quick wits, and his formidable skills on the battlefield, the couple soon realizes that they have what it takes to put an end to decades of war – and unite China under the Sui banner.

But the custom of taking concubines is common among Chinese royalty.

So what will become of their vow of monogamy if Yang Jian does become the Emperor of China? And does this young couple really have what it takes to establish a dynasty that can bring the country out of civil war – and into a new golden era of history?
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This drama is based on the true story of Emperor Wen and his wife, the Empress consort Wenxian, who died just after the turn of the 7th Century.
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“Queen Dugu” is a 2019 Chinese drama series directed by Zhang Xiao Zheng.

Queen Dugu

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Two palace maids play a dangerous game of love, but only one will capture the heart of a prince.

During the reign of Emperor Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang (Zhou Dong Yu) is a maid who enters the palace to work. There, she meets another palace maid, Liu Li (Zhao Li Ying), and the two quickly become the best of friends.

Liu Li harbors ambitions of becoming the wife or concubine of a prince. Given an errand, Liu Li sends Cheng Xiang in her place. Cheng Xiang ends up meeting the 13th Prince Yin Xiang (Chen Xiao) during the errand, and the two become smitten with each other. When the 13th Prince goes to search for Cheng Xiang, who had her face covered by a handkerchief, Liu Li comes forward as the owner of the handkerchief, and the 13th Prince mistakenly believes that the woman he loves is Liu Li.

Will the 13th Prince find out the identity of his true love? Who will be the woman to stand by him until the end?

“The Palace” is a 2013 Chinese film directed by Pan An Zi.

The Palace

Hunan TV

During the time of the Chinese Northern Qi dynasty, a lady-in-waiting could never become a princess because of the rigid social hierarchy and the actions of many jealous rivals. Lu Zhen (Zhao Li Ying) flees from an arranged marriage and her evil stepmother and enters the palace as an attendant. She meets Prince Gao Zhan (Chen Xiao), and the two fall in love but know that their social differences would never allow them to marry. As she rises through the ranks of the palace with her pottery skills, Lu Zhen tries to help Gao Zhan against a power struggle from Empress Lou and his brother, Prince Gao Yan (Qiao Ren Liang). In turn, although Gao Zhan could never make Lu Zhen his wife, he helps her to attain the highest position in the kingdom – that of female prime minister. “Legend of Lu Zhen” is a 2013 Chinese drama series directed by Li Hui Zhu and Deng Wei En.

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