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[[File:Curse_of_the_Golden_Flower.jpg|link=Curse of the Golden Flower
Most Western audiences know this period from Asian pop culture sources such as ''[[Wuxia]]'' movies, or Japanese works such as the ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' series of games and the ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (
Life in [[Imperial China]], according to this view, apparently involved lots of politics and betrayal around the Emperor's solid gold palace, punctuated by battles featuring big hulky brocade-wearing brutes mowing down peasant soldiers by the thousands with their flashy ''musou'' attacks. When you met a fair maiden, either she was [[Waif Fu|skilled enough with martial arts to kick your butt]], or she was [[Shapeshifting Lover|a supernatural creature in disguise]].
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* ''[[The Burning of Red Lotus Temple]]''
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Detective Dee]]''
* ''[[The Emperor and
* ''[[Fearless (
* ''[[Flowers of Shanghai]]''
* ''[[Green Snake]]''
* ''[[Hero (
* ''[[House of Flying Daggers]]''
* ''Legend of the Black Scorpion''
* ''[[Once Upon a Time
* ''The Promise''
* ''[[Red Cliff]]''
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Journey to
* The first half of ''[[Moment in Peking]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* There have been at least two Japanese TV production of [[Journey to
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* The ''[[Judge Dee]]'' novels and short stories, though the first is a translation of a Chinese story.
* Several novels by Pearl Buck, including ''[[The Good Earth]]'' and ''Peony''.
* ''[[Snow Flower and
* ''[[Bridge of Birds]]'' and its sequels appear in a version where [[All Myths Are True]].
* ''L'Impératrice de la Soie'' trilogy by José Frèches.
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