this is the best chinese tv drama ever, nothing beats it so far not even nirvana in fire, which should be 2nd. the cast, the depth of acting and emotions, the story, the scenes, the actions and costumes are all phenomenal down to the tiniest detail. the execution of the historic classic is almost flawless, quite a number of the scenes were indeed emotional. fair rating of this should be 9.5-10 out of 10, a 8.2 rating is totally underrated. the only downside to this is this misses some of the minor battles, or perhaps some foreigners dun fully understand the story with bad translation could be the reason this is so underrated.