A Step Into The Past ·尋秦記

A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi's novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series' first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.

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Drama
Action & Adventure
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Created By

Wai-kin Chong

First Aired on

Oct 15, 2001

1 seaons till Dec 07, 2001

Popularity: 30.5714
26 votes
Networks
(HK)
Production

TVB (HK)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Episode 40

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 40 episodes

Season 1

Aired

40 Episodes
  • Episode 1Episode 146 min

    Secret agent HONG SIU LUNG and his colleagues are to provide security for the Exhibition of the First Emperor’s Bodyguard. His colleagues find that one life-size model of the soldiers very much looks like LUNG. LUNG claims that he can make a date with CHING, a stunningly beautiful Public Relations Officer and he even places a bet on this with his colleagues. CHING, however, turns him down. Tycoon LEE SIU CHIU is officiating at the Exhibition, during which a fanatic who is disguised as a journalist has sneaked into the exhibition centre. He has brought along with him loads of explosives. Both CHIU and CHING are held hostage. Luckily LUNG is there and he stops the crazy man just in time. CHING complains that LUNG has no intention of marrying her and that he has been looking for various excuses to reject her for the past 7 years. CHING makes a final attempt to propose marriage to LUNG.… ...

  • Episode 2Episode 246 min

    YAO, a hitman, is in a fight with his enemies and LUNG has rescued him by chance. LUNG realises he is now in the Chiu Empire and thus asks YAO to lead him back to the Qin Empire. YAO has taken him to the city of Handan instead. This night, LUNG follows YAO to a hut and overhears YIM PING and the people inside discussing how to kill YUEN JUNG. There LUNG also finds out that YAO is in fact a girl. YAO and LUNG see an old man in the street, who is being teased by a gang of knights. LUNG helps to drive the knights off. YAO wonders if that old man is JUNG. PING is going to poison JUNG but LUNG and YAO have turned up in time and spoiled PING’s plan. It is found that JUNG is a descendent of the Mo Sect. PING has been trying to steal one treasured object from JUNG, with which he can order people around. YAO suggests JUNG teach LUNG the renowned Mozhe Sword Techniques and JUNG promises. While JUNG is teaching LUNG, PING comes along.

  • Episode 3Episode 345 min

    JUNG and PING have had a terrible fight and both of them have got seriously hurt. YAO kills PING in order to get a special award. Before JUNG dies, he has passed a wooden sword and his treasured object on to LUNG. LUNG disapproves of YAO’s greed and selfishness, and thus decides to leave her. LUNG works as a blacksmith but can earn just a little money. Out of the blue, someone has prepared excellent food and accommodation for him and he knows for sure it is all arranged by YAO. By chance LUNG has assisted GREY BEARD to catch FONG, a member of the WOOs, and her bodyguard TAO. GREY BEARD is actually a thief and is hired to steal an emerald named ‘He’. LUNG is finally aware of the fact and releases FONG and TAO immediately. LUNG discovers that the emerald is used to save YING JING, the heir to the throne of the Qin Empire and therefore promises to help TAO to recover the emerald.… ...

  • Episode 4Episode 446 min

    LUNG knows CHUN is going to keep the genuine emerald. He thus exchanges the genuine emerald for the fake one. TAO brings LUNG back to the WOO’s Castle to meet his master WOO YING YUEN. FONG is not happy with LUNG as she thinks he has spoken ill of CHUN. LUNG explains that he swapped the genuine emerald for the fake one just for long-term advantages. YUEN has no choice but to try to believe it. CHUN presents the fake emerald to MUK, which makes MUK thrilled to bits. With his quick wit, LUNG has successfully proven the WOO’s innocence in front of EMPEROR CHIU, making MUK furious. YUEN thinks highly of LUNG for he is so clever that he can save the WOOs without doing YING JING any harm. But FONG is just so jealous of LUNG. PRINCE POON, the son of PRINCESS ANN, is teasing a girl in the street. Meanwhile LUNG passes by and has stopped him and given him a good telling-off.… ...

  • Episode 5Episode 546 min

    MUK blames CHUN for having not killed LUNG during the fight. He is going to take LUNG’s life in the forthcoming football match. YUEN can see that LUNG is really good at football and thus asks him to help train his guards, which makes FONG and her brother WAI very unhappy. FONG is going to play a trick on LUNG, and for this matter, she orders CHUN to buy some medicine for her. CHUN has bought her some poison instead. LUNG sneaks into JING’s house to have a look. There he meets TAO. LUNG claims that he is a secret agent working for LUI BUTT WAI, a prominent official of the Qin Empire. YUEN doubts it. Outwardly LUNG is busy training a group of footballers but in fact he is training a number of knights who will be skilful enough to rescue JING. FONG puts the medicine (the poison actually) into the soup for LUNG. She has carelessly dropped the bowl and the soup just spreads over the floor. A dog comes near and takes a sip of the soup.… ...

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