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648:River Elegy
643:River Elegy
542:Li Yuanhong
540:Cai Wei as
536:Xu Shichang
512:Kang Youwei
500:Li Lianying
485:Gu Hongming
458:Weng Tonghe
428:Prince Gong
395:Yuan Shikai
383:Sun Yat-sen
350:Sun Yat-sen
346:Yuan Shikai
158:Gao Jianmin
128:of episodes
95:Song Zuying
82:Li Guangjie
59:Directed by
1522:Categories
1268:Animations
1237:News Probe
1230:Travelogue
1149:Mao Zedong
856:14 October
794:2011-10-14
714:2011-10-14
689:References
612:Censorship
568:Han Zaifen
548:Duan Qirui
546:Ma Lun as
524:Huang Xing
492:Su Mao as
479:Zhang Jian
432:Hao Zi as
413:Xu Min as
379:Ma Shaohua
361:Lead roles
138:Production
104:Xu Peidong
79:Ma Shaohua
635:Reception
555:Li Yi as
444:Asiru as
148:Liu Wenwu
72:Wang Bing
1093:The Myth
1005:Lucky 52
906:Sina.com
863:Synopsis
818:Archived
666:See also
155:Producer
120:Mandarin
101:Composer
76:Sun Chun
74:Lü Zhong
69:Starring
63:Zhang Li
1393:Egg Car
923:website
759:4128574
658:of the
434:Zaizhen
415:Yikuang
287:Chinese
208:Chinese
184:Network
150:Feng Ji
146:Luo Hao
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675:(film)
452:Ronglu
340:, the
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960:shows
755:JSTOR
440:Zaize
166:China
112:China
51:Genre
1379:Fuwa
921:CCTV
892:IMDb
858:2011
845:ISBN
673:1911
356:Cast
348:and
313:Plot
291:走向共和
279:and
214:走向共和
188:CCTV
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