Deletion of the Love History of the Tang Dynasty "The Love History of the Tang Dynasty" is a TV series set in the court of the Tang Dynasty, which mainly tells the love story between Liu Rushi, a woman in the Qinglou, and Li Shimin. However, for its abridged version, it has been reported that several relatively large-scale plots have been deleted. Specifically, it includes the emotional entanglement between Tang King Li Shimin**'s own sister-in-law, Princess Gaoyang and the monk's debate**, and the crown prince Li Zhi and his father's favorite concubine.
The play is a historical TV series directed by Gong Ruofei and starring Shen Aojun, Nie Yuan, Tang Guoqiang, Zhang Tong, Pan Yueming, and Qin Lan. The play tells the love story of Princess Gaoyang and the monk of the debate machine during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.
The plot is set in the ninth year of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and the struggle between Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the crown prince Jiancheng for the right to inherit the throne is becoming more and more intense. One night, the prince's favorite concubine, was asking the court painter Yan Liben to paint her portrait, but the prince sent her to accompany Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to drink.
After the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin, who ascended the throne, began to govern Zhenguan, and he appointed people to be virtuous, knew people and made good use of them, creating a group of outstanding political talents. However, due to the neglect of the education of their children, the crown prince Chengqian and Wei Wangtai were arrogant and lascivious, and the king of Jin had an affair with his favorite concubine Wu Meiniang, causing the eldest grandson queen to die angrily with disappointment. Although Wu Wangke won the favor of Li Shimin, he was punished by the ministers because his mother was the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui.
And Princess Gaoyang was loved by her father since she was a child, but when she reached the age of talking about marriage, she fell in love with Wu Wangke, who was far away from the center of power, and the debate monk of Pure Land Temple, which made her father have a hard time. In the end, she was promised to Prime Minister Fang Xuanling as a daughter-in-law. Faced with her father using her as a bargaining chip for power trading, Princess Gaoyang hated it and felt like ashes.
Since these plots have been cut, it has an impact on the overall plot and may make the audience understand the characters differently. In addition, it is reported that the abridged version of "Love History of the Tang Dynasty" did not achieve the expected commercial success, and some viewers did not evaluate it high due to the flaws in the plot and character building.
Nevertheless, for a historical drama, its fidelity to history and the coherence of the plot are very important.