Kang Ha Neul the First Male Lead to Join Moon Lovers, the K-drama Version of Bu Bu Jing Xin

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• Where can I read up on the orginal story line ,sounds a little confusing about 6 leads and 5 etc lol

  • A little bit about the story.

    http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Bu_Bu_Jing_Xin

    Here is a summary of the drama but this may spoil the story for you since it tells the story from beginning to end briefly.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Heart

  • The story focuses on the royal family, the imperial court, and the fight for the throne, so there are multiple leads of course. Because of everything, the storyline is a bit complicated, but I'll try to somewhat simplify it.

    Due to an accident, a girl from today travels back in time to the Qing Dynasty during Emperor Kangxi's rule. She finds herself with the identity of Ma'ertai Ruoxi, the younger sister of the second wife of the Eighth Prince. She tries to return to modern times, but stops when her attempts don't work, and chooses to focus on surviving, despite her different views and values. Due to her status, she meets the princes: the cold, yet caring Fourth Prince; the calm and calculating Eighth Prince; the loyal and brave Thirteenth Prince; the mean and vicious Ninth Prince; the funny and block-headed Tenth Prince; and the warm and nice Fourteenth Prince.
    Seeing the distance between her sister Ruolan and the Eighth Prince, she tries to help her sister win his affection, causing conflict with the Eighth Prince's first wife Minghui and the first wife's younger sister Mingyu. After entering the palace and working her way up, she becomes acquainted with Emperor Kangxi as well. While on a trip out with Emperor Kangxi and the princes, Ruoxi meets Mongolian Princess Minmin, whom falls in love with the Thirteenth Prince.
    Because she knows the futures of each prince, Ruoxi tries to not offend them, especially the Fourth Prince, who will be the next emperor. But despite her knowledge, Ruoxi finds herself caught in a love triangle between the Eighth Prince and the Fourth Prince and in their struggle for power.

    There are a lot of details that I left out, but hopefully that is good enough.

  • Koala has a summary of the novel.

    https://koalasplayground.com/2011/09/13/discussion-and-summary-of-bu-bu-jing-xin-the-novel/

    • Thank you guys very much ! Very much appreciated

• Very excited since we know the remake or adaptation seem always failed in k-dramas's hands. Kang Ha Neul is a good choice. I wonder what kinda role he'll play. And I'm sure this drama will have loads of eye candies too. I hope they'll cast actors that can act, no matter idols or original actors.

• so it's gonna be on Joseon Dynasty or something? I don't think it's going to be as good as the original. Plus, when it comes to politic and princes fighting for the thrown, Chinese dynasties are the best and most interesting.

  • I happen not to dislike the Chinese political infighting style. So yay to this adaptation.

    • Sigh- typo. I dislike Chinese palace intrigues. Absolutely drives me batty.

    • I think Joseon dynasty as a setting is definitely inferior to Qing. And I really do prefer watching all the political maneuvers to watching the romance. Then again I didn't think that BBJX had much political intrigue anyway.

    • That's too bad. I grew up watching political dramas and loved them because that taught me history, culture, and strategy. And I don't mean the "political intrigue" dramas that popped up the past decade that are really ridiculous romance stories set in palaces that barely touch upon politics. Very few of these dramas can compare to the great historical dramas such as Tale of Three Kingdoms, Empress of Northern Wei, etc.

      Unfortunately, these dramas rarely get subbed and almost never promoted because they don't star idol actors. Hopefully, with this year's Nirvana in Fire, a trend for quality and true political intrigue ancient dramas will start to happen with "idol" actors.

  • I'm not well-versed in korean history so the only timeline in Joseon period which have a similar setting that I can think of is Yi Seong Gye and his sons. It seems to me that Joseon has stricter regulations on their king's successor. Unless there's external strife or the Queen is unable to produce a heir, the crown prince must be the son of the Queen. Whereas in the chinese dynasties, it is common for princes born from royal concubines to succeed the throne.

• KHN I love so much but I may skip this drama cuz I never ever finished any sageuk drama in my whole life. This one will not be an exception.?

• Liu Shi Shi = Lee Bo Young haha.. i wish she would be the female lead but for age-wise, emm.. i dunno. hope they get a good actress.

  Kang Ha Neul.. emm.. i could imagine him as one of the princes. but.. for the main leads such as 4th prince or 8th prince.. emm.. i need to remove the 'image' of bbxj first haha

  • Ah lee bo young would be great.Also,she seems to have amazing chemistry with actors way younger than her lol.

• There is many leads in this drama and KHN being casted already tells us that this drama is aiming for something really huge and nobody knows who they are going to go with as the 4th prince which is the really lead male amongst the lead males if you can say that. The female lead is ofcourse the woman who goes into coma and time travells.

  But congrats on whom ever lands the 4th prince cuz that character will be a polarising figure. I have no rumours of who they will end up with as the 4th prince or even the 8th or the female. Just gonna sit on the sidelines until things get confirmed.

  Btw thanks for reporting this Koala

• Not really glad about the remake but if kang haneul is in, i'm in as well! He's been good as supporting characters. Hmm.. my bet is his character would be based on 14th prince. Still waitinf whether they would give us 13th prince character or not, since he's my favorite :D

  • Yes, I would like to see him as 14th! And I hope that they have someone for 13th too, he was so great!

• I hope to God he is not the lead. I hope they find a guy who can act and is sexy for the lead.

  • I know right. The 4th prince has to be older and mature and can act cold/strict yet loving. I'm thinking Hyun Bin, Gong Yoo, Lee Dong Wook, Jo In Sung, Lee Sang Yoon, Joo Jin Mo, Chun Jung Myung, Kim Nam Gil.etc.. I got 2 many but but Im putting my money on Hyun Bin Hohoho

    • I don't think they are aiming for these more like people who can draw. which is the natural choice and wise

    • @Chen. What do you mean people who can draw? O_o

• Well that's a LOT of leads. I'm already confused. I think I'll pass on this one.

• Who is the main lead between all - №4 or №8?

  • 4th prince is the lead