Tu'an Gu (played by Wang Xueqi) appears in Sacrifice.
Tu'an Gu is the ambitious general who murders the ruler and frames the Zhao clan, ordering its extermination. He later adopts the surviving infant as his godson without openly acknowledging the child’s identity, while Cheng Ying secretly serves him. His political violence and eventual confrontation with the heir drive the central conflict. Cheng Ying's wife (played by Hai Qing) appears in Sacrifice.
Cheng Ying's wife helps protect the infant entrusted to her family during Tu'an Gu’s search. After Cheng Ying asks Gongsun Chujiu to escort her and their own son from the city, she becomes part of the deception intended to save the true heir. Tu'an Gu mistakes her son for the target and kills them both. Gongsun Chujiu (played by Zhang Fengyi) appears in Sacrifice.
Gongsun Chujiu is a friend of the Zhao clan whom Mrs. ZhuangJi identifies as a possible protector for the surviving infant. Cheng Ying asks him to leave the city with Cheng Ying's wife and their son while he stays behind. Tu'an Gu is deceived by the plan, but ultimately kills Gongsun Chujiu and the others at his home. Zhao Dun (played by Bao Guo-an) appears in Sacrifice.
Zhao Dun is the chancellor who leads the Zhao clan during its power struggle with Tu'an Gu. Tu'an Gu uses the murder of the ruler as a pretext to blame and destroy the entire clan, including Zhao Dun. Though the plot gives him no later action, his position establishes the political conflict that drives the tragedy.
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Characters
Tu'an Gu
(played by Wang Xueqi) — supporting
Tu'an Gu is the ambitious general who murders the ruler and frames the Zhao clan, ordering its extermination. He later adopts the surviving infant as his godson without openly acknowledging the child’...
Cheng Ying's wife
(played by Hai Qing) — supporting
Cheng Ying's wife helps protect the infant entrusted to her family during Tu'an Gu’s search. After Cheng Ying asks Gongsun Chujiu to escort her and their own son from the city, she becomes part of the...
Gongsun Chujiu
(played by Zhang Fengyi) — supporting
Gongsun Chujiu is a friend of the Zhao clan whom Mrs. ZhuangJi identifies as a possible protector for the surviving infant. Cheng Ying asks him to leave the city with Cheng Ying's wife and their son w...
Zhao Dun
(played by Bao Guo-an) — supporting
Zhao Dun is the chancellor who leads the Zhao clan during its power struggle with Tu'an Gu. Tu'an Gu uses the murder of the ruler as a pretext to blame and destroy the entire clan, including Zhao Dun....
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Tu'an Gu searches for the hidden infant and reaches the house where Cheng Ying's wife is staying. He kills her after mistaking the other infant for th...
Tu'an Gu → Gongsun Chujiu
(Conflict Mortal Enemy)
Tu'an Gu leads his men to Gongsun Chujiu's house, mistakes the infant there for the hidden heir, and kills both the infant and Gongsun Chujiu.
Cheng Ying asks Gongsun Chujiu to take his wife and the disguised infant out of the city. Gongsun Chujiu shelters them in his house.
Tu'an Gu → Zhao Dun
(Conflict Political Rival)
The plot describes a power struggle between the Zhao clan, led by Zhao Dun, and Tu'an Gu. Tu'an Gu later uses the duke's murder to destroy the Zhao cl...
Story Analysis
A political massacre creates a lifelong deception that ends in revenge, self-sacrifice, and the fall of a tyrant.
