Episode 1
Episode 1
46m8.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Yuan Quan, Finn Han, Cao Cuifen, Li Hongquan
TV series
Joy of Life
20193 seasons8.0 / 10
Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.
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Synopsis
Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
46m8.0 / 10
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Guest stars Wang Yang, Cui Peng, Cao Cuifen, Li Hongquan
Episode 3
Episode 3
46m8.0 / 10
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Guest stars Wang Yang, Cui Peng
Episode 4
Episode 4
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars Wang Yang, Cui Peng, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming
Episode 10
Episode 10
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars Wang Yang, Li Jianyi, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming
Episode 12
Episode 12
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars Wang Yang, Zhang Hengrui
Episode 13
Episode 13
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars Wang Yang, Zhang Hengrui
Episode 23
Episode 23
45m
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Guest stars Li Zifeng, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming
Episode 24
Episode 24
45m
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Guest stars Li Zifeng, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming, Qiao Hong, 邓童天, Xu Huanshan
Episode 26
Episode 26
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Du Yuming, Xu Huanshan, Yu Xiaoming
Episode 27
Episode 27
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Zifeng, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming, Xu Huanshan, Yu Xiaoming
Episode 28
Episode 28
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Zifeng, Zheng Yuzhi, Du Yuming
Episode 29
Episode 29
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Zifeng, Zheng Yuzhi, 邓童天, 姜洋
Episode 32
Episode 32
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Dong Jingchuan, Li Zifeng
Episode 35
Episode 35
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Zifeng, He Ziming, Li Junxian
Episode 36
Episode 36
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars He Ziming, Li Junxian, Zhang Mei'e, Yu Jinwei
Episode 37
Episode 37
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Liang Aiqi
Episode 38
Episode 38
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Dai Wenwen
Episode 39
Episode 39
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars He Ziming, Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Dai Wenwen, 于安, Louis Sun
Episode 40
Episode 40
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Cui Peng, He Ziming, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, 于安, Louis Sun
Episode 42
Episode 42
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars Cui Peng, Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Dai Wenwen
Episode 43
Episode 43
45m
Episode credits
Guest stars He Ziming, Yu Jinwei, Dai Wenwen, Liang Aiqi
Episode 44
Episode 44
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars He Ziming, Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Liang Aiqi
Episode 45
Episode 45
46m
Episode credits
Guest stars Xu Huanshan, He Ziming, Li Junxian, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Louis Sun, Liang Aiqi
Episode 46
Episode 46
46mfinale
Episode credits
Guest stars Yuan Quan, Xu Huanshan, He Ziming, Yu Jinwei, Guo Jianuo, Dai Wenwen, Louis Sun
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
More about Joy of Life
Cast
Zhang RuoyunFan Xian
Li QinLin Wan'er
Chen DaomingEmperor of Qing
Wu GangChen Pingping
Xin ZhileiHaitang Duoduo
Liu DuanduanLi Chengze
Song YiFan Ruoruo
Li XiaoranLi YunruiCredits
- Created by
- Mao Ni
- Written by
- Wang Juan, Mao Ni
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 83
- Original language
- Chinese
- Original title
- 庆余年
Networks & production
CCTV-8China
Zhejiang TelevisionChina
Tencent VideoChina
Tencent PicturesChina
Azure Media Corporation 天津深蓝影视China- Yuewen Media / Yuewen Film 阅文影视China
Themes
costume dramafamily relationshiphidden identitymartial artsmurderphotographic memorypoison expertpolitical
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