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The Legendary Four Aces: Season 1

52 episodes Premiered Aug 7, 2000 Updated Jul 23, 2026
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Episodes

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Episode 1

Aug 7, 2000 · 46 min

The ‘Suchou’s Three Geniuses’, TONG PAK FU (CHEUNG KA FAI), MAN CHING MING (LAM KA TUNG) and JOR CHI SHAN (AU YEUNG CHUN WAH), represent the Six Art Club and compete with the Seven

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Episode 2

Aug 8, 2000 · 46 min

BUN shocks the watching crowd with his flying painting show. FU refuses to take the challenge because he has promised his father, TAK that he will never compete with anyone again.

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Episode 3

Aug 9, 2000 · 45 min

FU takes his mother’s charm to break into the Cheung Lok Fon with MING and SHAN. The Unbeatable Knife owner, WONG KU LIK sets up four obstacles for them. FU drops the charm during

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Episode 4

Aug 10, 2000 · 46 min

TAK stops FU from joining the examination for scholar selection because he fears the curse that BUN’s grandfather made on the Tong’s descendents will come true. The Six Art Club is

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Episode 5

Aug 11, 2000 · 46 min

The three geniuses are competing with BUN on a randomly drawn topic after seven days. They have all signed a will although they do not have any confidence in winning because they a

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Episode 6

Aug 14, 2000 · 46 min

CHU PING TING does not get on with her father, Prince LING. She leaves home with her servant, ON ON. On the way, they are robbed and luckily saved by MING. TING, however, mistakes

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Episode 7

Aug 15, 2000 · 46 min

FU manages to get away from the agents during the tattoo matching competition but ends up falling off a cliff with YU. YU discovers that it is only a fake tattoo on FU’s back and i

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Episode 8

Aug 16, 2000 · 46 min

MING’s death is just a lie to stimulate FU’s ‘love’. The reason why FU has not fallen into BUN’s trap and BUN has been proven taking unauthorized drugs is because of YU’s help, so

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Episode 9

Aug 17, 2000 · 46 min

MING is absolutely depressed from being late to the exam. He eventually cheers up under FU and the others’ encouragement. TING keeps sending him presents and money but only gets hi

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Episode 10

Aug 18, 2000 · 46 min

TING sends someone to renovate MING’s father’s memorial pagoda. It turns out she is scolded by MING and bitten by a poisonous snake. To delay the toxic attack, MING has to send TIN

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Episode 11

Aug 21, 2000 · 46 min

FU suddenly proposes a marriage to YU with a jade hair clip and stops YU from killing SUN. She is totally impressed after seeing FU being bullied and humiliated by prostitutes when

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Episode 12

Aug 22, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN begs FU to marry LIN. FU agrees to do so because he thinks LIN is committing suicide for him. He, on the other hand, has already proposed YU a marriage. So all people are divi

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Episode 13

Aug 23, 2000 · 46 min

The news that the Six Art Club is on fire stops YU from drinking the third bowl of wine and saves her life. She knows she is poisoned, so she leaves FU a letter explaining she is n

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Episode 14

Aug 24, 2000 · 46 min

An official has ordered BUN’s execution after three days. BUN manages to find a witness but it turns out that he is slow. He also realizes after all these years that his lifetime m

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Episode 15

Aug 25, 2000 · 46 min

FU refuses to let LIN go with him. Finally, LIN persuades FU with the excuse of taking care of BUN’s injured arm on the way. On the day of departure, everyone comes and sends them

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Episode 16

Aug 28, 2000 · 46 min

WAH and his wife, YUK have a son called MO who is simple and upsets them all the time. WAH’s servants pray in a temple and find all the donated money is stolen by one of them, HA.

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Episode 17

Aug 29, 2000 · 46 min

FU follows HEUNG to the temple. She takes him as a dirty old man but FU mistakes her not wanting to recognize him. He even rents a boat to chase after her. LING dresses up like a

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Episode 18

Aug 30, 2000 · 46 min

MING apologizes to TING after realising her difficulties. She is happy again seeing him treasure the purse from her. LING plans to get financial support from the Mongolians, so he

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Episode 19

Aug 31, 2000 · 46 min

FU goes to an interview for a job in the WAH House. HEUNG thinks he is chasing after her and deliberately makes things difficult for him. Suddenly, there are riots in the house and

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Episode 20

Sep 1, 2000 · 46 min

TING hurriedly dresses up, knowing that MING is coming for a visit. LING accuses of him trying to marry her for her money, so he leaves in a rage and writes a letter for TING to as

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Episode 21

Sep 4, 2000 · 46 min

TING is heartbroken. She sends ON to get some insecticide claiming she wants to kill some bugs, but in fact she wants to kill herself. SHAN meets ON and mistakes MING as a love che

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Episode 22

Sep 5, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN comes to the WAH’s House to help LAU cooking. FU manages to steal YUK’s pearls from her hair clip and hands them to SHAN. LAU thinks they are fake pearls and insists on puttin

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Episode 23

Sep 6, 2000 · 46 min

LAU bruises SHAN all over for revenge, but finally lets him go because of his loyalty to his friends and forces him to be her sworn brother. FU fails to leave the WAH’s House, so

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Episode 24

Sep 7, 2000 · 46 min

FU realizes that HEUNG is desperate to win the game because of him, so he keeps giving her tips during the competition and helps her win the championship. KWUEN becomes hysterical

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Episode 25

Sep 8, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN fails to borrow more money for KUK from the other members. LAU is willing to help. HEUNG and FU find that MO is sleepwalking and it might be related to subjugation under WAH a

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Episode 26

Sep 11, 2000 · 46 min

TUNG asks YU to forget FU and make sure that LAU KUN does not know about him. She, however, ignores his kind suggestion. HEUNG tells FU that she has seen YU and leads him everywhe

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Episode 27

Sep 12, 2000 · 46 min

LIN returns the crystal to BUN immediately when she sees FU’s return to show there is nothing between them. On the other hand, she is scared to stay alone with FU. BUN is heartbrok

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Episode 28

Sep 13, 2000 · 46 min

MING asks LING to help but he sets the condition that he has to leave TING forever. FU feels terribly sorry. Then he finds out that HEUNG will be sent to accompany MO to the west a

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Episode 29

Sep 14, 2000 · 46 min

HEUNG answers ‘I don’t know’ and says the whole event has been turned into a country issue, so all the citizens should make the decision. The emperor says FU wins if he can get one

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Episode 30

Sep 15, 2000 · 46 min

The other three geniuses are still trying hard to get the citizens’ support in the temple. FU takes HEUNG to the temple with him and tells the other that he does not care about the

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Episode 31

Sep 18, 2000 · 46 min

Outside the examination hall, SHUM is selling snacks while TING, KUK, HEUNG and LIN are cheering for the four geniuses. They walk into the hall with full confidence. A few candidat

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Episode 32

Sep 19, 2000 · 46 min

LIN is scared thinking BUN might have been hit by a cart. BUN is absolutely delighted to see LIN cares about him and tells her his feelings boldly. TAK sees LIN and BUN’s close act

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Episode 33

Sep 20, 2000 · 46 min

The four geniuses are waiting for the examination result in the Scholar Hall while SHUM and TAK are finding out the name list for the selected five scholars. LING decides to play a

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Episode 34

Sep 21, 2000 · 46 min

TING wants to elope with MING by lying to him about visiting the Water Temple together. LING finds out and sends people to catch them. MING insists on returning home when he discov

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Episode 35

Sep 22, 2000 · 46 min

The emperor orders the four geniuses make a forgery of the Buddha painting one hour before the ceremony for sending the Buddha away. Unfortunately, MING and SHAN are both confused

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Episode 36

Sep 25, 2000 · 46 min

The emperor requests to see the other Buddha painting, which is exactly the same as the one that the four geniuses are forging, with the excuse of checking the authenticity of the

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Episode 37

Sep 26, 2000 · 46 min

MING suggests to change the armoury into a royal temple on the very first day of his duty. Although the other officials outwardly agree, they all laugh at him deep down. LING is ma

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Episode 38

Sep 27, 2000 · 46 min

BUN sees that LING admires him and feels relieved. MING and TING arrive at Suchou for his new post. MUN forces them to sleep in two separate rooms and prepares a lot of medicines w

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Episode 39

Sep 28, 2000 · 46 min

FUNG finds the emperor in his bathroom. He beats FUNG with his ‘Up-dices’ trick and she slaps him on the face. This gets him interested in her and he swears to win her heart. FU fe

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Episode 40

Sep 29, 2000 · 46 min

The emperor is obsessed about FUNG. He orders FU and SHAN to think of a way to get her and upsets FU. FU finds that YUK is mentally disturbed seeing WAH’s condition deteriorate. H

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Episode 41

Oct 2, 2000 · 46 min

LING’s wife is pregnant and he takes it as a good sign for his usurping the throne plan. His wife does not see it that way. He implicitly tells the officials his plan on the day of

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Episode 42

Oct 3, 2000 · 46 min

FU and the others all rush to the woods to find HEUNG but only recover her hair clip. YU ties HEUNG on a pillar near the seaside and tries to kill her with the rising tide. The em

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Episode 43

Oct 4, 2000 · 46 min

WAH and WONG gather an army outside the palace gate and want to forge a royal order to save the emperor. Unfortunately, a tip of the emperor’s chop is broken, so the three geniuses

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Episode 44

Oct 5, 2000 · 46 min

LING kills after the failure of his uprising. FA is sentenced to banishment. KIN forces her to dry off some abortion medicine on the day of her departure. She cries out desperately

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Episode 45

Oct 6, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN takes her to KUK’s restaurant. He plans to use the gold from the emperor to buy her the restaurant and then he will go back to Suchou alone with half of the left over gold. LA

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Episode 46

Oct 9, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN is ordered to draw a portrait of FUNG. She forces him to take her to the emperor’s study after not seeing him for a few days. The queen meets FUNG and knows that the emperor i

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Episode 47

Oct 10, 2000 · 46 min

HEUNG, who is dressed up with Mongolian dress, wakes up from a nightmare. Apparently, the Mongolian prince has saved her from a slave trader and started loving her. BUN goes to Mon

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Episode 48

Oct 11, 2000 · 46 min

FU decides to take the blame for SHAN and asks SHUM to publish his story. BUN visits the Mongolian prince and he asks him to help getting the girl that he fancies. LAU gets help fo

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Episode 49

Oct 12, 2000 · 46 min

FU calls for a beauty selection to further prove his molesting habit. MING tells SHAN off and asks him to admit his crime to the emperor himself. SHAN pretends that he will do it b

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Episode 50

Oct 13, 2000 · 46 min

SHAN arrives and stops the execution of FU in time. The emperor insists on giving him a sentence. LAU suddenly appears and says that SHAN was with him on their wedding day, so he c

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Episode 51

Oct 16, 2000 · 46 min

The four aces investigate the whole Moon Temple and find nothing. Then they surprisingly find some hints on FUNG’s body. KUN meets KIN and tells him that the emperor has found out

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Episode 52

Oct 17, 2000 · 46 min

The Three geniuses manage to write ‘Long Live Ming Dynasty’ on the Jade Pool. Everyone claps their hands cheerfully except the prince. It is almost time for the second question, FU