Twilight of a Nation — Season 1, Episode 33: Episode 33
Drama, War & Politics • 45 min • 1 season, 45 episodes
Episode synopsis
SHEK LAN refuses to make the sword for SUI CHING which he believes that only God can possess. SUI CHING is infuriated by the humiliation. Disguised once again as God's embodiment, SUI CHING makes SUI CHUEN believe that SHEK LAN is a traitor and SUI CHUEN orders him to be executed. YUK SHING trusts SHEK LAN but is not able to convince SUI CHUEN. Escaped from the Taipings with the help of YUK SHING and SUI SHING, SHEK LAN is pursued by Ching soldiers. Impressed by his integrity, KWOK FANG invites SHEK LAN to join his army. SHEK LAN is in despair but neither does he want to serve the Ching government, and he finally chooses suicide. SUI CHUEN goes to the mountain alone for a period of meditation. YIP LING seeks the opportunity to get closer to SUI CHUEN but to no avail. She therefore contrives to create misunderstanding between SUI CHUEN and SHUK KUEN, and succeeds in kindling a likeness from SUI CHUEN.
About Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 45 episodes long series was produced by Siu Sang and was first aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1988. It was broadcast again on TVB in 1996. The theme songs and insert songs in the series were performed by Roman Tam.