鹿鼎记

Serialized in 明报 from 1969 to 1972. Its hero 韦小宝, a boy from a Yangzhou brothel, bluffs his way into the palace, becomes the friend of the young 康熙 Emperor and ends up with seven wives. The title joins 逐鹿 'to chase the deer' and 问鼎 'to ask about the cauldrons', two old images for contending for the empire.

周星驰 played Wei Xiaobao in the 1992 film, and 梁朝伟 and 陈小春 played him in the 1984 and 1998 Hong Kong TV series.