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20 Episodes

Koo Tin Lok as Ding Pang Leung Siu Bing as Yum Ching Ching Cheung Siu Fai as Lau Yek Chung Wan Bik Ha as Chun Hor Ching

BACKGROUND

"Against the Blade of Honour", is based on the work of famous kung fu writer, Ku Long. It tells of the tale of power, glory, love, revenge and deception. Louis Koo takes the lead role as the swordsman, Ding Pang. Eddie Cheung plays the leader of Man Chung San Jong, Lau Yek Chung, who is given the nickname of, "Gentleman Sword", by many because of his heroic deeds. Vivian Leung, plays the daughter of the leader of Mong Yau Do, Yum Ching Ching. Irene Wan plays Chun Hor Ching, the beautiful wife of Lau Yek Chong.

SUMMARY

On top of an ice mountain two top swordsman, prepare to battle each other. One armed swordsman, Duk Be Do Fat's Lau Ching Lam, makes the first move at charges at the other swordsman, Ding Pang. Lau Ching Lam and Ding Pang swords clash, as Lau Ching Lam, twists in mid air. Ding Pang then uses his move, Tin Ngo Lau Sing, where he seprates out into four different moves in four different directions. Lau Ching Lam is stunned and frozen on the spot, before receiving various cuts across his chest, and is defeated.

Many swordsmen rush towards a resturant, each carrying a piece of red cloth. Ding Pang is inside eating a bowl of noodles as peseants inside being telling stories. According to the peasent, Ding Pang, is the quickest swordsman and has defeated, Duk Be Do Fat's Lau Ching Lam, and the leader of Hong Dong Pai. Outside the swordsmen cover the restuarant with thier cloth, as Master Gum from Dim Chong Pai walks inside. Ding Pang continues to eat inside in the darkness, as Master Gum approach him, lighting up the room with his candle. Two large treasure chests crash to the floor. Master Gum then informs Ding Pang that all of the gold in the chests are his, as long as he does not duel with the leader of Dim Chong Pai, Fong Ngo Tin. Ding Pang refuse to accept the gold and Master Gum orders his swordsmen to attack Ding Pang. In a flash Ding Pang, spins and cuts the throats of all the swordsmen. Ding Pang then stops to throw a chain of coins in the air to pay for his meal. By the time the coins land, all of the swordsmen are dead and Ding Pang has left the restuarant.

At Dim Chong Pai many men attempt to restrain their Master Fong Ngo Tin from attending the duel with Ding Pang. They are worried because Ding Pang has already defeated, the leader of Kwun Lun Pai, Lee Chun Fok and Duk Be Do Fat's Lau Ching Lam. Master Gum then rushes back to warn, Fong Ngo Tin, but he refuses to take thier advice and kicks them away. At the battle arena, Fong Ngo Tin, awaits the arrival of Ding Pang, as a large crowd of swordsman and peseants await. Suddenly Ding Pang arrives flying from the tree top. Ding Pang immediately battles with Fong Ngo Tin. After injuring Fong Ngo Tin in a vertical flying position, Ding Pang, unleashes his Tin Ngo Lau Sing. Fong Ngo Tin is frozen on the spot and a few moments later receives a cut to the face. Having been defeated Fong Ngo Tin throws his sword down in disgust. Ding Pang then reveals that his next contestant will be, Man Chung San Jong's, "Gentleman Sword", Lau Yek Chung.

At Man Chung San, Lau Yek Chung, was preparing to duel with Ding Pang. He had sent four of his swordsman to the duel between, Ding Pang and Fong Ngo Tin, to draw Ding Pang's famous move, Tin Ngo Lau Sing. The four swordsman use the four moves they copy and charge at Lau Yek Chung. All four men are easily defeated. Lau Yek Chung is stunned at the ease at which he defeated the men. He was then informed that when Ding Pang, uses his move he disappears for a moment, and splits into four directions. By the time he reappears the opponent has already recieved a blow. Upon hearing this Lau Yek Chung becomes worried.

In the evening Ding Pang arrives at a roadside restuarant next to a brothel, and orders six bowls of noodles. As he was eating, some men arrive with a beautiful girl wrapped in cloth. The rich men ouside purchase the girl for the night. The girl then struggles free and rushes to Ding Pang, and pleads for him to rescue her. Ding Pang continues to eat his noodles and as the girl is forcefully taken inside the brothel. Outside on the streets, Ding Pang, can see the room which the girl had been taken to has been lit up. Ding Pang, then decides that it's none of his business and continues eating. Inside the girl injures the rich man, and is pushed out of the window onto Ding Pang's table. Once again, she grabs Ding Pang's hands and pleads for help as the bouncers at the brothel rush to take her away. Ding Pang looks at her, unsure whether he should help, as the girl is taken away once more from his grasp. The rich man then attempts to rape the girl on the street infront of the crowd that had gathered. Ding Pang had decided that he had seen enough, and rushed in to prevent the rich man from taking the girl's liberty infront of the crowd.

Ding Pang strikes all of the body guards down and takes the girl away to saftey. He then instructs the girl that she's free to go, but the girl refuses and makes a plea to remain by his side. Ding Pang then informs her that he was going to duel with another swordsman, the next day. He told the girl to wait at an old mill nearby, until the contest was over. Should he be alive, Ding Pang, promised to take the girl away. One the day of the contest, Lau Yek Chung's farther had recently passed away, and thier was a funeral at Man Chung San Jong. Lau Yek Chung told Ding Pang that he was in no mood to fight. Not wanting to take advantage of a man in difficult times, Ding Pang, agreed to delay the duel for one month. Lau Yek Chung, smiled as Ding Pang left. In the eveing Ding Pang, collected the girl from the mill and took her to away. He stayed at an old house near a big yellow flower tree. The girl then revealed that her name was, Chun Hor Ching, and began telling Ding Pang about her past, but Ding Pang was clearly not interested.

That evening Chun Hor Ching, was certain that Ding Pang, was a man of his words and a true gentleman. Each day Ding Pang would practise kung fu for eight hours and disappear before returning late at night. Chun Hor Ching usually sat by the big yellow flower tree to wait for Ding Pang to return. During the time that she spent with Ding Pang, she attempted to get close to him. Strangely Ding Pang would walk away every time she got close. With only two days left before the contest, Ding Pang, seemed to be troubled. Chun Hor Ching figured out that Ding Pang must be worried about her, and decided to make him new clothes so he could wear it on the day of the contest. The night before the contest, Ding Pang, ran into Master Gum who had been waiting. Master Gum wanted to avenge the death of Fong Ngo Tin, who had committed succide after Ding Pang defeated him. Ding Pang, defeated Master Gum without using his sword. Master Gum then informed Ding Pang, that he would killed Chun Hor Ching. Ding Pang rushed to save her, and discovered that his house was set on fire.

Many swordsmen blocked him from getting in, including Master Gum. Ding Pang decided to use his sword this time and in an instant, killed all of the swordsmen and Master Gum. By this time the house had burnt to the ground, and Ding Pang rushed around as his heart sunk thinking that Chun Hor Ching was dead. He then found Chun Hor Ching crying in the bush, holding the new clothes that she had made for him. Ding Pang then hugged her tight and promised never to let anyone hurt her again. They made love that night at an old temple. Chun Hor Ching then begged Ding Pang not to attend the duel in the morning. Ding Pang refused and said that fighting and making a name for himself was his life long ambition. Chun Hor Ching then handed Ding Pang, a piece of jade that had belonged to her mother. Ding Pang then informed Chun Hor Ching that nobody had treated him as kind as that before besides his farther. Ding Pang decided to hand Chun Hor Ching the one thing that meant the most to him, his kung fu manual, to demonstrate his true feelings for her.

In the morning Ding Pang took Chun Hor Ching to a special place. It was were he went to mediate before every duel. He went on to explain that as a child he would wait here and watch his farther, who ran a courier business. He respected his farther very much and thought he was a real hero. However one day a band of thieves wanted to rob his farther. But instead of fighting back his farther hid under the cart and begged the thieves to spare him. Ding Pang had been hidding in the bush with his friends and was bitterly disappointed with his farther. From that day onwards Ding Pang refused to speak with him. Finally one night his farther came back with a piece of paper which was the kung fu manual. He ranted and raved about how that piece of paper would give him back respect and fame. From that day forth his farther was obssesed with practising kung fu, that he neglected everything else. One night he went mad and took off. Many years he returned, cold and frozen. Before he died he insturcted Ding Pang to learn the kung fu in the manual, so he could become famous and restore pride to the Ding family. From that point Ding Pang mastered Tin Ngo Lau Sing and began his long quest by challenging many respected swordsman. But now he was ready to give up everything to be with Chun Hor Ching, and presented her with the kung fu manual. She refused to take it at first, and also requested Ding Pang not to attend the duel. Ding Pang refused stating that he had to accomplish the mission passed on to him by his farther.

The next morning, Chun Hor Ching, had left him leaving behind a letter and the pair of clothes she had made him. Ding Pang read the note and wore the new clothes to the contest. At Man Chun San Jong, Lau Yek Chung, had prepared for the duel. He invited all the kung fu leaders around to watch the duel. Ding Pang arrived and they began to duel. Lau Yek Chung's skills were really good, and Ding Pang could not beat him with any of his strokes. Lau Yek Chung then anticipated Ding Pang's next move and stood still awaiting for the right moment to strike. At once Ding Pang unleased his Tin Ngo Lau Sing. Lau Yek Chung watched carefully and blocked Ding Pang's strike with his sword. He then used a round house kick to smash Ding Pang to the ground. After being defeated at the hands of Lau Yek Chung, Ding Pang was accused of stealing his kung fu manual. Ding Pang had suffered enough insult for the day and claimed his innocence. He went to reach for the kung fu manual as proof but realised he had given it to Chun Hor Ching. Lau Yek Chung took the all of the kung fu experts into his secret room. In the room was a pillar with the Tin Ngo Lau Sing, kung fu ingraved in it. Now Ding Pang had lost all creditability amongst the kung fu experts. Suddenly Chun Hor Ching appeared accusing Ding Pang of entering the secret room many years ago to copy the kung fu on the pillars.

Ding Pang recognised Chun Hor Ching and attempted to take her away. She refused to go with him because she was Lau Yek Chung's wife. Ding Pang became stunned, but he soon recovered and realised he had been set up. In his attempt to escape he was ambushed by six masked swordsman, and Lau Yek Chung. He suffered further injuries but kept on running. Finally in a desperate attempt he jumped of the edge of the cliff. Meanwhile on an island called Mong Yau Do a young girl, Yum Ching Ching, was teaching a group of childeren about the history of the people at Mong Yau Do. One child asked Yum Ching Ching, what was beyond the island. She often wandered the same thing, but had lived all her life at the island. She replied that she didn't know but was sure that Mong Yau Do was the best place in the world to live. Later Yum Ching Ching attended her own class, were the teacher accidently mentioned, Yin Si Ka Jit (Lantern Night). The island rules forbid the telling of things related to China. In the evening Yum Ching Ching and her friend decided to make a lantern. Her farther Yum Tin Hang, who was the ruler of Mong Yau Do, stumbled across them. He was less than impressed when he heard that the teacher had told them about Lantern Night.

The next evening the island celebrated the founding of the island. After Yum Tin Hang told the villagers of the history behind the founding of the island, and how it became such a peaceful place. Yum Tin Hang then went on to punish the teacher for revealing information about China to the students. Many days later a child from Yum Ching Chin's group got lost. A search party was essembled to find him in the evening led by Ah Ku. The kid had been injured but was saved by Ding Pang. At once he battled with Ah Ku's men and injured four of them. Yum Ching Ching latered learnt from the child that Ding Pang was a kind man. Meanwhile Ding Pang was trapped inside a cave which had been surrounded by Ah Ku. When Yum Ching Ching arrived she insisted in going in to see the wild man. She then promised Ding Pang then no harm would come to him if he stepped out of the cave with her. Ding Pang decided to follow her out, and was struck in the back by Ah Ku when they were outside. He was then locked up as the elders of the island met with Yum Tin Hang to decided his fate. All of the elders feared that Ding Pang would bring change to the island and voted to kill him. Yum Ching Ching then spoke with the elders and prusuaded them not to kill Ding Pang. Yum Tin Hang agreeded, but Ding Pang was to remained locked up and not allowed to leave the island.

When Yum Ching Ching went to see Ding Pang, she was accused of betraying him. Yum Ching Ching then spent many days and nights sitting and talking with Ding Pang. She revealed everything she knew about Mong Yau Do and about herself in order to make Ding Pang understand that she did not betray him. Many nights later, the villagers gathered in the square in an attempt to remove a blade from the mountain side. It was the perfect opportunity to release Ding Ping, so Yum Ching Ching made plans for his escape. She had prepared a boat, opened the lock and Ding Pang disappeared into the night. Ah Ku saw Yum Ching Ching release Ding Pang. Having been caught Yum Ching Ching revealed what she had done to her farther and awaited punishment. Yum Tin Hang was outraged and according to island rules she was to spend an entire year by herself at the mountain. As she was being taken away, Ding Pang, returned which released Yum Ching Ching from her punishment.

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