The Duke of Mount Deer
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Also known as	The Duke of Mount Deer 1998
Traditional Chinese	鹿鼎記
Simplified Chinese	鹿鼎记
Hanyu Pinyin	Lù Dǐng Jì
Jyutping	Luk6 Ding2 Gei3
Genre	Wuxia, comedy, historical fiction
Based on	The Deer and the Cauldron by Louis Cha
Starring	Jordan Chan Steven Ma Cherie Chan Rain Lau
Theme music composer	Tsui Yuen Ronald Ng
Opening theme	Chi Chak Hung Yan (叱吒紅人) performed by Jordan Chan (the lyrics were slightly altered as of episode 17)
Ending theme	Tau Ting Yat Pin Tian (頭頂一片天) performed by Steven Ma
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	45
Production
Executive producer	Lee Tim-shing
Production location	Hong Kong
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	TVB
Release	1 June (1998-06-01) – 31 July 1998 (1998-07-31)

The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. It was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 1998.

Synopsis

Wai Siu Bo is the son of a prostitute who works in a brothel in Yangzhou. After joining the Heaven and Earth society he heads to the Capital and gets enrolled into the service of the Grand Eunuchs. There he becomes friends with the young emperor Hong Hei (Wai mistakes the emperor as another young eunuch) and falls in love with the emperor's younger sister, Princess Kin Ning. His adventures in the Forbidden City leads him into discovering the empress dowager as an impostor; finding several volumes of the prized 42 Chapters which contains the location of a treasure cave; helps the emperor kill the baddie courtier, Lord Obai; and see his position rise from humble eunuch to a grand courtier and confidante of the emperor.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.