Sleek Rat, the Challenger

Chinese TV series or program

Sleek Rat, the Challenger
poster
Also known as	Bai Yutang
Simplified Chinese	白玉堂之局外局
Literal meaning	Bai Yutang: The Trap Outside of Traps

Hanyu Pinyin	Bái Yùtáng zhī Jú Wài Jú


Created by	Li Chaoyang Chen Jing Chen Fei
Based on	The New Legend of Bai Yutang by Tan Ge
Written by	Zhu Shaobin Li Luke
Directed by	Niu Niu
Starring	Xu Honghao
Ending theme	"Xiake Yin" (俠客吟) performed by Huang Qiwen
Composer	Yang He
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Cai Chuandao Wang Xiaohu Zhu Hao
Producer	Ji Daoqing
Cinematography	Sun Junchao
Running time	45 minutes

Sleek Rat, the Challenger is a 2013 Chinese wuxia-mystery television drama series based on Tan Ge's (谈歌) 2006 novel The New Legend of Bai Yutang (新白玉堂傳奇). The show stars Xu Honghao as the "Sleek Rat" Bai Yutang, a superb knight-errant during the 11th-century Song dynasty.^[1] Many characters come from either the 19th-century novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants or the Generals of the Yang Family legends, but the story is completely new.

The series was first broadcast in Malaysia on TVBS-Asia on January 30, 2013, and in Taiwan on March 3, 2013.^[2]

Cast and characters

Xu Honghao as Bai Yutang
Zhang Xuan as He Ting
Zhang Pengpeng as Cao Sunü
Liu Xiaojie as Xiaohong
Jordan Chan as Wei Shuaixian
Siqin Gaowa as Mu Guiying
Bao Guo'an as Bao Zheng
Ni Dahong as Chen Zhen
Hou Yong as Song Quan
Yuan Yuan as Sima Ying
Wang Jingsong as Gongsun Ce
Fu Chengpeng as Zhan Zhao
Shang Daqing as Lu Fang
Zhang Shuping as Han Zhang
Yang Dapeng as Xu Qing
Jin Yang as Jiang Ping
He Qiang as Yang Zongbao
Luo Guangxing as Meng Liang
Xiao Guoguang as Jiao Zan

References

^ "Sleek Rat, the Challenger". China Radio, Film and Television Program Translation and International Distribution Platform.
^ (in Chinese) Official site on TVBS-Asia

Shi Yukun's The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants and The Five Younger Gallants

Characters

The Seven Heroes	Ouyang Chun Zhan Zhao Ding Zhaolan Ding Zhaohui Shen Zhongyuan Zhi Hua Ai Hu
The Five Gallants / Rats	Lu Fang Han Zhang Xu Qing Jiang Ping Bai Yutang
Kaifeng Court	Bao Zheng Gongsun Ce
The Imperial Palace	Emperor Zhenzong Emperor Renzong Empress Dowager Liu Concubine Li Kou Zhu The Eighth Prince
Other characters	Pang Ji Ding Yuehua

Film

Inside the Forbidden City (1965)
King Cat (1967)
House of Traps (1982)
Cat vs Rat (1982)
The Invincible Constable (1993)
Cat and Mouse (2003)

TV series

The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (1991)
Justice Pao (1993)
Young Justice Bao (1994)
The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (1994)
The Chevaliers (1994)
Justice Bao (2008)
Justice Bao (2010–2012)
Invincible Knights Errant (2011)
Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)
The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)

v t e Generals of the Yang Family
Main characters	Yang Ye She Saihua "1st son" "2nd son" "3rd son" "4th son" "5th son" "6th son" "7th son" Yang Zongbao Mu Guiying Yang Wenguang Yang Paifeng Meng Liang Jiao Zan Zhao Defang Kou Zhun Pan Renmei Pan Bao Wang Qin Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan
Film adaptations	The 14 Amazons (1972) The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) Legendary Amazons (2011) Saving General Yang (2013)
Television adaptations	The Yang's Saga (1985) Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family & The Great General (1994) The Heroine of the Yangs (1998) Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (2001) Warriors of the Yang Clan (2004) The Young Warriors (2006)