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It adapts the novel of the same name by the Jinjiang Literature City author Mo Shubai (墨书白), originally published under the title *Jia Wanku* (嫁纨绔, \"Marrying a Good-for-Nothing\"), and follows a mismatched marriage between a cloth merchant's daughter and a wealthy idler that grows into mutual support and shared ambition.[1](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn) • [2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 长风渡 (English: *Destined*) |\n| Format | 40-episode costume romance drama (30-episode Cantonese cut for TVB)[1](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn) • [3](https://tvinfo.fandom.com/zh/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E9%A2%A8%E6%B8%A1) |\n| Director / writer | Yin Tao; screenplay by Bai Jinjin[1](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn) • [4](https://weibo.com/7415884734/4913921355416243) |\n| Leads | Bai Jingting (Gu Jiusi), Song Yi (Liu Yuru); Liu Xueyi, Zhang Haowei, Zhang Rui, Zhao Ziqi in featured roles[1](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn) • [5](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202211/t20221109_14117584.htm) |\n| Source | Novel by Mo Shubai, originally titled *Jia Wanku* (嫁纨绔)[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211) |\n| Premiere | June 18, 2023 on iQIYI; CCTV-8 from June 26, 2023; TVB Jade from August 28, 2023[6](https://baike.sogou.com/m/v185394838.htm?g_ut=3) |\n| Platform record | iQIYI heat value passed 10,000 within 41 hours, the fastest on the platform[7](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202306/29/41a98332-c1b8-4301-bd86-025b491b1900.pdf) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nLiu Yuru is the daughter of a Yangzhou cloth merchant who has suffered since childhood from her mother's illness, a hostile concubine-born household, and her father's neglect. She has spent years as a model young lady in the hope of marrying well, but on the eve of her engagement she is forced to marry Gu Jiusi, the notorious idler son of the city's richest family. Gu Jiusi assumes she schemed to marry him for his family's money, threatens divorce, and spends his wedding night at a wine house.[8](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_143py1boqfp.html)\n\nLiu Yuru concludes that tying her fate to a marriage or to another person leaves her rootless, and she resolves to live independently. She studies commerce under Gu's mother while pushing her husband to give up gambling and take up study. Gu Jiusi in turn reveals judgment, intelligence, and a fundamentally kind nature, and the two grow closer.[8](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_143py1boqfp.html) After the family suffers catastrophe and flees to Youzhou, Gu Jiusi enters government service, rising from a low clerk, while Liu Yuru rebuilds a business; the couple eventually give up the family fortune to support the state, and Gu Jiusi rises to high office as Liu Yuru becomes a merchant magnate.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211) • [9](https://www.chinawriter.com.cn/n1/2023/0901/c419388-40068637.html)\n\nThe plot mixes the central love story with a wide range of genre elements: household intrigue, street-level commerce, gambling, dynastic change, court politics, a city defense battle, anti-corruption campaigns, and [Yellow River](https://www.edgepedia.org/yellow-river) management. The critic Dai Qing, a professor at Communication University of China and secretary-general of the China Literature and Art Critics Association's audiovisual arts committee, described this blending as giving the costume-romance form a larger civic dimension, with the protagonists' growth carrying the story from private romance toward public responsibility.[10](https://www.zgwypl.com/content/details13_440415.html)\n\n## Production\n\nThe series was produced by iQIYI with Liehuo Pictures (烈火影业) and Shengge Film & TV (盛阁影视) as co-producers, directed by Yin Tao, whose earlier credits include *Love and Redemption* and *Under the Power*, and written by Bai Jinjin.[1](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn) • [4](https://weibo.com/7415884734/4913921355416243) Filming began on June 15, 2022 and wrapped on November 7, 2022, with the cast announced around the wrap.[3](https://tvinfo.fandom.com/zh/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E9%A2%A8%E6%B8%A1) • [5](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202211/t20221109_14117584.htm) The supporting cast includes Liu Xueyi as the schemer Luo Zishang, Zhang Haowei as Ye Shi'an, Zhang Rui as Zhou Ye, and Zhao Ziqi as Gu's mother Jiang Rou.[5](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202211/t20221109_14117584.htm)\n\nThe production put visible effort into visual detail. The opening Chinese wedding sequence drew wide praise online as a high point of costume-drama wedding staging, and the \"wedlock wine on the city wall\" scene used dark, storm-toned lighting with the bride's red gown and the groom's red armor under the armor to signal the couple's shared sacrifice for the state.[11](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23819459) • [12](https://pages.iqiyi.com/m/zbs/news2023070703.html?qyc-pr=1)\n\n## Broadcast and performance\n\nDestined premiered on June 18, 2023 as the first title of iQIYI's 2023 \"Lianlian Theater\" (恋恋剧场) romance slate, with two episodes daily for VIP members. It began on CCTV-8 on June 26, 2023, aired on TVB's Jade channel in Hong Kong from August 28, 2023 in a 30-episode Cantonese-dubbed cut, reached Jiangsu TV's theater on February 21, 2024, and was scheduled for Japan's Galaxy Channel on October 17, 2024.[6](https://baike.sogou.com/m/v185394838.htm?g_ut=3) • [3](https://tvinfo.fandom.com/zh/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E9%A2%A8%E6%B8%A1) • [13](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202402/23/3eba814e-861c-4f8a-8a6e-a20eac2ca0ba.pdf)\n\n**Platform records.** Within 41 hours of launch the show's iQIYI heat value passed 10,000, making it the fastest title in the platform's history to reach that mark and the second 10,000-plus drama of 2023 after *The Knockout*.[7](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202306/29/41a98332-c1b8-4301-bd86-025b491b1900.pdf) The main Weibo hashtag surpassed 2 billion reads during the run.[14](https://pages.iqiyi.com/p/zbs/news20230620.html) The series was distributed globally in ten languages including English, Thai, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish.[15](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202310/25/3ada7b22-54f6-4a5c-9810-a8773cba2c70.pdf) By late August 2023 it ranked second on Entgroup's summer heat list for television dramas, behind *Lost You Forever Season 1* and ahead of *Mysterious Lotus Casebook* and *The Longest Promise*.[16](https://ep.ycwb.com/epaper/ycwb/resfile/2023-08-24/A09/ycwb20230824A09.pdf) A commentary in *Wenyi Bao* reported that on CCTV-8 the show entered the top three in national-network average share within three days, that women made up about 60 percent of its television audience, and that viewers aged 55 and older accounted for nearly 60 percent.[9](https://www.chinawriter.com.cn/n1/2023/0901/c419388-40068637.html)\n\n## Reception and criticism\n\nCritical response was mixed. Supporters credited the tight pacing: the leads meet in episode 1, marry in episode 3, and the story moves through the family crisis and the Youzhou arc without the drawn-out misunderstandings common in the genre, which reviewers said made the show easy to binge.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211) Dai Qing judged it a positive, watchable costume drama that promotes traditional virtues of trustworthiness and loyalty, while noting formulaic elements such as the stock villainess and the villain Luo Zishang's conventional revenge motive.[10](https://www.zgwypl.com/content/details13_440415.html) A People's Daily commentary highlighted the series' depiction of ritual propriety and the Confucian virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and filial piety, reading the leads' growth as an expression of the ideal of cultivating the self, ordering the family, and serving the state.[17](https://opinion.people.com.cn/n1/2023/0706/c437948-40029569.html)\n\nOther critics were less favorable. A widely discussed review in *The Paper* called the show \"a modern power-fantasy drama in costume,\" arguing that its success came from opening the mass-market \"downsink\" audience rather than from quality, and that its characterizations stayed within big-lead halo conventions: the husband is a flawless ideal spouse and the heroine combines every virtue while remaining subordinate.[2](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211) A Wenhui Daily critique argued that the modern marriage attitudes and modern economic problem-solving sit awkwardly against the setting's feudal hierarchy, producing a sense that the leads behave like time travelers.[18](https://www.whb.cn/zhuzhan/xinwen/20230628/527911.html) The Singapore newspaper *Lianhe Zaobao* similarly wrote that although the drama has ratings and heat, it remains far from classic status, with modern values flowing under the costume.[19](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230904-1429775)\n\n## The source novel\n\nMo Shubai, one of Jinjiang Literature City's prominent romance authors, began the story as a tale conceived for her grandmother, combining a traditional narrative with contemporary values; the heroine's growth into a merchant magnate dates from that first conception. The work was serialized as *Jia Wanku* and renamed *Changfeng Du* after a reader naming contest, from the line \"愿我如长风，渡君行万里\" (\"May I be the long wind that carries you ten thousand li\"). *Destined* was her first screen adaptation.[20](https://tidenews.com.cn/news.html?id=2521043) Mo Shubai has described the story as a two-way growth tale rather than a \"big heroine\" power fantasy.[20](https://tidenews.com.cn/news.html?id=2521043) The 2023 literature-adaptation blue book published by China Writers Net listed it among the year's leading drama adaptations from Jinjiang contracted works.[21](https://www.chinawriter.com.cn/n1/2024/0627/c419388-40265787.html)\n\n## References\n\n1. [长风渡 (2023) 全集, iQIYI International](https://www.iq.com/play/%E9%95%BF%E9%A3%8E%E6%B8%A1-2cwmbtemwdw?lang=zh_cn)\n2. [《长风渡》：披着古装外衣的现代爽剧, The Paper (2023-06-26)](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23604211)\n3. [長風渡, Tvinfo Wiki](https://tvinfo.fandom.com/zh/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E9%A2%A8%E6%B8%A1)\n4. [电视剧长风渡官方微博, 开播官宣 (2023-06-18)](https://weibo.com/7415884734/4913921355416243)\n5. [《长风渡》官宣阵容 白敬亭宋轶演绎绝世风华, 中国青年网 (2022-11-09)](https://fun.youth.cn/gnzx/202211/t20221109_14117584.htm)\n6. [长风渡, 搜狗百科](https://baike.sogou.com/m/v185394838.htm?g_ut=3)\n7. [《长风渡》开播后41小时热度破万, 呼和浩特电视台文娱简报 (2023-06-29)](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202306/29/41a98332-c1b8-4301-bd86-025b491b1900.pdf)\n8. [长风渡-电视剧-全集高清正版视频在线观看, 爱奇艺](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_143py1boqfp.html)\n9. [《长风渡》：借古风，写今戏, 文艺报 via 中国作家网 (2023-09-01)](https://www.chinawriter.com.cn/n1/2023/0901/c419388-40068637.html)\n10. [以《长风渡》为例：古偶剧的探索出新（戴清）, 中国文艺评论网 (2023-07-20)](https://www.zgwypl.com/content/details13_440415.html)\n11. [《长风渡》如何用\"一针一线\"绣出暑期第一爆剧, The Paper 湃客](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23819459)\n12. [爱奇艺·奇异果TV首任\"视听体验官\"来了, 爱奇艺 (2023-07-07)](https://pages.iqiyi.com/m/zbs/news2023070703.html?qyc-pr=1)\n13. [《长风渡》2月21日在江苏卫视幸福剧场播出, 文娱简报 (2024-02-23)](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202402/23/3eba814e-861c-4f8a-8a6e-a20eac2ca0ba.pdf)\n14. [恋恋剧场《长风渡》内容热度值破10000, 爱奇艺 (2023-06-20)](https://pages.iqiyi.com/p/zbs/news20230620.html)\n15. [《长风渡》以10种语言在全球播出, 文娱简报 (2023-10-25)](https://static.0471tv.org.cn/wb/pc/att/202310/25/3ada7b22-54f6-4a5c-9810-a8773cba2c70.pdf)\n16. [艺恩数据暑期档电视剧热度榜, 羊城晚报 (2023-08-24)](https://ep.ycwb.com/epaper/ycwb/resfile/2023-08-24/A09/ycwb20230824A09.pdf)\n17. [人民艺起评：从《长风渡》中感悟\"仁义礼智信孝\", 人民网 (2023-07-06)](https://opinion.people.com.cn/n1/2023/0706/c437948-40029569.html)\n18. [文艺辣评丨古偶剧的一种别扭, 文汇网 (2023-06-28)](https://www.whb.cn/zhuzhan/xinwen/20230628/527911.html)\n19. [古装皮\"包\"现代骨, 联合早报 (2023-09-04)](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230904-1429775)\n20. [专访 | 《长风渡》作者墨书白, 潮新闻 (2023-07-11)](https://tidenews.com.cn/news.html?id=2521043)\n21. [2023年文学改编影视作品蓝皮书, 中国作家网 (2024-06-27)](https://www.chinawriter.com.cn/n1/2024/0627/c419388-40265787.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › Chinese modern and contemporary drama*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/destined", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/destined.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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