Around the same time that erra - Qing Dynasty, which was the last dynasty in China's history. Storyline a little similar, involving about a humble girl and a noble young master from a rich family. And behind the noble family's ugly secrets.

Both dramas released almost at the same time, involving romance, politics, war, historical, action ...etc, but this General And I is 100x times better story line than Song Of Phoenix.

Similar genre as fantasy, wuxia, but with a much better storyline and much better casts. Comparing to this Fighter Of The Destiny, the casts seems a little lack of acting experience, childish, worst, the male lead Lu Han doesn't even match with the female lead Bextiyar G. Where else Noble Aspirations' male lead - Li Yi Feng thou he's quite a "baby face" but not sissy or softy like Lu Han. He played his role as Zhang Xiao Fan and he draws out the the role as it should be, with the popular female lead - Zanilia Zhao, they both are good match with the vibes. And about the storyline's comparisons, Noble Aspirations is... (how should I put it) ... Emm, more to straight to the point & easy to understand without confusions...

Half of the story line is based on true facts from The King's Women's story. Gong Shun Li or known as Li Ji / Li Er, had a son ( Tian Ming ) with her second disciple brother - Jing Ke before she was enforced into Qin Palace and later became the Qin Emperor Ying Zheng's women. This story is part of the continuous events happened after Qin Emperor Ying Zheng killed Jing Ke and lady Gong Shun Li, about how Jing Tian Ming and few other tribes how they rebelled & survived under the ruthless Qin enforcement. Other half of the story is just a legend and a journey of discovery of the legendary "Mo Zi" inventions.

It's more realistic, real historical based, better acting skills, better politics & wisdom, rich in all types of emotions, 100x better story line than this Song Of Phoenix !

THIS STORY IS ANOTHER EPIC TANG HISTORICAL ABOUT EMPRESS WU ZETIAN, LATER KNOWN AS EMPEROR WUZHAO / TIAN HOU. A GREAT PERFORMANCE, EXCELLENT QUALITY SHOW WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST BUDGET FILM EVER PRODUCED. IF YOU FOLLOW THE WHOLE ANCESTRY OF TANG DYNASTY'S HISTORY, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHAT WAS SO GRAND AND GREAT OF TANG DYNASTY AMONGST SO MANY DYNASTIES OVER 5,000 YEARS OF CHINA AND BESIDES QIN DYNASTY.

THIS DRAMA'S STORY IS EVEN MORE BEFORE TIME THAN "THE GLORY OF TANG DYNASTY", IT TELLS THE STORY OF EMPEROR WU ZETIAN'S ( OR ALSO WELL KNOW IN THE DRAMA THE EMPRESS OF CHINA / WU ZETIAN / WU MEI NIANG ...etc ) LATE LIFE AFTER HER HUSBAND EMPEROR GAOZONG OR BETTER KNOWN AS LI CHI, AFTER HIS PASSING, ON HOW SHE RULE THE TANG EMPIRE AND AS THE ONLY FEMALE EMPEROR IN CHINA'S HISTORY.

THIS DRAMA SHOWS THE EARLIER PART ABOUT EMPEROR XUANZONG OR BETTER KNOWN AS LI LONGJI ( GRAND EMPEROR OF THIS "THE GLORY OF TANG DYNASTY" 's LI CHU's GRANDPA ).