Generation to Generation cast and characters
江湖夜雨十年灯 · Jiang Hu Ye Yu Shi Nian Deng
Who plays whom in Generation to Generation, and how the 23 characters are connected. Identity reveals stay closed until you open them.
Main cast
How they are connected
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Mu QingyanZhou Yiran
Cai Zhao 蔡昭Played by Bao Shangenallies, then lovers
Mu Zhengming 慕正明Played by Li Yunruifather
Nie Zhe 聂喆Played by Sheng Yilunusurper- You Guanyue 游观月Played by Cheng Hongxinused by
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- Sun Ruoshui 孙若水Played by Liu Mengmengmother, betrays him
Cai ZhaoBao Shangen
Song Yuzhi 宋郁之Played by Yu Jiachengtravel together
Cai Pingshu 蔡平殊Played by Wan Pengaunt
Cai Pingchun 蔡平春Played by Jing Chaofather
Qi LingboFan Jingyi- Song Yuzhi 宋郁之Played by Yu Jiachengbetrothed
Qi Yunke 戚云柯Played by Yuan Wenkangfather
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- Qi Yunke 戚云柯Played by Yuan Wenkangdrains her power
Yin SulianLi Yuan
- Qi Yunke 戚云柯Played by Yuan Wenkanghusband and wife
Yang XiaolanDuan Yu- Yang Heying 杨鹤影Played by Leng Jiyuanfather
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Who's who
- Mu Qingyan (Zhou Yiran): the young master of the Li Sect, the sect the righteous world calls demonic. He spends the first episodes as Chang Ning, a poisoned survivor of the Chang Family Fort, and rides a golden roc.
- Cai Zhao (Bao Shangen): Cai Pingchun's daughter and Cai Pingshu's niece, from Luoying Valley. She makes Chang Ning swear never to use a forbidden technique.
- Song Yuzhi (Yu Jiacheng): the heir of the Guangtian Gate, who travels with Cai Zhao in the middle episodes.
- Qi Lingbo (Fan Jingyi): Qi Yunke's daughter, betrothed to Song Yuzhi.
- Qi Yunke (Yuan Wenkang): the leader of the Qingque Sect, who takes Chang Ning in.
- Cai Pingshu (Wan Peng): Cai Zhao's aunt, a hero of the last generation, seen in flashbacks.
- Mu Zhengming and Mu Zhengyang (Li Yunrui): twin brothers of the Li Sect, Mu Qingyan's father and uncle, seen in flashbacks.
- Nie Zhe (Sheng Yilun): the man who seized the Li Sect while its young master was gone.
- You Guanyue (Cheng Hongxin): a Li Sect elder Mu Qingyan uses to take his sect back.
- Yang Xiaolan (Duan Yu): Yang Heying's daughter.
Identity Reveals
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- Chang Ning is Mu Qingyan, the young master of the Li Sect. He reveals it in episode 9 and leaves to take his sect back from Nie Zhe.
- The second "Chang Ning" who turns up early on is Jiang Ning (江宁), an illegitimate son of the Chang family who posed as the heir to protect him.
- The Qi Yunke who leads Qingque through episodes 6 to 10 is an impostor, Yu Huiyin, wearing a Thousand-Face Sect disguise. Cai Zhao rescues the real one in episode 10.
- Mu Zhengyang, Mu Qingyan's uncle, is the "A-Yang" Cai Pingshu loved (episode 30).
- The man in black behind the Chang Fort massacre is unmasked in episode 34. The answer is in the Ending section and the FAQ.
Supporting cast
Li Yuan 李媛as Yin Sulian
Liu Mengmeng 刘萌萌as Sun Ruoshui
Yan Yuchen 闫玉晨as Dai Fengchi
Shan Jingyao 单敬尧as Shangguan Haonan
Cheng Hongxin 程泓鑫as You Guanyue
Chen Siyi 陈思佚as Xing'er
Liu Jun 刘骏as Qian Xueshen
Zhao Yingbo 赵英博as Lei Xiuming
Leng Jiyuan 冷纪元as Yang Heying
Cong Ruilin 从瑞麟as Qiu Yuanfeng
Yao Tong 姚童as Luo Yuanrong
Zhou Lula 周陆啦as Nie Hengcheng