Swords Into Plowshares Chinese Drama

Title: Swords Into Plowshares

Chinese Title: 太平年 / Tai Ping Nian

Also known as: The Age of Peace

Broadcast network: CCTV, iQiyi, Tencent, Mango TV

Broadcast date: 23 January 2026

Genre: Historical

Director: Yang Lei, Lu Bei Ke (陆贝珂), Pan Yu (潘宇), Min Guo Hui

Screenwriter: Dong Zhe

Cinematographer: Liu Yi

Art Director: Shao Chang Yong

Stylist: Chen Tong Xun

Production Company: Huace Media

Episodes: 48

Swords Into Plowshares Synopsis 

In 941 AD, King Qian Yuanguan of Wuyue passed away, and the Wuyue royal family fell into internal and external difficulties.

Five years later, the king's younger brother Qian Hongchu asked to accompany the envoys to the north to celebrate the New Year in Bianliang. During this trip, Qian Hongchu experienced the bleakness of the broken family and disordered human relations in the north, and forged a deep friendship with Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin in the crisis.

After returning to Wuyue, Qian Hongchu changed his previous free and easy personality and made great efforts in the court, eliminating treacherous ministers and fighting against tyrants, and shouldered the heavy responsibility of the king when the regime was in turmoil. On the other hand, Zhao Kuangyin in the north inherited Guo Rong's unfinished work, established the Northern Song regime, and marched south.

In the end, facing the general trend of the Northern Song Dynasty's unification and the well-being of the people of the world, Zhao Kuangyin and Qian Hongchu abandoned weapons and completed the historical feat of "surrendering the land to the Song Dynasty" in 978 AD.

Swords Into Plowshares Cast

Main Roles

Bai Yu as Qian Hongchu

Zhou Yu Tong as Sun Taizhen

Zhu Ya Wen as Zhao Kuangyin

Yu Hao Ming as Guo Rong

Dong Yong as Feng Dao

Supporting Roles

Ni Da Hong as Hu Jinsi

Bao Jian Feng as Shui Qiu Zhao Quan

Hao Ping as Zhao Hongyi

Jiang Kai as Guo Wei

You Yong Zhi as Qian Yuanguan

Zhang Xiao Chen as Li Yuanqing

Liu Chang as Qian Hongyou / Sun Ben

Mei Ting as Madame Yu

Yu Yang as Liu Zhiyuan

Zhang Fan as Sima Fu

Wu Hao Chen as Qian Hongzuo

Xue Jia Ning as Empress Li (later Han)

Hai Yi Tian as Shi Jingtang

Zhao Zi Qi as Empress Li (later Jin)

You Jing Ru as Liu Luojia

Wei Qian Xiang as Zhao Kuangyi

Zhu Jia Qi as Qian Hongzong

Ren You Lun as Shi Zhonggui

Niu Chao as Li Yu

Tian Lei as Cui Renji

He Zi Ming as Yelu De Guang

Jia Hong Wei as Zhang Yanze

Dai Yi as Zhang Shi

Sun Bin as Wang Jun

Li Shuai as Yu Wenxiu

Chunyu Shan Shan as Han Xizai

Quan Pei Lun as Sun Chengyou

Wang Jin Xin as Shi Hongzhao

Sui Yong Liang as Lu Yanzhu

Wang Jun Hao as Qian Weijun

Shang Bai as Ge Qiang

Rong Fei as Zhao Pu

Xia Fan Yin as He Zhen / He Yao

Xu Feng as Li Jixun

Li Yi Nan as Lu Duan

Wan Guo Peng as Xue Wen

Jiang Xiao Lin as Shi Shouxin

Yu Xiao Lei as Madame Wu

Zhao Pei Lin as Zhang Qingyun

Guo Dong Hai as Wang Pu

Ji Shu Yi as Grandmother Sun

Zheng Yi Yang as Qian Weizhi

Huang Chao as Sang Weihan

Shangguan Yun Jie as Han Chongyun