当代中国历史剧具有风格迥然不同的两个流派:一派竭力忠实于历史真实或原著,成为“正剧”,例如《雍正王朝》、《康熙王朝》、《努尔哈赤》、《唐明皇》、《三国演义》、《红楼梦》等等;另一派以着力戏说历史、追求剧情的娱乐性形成“戏说剧”,例如《铁齿铜牙纪晓岚》、《大汉天 Contemporary Chinese historical drama has two genres of totally different style: one faction endeavoring to be faithful to the historical truth or the original and become a “positive drama”, such as the “Yongzheng Dynasty”, “Kangxi Dynasty”, “Nurhachu”, “Tang Minghuang”, “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” “Dream of Red Mansions” and so on; the other faction to focus on history, the pursuit of drama entertaining the formation of “drama”, such as “iron teeth Ji Xiaolan”, "Han Day