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| Also known as | Sword and the Song |
| Traditional Chinese | 絕代雙雄 |
| Simplified Chinese | 绝代双雄 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jué Dài Shuāng Xióng |
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| Opening theme | 《绝代双雄》 by Shiao Lih-ju |
| Ending theme | 《山河泪》,《回首尘缘》,《独上西楼》 by Shiao Lih-ju |
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| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Singapore Broadcasting Corporation |
| Release | 8 December 1986 – 6 February 1987 |
The Sword and the Song is a 1986 Singaporean historical series produced by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. The drama focuses on a pair of great monarchs during the 10th century: Song dynasty's fearless and heroic warrior Zhao Kuangyin and Southern Tang's compassionate and sentimental poet-artist Li Yu, and how their vastly different personalities sealed the fates of their respective countries. The stories about Zhao Kuangyin are to some extent based on Wu Xuan's 1768 Chinese novel Fei Long Quan Zhuan (飛龍全傳).
Two subsequent TV series, the 1996 Taiwanese drama Love, Sword, Mountain & River and the 2005 Chinese drama How Much Sorrow Do You Have feature virtually the same main characters, though the plots differ somewhat.