The film has some fictional plots. Only by watching movies can you understand history, and you don't necessarily know what historical facts are, so you'd better read some history books.

Related films are:

Participated in the First Opium War 1840 and the Second Opium War 1856- 1860: Lin Zexu, the Empress Dowager Fannie and Freddie, and the warlords in Andy Lau, Jet Li, seemed to be the background of the Taiping Rebellion, and the time was also during the Second Opium War.

The Sino-Japanese War is mainly about praising Deng Shichang's deeds: "Sino-Japanese War" and "Sino-Japanese War"

There are many other films that reflect contemporary China society, such as Wang Wu Dancing Sword and Tan Sitong.