Women Doing Business: Period Dramas
A list of period dramas which have women doing business. I love these shows for their feminist content, the sismance and realistic portrayal of life of women in that era. So many of these are such accurate to the era (or very close to accuracy), and I absolutely love them for it.
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![A Dream of Splendor]()
1. A Dream of Splendor
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
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![Flourished Peony]()
2. Flourished Peony
Chinese Drama - 2025, 32 episodes
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![The Mo]()
3. The Mo
Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes
yet to release. Terribly high hopes. Ink business.
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![Wild Ambition Bloom]()
4. Wild Ambition Bloom
Chinese Drama - 0000, 38 episodes
yet to release. Terribly high hopes. Looks too high quality.
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![Red Sorghum]()
5. Red Sorghum
Chinese Drama - 2014, 60 episodes
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![Marvelous Women]()
6. Marvelous Women
Chinese Drama - 2021, 35 episodes
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![The Story of Pearl Girl]()
7. The Story of Pearl Girl
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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![Blossoms in Adversity]()
8. Blossoms in Adversity
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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![New Life Begins]()
9. New Life Begins
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
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![Destined]()
10. Destined
Chinese Drama - 2023, 40 episodes
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![Brocade Odyssey]()
11. Brocade Odyssey
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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![The Sword and the Brocade]()
12. The Sword and the Brocade
Chinese Drama - 2021, 45 episodes
Added it to the list because FL does embroidery work, but this is not really the focus. It also has harem politics and such such things. It's quality is not really that good as the script and production has a lot of inaccuracy issues. The styling is also inaccurate to the Ming dynasty and clothes are low quality, which is disappointing since they work with embroidery. Thankfully, better dramas have been made since this show on this subject.
