2025 Chinese Drama List

Chinese Dramas like The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty

CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty.

  • Love Me If You Dare

    #1

    Urban, Suspense, Romance
    Wallace Huo, Ma Sichun
    A mysterious criminal psychologist, Bo Jinyan, recruited a senior student, Jian Yao, as a translator and life assistant. On the one hand, he taught Jian Yao with his high intelligence and professional knowledge and trained her to be a detective assistant. They worked together to solve difficult murder cases such as the serial disappearance of teenagers. On the other hand, Bo Jinyan...
  • My Roommate Is a Detective

    #2

    Suspense, Comedy, Thriller
    Hu Yitian, Zhang Yunlong, Xiao Yan
    After 14 years of the Republic of China, Lu Yao, a playboy who has returned from studying in England, was invited to be a detective consultant by Qiao Chusheng, a detective with extraordinary skills, due to his superb intelligence and reasoning ability. Afterward, they form a detective squad with a female reporter, Bai Youning, working together to solve seemingly treacherous murder...
  • The Imperial Coroner

    #3

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    Su Xiaotong, Wang Ziqi
    In the late Tang Dynasty, Chu Chu, a young girl from a family of coroner in the southwest mountains, comes to Chang’an alone to realize her dream of becoming a coroner and takes the coroner examination. Xiao Jinyu recruits Chu Chu as a partner to uncover the mystery of the case. The mystery of Chu Chu’s background breaks the balance of power in the capital, and a power struggle...
  • Guardian

    #4

    Suspense, Fantasy, Thriller
    Bai Yu, Zhu Yilong
    Ten thousand years ago, in order to seize the survival resources of the planet “Hai Xing”, the extremists among the “Di Xing Ren” attacked the whole planet, triggering a prehistoric war between the “Di Xing Ren” and the “Hai Xing Ren”. In order to fight against the “Di Xing Ren” who have supernatural powers, the “Hai Xing Ren” built four sacred weapons. Under...
  • Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II To the West

    #5

    Historical, Thriller, Suspense
    Yang Xuwen, Yang Zhigang
    In the year 712 AD, Emperor Ruizong of Tang changed the era name to Yanhe. The Tang Dynasty remained prosperous, but beneath the flourishing surface, crises loomed, and a storm was brewing. Various forces took the opportunity to stir, leading to a surge in strange cases among the populace. What mysterious and eerie puzzles will Lu Lingfeng, the Assistant Minister of the Dali Temple,...
  • Under the Power

    #6

    Historical, Suspense, Romance
    Ren Jialun, Tan Songyun
    Yuan Jinxia, a gifted female constable of Liushan Yamen, was in a feud with each other with the ruthless Imperial Guard, Lu Yi because of a case. Jinxia thought she would never meet him again in her life, but things went athwart. The court money to repair the river disappeared, Jinxia was ordered to go to Yangzhou to assist Lu Yi to investigate the case and retrieve the lost official...
  • White Cat Legend

    #7

    Historical, Suspense, Comedy
    Ding Yuxi, Zhou Qi
    In the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Wu Zetian, the Da Li Si was in charge of the most important cases in the country. At a night banquet at the Tang Palace, Li Bing is appointed as the Young Master of the Da Li Si by the empress. Under the leadership of Li Bing, Chen Shi, Wang Qi, Ali Baba, Cui Bei and Sun Bao are able to clear the "fog" of the divine capital, fighting against...
  • S.C.I

    #8

    Suspense, Drama
    Gao Hanyu, Ji Xiaobing
    The brave and wise leader of the special crime investigation team, Bai Yutong, grew up together with the meticulous psychologist Dr. Zhan Yao. They are good friends. As the subsequent episodes escalate, the relationship also turns from a friendship as brothers to a friendship of life and death. The noble and charming Bai Qingtang fell in love with forensic scientist Gongsun Zhe at first...
  • The Untamed

    #9

    Historical, Wuxia, Fantasy
    Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo
    Sixteen years ago, the world was divided into five, Gusu Lan, Yunmeng Jiang, Qinghe Nie, Qishan Wen, and Lanling Jin, who ruled the world together. The Wen Family was dominant, and the other four families suffered from it. Among the youths, Wei Wuxian, the son of a deceased member of the Jiang family, has a cheerful personality. He met and became friends with Lan Wangji, a disciple...
  • Marry Me

    #10

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    Xing Zhaolin, Xiao Yan
    When her master, Shi Boyin, is framed and died, Ju Mu'er's life changes drastically. She also loses her eyesight and goes into the life of Long Yue, the richest man in the capital. When she is determined to avenge for her master's death, she finds herself involved in one case after another. While investigating the case, she is forced by a married man to marry her. However, as they spend...
  • Tientsin Mystic

    #11

    Historical, Suspense, Horror
    Li Xian, Zhang Ming'en, Wang Zixuan
    During the Republic of China period, the floods in Tianjin were frequent, and the river was full of strange and disorderly things. Guo Deyou, the captain of the five river corpse retrieval team of the police bureau, has been deeply taught by the master’s “Old River God”, and his skill of lighting a cigarette to identify injustice has comforted countless unjust souls. When the...
  • Young Blood

    #12

    Historical, Youth, Suspense
    Zhang Xincheng, Zhou Yutong, Wang Youshuo
    During the Qingli period, the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to avoid war and maintain peace and stability among various ethnic groups, trained young spies under the name of the "Secret Court ". After a rigorous selection and vetting process, six youths - the intelligent Yuan Zhongxin, the beautiful and clever Zhao Jian, the never-killing Xiaojing, the never-lying Wang Kuan, the unsociable...
  • Justice In the Dark

    #13

    Crime, Suspense, Thriller
    Zhang Xincheng, Fu Xinbo
    Luo Wenzhou is the head of the Yancheng City Public Security Bureau. He has a good appearance and dressed casually, giving an impression of youthfulness. However, his temperament is completely at odds with his style. He is a mature and sophisticated police officer with a strong sense of insight and reasoning. Although Luo Wenzhou is young and promising, he lives a loose life. He befriends...
  • Medical Examiner Dr. Qin

    #14

    Suspense, Crime, Thriller
    Zhang Ruoyun, Jiao Junyan, Li Xian
    Lin Tao, the chief of the criminal police in Longfan City, has been an old friend of Qin Ming, the head of the Forensic Medicine Section, for many years. Qin Ming’s assistant resigned because he could not stand Qin Ming’s eccentric temper. Li Dabao of the Trace Inspection Section was assigned to join the working group. In the beginning, Qin Ming distrusts Dabao for she is a girl,...
  • Word of Honor

    #15

    Historical, Friendship, Wuxia
    Zhang Zhehan, Gong Jun, Zhou Ye
    Zhou Zishu, the leader of the organization named Tianchuang, quits the organization at the cost of his life in order to be free and meets Wen Kexing, the master of Ghost Valley, who is determined to destroy the world. With a conspiracy, two confidants, five pieces of treasure puzzles, 20 years of grudges, and a thousand years of Jianghu's dream, their fate was tied together.
  • Riverside Code at Qingming Festival

    #16

    Historical, Suspense
    Zhang Songwen, Bai Baihe
    During the Northern Song Dynasty, in a corner of Que'er Alley in Bianliang City, lived a family of five with vastly different personalities: Zhao Bu-you, Wen Yue, and their household. Zhao Bu-you was a low-ranking clerk in the Court of Judicial Review, content with leading a simple life, while his wife, Wen Yue, was determined to buy land and property. Despite their frequent quarrels,...
  • The Double

    #17

    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Wu Jinyan, Wang Xingyue, Chen Xinhai
    Xue Li, the daughter of a well-off and content county magistrate, loses everything after a major upheaval. Saved by her benefactor, Jiang Ruoyu, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, she returns to the capital city in Jiang Ruoyu's identity. With the help of people like Xiao Heng, the Duke of Suguo, she overcomes numerous challenges, continually fights against injustice, and ultimately...
  • Love Like White Jade

    #18

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    Wan Peng, Zhang Yao
    The gold medal maid of Langya Pavilion, Shui Wuxia (played by Wan Peng), is hired by the Jiang family to assist the young master, Jiang Baiyu (Zhang Yao), in learning literature and martial arts, and to become an official. The proud and arrogant Shui Wuxia and the fop Jiang Baiyu are incompatible. Furthermore, they both have secrets that are not known to anyone. Shui Wuxia is looking...
  • Under the Microscope

    #19

    Historical, Suspense, Thriller
    Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Yang, Qi Wei
    Shuai Jiamo, a man obsessed with mathematics, stumbles upon a historical problem in Jinhua County. His attempts to rectify the mistake are frequently blocked and lead to a game between various interest groups.
  • Under the Moonlight

    #20

    Historical, Suspense, Romance
    Hu Bingqing, Zhai Zilu
    Luo Shu, whose fate has been full of hardships and who, despite being mired in adversity, bravely seeks to save herself, encounters Qi Menglin, a spirited young man who is determined to explore the world. Together, they stand side by side, facing the storms and solving cases. Many of the cases they investigate involve women, and whenever they encounter a pitiful woman in the case, they...
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