ADAPTATIONS · CONTENT COMPARISON
Pursuit of Jade
Zhu Yu (逐玉) ↔ Pursuit of Jade
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Source ↔ Screen
A spoiler-conscious orientation to how Zhu Yu (逐玉) and Pursuit of Jade relate before you know either version.
The drama retains the source’s central characters and major narrative engine and is substantially more faithful than the previous unrelated xianxia description suggested.
SOURCE WORK
Zhu Yu (逐玉)
Factual source reference, kept separate from the comparison itself.
Source synopsis
Fan Changyu, a butcher’s daughter determined to protect her household, rescues the injured and disguised Xie Zheng. The two enter a mutually useful false marriage while each conceals urgent goals. Their arrangement becomes genuine love as family danger, military conflict, and Xie Zheng’s pursuit of an old injustice pull them into a much larger struggle.