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{{Short description|Chinese manhua and donghua series}}
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| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/687910163_260616|title=
6月动漫片单丨《时光代理人》真人化，《七种武器》动漫化|date=June 21, 2023|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=July 17, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717180705/https://www.sohu.com/a/687910163_260616|archive-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Biaoren">{{cite web|url=https://www.chinabooks.de/produkt/biaoren-die-klingen-der-waechter-band-1/|title=Biaoren – Die Klingen der Wächter – Band 1|date=March 18, 2020|publisher=chinabooks.de|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=de|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326061222/https://www.chinabooks.de/produkt/biaoren-die-klingen-der-waechter-band-1/|archive-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>|[[Historical fantasy]]<ref name="BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS 第1巻">{{cite web|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7654|title=鏢人 -BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS-　第1巻（ 許先哲 ）|date=September 25, 2018|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=ja|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601142115/https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7654|archive-date=June 1, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Biao Ren"/> | [[Martial arts]]<ref name="Biao Ren 专访《镖人》">{{cite web|url=http://news.17173.com/content/01182021/060600989.shtml|title=专访《镖人》作者许先哲：对待漫画，只有真心才能触发真心|date=January 18, 2021|publisher=17173.com|access-date=July 11, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223175800/http://news.17173.com/content/01182021/060600989.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2023}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
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| author = Xianzhe Xu
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| publisher = New Comics, [[Tencent Animation and Comics|Tencent Comics]], Beijing United Publishing Company
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'''''Biao Ren''''' or {{nihongo|'''''Blades of the Guardians'''''|镖人|}}, is a Chinese [[manhua]] that was written and illustrated by Xianzhe Xu. It was first serialized in the new comics app in July 2015. The manhua quickly attracted a large number of readers and was well received. Since its first publication, ''Biao Ren'' has been serialized on online platforms including ''[[Tencent Animation and Comics|Tencent Comics]]''. As of August 2024, Beijing United Publishing Company has released twelve bound volumes.

Since its serialization in 2015, ''Biao Ren'' had over two billion readings on 50 mainland Chinese online platforms.

[[Tencent Pictures|Tencent Penguin Pictures]] and Colored Pencil Animation Group co-produced an animated (''[[Chinese animation|donghua]]'') television adaptation that exclusively premiered on [[Tencent Video]] from June to August 2023. 

In December 2023, ''Blades of the Guardians'' ''donghua'' series won three awards (Most Reputation Animation of the Year, Best Art Direction for Animation and Best Serial Animation Award (Gold Award)) at the 20th ''China Animation Golden Dragon Award. 

[[Biao Ren (film)|A film adaptation]] and a television drama are both in development. the film will be directed by [[Yuen Woo-ping]], [[Wu Jing (actor)|Wu Jing]] had been cast as lead, with [[Nicholas Tse]], [[Yu Shi (actor)|Yu Shi]] and [[Jet Li]] joined the cast.

==Plot==
Hired fighters called Escorts protect a targets, criminals for whom the government has issued an arrest warrant. On the eve of civil unrest in the last years of the [[Sui dynasty]], a government of fear and terror is gaining power in China, and feelings of hatred and enmity are emerging among some people. A skilled swordsman named Dao Ma travels throughout ancient China with his three-year-old son Xiao Qi and lives with the power of his sword. One day Dao Ma accepts a mission for which he is guided to the city of Changan. He plans to pay off his debt to a therapist named Mo, and when he travels in the western desert, he accepts a simple mission that turns into a critical, dangerous issue.

==Production==
[[File:Xu Xianzhe's influenced by Takehiko Inoue and Hiroshi Hirata.jpg|thumb|left|Xu Xianzhe's was influenced by [[Vagabond (manga)|Vagabond]] manga artist [[Takehiko Inoue]] and [[Hiroshi Hirata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vitomag.com/comics/oyjbvx|title=被質疑像井上雄彥，他用《鏢人》讓所有人閉嘴|date=July 9, 2023|publisher=vitomag.com|access-date=July 25, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725050807/https://vitomag.com/comics/oyjbvx|archive-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref>]]

Xianzhe Xu wanted to tell a story of the late [[Sui dynasty]] by combining martial arts with western elements.<ref name="Biao Ren 专访《镖人》"/> Xianzhe Xu had no art training so he began to practice and hone his drawing skills for four years, and researched the weapons, historical items and history of Sui and [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] dynasties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2162406|title=专访｜漫画家许先哲：初心不改，终能创造奇迹|date= May 31, 2018|publisher=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]]|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204071431/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2162406|archive-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name="鏢人 Biao Ren"/> The art style of ''manhua'' Biao Ren is similar to that of the [[manga]] [[Vagabond (manga)|Vagabond]], [[Blade of the Immortal]] and [[Sōten Kōro|Beyond the Heavens]]. The author paid attention to details to present a story that is about emotions and destruction in a dark, historical era of ancient China.<ref name="Biao Ren"/>

==Media==
===Manhua===
The ''Biao Ren'' ''manhua'' was serialized on the new comics app on July 1, 2015. The work quickly attracted a large number of readers and was well received. The electronic version is now serialized on online platform [[Tencent Animation and Comics|Tencent Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ppfocus.com/hk/0/co20e7a1e.html|title=轟動日本的國漫《鏢人》即將動畫化？|date=September 15, 2020|publisher=ppfocus.com|access-date=July 16, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716034813/https://ppfocus.com/hk/0/co20e7a1e.html|archive-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="鏢人 Biao Ren"/><ref name="镖人">{{cite web|url=https://ac.qq.com/Comic/comicInfo/id/540487/|title=镖人|date=|publisher=[[Tencent Animation and Comics|tencent comics]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531230929/https://ac.qq.com/Comic/comicInfo/id/540487/|archive-date=May 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bastos |first=Margarida|title='Blades of the Guardians' Trailer Reveals Stunning Imagery in Animated Action Series Adaptation|url=https://collider.com/blades-of-the-guardians-trailer-animated-action-series-adaptation/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707222009/https://collider.com/blades-of-the-guardians-trailer-animated-action-series-adaptation/|archive-date=July 7, 2023|date=April 19, 2022}}</ref> On April 1, 2018, Beijing United Publishing Company published the first volume of ''Biao Ren''.<ref name="vol1"/> As of August 2024, twelve volumes have been released.<ref name="vol12"/> Later, the series was published on Japanese reading platform Mecha Comic.<ref name="Biao Ren">{{cite web |date=October 28, 2021 |title=鏢人｜世界水準中國硬派武俠漫畫　隋末西域荒涼肅殺躍然紙上 |url=https://www.hk01.com/武備志/694342/鏢人-世界水準中國硬派武俠漫畫-隋末西域荒涼肅殺躍然紙上 |url-status= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230713025841/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%AD%A6%E5%82%99%E5%BF%97/804067/%E5%8A%8D%E8%B1%AA%E7%94%9F%E6%AD%BB%E9%AC%A5-%E5%B0%8F%E8%AA%AA%E8%B7%9F%E6%BC%AB%E7%95%AB%E6%AF%94%E8%BC%83%E5%B0%8D%E8%AE%80-%E7%B7%8A%E6%B9%8A%E7%B2%BE%E7%85%89-%E6%B7%B1%E5%8C%96%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9%E6%AD%BB%E7%8B%82%E5%BD%A2%E8%B1%A1 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |publisher=[[HK01]] |language=zh}}</ref> As of August 8, 2019, [[Shōnen Gahōsha]] released three volumes Japanese Edition.<ref name="BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS 第1巻"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7794|title=鏢人 -BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS-　第2巻（ 許先哲 ）|date=February 26, 2019|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=ja|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722213248/http://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7794|archive-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7932|title=鏢人 -BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS-　第3巻（ 許先哲 ）|date=August 8, 2019|publisher=[[Shōnen Gahōsha]]|access-date=July 15, 2023|language=ja|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715052245/https://www.shonengahosha.co.jp/book_Info.php?id=7932|archive-date=July 15, 2023}}</ref> In Germany, the manga is licensed by Chinabooks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weitere Bände von „Biaoren - Die Klingen der Wächter“ erscheinen auf Deutsch|url=https://www.manga-passion.de/articles/840/weitere-baende-von-biaoren-die-klingen-der-waechter-erscheinen-auf-deutsch|website=Manga Passion|access-date=June 13, 2024|language=de|date=March 27, 2021|archive-date=June 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613015529/https://www.manga-passion.de/articles/840/weitere-baende-von-biaoren-die-klingen-der-waechter-erscheinen-auf-deutsch|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Biaoren"/> 

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===Donghua===
In August 2020, an animated [[Chinese animation|''donghua'']] television series adaptation was announced by [[Tencent Pictures|Tencent Penguin Pictures]].<ref name="Biao Ren"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2021/9/22/manhua-hyoujin-blades-of-the-guardians-gets-animated-adaptation|title=Manhua Hyoujin -BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Gets Animated Adaptation|date=September 22, 2021|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=July 11, 2023|language=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703045608/https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2021/9/22/manhua-hyoujin-blades-of-the-guardians-gets-animated-adaptation|archive-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fan|first=Xu|title=Popular comic-adapted animated series set to open in June |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/12/WS645ddeaca310b6054fad2a75.html|website=[[China Daily]]|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703045623/https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202305/12/WS645ddeaca310b6054fad2a75.html|archive-date=July 3, 2023|date=May 12, 2023}}</ref> ''Blades of the Guardians'' ''donghua'' series was animated in Japan, and was produced by the Colored Pencil Animation Group (Chinese corporation Chongqing Colored Pencil Animation Design Co., Ltd.; Colored Pencil Animation Japan Co., Ltd.).<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:中国マンガ「ヒョウ人-BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS」本土でアニメ化決定！ PVも公開|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2021/09/22/64088.html|website=animeanime.jp|access-date=July 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223073104/https://animeanime.jp/article/2021/09/22/64088.html|archive-date=December 23, 2022|language=ja|date=September 22, 2021}}</ref> It ran for 15 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc00200ab0trmk.html|title=镖人_1080P在线观看平台|publisher=[[Tencent Video]]|access-date=May 3, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103082331/https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc00200ab0trmk.html|archive-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref> The series exclusively aired from June 1, to August 17, 2023, on [[Tencent Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1692251041168160.html|title=《镖人》第一季8.8分收官，对话原作者许先哲，解读历史与想象|publisher=[[The Beijing News]]|date=August 17, 2023|access-date=May 13, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125022422/https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1692251041168160.html|archive-date=November 25, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Tencent">{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230817A04NUV00/|title=希望动画版《镖人》表现出《新龙门客栈》那样的光影丨主创谈|date=August 1, 2023|publisher=Tencent|access-date=May 3, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224191415/https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230817A04NUV00/|archive-date=February 24, 2024}}</ref> 

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| NativeTitle     = 塞外镖客
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| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|1}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = The Two-Headed Snake
| NativeTitle     = 双头蛇
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|1}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Stormy Wind
| NativeTitle     = 风起云涌
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|8}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Jade face and beauty
| NativeTitle     = 玉面与红颜
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|8}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Transaction
| NativeTitle     = 交易
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Chessboard
| NativeTitle     = 棋与局
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|15}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = The Children of the Wolf
| NativeTitle     = 狼的孩子们
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|22}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = The Storm is Coming
| NativeTitle     = 风沙将至
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|6|29}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = People of the Desert
| NativeTitle     = 荒漠之民
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|6}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = The Great Sandstorm
| NativeTitle     = 大沙暴
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|13}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Flower face group
| NativeTitle     = 花颜团
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|20}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Khan and the General
| NativeTitle     = 可汗与将军
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|7|27}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = the truth
| NativeTitle     = 真相
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|3}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 14
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = The winner and crown
| NativeTitle     = 胜者与王冠
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|10}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 15
| Title           = 
| TranslitTitle   = Daughter of the desert
| NativeTitle     = 大漠的女儿
| NativeTitleLangCode = zh
| DirectedBy      = Hiromatsu Shu & Zhiwei Deng
| WrittenBy       = [[Wen Zhang]] & Xu Xianzhe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2023|8|17}}
| ShortSummary    = 
| LineColor       = #DAA520
}}
}}

== Adaptations ==
{{main|Biao Ren (film){{!}}''Biao Ren (film)''}}

In July 2023, it was announced that a film adaptation of the ''Biao Ren'' manhua and a television drama is in development,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230712A05DLG00|title=真人电影《镖人：风起大漠》立项 漫画曾轰动日本|date=July 12, 2023|publisher=Tencent|access-date=May 3, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503200046/https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230712A05DLG00|archive-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref> and in December 2023, it was revealed that [[Yuen Woo-ping]] will direct the live-action film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/741991821_634164|title=《镖人》真人电影即将开拍，袁和平执导，你觉得主演应该选谁？|date=December 6, 2023|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=May 3, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214020223/https://www.sohu.com/a/741991821_634164|archive-date=December 14, 2023}}</ref> In June 2024, [[Wu Jing (actor)|Wu Jing]] will produce the film and were cast as the lead role Dao Ma, with [[Nicholas Tse]] joining the cast,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/786786830_119038|title=漫改武侠！袁和平《镖人》官宣 吴京谢霆锋再合作|date=June 18, 2024|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=August 4, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804181328/https://www.sohu.com/a/786786830_119038|archive-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20240618A08JEK00|title=号称中国武侠新篇章！漫改电影《镖人》官宣：吴京监制、主演|date=June 18, 2024|publisher=Tencent|access-date=August 4, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804182415/https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20240618A08JEK00|archive-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202406/2169967.html|title=吴京《镖人》、朱一龙《东极岛》、冯小刚《抓特务》……又一批新片亮相上影节|date=June 18, 2024|publisher=Jimu News|access-date=August 5, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240805050619/https://www.ctdsb.net/c1742_202406/2169967.html|archive-date=August 5, 2024}}</ref> and filming officially began on July 26 of the same year in [[Xinjiang]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/795509316_119038|title=吴京透露电影版《镖人》将于7月26日在新疆开机|date=July 23, 2024|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=August 4, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804181857/https://www.sohu.com/a/795509316_119038|archive-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref> in the following months [[Yu Shi (actor)|Yu Shi]] and [[Jet Li]] joined the cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/804741887_114941|title=电影《镖人》演员阵容曝光 李连杰时隔8年回归华语片|date=August 29, 2024|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=September 4, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910172740/https://www.sohu.com/a/804741887_114941|archive-date=September 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hk01.com/電影/1054040/李連杰復出重回武俠片-夥拍吳京謝霆鋒主演內地漫改電影|title=李連杰復出重回武俠片 夥拍吳京謝霆鋒主演內地漫改電影|date=September 4, 2024|publisher=[[HK01]]|access-date=September 4, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904184612/https://www.hk01.com/電影/1054040/李連杰復出重回武俠片-夥拍吳京謝霆鋒主演內地漫改電影|archive-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref>

==Reception==
Since the launch of the ''manhua'', it has performed well in the book market. Many readers have called its exquisite paintings and grand Chinese historical background "the light of Guoman",<ref name="護鏢">{{cite web|url=https://ek21.com/news/1/10637/|title=《鏢人》成都重慶簽售，四十度高溫難擋讀者「護鏢」熱情|date=July 24, 2018|publisher=ek21.com|access-date=July 16, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716041853/https://ek21.com/news/1/10637/|archive-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> and was very popular in Japan; it has appeared three times on [[NHK]], Japan's CCTV, and was praised as "a world-class masterpiece of Chinese comics".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://game.3loumao.org/134974|title=《镖人》，为什么被叫做国漫之光|date=June 27, 2022|publisher=3loumao.org|access-date=July 11, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711034044/https://game.3loumao.org/134974|archive-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="鏢人 Biao Ren"/> The series has been praised by many of Japan's top [[manga artist]]s.<ref name="鏢人 Biao Ren">{{cite web|url=https://www.xuehua.us/a/5eb801e786ec4d48b7991b9c?lang=zh-hk|title=轟動日本的中國漫畫《鏢人》上市|date=September 25, 2018|publisher=xuehua.us|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713024007/https://www.xuehua.us/a/5eb801e786ec4d48b7991b9c?lang=zh-hk|archive-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref> [[Rumiko Takahashi]], [[Tooru Fujisawa]] and the former editor-in-chief of ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'' visited China to help promote it.<ref name="鏢人2">{{cite web|url=https://www.xuehua.us/a/5eb9007c86ec4d39f3363ab4?lang=zh-hk|title=轟動日本的中國漫畫，《鏢人2》回來了！|date=June 29, 2018|publisher=xuehua.us|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713041636/https://www.xuehua.us/a/5eb9007c86ec4d39f3363ab4?lang=zh-hk|archive-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/240581154_265568|title=轟動日本的中國漫畫，《鏢人2》回來了！|date=June 29, 2018|publisher=[[Sohu]]|access-date=July 13, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713042346/https://www.sohu.com/a/240581154_265568|archive-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref> 

''Biao Ren'' bound volume one sold over 100,000 copies within a month of its launch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iah.ifeng.com/6749719/news.shtml?&back|title=《镖人》成都重庆签售，四十度高温难挡读者"护镖"热情|date=July 24, 2018|publisher=ifeng.com|access-date=July 16, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716045546/https://iah.ifeng.com/6749719/news.shtml?&back/|archive-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="護鏢"/> By 2021, sales of the first ten volumes exceeded one million copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://posts.careerengine.us/p/620c24031db18d7d66e6e77c|title=开分9.9，强势续集回归，从不一样的角度点燃孩子的阅读兴趣|date=February 15, 2022|publisher=careerengine.us|access-date=July 20, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720162129/https://posts.careerengine.us/p/620c24031db18d7d66e6e77c|archive-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref> The twelfth volume was ranked the fifth-top-selling comic title of the week in [[Douban]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.douban.com/subject_collection/EC5U5NVYQ|title=No.5 绘本漫画一周热门榜|date=|publisher=[[Douban]]|access-date=November 12, 2024|language=zh|archive-date=November 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113064336/https://m.douban.com/subject_collection/EC5U5NVYQ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="v12"/>

The series received overwhelmingly positive reviews for its high-quality production and storyline, and amassed a notable Internet fandom both in China and overseas.<ref name="鏢人2"/><ref name="Biao Ren"/> The series holds a rating of 9.9 out of 10 on [[Tencent Video]], making it as one of the most-acclaimed ''manhua'' series in the world.<ref name="镖人"/> Since its first publication in 2015, the ''manhua'' ''Biao Ren'' had been viewed on 30 online platforms over a billion times by September 2018,<ref name="鏢人 Biao Ren"/> and over two billion times on more than 50 domestic online platforms by June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://h5.ifeng.com/c/vivoArticle/v002CxOgB-_56Y2dnxWy3ssj38YjZBITIw44QYybkMpbdTXY__?isNews=1&showComments=0|title=被质疑像井上雄彦，他用《镖人》让所有人闭嘴|date=June 27, 2023|publisher=ifeng.com|access-date=July 20, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720033639/https://h5.ifeng.com/c/vivoArticle/v002CxOgB-_56Y2dnxWy3ssj38YjZBITIw44QYybkMpbdTXY__?isNews=1&showComments=0|archive-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>

On [[Douban]], ''Biao Ren'' rated 8.4 out of 10, making it one of the best-received [[Chinese animation|donghua]] series in China in 2023.<ref name="镖人 (2023)">{{cite web|url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/30232254/|title= 镖人 (2023) |date=|publisher=movie.douban.com|access-date=July 14, 2023|language=zh|url-status=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230714110715/https://movie.douban.com/subject/30232254/|archive-date=July 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/IJMOVNU90517CAC0.html|title=《镖人》电影版有重大进展，袁和平执导，谢苗演刀马的呼声最高|date=November 16, 2023|publisher=163.com|access-date=May 3, 2024|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503202539/https://www.163.com/dy/article/IJMOVNU90517CAC0.html|archive-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref> 

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! class="unsortable" |Ref.
|-
|rowspan=5|2023
|rowspan=3| 20th China Animation Golden Dragon Award
| Best Serial Animation Award (Gold Award)
| ''Biao Ren''
| rowspan=8 {{won}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230927A0599200|title=第20届中国动漫金龙奖揭晓 《斗罗大陆》、《镖人》获重要奖项|date=September 27, 2023|publisher=new.qq.com|access-date=December 27, 2023|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227055036/https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20230927A0599200|archive-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.china.com.cn/xwtt/detail2_2023_12/17/4256851.html|title=《国漫星河，热血不止，腾讯视频金鹅荣誉动漫揭晓|date=December 17, 2023|publisher=ent.china.com.cn|access-date=December 27, 2023|language=zh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225151346/http://ent.china.com.cn/xwtt/detail2_2023_12/17/4256851.html|archive-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|Best Art Direction for Animation
|Zhiwei Deng & Juansheng Shi
|-
|Most Reputation Animation of the Year
|rowspan=7|''Biao Ren''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! class="unsortable" |Ref.
|-
|rowspan=5|2024
|rowspan=3| [[29th Shanghai Television Festival|29th]] [[Shanghai Television Festival]]
| Best Animation
| ''Biao Ren''
| rowspan=8 {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stvf.com/english/content?aid=101240530193629565948291250917381113|title=Nominations for The 29th Shanghai TV Festival|date=30 May 2024|website=STVF|archive-date=28 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240628143829/https://www.stvf.com/english/content?aid=101240530193629565948291250917381113|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stvf.com/content?aid=101240627135230576008586098905093453|title=白玉兰奖入围 - 幕后匠人，以匠者初心雕琢荧幕艺术|trans-title=Magnolia Award nominees - The craftsmen behind the scenes, carving screen art with the original intention of craftsmen|language=zh|date=27 June 2024|website=STVF|archive-date=3 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703032308/https://www.stvf.com/content?aid=101240627135230576008586098905093453|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Storytelling (Animation)
|''Biao Ren''
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230531230929/https://ac.qq.com/Comic/comicInfo/id/540487/ Biao Ren official manhua website] on [[Tencent Animation and Comics|tencent comics]] {{in lang|zh}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230703045622/https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc00200ab0trmk.html Biao Ren official donghua website] on [[Tencent Video]] {{in lang|zh}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q123517528}}

{{Tencent Animation}}

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