Brought together by love. Torn apart by fate.

Life is fl eeting as the butterfl y, beautiful yet transient. As legends has it, a pair of butterfl y lovers reappears once more after having gone through three lifetimes of repeated pain and tears. In 3 A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Butterfl y Lovers fi nd each other in the world of martial arts. Liang is highly skilled in martial arts and resides in the mountains. When his master tasks him to take care of Zhu, a girl from a wealthy family who disguises herself as a boy so that she may be educated, they fall in love, but their love affair sparks off a painful journey. For the select few, there is a love that survives one lifetime after another.