汉武帝刘彻（黄晓明 饰）初为太子时空有抱负但没有实权，他结交了张汤（张明健 饰）、灌夫（贾宏伟 饰）、李陵（刘冠翔 饰）、郭舍人（刘潇潇 饰）等有志青年，自称为“太子党”。窦太后（陈莎莉 饰）为维护窦氏家族利益企图废太子立梁王，刘彻孤立无援，宫内只有姐姐平阳公主（陈紫函 饰）真心待他。起初刘彻玩世不恭屡遭陷阱，直到遇到了秋蝉（刘怡君 饰）、料事如神的东方朔（陈道明 饰），以及令他魂牵梦萦的名妓念奴娇（贾静雯 饰），他的帝王之旅才正式开始。在“太子党”众多朋友和东方朔的帮助下，刘彻终于成为了汉武帝。

한 시대를 이끌었던 한무제 류철이 태자시절부터 등극 후까지의 이야기를 다룬 드라마.

The Prince of Han Dynasty is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Season 1 was first broadcast on Beijing Television in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the second and third seasons in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Except for Huang Xiaoming, who played Emperor Wu in all three seasons, the cast members in each season are almost different from its preceding one.