Originally Posted by
MysticDust
Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the Han societies' attempt to overthrow the Qing stemmed from the fact that the Qing emperors were of Manchurian descent. It's mainly a patriotic thing. They didn't want their Han people "oppressed" by Manchus. But if you look farther back in history, the reason why Machus succeeded in overthrowing the prior Han-ruled dynasty was due to a corrupt ruler (or so history would like us to believe; but keep in mind that history is written and preserved by the winners).
There have always been rebel groups that tried to overthrow/usurp the throne, but just because there are groups and organizations that want to overthrow a ruler, that doesn't necessarily make the ruler "bad." And hey, you have to take into account that they never succeeded. If the emperor was so bad, you would think these rebel groups would have enough supporters to overthrow said emperor.
If you do a quick wiki search on YongZheng (4th prince of BBJX), he had done bad things (especially the stuff he did to his brothers), but some good did come from his rule (like his stance on corruption).
I don't think they did portray these princes to be all that good. I think it would probably be more accurate to say that they were able to successfully portray these characters as multi-faceted. Like people in real life, you treat your loved ones with kindness, but you treat your enemies quite differently. If you recall, 4th ordered a guy to be quartered by horses, steamed a girl alive, and stole the throne from his brother (as portrayed in BBJX). I don't think that should be regarded as being portrayed as "good."
People come together to make a show that are hopefully good enough to entertain, win awards, and make money. They have no control over how others react to it. I am going to be lenient and assume the makers of BBJX didn't make the show with the intention of influencing a girl to kill herself. If she had suicidal thoughts or behaviors, you cannot put the blame on this particular show or its makers.
It doesn't matter if the show was made in the mainland or if it's this particular show or some other show, if there are people out there who cannot judge real life from fantasy and they have the motives or intentions to do themselves harm, sad things will happen.