Crossbow (TV series) Crossbow (TV series) Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France. "Crossbow" follows the adventures of William Tell (Will Lyman) and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler (Jeremy Clyde). As Governor (Landburgher in the original story) of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising. Having split the apple on his son's head with
A Supplement to the Journey to the West which dates the writing of the novel to 1640. The "Supplement"'s episode of the torture of Qin Hui in hell has many elements that appeared in earlier fictional literature. The idea of someone serving as an adjunct king of hell was first mentioned in a collection of oral traditions called "Popular tales of the Record of the Three Kingdoms" (三国志评话), the literary ancestor of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." This was one of five such compilations printed in the "Newly Published, Fully Illustrated Pinghua" (新刊全相评话) series during the reign of Yuan Emperor Yingzhong (1321-1323). It was later popularized in