| Native Name: | 狼王子 |
| Genre: | Romance Fantasy Action |
| Creator: | Sanlih E-Television |
| Director: | Liu En Jie 劉恩捷 (Ep. 1–10) Chen Rong Hui 陳戎暉 (Ep. 4–9) Ye Hong Wei 葉鴻偉 (Ep. 10–18) |
| Starring: | Amber An 安心亞 Derek Chang 張軒睿 Samuel Gu 古斌 Katie Chen 陳語安 Hsueh Shih-ling 薛仕凌 |
| Opentheme: | Love Magic 愛戀魔法 by Bii 畢書盡 |
| Endtheme: | Stars 滿天星 by Dino Lee 李玉璽 |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Language: | Mandarin Hokkien |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 18 |
| Producer: | Yu Wei Zhong 俞惟中 |
| Location: | Taiwan |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Company: | Sanlih E-Television 三立電視 Shenghua Entertainment Communication Co.Ltd 昇華娛樂傳播 |
| Channel: | TTV SET Metro |
Prince of Wolf is a 2016 Taiwanese romance television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Derek Chang, Amber An, Samuel Gu, Katie Chen and Hsueh Shih-ling as the main cast.[1] [2] [3] [4] Filming began on June 9, 2016 and wrapped up on 28 October 2016. First original broadcast began on July 3, 2016 on TTV airing every Sunday night at 10:00–11:30 pm.
The story begins with Du Zhe Ming (Zhang Yu Zheng) walking between the forest in the deep woods and his parents are searching for him. While wandering he saves a female wolf from harm. Du Zhe Ming is waiting for his parents but due to heavy rains his parents couldn't find him and the officer claim him to be dead. Seeing Du Zhe Ming alone the Wolf King decides to take Zhe Ming into the wolf tribe. After some years a grown Du Zhe Ming (Derek Chang) is living among the wolves knows how to hunt and survive in the wild without forgetting his human traits. Tian Mi Mi (Amber An) is an amateur photographer who decides to go to Wolf Mountain to take pictures of the breathtaking landscape. When Tian Mi Mi falls into a valley, Zhe Ming saves her and takes her back to his cave. Fascinated by the first woman he has encountered, Zhe Ming is convinced that Mi Mi is his female wolf mate and is mesmerized by her. So, Zhe Ming decides to leave his wolf life behind to follow Mi Mi back into the human world with his wolf.
In the human world Zhe Ming starts living with Mi Mi and her family. Mi Mi teach him to live human life and even makes him join in her office. Mi Mi works in a company under Jian Hao Wei (Samuel Gu). He is an adopted son of Jiang Ping (John) and Wen Pei Yi (Mandy), they are the parents of Du Zhe Ming. Zhe Ming encounters Hao Wei showing his love interest towards Mi Mi which makes a love triangle fight between them. But Mi Mi falls in love with Zhe Ming due to his innocence.
Mandy buys a gift and celebrates Zhe Ming birthday as every year in memory of her son with the faith that he will return. Soon John finds out about Zhe Ming existence and tries to keep him away from his company and family as he is the real heir which he does not want Hao Wei to lose. He plots many chaos against Zhe Ming and makes him lead back to the forest. When Chen Shu Pei (Lin Min Chen) finds out the real identity of Zhe Ming, she reveals about it to Mandy. With Mi Mi they go to the wolf mountain to bring Zhe Ming back. After arriving back Zhe Ming started staying with his family and reveals to his father that he did not forget his sin back in the childhood where John knowingly leaves Zhe Ming in between the forest. Hao Wei becomes furious about Zhe Ming handling the company and receiving more love and faith from his grandfather. Zhe Ming arrange marriage is fixed with Chen Shu Pei which allows John to separate him from Mi Mi. But with the help of their friends they conquer all the misunderstanding between them. John's every chaos against Zhe Ming starts failing and Hao Wei too left him and started supporting Zhe Ming after knowing the real intention of his father. John kills Zhe Ming's wolf in the cave and plots a plan to kill Zhe Ming too with an accident to end his problem but fails it by harming Hao Wei. In the hospital John confess to Mandy and her father about all his sins and also reveals that Hao Wei is his own son with his love. Mandy is furious with him but Zhe Ming Forgives him.
Mi Mi and Zhe Ming got married but stays separately for her career and after completing her work she returns to Zhe Ming in the party. Chen Shu Pei and Hao Wei starts developing feelings for each other. In the end Zhe Ming and his son walks between the trees of the wolf mountain but soon he disappear while Zhe Ming was talking to Mi Mi in phone. When Mi Mi and Zhe Ming starts searching all over the forest they ends up finding their son and Zhe Ming's wolf alive.
| Network | Country | Airing Date | Timeslot |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTV | July 3, 2016 | Sunday 10:00–11:30 pm | |
| SET Metro | July 9, 2016 | Saturday 10:00–11:30 pm | |
| E City | August 20, 2016 | Saturday 9:30–11:00 pm | |
| TVB Chinese Drama | September 3, 2016 | Saturday 1:00–2:30 pm | |
| Astro Shuang Xing | December 16, 2016 | Monday to Friday 4:00–5:00 pm | |
| VTV2 | April 10, 2020[5] | Everyday 7:00-7:45 pm | |
| THTG | May 1, 2020[6] | Everyday 5:30 pm | |
| GTV | June 21, 2021[7] | Monday to Friday 2:00-3:00PM | |
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
| Air Date | Episode | Episode Title | Average Ratings | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2016 | 1 | Love and Trust 愛與信任 | 1.57 | 1 |
| Jul 10, 2016 | 2 | Tears From Polaris 北極星的眼淚 | 1.66 | 1 |
| Jul 17, 2016 | 3 | Wishing Tree's Promise 許願樹的約定 | 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2016 | 4 | Zhe Ming's Family 澤明的家人 | 1.65 | 1 |
| Jul 31, 2016 | 5 | Love Magic 戀愛魔法 | 1 | |
| Aug 7, 2016 | 6 | Kiss Me | 2 | |
| Aug 14, 2016 | 7 | The Distance Between Us 我們之間的距離 | 1.64 | 1 |
| Aug 21, 2016 | 8 | Into Your World 走進你的世界 | 1.47 | 1 |
| Aug 28, 2016 | 9 | Listen To Your Heart | 1.46 | 2 |
| Sep 4, 2016 | 10 | Choice 抉擇 | 1.44 | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2016 | 11 | I Miss You | 1.28 | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2016 | 12 | Love is Giving, The Feeling is Inclusive 愛是付出 情是包容 | 1.44 | 1 |
| Sep 25, 2016 | 13 | Can't Control The Heartbeat 不能控制的心跳 | 1.49 | 1 |
| Oct 2, 2016 | 14 | Only You Forever In My Mind | 1.31 | 1 |
| Oct 9, 2016 | 15 | As Long As You Live Well 只要妳好好活著 | 1 | |
| Oct 16, 2016 | 16 | Second Uncle's Secret 二叔的秘密 | 1.51 | 1 |
| Oct 23, 2016 | 17 | Redemption 救贖 | 1.34 | 1 |
| Oct 30, 2016 | 18 | 1+1>2 | 1.55 | 1 |
| Nov 6, 2016 | Special Episode | – | – | |
| Average ratings | 1.50 | – | ||
The average rating calculation does not include special episode.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result | |||||
| 2016 | 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards | Viewers Choice Drama Award | Prince of Wolf | ||||||
| Best Actor Award | Derek Chang | ||||||||
| Best Actress Award | Amber An | ||||||||
| Best Potential Award | Derek Chang | ||||||||
| Best Powerful Performance Award | Lin Wei | ||||||||
| Best Crying Award | Amber An & Derek Chang | ||||||||
| Best Kiss Award | Amber An & Derek Chang | ||||||||
| Best Screen Couple Award | Amber An & Derek Chang | ||||||||
| Viewers Choice Drama's Song Award | "Love Magic" – Bii | ||||||||