High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Step into the Past is a 2001 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB and based on Huang Yi`s novel of the same Chinese title. The series tells the story of a 21st century Hong Kong VIPPU officer who travels back in time to the Warring States Period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that leads to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. The series` first original broadcast ran from 15 October to 7 December 2001 on the TVB Jade network in Hong Kong.