Tales of the Han Kingdom: Luo Tianyi’s Journey Through the Ages Before the Common Era

In 122 BC, what do you do when you can't understand what people are saying? What if you have no household registration? What if you are sold into slavery? How can a modern person fulfill their responsibilities in this era? This story contains transmigration, Ancient Chinese, Xiongnu, and Scythian languages, classical society, social hierarchies, and Han Dynasty architecture, customs, objects, food, and military affairs, as well as complicated feelings, among other things. In broad strokes, it tells the story of a clerk surnamed Luo from Shanghai who wakes up to discover that she has suddenly arrived in 122 BC, cannot communicate with the people around her, and has no way to return. How will she start from scratch learning the Luoxia dialect of Emperor Wu of Han's time, escape her status as an unregistered person, and face the fate awaiting her?

Content warning: This story includes the romanization of Chinese characters, though its aim is not to romanize all Chinese writing. If you don't want to read about that, feel free to skip it. The first volume is being revised, and a new version will be posted later. New readers can skip chapters. I'm an author who writes sweet romance! But there will also be a lot of angst.