The Legendary Life of a Puppeteer

Transmigrate to ancient times, no System, a story about raising yourself up, with a target of one million words.

An ordinary nobody’s road to a reversal of fortune: general, literary giant, great Confucian scholar, merchant sage, and chancellor, all in one...

Please be sure to read the first twenty chapters. The pacing is slow, but the story is very realistic.

A classic male-oriented novel: transmigration to ancient times, political intrigue, no System, and a slow build.

This book is suited to deep reflection.

It explores Yangming philosophy, establishing virtue, merit, and words, as well as political systems and religious culture.

Shi Wen, a university student, accidentally transmigrated to an unknown and brutal ancient world. From the start, he became a refugee and was nearly eaten after being mistaken for a sheep. He then wandered from place to place, unintentionally joining a puppet master’s school, before being swept up in a foreign invasion, campaigns to suppress bandits, struggles for power, the pacification of rebellious princes, and a series of other major events that would shape the fate of the realm. He drifted between manipulating others and being manipulated himself. In the end, he had a realization: three thousand years of reading history come down to fame and fortune; after ninety thousand miles of seeking the Dao, one ultimately returns to poetry, wine, and a life in the countryside...