Introduction to "Born in the Late Ming Dynasty"
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His name is Zhang Sheng. He has a PhD in hydraulic engineering and a master's degree in history. He died in Beijing in 2024 at the age of 33.
When he woke up, his name was Wang Yan, whose courtesy name was Yuanhan. He was a native of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. He was born in the eighth year of Jiajing and was thirty-five years old. He had failed in many trials.
The memories of two lives collide in one body.
He knew what would happen in the future - he knew that in the winter of the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, the emperor sitting in the Huangji Palace would die. Knowing that in the sixth year of Longqing, the young emperor would also die. Knowing that in the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng, who had all the power in the world, would die. After his death, his home would be confiscated, his eldest son would commit suicide, and his family would be exiled.
He knew that in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, there would be a "disaster unprecedented in two hundred years." The water will overflow from the Wusong River, flooding the fields and sweeping away people and animals, and he - Wang Qi - will stand on the edge of the broken embankment, seventy-nine years old, unable to do anything.
He knows this.
But he couldn't say.
He can only go forward step by step. He passed the imperial examination, passed the imperial examination, entered the officialdom, encountered obstacles, retired to seclusion, and wrote books. Finished the road Wang Qi was supposed to take.
Only this time, he carries the memories of a modern person.
Only this time, he knew the flood was coming.
Only this time, he wanted to give it a try——
Can manpower defeat God?
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In one sentence:
A modern water conservancy doctor, the soul of Wang Qi, a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, spent fifty years waiting for a flood that he knew would definitely come.
Reader comments
The writing is quite good, but it's a bit of a chronicle. I really like reading it when it comes to practical things.
The articles seem quite solid, but they are quite repetitive. There is not much difference between one article and the last. The progress is very slow, life is very slow, and there are many copies. I feel like most people might not like to watch it. And I felt that it was too holy, and my family, relatives, and friends were all put aside. I remember that I had children and a wife at the beginning. Now I haven't written anything, and there is nothing at all. It doesn't feel very human. Taiwei Guangzheng.
The writing is quite good, but it's a bit of a chronicle. I really like reading it when it comes to practical things. The articles seem quite solid, but they are quite repetitive. There is not much difference between one article and the last. The progress is very slow, life is very slow, and there are many copies. I feel like most people might not like to watch it. And I felt that it was too holy, and my family, relatives, and friends were all put aside. I remember that I had children and a wife at the beginning. Now I haven't written anything, and there is nothing at all. It doesn't feel very human. Taiwei Guangzheng.