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  1. 351 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈:大唐权谋录 Ancient Romance14k WordsCompleted Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 352 Dream of the Red Chamber: From Gatekeeper to Power Broker 红楼:从门子到权臣 Historical872k WordsOngoing [Dream of the Red Chamber fan fiction]+ [Comeback]+ [Betrayal for love]+ [Powerful minister]+ [Daiyu] He was the lowliest gatekeeper in the Jia household, and watched his father get beaten to death by Lai Da. To avenge him, he clawed his way up like a mad dog. He served as a personal attendant, became a registrar, rose to transport commissioner, and was appointed commander-in-chief of Zhenyuan... He betrayed Prince Beijing and let down the Four Princes and Eight Dukes, earning the world's scorn 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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  3. 353 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 失忆剑仙 24k WordsCompleted The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 354 Your Highness, Rest Assured: We’re Still Making the Nation Rich and the Army Strong Today 殿下放心,今天也有在富国强兵 Eastern Fantasy740k WordsCompleted [Western fantasy lordship + berserker farming, all of it! Wits and brawn, all of it! A brand-new approach that never feels stale!] Humanism’s spring breeze sweeps across the land, and romantic ideals take hold everywhere. Berserker warfare and farming advance hand in hand, blending hard-nosed history with blood and iron. Modern know-how dispels curses with ingenuity, while scientific thinking reimagines the arcane. Intensive farming overcomes poor harvests, and the general staff plans every move 9.1kReads9.1Score956Shelves
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  5. 355 The Twin-Pupil Covenant: Throne of Thorns 双瞳盟约之荆棘王座 37k WordsCompleted The Covenant of Twin Pupils: The Thorn Throne —Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 356 No Offenses Against Jin 不轨于晋 Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Who in history has never had regrets? Zhang Ao, the King of Zhao in the early Western Han dynasty, originally lived in the shadow of Liu Bang’s purge of kings with different surnames, spending his days in constant fear, never knowing whether he would see the next day. Heaven gave him a second chance to be reborn, in the form of Zhang Gui more than four hundred years later. Unfortunately, he now faced an even darker and more degenerate age of Wei and Jin. And so begins a tale of saving a world wh 747Reads—Score101Shelves
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  7. 357 Lone Loyalty in the Vast Sea 沧海孤忠 Historical824k WordsOngoing The Solitary Loyalist of the Vast Sea: The Complete Biography of Zheng Chenggong is a heroic elegy that delves deep into the heart and probes the soul. This book seeks to go beyond a simple tale of monument-building and portray a real man struggling amid the upheavals of his age. He was the son of a pirate, of mixed Chinese and Japanese heritage, and a Confucian scholar with the world in his heart. He was the "Lord of the Imperial Surname," personally named by the Longwu Emperor, and a lone mini 88Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  8. 358 Fierce as Xifeng Liquor 西凤烈 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted A modern special forces instructor dies heroically on a mission. When he opens his eyes again, he has become Liu Qi, the son of a military family in the Northern Song dynasty. The story starts at full throttle: a bloody battle at Zangdi River, where the heavily armored Iron Kite cavalry charges forward like a steel torrent, crushing the Song army. Just as the commander’s banner is about to fall and the commander’s son lies near death, a soul from a thousand years in the future quietly awakens. T 7.2kReads9.2Score882Shelves
  9. 359 Notes from the Western Expedition 西征随笔 Historical35k WordsCompleted Notes from the Western Expedition is a collection of essays written by the Qing dynasty literatus Wang Jingqi during his journey west in 1724, the second year of the Yongzheng reign. The book comprises around 35,000 characters. Following the author's route from Hebei to Xi'an in Shaanxi, it weaves together his observations along the way, encounters with people, depictions of society, and accounts of historical events. Its scope is broad and its style meticulous, combining documentary value with 11Reads7.9Score—Shelves
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  10. 360 Water Margin: The Red Flag Begins to Fly over Liangshan 水浒:赤旗从梁山开始飘扬 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted [Water Margin] [Campaign Against the Bandits] [Transmigration] [Weak golden finger] [No Female Lead] [Political Intrigue] [Conquering the World] “We just want to live!” “We farm every day, year after year. We pay our taxes and perform our corvee labor. All we want is to live in peace!” “But the court won’t let us! The Song emperor won’t let us! They exploit us, squeezing us until there’s nothing left! If they won’t let us live, then none of us will! If they won’t let us farm, then we’ll bury the 2.2kReads7.3Score160Shelves
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  11. 361 A Broken City from the Start, and I Make the Barbarians Kneel and Call Me Dad 开局一座破城,我让异族跪着叫爸 Historical427k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a turbulent age, he becomes the son of a garrison commander in a remote border town. From the start, foreign invaders breach the pass, and his father dies fighting to defend the country. When Lin Yuan takes up the battered military banner, he sees not only a city draped in mourning, but also the last glimmers of a dying dynasty. The court is rotten and corrupt ministers hold sway. The people are reduced to eating their own children. Foreign cavalry burn, kill, and plund 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 362 You Told Me to Replace Rice with Mulberry, and Now You're Leaving the Jiajing Emperor Dumbfounded! 让你改稻为桑,你把嘉靖气懵了! Historical2.6M WordsOngoing Zhao Ning transmigrates into the Ming dynasty as a vice minister of works. The moment he opens his eyes, he's sent off to Zhejiang, where he is ordered to carry out a national policy: replace rice with mulberry trees. Above him, the Yan faction squeezes him dry; below, the people are driven from their homes. On all sides, officials scheme against him, while Emperor Jiajing watches coldly from above. Everyone is waiting to see him become cannon fodder. · If the people aren't allowed to live, then 57.4kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
  13. 363 The Chu-Han Contention: I Rewrite Xiang Yu’s Fate 楚汉争霸,我为项羽逆天改命 Historical249k WordsOngoing Xiang Dong, a young man who just wanted to lie flat, transmigrates to the end of the Qin dynasty and becomes the fated bond of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu: when Xiang Yu hurts, Xiang Dong hurts; if Xiang Yu dies, Xiang Dong dies! To stay alive, Xiang Dong has no choice but to cling to ten-year-old Xiang Yu, using modern knowledge and a knack for yin-yang divination to survive in the turbulent age. From escaping encirclement to fleeing into exile, and from there to gathering allies —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 364 The Great Qing, 296 大清296 Historical304k WordsCompleted This book uses the novel format to depict the 296-year history of the Great Qing. If you find it insufficiently rigorous, just read it as a novel! If you think it's worth reading, please support this struggling author and help me keep writing. 4.8kReads7.8Score120Shelves
  15. 365 Back to the Eastern Jin to Battle the Five Barbarians 回到东晋斗五胡 Historical589k WordsCompleted In 290 AD, Emperor Wu of Jin dies, a simple-minded boy takes the throne, Empress Jia seizes power, the Rebellion of the Eight Princes erupts, and northern tribes seize the chance to invade south, bringing devastation to the people… Chen Lie, a second-year student at a science and engineering university, reads this and is filled with righteous indignation at the history. At the same time, he is utterly captivated by the bearing of the Wei-Jin literati. One day, he dreams himself back into that er 133Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  16. 366 So What If I’m the Deposed Crown Prince? I, Yinreng, Will Ascend the Throne! 废太子又怎样?我胤礽要登基! Historical224k WordsCompleted A struggling Hengdian movie extra had an accident while on a wire rig. When he opened his eyes, his soul had transmigrated into the body of Yinreng, Crown Prince of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He had only just woken up, with Zheng Chunhua lying beside him, when Kangxi stormed through the palace gates in a fury. The fate of the deposed crown prince seemed about to repeat itself. Fortunately, he awakened a strange power! Kangxi wants to depose me? The First Prince wants to use witchcraft against m 2.5kReads—Score102Shelves
  17. 367 The Three Kingdoms of Water Margin: Liangshan of the Illustrious Lord 三分水浒之昭烈梁山 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted The last man of the mighty Han dynasties, Liu Xuande, whose virtue shone bright and whose deeds were heroic, arrives in the Northern Song. The last glimmer of the Han dynasty shines over the final years of the Northern Song. Liangshan, Emperor Huizong, Fang La, the Jin Kingdom. Watch as Emperor Zhaolie rebuilds the Han dynasty. 9.2kReads9.2Score882Shelves
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  18. 368 Tales of the Five Barbarians in the Eastern Jin 东晋五胡风云录 Historical751k WordsCompleted Though life is as insignificant as an ant, one should aspire to the heights of the great swan. Though fate is as fragile as paper, the heart remains unyielding. How can a true man, born between heaven and earth, remain forever beneath others? The future is not yet decided. You and I could both be dark horses... Chen Qian, a sophomore studying mechanical design at a certain university of science and engineering, loves history, especially the history of the Two Jin dynasties and the Northern and S 424Reads7.6Score—Shelves
  19. 369 Secrets of the Three Kingdoms: The Truth Behind Zhuge Liang's Downfall of Li Yan 三国机密:诸葛亮废李严的真相 Historical10k WordsCompleted The Hidden Truth of the Three Kingdoms: Why Zhuge Liang Stripped Li Yan of His Power 21Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 370 Superman Descends: From the Start in the Late Ming, I Crush the Pigskin Barbarians 超人降临:明末开局打爆野猪皮 Historical518k WordsCompleted (More Children, More Blessings, an Imperial Army, an Invincible Power Fantasy, and the Golden Zodiac Saints) The author used to be Superman, so this isn't made up! Bai Haoqing opened his eyes to find that he had transmigrated bodily to a Korean battlefield at the end of the Ming Dynasty, before the Jiazi Rebellion had even begun. Because he came from the original Earth, sunlight in the late Ming Dynasty granted him superhuman powers. At that moment, the Jianzhou Jurchens were massacring a city. 813Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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  21. 371 Defying Fate as Wei Wu: Becoming a God of War at Jieting 逆命魏武:从街亭开始当战神 Historical241k WordsCompleted Reborn as Wei Yan, he is branded a traitor from the start! Autumn of the sixth year of Jianxing. The disastrous defeat at Jieting has just happened, and the smoke of battle still hangs in the air. A modern soul opens his eyes to find himself in the body of Wei Yan, a mighty general of the Three Kingdoms! In his hand is a rusty ring-pommeled saber, and behind him stand thirty-seven battered soldiers. Zhuge Liang’s suspicious gaze feels like a thorn in his back, while Yang Yi’s poisonous schemes a 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 372 Even Bandits Can Set the World Ablaze 流贼也可以燎原 Historical2.7M WordsOngoing The suffering of the people at the end of the Ming dynasty was caused by more than just the rise of the Later Jin. It stemmed from many factors: the brutality of corrupt officials in the dynasty’s final years, the court’s exploitation of disaster victims, and more. You could even say the Later Jin had the least impact. To save the people, both sides must be brought down. It’s not as if everything will be over once the Later Jin is finished. Readers, the punctuation in the first dozen or twenty 2.4kReads6.7Score100Shelves
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  23. 373 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.6kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves
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  24. 374 Dusty Dreams of Southern Ming 尘梦南明 Historical947k WordsOngoing In 1645, the first year of the Hongguang reign. The realm lies in ruins, Qing troops advance south, and war and displacement engulf the Central Plains. Wang Mochen, an ordinary man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates into this age of chaos. At first, he is overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, helpless and in constant danger of losing his life. He awakens a System that seems capable of helping him survive in this troubled world, but its conditions are harsh and its price steep. It wil 38Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 375 A Strategy for the Capital: Securing the Realm 京华策:昭定河山 Historical707k WordsCompleted The score has just been posted and will go up. Read with confidence! I'll put even more care into crafting an even better story from here on! [The female Yama who crawled out of a mountain of corpses in a slave camp will bring down the Nine Heavens] (Tags: Alternate History / No System / Hard-Core Political Intrigue / Epic War / Passionate Female Lead) The day Lin Zhao crawled out of the rotting corpses in the slave camp, she trusted only the blade and spear in her hands. She fought her way th 5Reads7.8Score—Shelves
  26. 376 The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor 大明硬骨头,堡宗朱祁镇 Historical204k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no overpowered protagonist, no crushing everyone with brute force] On the eve of the Tumu Crisis, he transmigrates as Zhu Qizhen and is emperor for just one day. Why did Zhu Qizhen clear Wang Zhen's name? Was the Zhu Qizhen who returned to power in history really the same man? Did the Ming dynasty truly begin its decline with him? Of the sixteen Ming emperors, how many met a clear-cut end? He must survive first. Only then can he think about anything else. With three 1.1kReads—Score117Shelves
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  27. 377 A War of Confusion 一场糊涂的战争 7k WordsCompleted A War Born of Confusion 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 378 My Entire Family Was Wiped Out, So I Led a Fleet Back to the Ming Dynasty 满门尽灭,我带舰队杀回大明 Historical213k WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines | No System | Alternate History | Revenge and Comeback] He helps her reclaim her family, and she joins him in fighting his way back to the Ming dynasty. A young man captured by horse bandits outside Jiayuguan turns out to be Zhang Yichen, a genius Ming craftsman whose entire family was massacred five years ago. The foreign girl among the bandits, meanwhile, is the orphaned daughter of a noble family who ended up in the East. Together, they repair matchlock guns, defeat horse b 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 379 The Complete Story of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后全传 Historical392k WordsCompleted This is a popular history book focusing on the heart of power in the late Qing dynasty and the decline of the empire. The story centers on Cixi's rise to power, tracing everything from the undercurrents of palace intrigue to the difficult advance of the Self-Strengthening Movement and the hollow struggles of the New Policies reforms. With a fine eye for detail, it depicts each choice this de facto ruler of the late Qing made at the crossroads of history. The book recounts both the perilous power 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 380 The Biography of Lü Zhi: A Struggle Between Power and Human Nature 吕雉传:权力与人性的博弈 Historical345k WordsCompleted This novel centers on the awakening of power and the struggle over human nature under the shadow of survival. It breaks free of the narrow label of “poisonous empress” to focus on Empress Lü’s complete transformation, from a virtuous wife in Pei County to the uncrowned empress of the early Han. Drawing on the historical record of the early Han as its foundation, and delving deeply into her political wisdom and struggle to survive, it uses accessible storytelling to portray how, amid the chaos at 11kReads8.1Score632Shelves
  31. 381 Last Season's Palace Intrigue Champion Is Now Ruling from Behind the Curtain 上一届宫斗冠军,现在垂帘听政了 Ancient Romance322k WordsOngoing [No System] [Political Intrigue with an Ensemble Cast] [Ascends the Throne] [Serious Drama] Xie Jin transmigrates, and before she can even celebrate becoming the champion of palace intrigue, she realizes she's become the previous champion! With his dying breath, the young emperor personally places the Imperial Seal in her arms. Xie Jin looks down at herself. The three-year-old crown prince is hugging her leg, drooling all over her sleeve. Good news: No more serving in the emperor's bed! Bad new 1.9kReads—Score157Shelves
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  32. 382 National Fate: Only I Know China's True Heritage 国运:只有我知道华夏底蕴 Urban122k WordsOngoing In a parallel world, Chinese civilization has suffered a break in continuity, leaving it with only a few hundred years of history. Countries around the world believe China's history is shallow and lacks any depth. Su Yan, who transmigrated here, wrote The Great Qin Chronicles, hoping to reveal China's long-buried glory, but everyone dismissed it as fiction. Just then, the Civilization Selection descended. Only nations with deep foundations would qualify to evolve and endure. Without hesitation, 14Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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  33. 383 The Classics of China: Livestreaming Across Past and Present 典籍华夏:直播古今 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ning An transmigrates and becomes an entertainment livestreamer. But he isn't content with that. He's determined to create an epic masterpiece that bridges past and present through conversation. The System arrives, giving Ning An the ability to travel to any dynasty, meet historical figures, and discuss the past and present with them. When he meets Confucius, Ning An says with the utmost reverence, "Without Confucius, the world would have been shrouded in darkness for all eternity." Confucius ea 2.1kReads9.4Score224Shelves
  34. 384 Great Tang: I Transmigrated Into Yang Yuhuan's Imperial Couch 大唐,我穿越到杨玉环的贵妃榻上 Historical222k WordsCompleted Key elements: rebellion and conquest, political intrigue and wits, decisive violence. Li Zili, who transmigrates onto Yang Yuhuan's bed and is nearly thrown in jail after she mistakes him for a thief, uses an old copy of The Old Book of Tang to get a foothold and begin laying his plans. Years later, Li Zili has become the greatest talent in Great Tang, its foremost master strategist, the teacher of all its famous ministers and generals, and the man pulling the emperor's strings from behind the s 63Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 385 I Became an Emperor for the Ages by Slacking Off 我靠摸鱼成了千古一帝 Historical119k WordsOngoing War beacons flare, and my gaze turns north to the realm. Dragon banners unfurl, horses whinny, and swordlight gleams like frost. My heart is as vast and turbulent as the Yellow River. Through twenty years of campaigning, who could stand against us? My rage runs wild, my blade points toward the enemy. How many brothers in arms and loyal souls lie buried in foreign lands? I would gladly die a hundred times to serve my homeland. I can only sigh, holding back my grief, speechless, tears and blood fi —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 386 The Legend of Wang Zhaojun 昭君传 Historical319k WordsCompleted In the turbulent Warring States era, Qin’s iron armies sweep through the feudal states. Amid the countryside of Qi lies a humble, thatched cottage where the future Wang Zhaojun is born. With warm, accessible prose, this book recounts Zhaojun’s country years, from 278 to 260 BCE: from a baby’s babbling innocence to the sudden maturity brought by her mother’s death; from learning to read beneath the old locust tree by their humble home to her first attempts at needlework by lamplight; from the fir 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 387 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣?诗仙?首辅?没错,都是我 Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28.3kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
  38. 388 A History of Chinese Warfare: Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods 中国战争史之春秋战国 Historical63k WordsCompleted [History + Military + Warfare + Strategy] On the battlefield, split-second decisions to kill or spare can determine a nation's fate. From Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony under the banner of “revering the king and repelling the barbarians,” to the rise of Qin's fierce army after Shang Yang's reforms; from the gleam of blades in the Wu-Yue conflict to the strategists' cunning schemes and verbal battles with scholars, every detail is steeped in the turmoil and bloodshed unique to the Spring and Autumn a 149Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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  39. 389 The Legend of Mi Yue: The Iron-Blooded Phoenix Crown 芈月传:铁血凤冠 Female-Channel Fanfiction343k WordsCompleted Centered on the life of Mi Yue, the Qin Dowager Xuan, this novel traces the sweeping history of Qin during the middle Warring States period: shifts in royal power, diplomatic rivalries, and institutional reform. It follows her rise from an illegitimate daughter in the Chu palace to a concubine in the Qin palace, and finally to a dowager ruling in her own right. It explores the political acumen and complex humanity with which she navigates the cracks in a male-dominated political world: balancing 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 390 Wu Zetian: The Road to Power in the Purple Palace 武则天:紫宸权路 Historical200k WordsCompleted From Fifth-Rank Talented Lady to empress, she turned the palace walls and court of the Tang dynasty into her own chessboard! She entered the palace at fourteen and languished in obscurity for twelve years. Sent to become a nun at Ganye Temple, she turned the tide with a single tear. She was a ruthless player in the imperial harem, a hardline political operator, and the only female emperor in Chinese history. She advanced step by step through a world of flashing blades and took command of the rea 22Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  41. 391 A Century of Rise and Fall: The History of the Late Qing Dynasty 百年兴亡清末史 Historical365k WordsCompleted The Rise and Fall of Society in the Late Qing A Century of Rise and Fall: The Late Qing Dynasty is a profound historical account of how the Qing dynasty went from prosperity to decline. From the glory of the Kangxi and Qianlong era to the humiliation of the Opium Wars, then the upheaval of the Taiping Rebellion and the disastrous defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, this book offers a panoramic view of the Qing dynasty's journey from its peak to its demise. With meticulous attention to detail, 44Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  42. 392 Qin Qi: Raising Horses and Founding a Nation 秦启:牧马立国 Historical340k WordsCompleted An Early Qin Epic: Book One [Great Qin + Qin Feizi + Founder of Qin + First Lord of Qin] During the turbulent final years of the Western Zhou, Qin Feizi, raised on the grasslands of Longxi, saves King Xiao of Zhou from danger with his extraordinary skill at horse training and is granted fifty li of land in Qin. From then on, the young herdsman embarks on a thorny path of founding a state. He builds cities and settlements, unites the Zhou and Rong peoples, and lays the foundations of a kingdom am 56Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 393 Shangguan Wan'er: The Tang Dynasty's Turbulent Years 上官婉儿大唐浮沉记 Historical416k WordsCompleted She bears the blood-soaked grudge of a family wiped out, yet is forced to help the very man who destroyed it become emperor. Trapped in the whirlpool of the imperial palace, she uses her writing to break free of the shackles of her station, transforming from a lowly palace servant into a powerful “Inner Court Secretary.” In Shangguan Wan'er's writing, one finds both the literary ambition to “weigh the worthies of the realm” and the political wisdom to balance competing forces. Her life brings he —Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 394 Striving in the First Year of Hongwu 奋斗在洪武元年 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I transmigrated to the first year of Hongwu. Who else can relate? I, Young Master Yang, got press-ganged right from the start and became one of Emperor Zhu Chongba's proud wage slaves. 14.7kReads8.9Score925Shelves
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  45. 395 The Dragon Rules Liangzhou 龙驭凉州 Historical221k WordsCompleted Folks, let’s really dig into the tangled history of the three powers that held sway over Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou in the northwest during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: the Tanguts, the Six Valleys, and the Guiyi Army. This area was the choke point of the Silk Road. Whoever controlled Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou held the lifeline of the northwest, so these three powers fought fiercely while also dealing with the central Chinese court and the surrounding big players. It wa 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 396 Qin Li: Expanding the Realm Across Four Generations 秦立:四世开疆 Historical261k WordsCompleted Early Qin Epic: Part Two [Great Qin, Qin Zhong, Duke Zhuang of Qin, Duke Xiang of Qin, Duke Wen of Qin] In the late Western Zhou, the royal house was in decline and the Western Rong tribes ran rampant. On the war-torn frontier of Longxi, Feizi, a young man from the Ying clan, drew the attention of the Zhou court with his innate talent for taming horses. From breaking the wild horse Chasing Wind and using fire horses to smash through enemy lines and relieve the siege of Quanqiu, to presenting hor 22Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 397 I Transmigrate to Ancient Times with AI 我带着AI穿越到古代 Historical407k WordsCompleted This is an ancient era torn apart by endless war. This is an ancient era where people prey on one another. This is an ancient era ruled by slavery. This is an ancient era where the uncanny invades and monsters and demons begin to stir. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 398 My Grandpa Is the Daoist Emperor 我爷爷是道士皇帝 Historical3.1M WordsCompleted His grandfather practices Daoist arts and seeks medicinal remedies. He won't live in the imperial palace, preferring a Daoist temple... His father is a womanizer who stays in the palace, working tirelessly as a busy little bee in the imperial harem... Young Zhu Yijun quietly watches them perform from the sidelines, thinking to himself, “Now that you're done, it's my turn to put on a show...” 74.3kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves
  49. 399 Transmigrating as Liu Yizhen: Joining Liu Yu’s Northern Expedition 穿越刘义真:从跟随刘裕北伐开始 Historical912k WordsOngoing [Historical Transmigration] + [Political Intrigue] + [Farming] + [Good Governance] + [Expansion] Liu Yu, founder of the Song dynasty, rose from humble beginnings. He destroyed Southern Yan, put down Lu Xun, and swallowed Later Qin, his ambition as boundless as a tiger's. He had already won eight tenths of the realm! At the time, the Song army was elite, its banners blotting out the sun. It could march north at any moment, unite China, and restore the glory of the Han. But! His achievements arous 103.8kReads8.7Score11.1kShelves
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  50. 400 Xuanhuan: I Transmigrated into a Ghost Spirit 玄幻:我穿越成了鬼灵 Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Shang Liangshan, a modern young man, transmigrates to an ancient fantasy world and becomes the spirit of an old temple, bound by the laws of heaven and earth and unable to escape. In this world where the strong rule, he must grow stronger by being struck by lightning and eating ghosts. He can’t hide away or run from it. Forced to fight, he must choose to become part of this world. This is a story of growing through adversity and rising from hardship. Watch Shang Liangshan defy fate in a world of 28Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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