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- 501 The Southern Song Dynasty’s Top Undercover Agent 南宋第一卧底 In the sixteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Shen Mo, a modern-day undercover agent, began manipulating the fate of the empire in the palm of his hand. Countless ingenious schemes, ruthless plots, and brutal tactics poured from him. His modern forensic techniques cracked one bizarre Southern Song case after another, while his espionage skills crushed the secret agents of the Liao and Jin. When the Mongol Yuan cavalry, invincible across the land, came thundering toward them, the 6.1kReads9.1Score846Shelves
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What Does It Mean to Be Bright? 何以为明
Xie Shiqing transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty recorded in the history books, often called the most regrettable dynasty in Chinese history. He enters the court as a young Taoist by Liu Bowen's side. What can he change? What can he bring? No one knows yet. The ups and downs of officialdom, the repeated trials of human nature, the art of keeping one's head down at court, and an emperor's tests and suspicions are all things Xie Shiqing must face. This is not only a story about transmigrating into
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The Secret History of Yang Guifei in Japan: The Millennium Bloodline Mystery 杨贵妃日本秘史之千年血脉密码
Present Day: Yamauchi Misaki is caught in a mysterious shooting at a Kyoto antique shop and discovers a genetic map hidden inside the bronze Qingluan mirror her family has guarded for generations. Lin Shen, a former war correspondent, becomes an accidental witness. Secrets of a Thousand Years: On the night of the Mawei Station uprising in 756 CE, the dancer Qingluan receives a secret order from Gao Lishi. Carrying a jade casket containing the secret of immortality, she sails east to Japan, wher
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- 504 Cicadas Sing as the Sun Sets in the West 蝉声且送阳西 [Wuxia + swordsmanship + political intrigue + scheming protagonist + comedy + multiple leads] The world’s great currents form a chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. One player commands the black pieces, another the white. One person has double pupils and looks down coldly on mortal life, overturning heaven and earth with a single gesture. Another is refined and graceful, laying schemes one after another, each linked to the next. Another, though only at the second rank, takes one ste 7.5kReads9.3Score759Shelves
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I Am a Tyrant in the Ming Dynasty 我在大明当暴君
You think I don't know you're secretly colluding with the Manchus? You think I don't know you've been hiding your commercial taxes? The southeast is lost in drunken revelry, while Shaanxi lies barren for a thousand miles, strewn with starving corpses! The court's ministers care nothing for the people's lives or the fate of the realm. They suck the lifeblood from the Ming and carve the flesh from the people! Even an ordinary man's fury can drench the ground in blood. Do you know what happens when
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The Splendor of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty: Provoke Her, and the Storm Will Pass! 宋韵京华：惹她，山雨歇！
1. (Transmigration to Song history) (Ancient-style romance, infinite worlds) (Literary foundations and imaginative ideas) (One female lead, occasionally a full cast of men) (Funny and never long-winded). Best savored slowly, one little bite at a time. 2. The two male leads are really just a pair of grown-up brats whose delayed adolescence is still dragging on. Once their rebellious phases end and they stop making everything about themselves, their worldviews will emerge. 3. Each incident is ordi
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Tales from the Han Dynasty 汉朝时期那些事
At the end of the Qin dynasty, the realm fell into chaos and heroes rose up everywhere. Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, Zhang Han, Liu Bang, and countless other heroes burst onto the stage. The book’s battle scenes are grand and sweeping, one after another, each packed with explosive action and never a dull moment. Its heroes are vividly portrayed, and their clashes are thrilling and spectacular. The story twists and turns, with memorable episodes, while the writing is witty and humorous, bri
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The Purple Robe of the Great Qing 大清紫袍
All the ministers inside and out wear purple robes. Who will share my burden? The jade cups drain the blood of a thousand households; the silver candles burn away the people’s fat. When Heaven sheds tears, the people shed tears; where the singing grows loud, the weeping grows louder. You speak so freely of the sovereign’s boundless grace, yet you are the ones who have betrayed it. Jiaqing Set against the White Lotus Rebellion during the Jiaqing reign, this novel traces the fates of high-rankin
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- 509 Bloodbath at Jingkang 浴血靖康 In the Xuanhe era, the balance of power shifted. Song and Liao had drawn a border, put an end to hostilities, and maintained friendly relations for over a hundred years. In the lands of the White Mountains and Black Waters lived the Jurchen Wanyan clan, a people of hunters and fishers who had long suffered under the Liao and harbored deep resentment. Wanyan Aguda campaigned east and west, united the tribes, and rose swiftly to challenge the Liao. The balance of power was about to be turned upsid 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 510 Emperor Yongzheng (3 Volumes) 雍正皇帝（全三册） 2.3kReads9.6Score334Shelves
- 511 Fifteen Days in Two Capitals (Complete in Two Volumes) 两京十五日（全两册） The Fifteen Days of Two Capitals is a historical novel by Ma Boyong. The story is based on a true account of Zhu Zhanji in the History of Ming: “In the fourth month of summer, as Nanjing was shaken repeatedly by earthquakes, he was ordered to go and guard the city. On a gengchen day in the fifth month, Emperor Renzong fell ill and sent an imperial summons for him to return. On a xinchou day in the sixth month, he arrived in Liangxiang, received the late emperor's edict, entered the palace, and a 8.7kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves
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The Bane of Heroes in the Three Kingdoms 三国之枭雄克星
Scheming + Ruthless Battles + Humor + Lighthearted Fun. Wang Mazi, a criminal policeman, accidentally transmigrates to the late Han Dynasty. He starts by uniting the Yellow Turban forces, then recruits strategists and mighty generals, conquers in every direction, and outwits all the heroes under Heaven. The early part of the book focuses on uniting the Yellow Turban forces, after which the struggle for supremacy begins. (If you're tired of handsome protagonists, try breaking your usual reading h
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An Lushan, Rebel Minister of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝叛臣安禄山
He was an obscure Hu tribesman from Yingzhou, born into lowly circumstances and tossed about by the chaos of the age from childhood. With patience, ruthless resolve, and fluency in six languages, he clawed his way up from the bottom, surviving as a trader at the frontier markets. Amid the blood and steel of the northern borderlands, he fought his way onto the road to power. People saw only his belly hanging down past his knees and his affable, foolish air, how he fawned over everyone he met and
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- 514 Three Kingdoms: I, Tao Ying, the Wandering God of War 三国：我，陶应，浪子战神 No System + political intrigue + war for supremacy + civil officials + military generals. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of Tao Ying, a wastrel from Xuzhou. Just as his father Tao Qian passes away, Tao Ying finds himself at the mercy of the aggressively ambitious Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, as well as Mi Zhu, Cao Bao, and Chen Deng, who have thrown in their lot with Liu Bei. His life or death rests in the hands of others. With others holding the knife and him laid out like meat —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 515 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms: Strategizing to Rule the Realm 穿越三国之谋定天下 Chu Du, a double PhD in history and chemical engineering, transmigrates to the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty. Here, warlords rise everywhere and bandits swarm the land. Here, flames of war rage and chaos reign. This is an age of brilliant stars. (This is an alternate Three Kingdoms setting. To bring many characters onstage at the same time, some of their ages have been adjusted. It couldn’t be helped. Please don’t nitpick, thanks.) 1.4kReads8.4Score101Shelves
- 516 Three Kingdoms: Making a Living Under Lü Bu from the Start 三国：开局吕布手下谋生 From the start, he struggled to survive as a subordinate of Lü Bu, powerless to turn the tide, yet he risked everything to protect his former lord's family. He aided Cao Cao, governed Yuzhou, fought Yuan Shao, pacified Hebei, and repelled foreign tribes, all while fulfilling his oath to be a king like Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi. 6.8kReads8.4Score309Shelves
- 517 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
- 518 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms: The Tiger of a General's Family 穿越三国之将门虎子 Gongsun Xu, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms period and becomes Gongsun Zan’s only son. Gongsun Zan is one of the warlords at the beginning of the era. From the start, he studies under Lu Bu. With the wisdom and physical prowess gained from living two lives, he surpasses his teacher. Later, he recruits the mysterious Three Kingdoms warrior Zhang Yi, Zhao Yun, who joins the White Horse Volunteers, and surrenders the Yellow Turban Mighty Warriors. With my arriva 13Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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The Ming Dynasty's First Deposed Empress 大明第一废后
This is a historical romance and a tale of legend. Why was Hu Shanxiang, the renowned virtuous empress of the Ming Dynasty, deposed? Did Zhu Zhanji truly not love her? And how did Sun, later condemned as “an evil empress of her age,” still manage to seize power and become empress? When time returns to the night Zhu Di captured Nanjing, how many people and stories left unrecorded in history are still waiting for later generations to imagine and uncover...? But a novel is only a novel, entirely fi
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A Stick in the Tang Dynasty 大唐一根棍
[Comedy + Suspense + Brainy Wish Fulfillment + Historically Grounded Tang Dynasty] A farm boy with a serious lack of virtue gradually grows into the Tang dynasty's number-one troublemaker (no, wait, strike that). He grows into a pillar that holds up the sky, a beam that spans the sea. If I'm having a good time and you're not, I'll beat you until you are. If I can't reform you, I'll cremate you. I crush foreign kingdoms, dissect the aristocratic clans, discipline princes, and slap emperors I can'
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A Thousand Years in the Annals 千年史册
[Lies from the start! Wild imagination + shocking twists + real history + hard sci-fi + no System + no dumb decisions] “Lately, I’ve been transmigrating every now and then.” “Where did you transmigrate to?” “To the battlefield at Lake Poyang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, commanding a million Red Turban soldiers in battle and conquering lands far and wide.” “Tell me about your dream…” “It wasn’t a dream. I transmigrated.” “Then tell me whose body you transmigrated into.” “You guessed right. I
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Demon Slayer of the Frozen Abyss 寒渊诛魔
I'm pleased to recommend my new book, Dustblade Suppresses the Palace Gate. Old friends and new, come join us in a world of wuxia, where the imperial court stands tall and the rivers and lakes stretch far and wide. Ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. They pursue vengeance and justice with abandon, and fight for their homeland and family. Each person pushes forward with all their might for the wishes they hold dear.
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With a Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, I Transmigrate Through Time to Chase the Light 我携山河画卷，穿越古今追光
[Historical Transmigration | the Myriad Worlds | Two Powerful Leads and Political Intrigue | Chinese Cultural Heritage | Journeys Through Multiple Dynasties | Satisfying Comeback] Historian Lin Yu accidentally touched an ancient map of mountains and rivers and fell into the real past. From the start, he found himself in a mass grave from the Warring States period, with a rain of Qin arrows bearing down on him. He nearly perished in the wilderness. While others who transmigrated brought Systems
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If You Want Me to Hang Myself Like the Chongzhen Emperor, Then I'll Keep You Hanging 要我当崇祯上吊，那就吊着你们玩
[Political intrigue] + [Conquest] + [No System] + [High-Stakes Action] + [Ruthless Combat] I’ll use extreme micro-management to win a high-level game! On my second day after transmigrating, they’re already forcing me to hang myself? Bandit rebels besiege the city, the Jurchen are at the gates, and the generals in command refuse to come to the emperor’s aid! Lin Gufan, now Zhu Youjian, issues ten commands in a row! Can Chongzhen escape the capital alive with his entire family in tow? The Ming Dyn
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Yongzheng: The Iron-Fisted Emperor in a Hurry to Succeed 雍正：急功近利的铁腕皇帝
After ascending the throne, Yongzheng took the long view and governed with diligence, carrying out a number of major reforms in an orderly fashion. During his thirteen-year reign, he achieved impressive results, building on the prosperity of the Kangxi era and raising the Qing dynasty to new heights. He also laid a solid foundation for his successor, Qianlong, and made a major contribution to the era known as the “Kangxi-Qianlong Prosperity.” Faithful to historical sources yet told with vivid na
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