Any Novels Set During the Republican Era? 有没有民国时期的小说
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A Clash of Wolves 狼性的较量
The author enjoys putting stories told by the elderly into clear, accessible prose, turning spoken words into black and white on the page for readers to see, hear, and feel with their hearts. It is a way to experience the brutal years of Japan's invasion of China, and all those painful memories that can never be revisited...
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Card Battle 卡战
This is the story of a reborn man who enters a world of cards, uses them to fight back against the invaders, and kills the Japanese devils. No System, no over-the-top heroics, just an ensemble cast and a story full of passion and brutality. The opening is a little heartbreaking, enough to bring tears to your eyes. As the story unfolds, it gets tighter, more gripping, and more exciting. - When he opens his eyes, Long Sheng sees the enemy trying to kill him. A Dragon Nation soldier dies alongside
138Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Memories of Xiaoxiang: The Golden Branch Rises from the Ashes 潇湘忆之涅槃金枝
[Late Qing to early Republic | Strong female lead seeks revenge | Family intrigue and political schemes | Completed] On a blood-red autumn night, the entire Qian family is slaughtered, and Luan Ci, the pampered second young lady, becomes a lone fugitive overnight. She escapes over a pile of corpses and takes refuge in the Ling residence, her sworn enemy's home, carefully plotting each step as she endures humiliation to survive. Everyone thinks she is a pawn they can manipulate, but none suspect
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Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前
Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans
704Reads8.1Score102Shelves
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Reborn in Another World: The Rise of an Empire 魂穿异世界之帝国崛起
[Alternate world setting + overpowered System + decisive and ruthless + brainless power fantasy + all-around development + crushing the great powers + pure Hans-style + battleships and heavy guns + steel torrent] Under a strange twist of fate, protagonist Zhang Qilin unexpectedly transmigrates into a very different world. The year is now the fifteenth year of Jiande, and the Shenyou Dynasty of the Shenyan Empire has already endured for 523 years. It is mired in domestic troubles and foreign thre
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The Ethnic Alchemist 民族炼金术士
When international gold prices surged by more than 70% in 2025, surpassing U.S. Treasury bonds for the first time in 30 years to become the world's leading reserve asset held by central banks, the real-world rush to “hoard gold in troubled times” echoed the battle over gold in this novel. Amid geopolitical upheaval and the restructuring of the monetary system, gold's value as a safe haven is once again in demand. Yet The Nation's Alchemist had already revealed the truth in its story: what people
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A Warlord Reborn Sixty Years in the Past: This Life Is for My Wife and Daughter 军阀重生六十年前这一世为妻女
Before Liu Di, the former governor-general of the three provinces, stepped down, he knelt before his wife and daughter's graves for three days and nights, until he died and was reborn sixty years in the past. That year, he was merely a down-and-out, dispirited scholar in a chaotic age, a wretched cur who had failed his wife and daughter. His beautiful wife begged him to divorce her on the very day he was reborn; His in-laws wished they could tear him limb from limb and feed him to the wild dogs;
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Xue Wutong 雪梧桐
[Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order.
302Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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From the Start of the Republic, I Applied to the First Class at Whampoa: I'm from Fenghua 民国开局报考黄埔一期我是奉化人
[Main Battlefield + First Class of Whampoa + No System + No Fighting Among Ourselves] If you're here for the War of Resistance, start reading from Chapter 43. The earlier chapters cover Whampoa and Eastern Europe. Liu Bin looks back on the century of humiliation in the history of the Rabbit nation. To make up for the regrets of history, he'll set foot in Whampoa's first class and rewrite what happened in places like Shanghai and Nanjing. It all starts now, in Fenghua. What does it matter if y
147Reads5.9Score—Shelves
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Bandit King of Changbai Mountain: Fortified Against the Japanese 我在长白山当匪王：碉堡拒倭
Lin Feng, a special forces soldier calibrating a sniper rifle on the southwestern border, nodded off and woke up as the bandit chief of Eagle Beak Cliff in Changbai Mountain! In the snow, Japanese light machine guns were shredding their cover. With the savory aroma of self-heating rations still lingering in his nostrils, he had only one thought: use modern special forces tactics to lead his brothers and reclaim every inch of lost land!
14Reads6.0Score—Shelves
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Sunset on the Yellow River 黄河落日
Sunset over the Yellow River is a work set against the 1938 Huayuankou Incident. The story unfolds against a backdrop of warfare and follows two love stories experienced by a woman who cannot speak...
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Yangcheng 飏城
This is just one of countless stories from the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression: sacrifice, passion, fear, and moving moments fill every cell. In this era, even love seems to have been reduced to waiting...
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Wild Pansy 山堇花
Lin Meng escaped the great bombing of Wuhan, only to be kidnapped and sold to a wealthy household in the countryside as the bride of an idiot. Her life was full of misfortune, yet she found a different kind of happiness...
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North Gate, South City 北门南城
The front line stretches from north to south, and the story begins in a small town in the Northeast. Decline, hope, redemption, hardship, pain, and love reaching ever farther: it all feels like a dream. The story unfolds through its male and female leads, depicting the helplessness of wartime.
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Dreaming of the Pearl River 梦回珠江
This work is based on the revolutionary history of the Guangdong Army. Its characters and relationships were inspired by stories passed down by word of mouth among the elders. It tells of soldiers’ choices between their country and their love during the revolutionary era…
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Moonlight Fort 明月堡
Set after the Central Plains War, this work follows the rise and fall of the Hu family, a prominent business clan in Mianshang County in central Shanxi, and the joys and sorrows shared by two generations. It portrays the region’s distinctive local customs and bears the clear imprint of its era.
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What Do I Do? A Handsome Man from Republican-Era China Has Fallen for Me! 怎么办？民国帅哥看上我！
As a modern journalist, she had made a habit of recording the stories she knew. After transmigrating to the Republican era, she recorded one absurd and heartrending story after another. The nights of this Republican era were bone-chillingly cold. People in this world were all trapped by love and driven by profit. In the end, everyone was caught up in the game. Life was hard, and life in a time of chaos was harder still. But now that she had come to this era, she refused to waste her life in obsc
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