Classic Historical-Era Fiction 经典的年代文

1. 1201 醉 Drunken Dream Yao 醉梦瑶 In the Mortal World, Radiant and Lovely嫣然红尘里Urban1.2M WordsCompleted “If this fleeting life has a shore, I would cut the Milky Way into a betrothal gift, forge the setting sun into a golden hairpin, and embroider a hundred layers of mermaid silk into a love knot. I would place it in your hair, beneath the snow at your temples, the mist over your brows, and the spring in your eyes. May I pick up this red bean and plant it in your cloudlike hair, so that when spring comes, a thousand trees of longing will bloom?” “If time could be tied into knots, I would borrow ja 7Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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   In this book, the author, drawing upon rich life experience and profound insights, depicts the diverse aspects of society and poignant love stories of the post-70s generation. The writing is delicate and fluent, the emotions sincere. Here are some excerpts: On romantic relationships: Many people are like this, walking down the same street together, only to part ways at the next intersection. I cannot accompany you on your journey, and you cannot go where I am going. In this fast-paced world, there are always too many regrets, yet they are also the things we cherish in the future. On parental love: There are countless kinds of concerns in this world, but only the love of parents is like the countdown to dawn; the brighter your light shines, the faster they fade away! On the wanderer returning home: No matter how far one wanders, the blue tiles and white walls always appear in dreams, and the fragrance of the soil in the fields always lingers in the air. In the luggage left behind is a pair of cloth shoes sewn by one's mother, and even in old age, one still clutches a yellowed family genealogy. What flows in one's veins is not only blood, but also an unending longing for one's homeland. Just as migratory birds travel thousands of miles to return to their original nests, wanderers spend their entire lives searching for their way home. When their feet touch familiar land, the longing that crosses mountains and seas transforms into an eternal refuge in the rising smoke from the ancestral graves.

2. 1202 一 Ten Thousand Thoughts in a Single Moment 一念千千万 As It Is, A Bao如是阿宝Modern Romance519k WordsOngoing After her childhood friend and playmate mysteriously disappeared, he reemerged as a powerful, enigmatic figure. Whenever disaster strikes, he steps forward to save the day, yet he refuses to admit who he really is. Until the heroine uncovers his secret… 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Like fine wine, it has aged gracefully over the years, tasting all the flavors of life – sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. Only by tasting it can one truly understand its essence; life's myriad aspects each find their own peace. A truly classic piece from a bygone era!

3. 1203 重 Reborn: I Became an Export Tycoon 重生后：我成了出口大亨 Horse Who Loves Meat爱吃肉的马Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever read a novel about rare earths? Well, this is one. Rebirth, System, technology, science, industry, the internet, rare earths, strengthening the nation, richest man, the 1980s, national destiny, manufacturing, agriculture, deserts, the Yellow River, the Yarlung Tsangpo River This book is complete. The author's new book, Four-House Courtyard, is premiering on Fanqie. It has the same satisfying pace as ever, so come read and follow along! 5.1kReads8.5Score351Shelves

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   Have you read any novels about rare earth elements? Have you read any books on top-level design? This one is one of them. The beginning is so-so, but it gets really exciting later on. Rebirth, system, technology, science, industry, internet, rare earth elements, powerful nation, richest man, era, national destiny, industry, agriculture, desert.

4. 1204 重 Heavy Industry Rises: 1980 重工崛起1980 Ride into Battle策马Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Wang Chaoyang was a senior engineer at the Aviation Administration. During a spacewalk, he was struck by cosmic rays and transmigrated to the passionate, high-spirited 1980s. Drawing on his knowledge of machinery, materials, and energy, he built an industrial empire of his own. 417Reads8.0Score104Shelves

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   🔥 [Rebirth in a New Era + Sweet Romance + Patriotism]🔥 A scientific research giant is reborn during the educated youth era, and faced with the choice of returning to the city, he resolutely tears up his transfer order! In this life, he will no longer be a heartless man, vowing to use his life's knowledge to protect his wife and daughter, building a haven of love in a desolate era. From a field laboratory to a national strategic asset, see how the protagonist cherishes his wife and children with one hand and promotes national technological advancement with the other, writing a passionate legend in a simple era! A dual-narrative historical novel, it features both the warmth of everyday life and the earth-shattering industrial leap forward!

5. 1205 重 Reborn: The Military Industry Overlord 重生之军工霸主 Qian Zhiyu芊之羽Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Romance and dancing, building planes and repairing aircraft carriers, pockets stuffed with cash, and every hardship taken in stride. Does working in the defense industry have to mean a life of grim toil? Is the road to a great nation's revival always winding and treacherous? Watch Tan Zhenhua, reborn in 1981, make mighty foes bow with a laugh and keep the nation whole with a wave of his hand! 6.5kReads8.9Score538Shelves
6. 1206 重 Reborn on the Day My Wife Took Her Own Life 重生回到老婆自尽当天 Carefree River Snow无忧江雪Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Urban rebirth + cheating husband’s remorse + devoted husband + career and riches! Shen Zichen, founder of the Xiu Li Group and Asia’s richest man, died before a grave in a frozen wasteland. As he closed his eyes, he saw the person he would never see again, even in death. Did he regret it? It felt as if his heart were being torn apart, blood streaming from the wound. It was the wife who had once loved him most, and the child he had never met. Amid cries of pain and guilt, he returned to the day h 1kReads8.0Score105Shelves
7. 1207 从 Starting in 1991, I Conquer the World 从1991开始，收割全世界 Well-Fed饱食Urban2.5M WordsCompleted The winds of reform sweep across the land, and the working people must make good on their promise. On the eve of the second wave of wealth creation, Han Xiaodong is reborn. The most outstanding fund manager of his previous life, Han Xiaodong quickly amasses a vast personal fortune with his astonishing memory and calculating power. “To me, a financial titan is nothing more than a kind of reptile.” And so, in 1997, Han Xiaodong strikes without hesitation, prying out the titan’s teeth one by one. 1.3kReads9.1Score275Shelves
8. 1208 六 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance301k WordsCompleted A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   How difficult it must have been for the men and women of that era!

9. 1209 铁 Rust and Blossoms 铁锈与繁花 Tian Yuefang of Deer West Island鹿西岛的田月芳Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted 1990s + inspirational realism + female awakening + a determined comeback + making a life far from home + workplace transformation + family ties + sincere romance + friendly neighbors At seventeen, she never imagined that the peachwood talisman her mother pressed into her palm would accompany her through so many storms: from the crowded sleeper cars of a green train to the fluorescent-lit workshop of an electronics factory; from an old night-school building overgrown with ivy to the desk in her o 689Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very realistic and enjoyable period drama.

10. 1210 站 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    We walk alone on the streets we are meant to walk, facing reality and its complexities. But remember, loneliness is not a decadent state of being. It's the pure love for life that remains even after life has dealt us a thousand blows. What kind of purity? I think it's the attitude of being able to say goodbye properly from the bottom of my heart after walking through narrow, long streets. So, let us all be happy in our solitude. Best wishes.

11. 1211 镜 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 23Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1212 断 After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Buy a House and Marry the Village Beauty on My Own 断亲后，我靠自己买房娶村花老婆 Lord Tiansheng天圣大人Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Reborn + Period Setting + No System + One Heroine + Devoted Husband + Everyday Life + Making Money + Raising Livestock + Home and Beyond] Back in 1998, all he wanted this time was to make a good living and provide for his village beauty of a wife. He farmed, bought houses, invested, and acquired land, taking his journey from agriculture to industry, and from the richest man in the village to the richest man in the country. He had only wanted to give his wife and children a home, but before he k 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a slice-of-life farming novel, simple and heartwarming, about accumulating wealth step by step.

13. 1213 科 The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁 Qing E Xi青莪兮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli 5.8kReads9.2Score645Shelves

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    🌸Classic Period Novels🌸 Both of these novels are exceptionally good; I've read certain parts several times.

14. 1214 8 The Neon Lights of the 1980s 80年代的烟火 Someone Who Dreams with Their Heart走心入梦的人Modern Romance269k WordsOngoing The Firelight of the 1980s On summer nights in the 1980s, fireflies swarmed through the grass in the factory workers’ housing compound. Children chased crickets with glass jars, loaches caught in the ditch thrashed in enamel basins, and wind-up tin frogs went clack-clack in circles. These rustic pleasures were so vivid that children of later generations could never quite grasp them, even when they heard the stories. Deep in Qiuju’s drawer lay the silver tweezers he had sent her through someone 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A captivating period novel, rich in historical atmosphere, with delicate emotions; the more you read, the better it gets.

15. 1215 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.2kReads7.1Score277Shelves

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    Surrealist novels from the 1990s.

16. 1216 真 The Live-Action Anime World 真人日漫界 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Sports252k WordsCompleted In the future, global attitudes toward marriage and relationships have become warped, and nobody gets married or has children. As a result, the population has plummeted, leaving only 120 million people worldwide. Eastland has 38 million survivors, its cities lie in decline, and human civilization stands on the brink of extinction. 535Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1217 十 Ten Days, Eighteen-Year-Old Great-Grandma, I'm Not a Scumbag 十日十八岁太奶我不是渣男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban767k WordsCompleted [Urban Imagination] [Surreal] [Multiple Female Leads] [Beijing-Circle Heiresses] [Beautiful Women Around the World] [Entertainment Industry Stars] [Web-Novel Heroines] [Most Beautiful Heroines on Screen] 322Reads6.9Score145Shelves
18. 1218 天 Living the High Life as a Young Master 天上人间当少爷 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban543k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.5kReads8.3Score119Shelves
19. 1219 我 I Become a Scoundrel in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我在天龙当曹贼 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Male-Channel Fanfiction264k WordsCompleted The male lead, Yin Qiancheng, worked himself to death in Shenzhen, then transmigrated into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He obtained a brain-development and dream-insertion System AI. To return to the future, he brought all the female leads of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, those beautiful older sisters, back to modern Shenzhen. 3.6kReads6.9Score150Shelves
20. 1220 风 The Feng Family’s Treasured Mother and Daughter 风家的宝贝母女 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Two Male Leads232k WordsCompleted A novel about love, marriage, and redemption. If I don’t wear the golden headband, how can I save you? If I put on the golden headband, how can I still love you? A love story about the mother and daughter of the Feng family! 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves
21. 1221 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 384Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1222 重 Reborn Tour Guide Strikes It Rich! 重生导游来吸金！ Le Muxi乐沐昔Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Tour guide Ji Luoyi’s tour bus plunges into a reservoir on the way back from dropping off her group. When she opens her eyes, she has been reborn as Luo Yi, a high school student in 2002. The thought of going through high school all over again gives her a headache. Her parents were tricked into going abroad for work and haven’t been heard from in years, while her relatives are constantly picking on her, unable to stand seeing her do well. Ji Luoyi thinks, “I had a house, a car, and a cat-son, an 84Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Golden Tour Guide Reborn as an Invincible Force

23. 1223 七 The 1970s: The Delicate Beauty Was Carried Home by a Psycho Country Bumpkin 七零：娇软美人被疯批糙汉叼回家 Yan Fei言非Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A sharp-tongued heroine who never suffers in silence vs. a rugged, wild, obsessive male lead who’s hopelessly in love Su Xiaoxiao wakes up one day to discover that she’s the villainess in a novel about two women whose lives are contrasted. The novel’s kindhearted heroine is her cousin, who has outshone her in every way since childhood. In the book, “she” becomes madly obsessed with her cousin’s man, does one terrible thing after another, and meets a tragic end. Her five older brothers die one af 13.9kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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    A very good book

24. 1224 秦 Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替：泥水匠改写了三百年秦史 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical1.4M WordsOngoing Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p 1.5kReads9.2Score174Shelves

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    New work by a new author, please follow. Comments and suggestions are welcome!

25. 1225 青 Qingshi Pass, Pear Tree Grove 青狮口，梨树林 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Urban366k WordsOngoing The Green Lion’s Mouth, the Pear Orchard follows Zhang Yunxi’s life as its narrative thread, setting it against the vast backdrop of a century of change in rural China. In Qingshikou Village, in the land of Xiangchu, it unfolds as an epic etched in the rings of the earth. From the many wars of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, to the farming and pioneering spirit of the early Republican era, to protecting homes and forests during the War of Resistance Against Japan, from collective labor i —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
26. 1226 大 The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical170k WordsCompleted Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the 5Reads7.5Score—Shelves
27. 1227 宪 Song Jiaoren, Father of Chinese Constitutionalism 宪政之父宋教仁 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical70k WordsCompleted The Father of Constitutionalism: Song Jiaoren presents the sweeping life of Song Jiaoren, a pioneer of constitutional government whose story unfolded amid the tumult of the late Qing and early Republican eras. As a founder of modern Chinese constitutionalism, Song Jiaoren called himself “the Fisherman.” With his pen as his sword and his blood as his ink, he carved a path toward constitutional government in an age shrouded in turmoil. In Japan, he translated Western legal codes, introducing const 28Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1228 重 Reborn Legendary Brothers 重生传奇兄弟 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Urban352k WordsCompleted Liu Jun, a man born in the 1980s, accidentally falls from a rooftop and is reborn in 2001. Determined to seize this chance and change his fate, he recruits his old friends and starts a game studio. Beginning with Legend, they steadily build a gaming empire of their own. With his insight into the future of gaming and exceptional business acumen, Liu Jun’s team rises rapidly to become a dark horse in the industry. Even more astonishingly, when his game character reaches level 60, he discovers that 1.4kReads8.0Score—Shelves

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    New books in the courtyard

29. 1229 四 Bang Geng's Claim to the Siheyuan 四合院棒梗的名义 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Reborn as Jia Geng, he discovered that Zhang Dabiao was his great-uncle. Didn't that make him a winner in life already? While serving in the army, he and Zhao Mengsheng blew up a bunker together and became brothers who would trust each other with their lives. 791Reads5.9Score—Shelves
30. 1230 八 Eight Bushels of Rice Mountain 八斗米山 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Mystery6k WordsCompleted Badoumi Mountain 7Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1231 肖 The Legend of Xiao the Carpenter 肖木匠传说 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁7k WordsCompleted The Legend of Carpenter Xiao 2Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1232 被 The Cursed Town 被诅咒了的小镇 Old Lu from the Mansion大厦的老鲁Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Cursed Town 3Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1233 逃 Women Are a Burden on the Road to Escape Famine? They're All Mine 逃荒路上女人是累赘？都给我 Kindergarten Little Train幼儿园小火车Eastern Fantasy549k WordsCompleted Lu Wei transmigrates to a fantasy world crawling with demons and monsters, and unexpectedly activates a return System. Whenever he gives an item to a woman, he gets an unlimited return. “Ding! Host gave away one low-grade pill and received one year’s worth of cultivation in return.” “Ding! Host gave away the Basic Body Tempering Manual and received the Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Art in return.” “Ding! Host gave away a holy maiden and received…” From then on, the world gained a great ben 7kReads8.1Score593Shelves
34. 1234 古 Drought in Ancient Times: Leading My Family South to Escape Famine 古代旱灾：带领家人南下逃荒 The Little Buddha Wants to Return to Secular Life小佛爷要还俗Historical2.1M WordsCompleted (Adapted into a comic drama) [Drought and Flight from Famine + Turbulent Times + Sign-In + Alternate History] The final years of the Great Ji dynasty were marked by upheaval. Drought, famine, banditry, plague, and war: one disaster after another struck the land. Xia Ren, once an elite mercenary on Blue Star, died and arrived in this chaotic age, his soul transmigrating into the body of a man with the same name. A drought and famine were underway. To survive, he led his family south to flee the f 10.8kReads7.9Score787Shelves
35. 1235 四 Siheyuan: The Good Life of a Laid-Back Man 四合院：咸鱼的美好生活 Burning Rock燃烧石头Male-Channel Fanfiction4.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard house in the 1960s, he gets a sign-in System from the start and enjoys a comfortable, thriving life... A gentle, warm, and cheerful story, lighthearted and witty, all about enjoying life and fulfilling your wishes... 2kReads7.2Score202Shelves
36. 1236 四 A New Life Begins in the Siheyuan 四合院开始新人生 Snow Flying over Mount Tai Bai太白飞雪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted A modern-day antique shop owner and part-time collector buys a jade talisman on the black market, then dies in a car accident. The talisman is activated, and he transmigrates to the 1950s. Realizing that his misfortune has brought him an incredible opportunity, he is reborn into a new life. From then on, he becomes a man of many talents: by day, an ordinary government cadre; behind the scenes, a cultivator, collector, and major black-market dealer, among other identities. In the end, he breaks f 22.6kReads7.7Score1.4kShelves

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    I'd like to promote the book I wrote. I hope you like it, give it a try, and have some fun!

37. 1237 四 Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality Amid the Bustle of Everyday Life 四合院：烟火红尘修仙 Snow Flying over Mount Tai Bai太白飞雪Male-Channel Fanfiction687k WordsCompleted A special forces soldier from the modern world transmigrates into another world in the late 1950s. By a twist of fate, he gains a chance to cultivate. Reborn, he vows to pursue the Great Dao and seek immortality. To build up merit and change his fate, he experiences the bustle of everyday life in a courtyard during that extraordinary era, explores human nature, bears witness to people's hearts, tempers his will, and freely reshapes his destiny. 14.6kReads7.7Score528Shelves

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