Philosophical Classics That Are Mind-Bending Enough to Make You Forget to Eat, Any School of Thought 哲学，够烧脑，能茶饭不思的那种名著(不分教派)
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- 51 The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱 “Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of 175kReads9.5Score30.6kShelves
- 52 Wicked Cauldron 邪鼎 There is a cauldron in this world called the Demon King Cauldron, capable of burying all living things under heaven. There is a dog in this world called the Wicked Dog of the East Sea, capable of breaking through the underworld's deepest reaches. Su Fan is born with a useless spiritual physique and the fate of an ordinary mortal, with no chance to cultivate. That is, until the day he meets the Wicked Dog of the East Sea... "Trust me, being a great demon king is the way to get ahead." "No way. I 173.5kReads9.0Score17.2kShelves
- 53 Heaven-Slaying Blade 斩天刀 [High-octane action + ruthless killing + devour everything + invincible blade mastery] Awaken an Overlord Physique from the start, capable of devouring anything! With the Great Desolate Cauldron in hand, refine your enemies in an instant! The vast land becomes a furnace, even absorbing the heavenly tribulations! Absorb, absorb, absorb! Devour, devour, devour! Whoever wins is the one in the right! 24.9kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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History of the Song: Annals of Emperor Taizu 宋史·太祖本纪
He may have been the best “actor” among the founding emperors in Chinese history. In 960 CE, a carefully orchestrated “forced enthronement” at Chenqiao Station propelled Zhao Kuangyin from a general of the Later Zhou into the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. Over drinks, he stripped the founding generals of their military power; amid the shadows of an axe and candlelight, the mystery surrounding his bizarre death remains unsolved to this day. Some call him a wise ruler who ended the chaos o
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The Legend of Zhuangzi 庄子传奇
Zhuangzi was a sage who forgot himself and roamed freely through the infinite; a divine being who cared nothing for achievements and attained complete freedom; a saint who regarded fame as a shackle and wished only to accompany the Dao. After Laozi, Zhuangzi was another enlightened master who had grasped the ultimate truth. He inherited Laozi’s ideas perfectly, merged his heart completely with the Dao, and attained true peace and freedom. Though Zhuangzi lived in poverty throughout his life, his
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Romance of the Qing Dynasty 清史演义
Cai Dongfan's The Romance of the Qing Dynasty is an epic of sweeping grandeur. In a million words, it uncovers the century-spanning secrets of the Qing Empire, from its rise to its fall! From Nurhaci rallying his troops against the Ming with his “Seven Grievances,” to Kangxi outsmarting and capturing Oboi and putting down the Three Feudatories; from undercurrents stirring beneath the Qianlong Emperor's prosperous reign to the humiliating guns of the Opium War; then to Empress Dowager Cixi ruling
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- 57 Li Hongzhang: One of the Four Great Statesmen of the Restoration 中兴四大名臣李鸿章 Li Hongzhang (1823–1901) was a powerful late Qing official, founder and commander of the Huai Army and the Beiyang Fleet, and one of the leading figures of the Self-Strengthening Movement. Alongside Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Zhang Zhidong, he was known as one of the Four Great Ministers of the Tongzhi Restoration. His life spanned nearly all of the most turbulent, humiliating, and arduous years of China’s modern history. His achievements and failings remain an important subject of scholarly 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 58 The History of Emperor Taizu of Song, Too Gruesome to Read Closely 不忍细看的宋太祖史 Did you know? In the long sweep of Chinese history, the Song dynasty is one of those extraordinary dynasties you simply can’t leave out. The History of Song Taizu: Too Wild to Read Closely is a fascinating book that will have you laughing your way through those years of the Song dynasty. From Zhao Kuangyin’s dramatic rise from the start, when he was “cloaked in the yellow robe,” to the tragic end of the Southern Song, emperors, generals, ministers, and famous scholars spring vividly to life, as 2Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 59 Wild History Isn’t Necessarily False 野史未必假 History is more than the rigid record preserved in official histories. The overlooked scraps at its edges often conceal truths that are livelier, more outrageous, and closer to human nature. Do you think Liao Hua was just a minor figure who rose to prominence because Shu had “no great generals left”? What pitfalls lay behind Zhuge Ke’s reputation as a genius? Wen Yang, dubbed “Little Zhao Yun,” had a life far more dramatic than you might imagine! Ma Chao was more than just the “Brocade of Xilian 2.5kReads9.2Score450Shelves
- 60 Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty’s Rise and Fall: A Thousand Years in One Glance 大唐兴衰三百年：一眼千年读唐史 [Read in One Sitting + Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty + Historical Context + History Made Accessible + Major Historical Figures] The three-hundred-year Tang dynasty was about far more than the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan eras or the poet Li Bai. This book lets you take in a thousand years of history at a glance. From Li Yuan’s desperate uprising in Taiyuan to Li Shimin’s unrivaled glory as the “Heavenly Khan”; from Wu Zetian’s unprecedented era as an empress to the height of prosperity under L 14Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 61 Veritable Records of Qing Taizu, Emperor Wu 清太祖武皇帝实录 The Veritable Records of Emperor Wu, Taizu of Qing is the authoritative official biography of Nurhaci, founder of the Later Jin dynasty. Written in chronological form, it recounts the sweeping story of the Manchus’ rise from tribal rivalries to the foundation of an empire. The book not only reveals the mythic origin of the “Three Fairy Maidens Who Ate the Divine Fruit and Bore the Ancestor,” but also vividly depicts Nurhaci’s legendary deeds: raising an army with thirteen suits of ancestral armo 3Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 62 Romance of the Thirteen Qing Emperors 清宫十三朝演义 The Romance of the Thirteen Reigns of the Qing Court is a historical novel of nearly 600,000 Chinese characters by Republican-era writer Xu Xiaotian. With vivid prose and a sweeping scope, it offers a panoramic view of almost three hundred years of change, from the Qing dynasty’s origins to its fall. The novel’s one hundred chapters trace events from Nurhaci’s rise in Jianzhou and his uprising with thirteen suits of ancestral armor to Puyi’s abdication and the closing of the Qing palace. Court i 3Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 63 The Story of Zeng Guofan 曾国藩演义 The Romance of Zeng Guofan follows the tumultuous life of the famed late Qing minister Zeng Guofan, offering a sweeping account of the epic struggle between the Taiping Rebellion and the Qing court. Author Xu Zhesheng uses historical sources as its framework and literature as its soul, vividly portraying Zeng Guofan’s legendary journey from an impoverished scholar to a celebrated minister of the restoration. He founded the Xiang Army and turned the tide, and championed the Self-Strengthening Mov 6Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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- 65 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
- 66 The Emperor's Domain 帝域 A powerful new novel from Liu Jie San Dao, following The Immortal Martial Emperor and The Eternal Gate! At the end of the Desolate Era, the Xuanwu Emperor fell. He was the last god in the world. In the Age of Chaos, the Great Transformation True Dragon died suddenly. He was the last Immortal King in the world. Eighty thousand years ago, the old Daoist died laughing and crying. He was the last saint in the world. The laws of the Great Dao and the order of fate were full of flaws. The gods fell il 69.2kReads8.6Score8.1kShelves
- 67 Great Ming: I Transmigrate as the Chongzhen Emperor, Starting with a Rope 大明：穿越崇祯帝，开局一根绳 [No System + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Ruthless Combat + War] Good news: Zhu Lian transmigrated and became Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Bad news: It was the tenth day of the third month of Chongzhen’s seventeenth year, just seven days before Li Zicheng’s rebels stormed the outer city. The Ming dynasty was already on the brink of collapse, in grave danger. The Jurchens threatened from the north, rebels from the west, with one natural disaster after another an 58.6kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
- 68 The Golden Son-in-Law 金牌帝婿 [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Alternate world] [No System] Qin Yu transmigrates, and from the start he’s the second son of the Prince of Qin’s household. His father is a non-imperial prince of Great Wei and the Minister of Revenue. His mother is a wealthy daughter of a prominent Jiangnan family. His older brother is a peerless general who guards the frontier. With such powerful connections and an exalted position, Qin Yu gives up on ambition, indulging in wine, women, and song, and reclining in the 47.7kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
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The Meaning of the White Tiger 白虎通义
The Baihutong, also known as the White Tiger Discussions or the White Tiger Treatise on Virtue, is a collection of proceedings from an officially convened meeting on Confucian studies during the Eastern Han dynasty, as well as an imperially sanctioned work interpreting the Confucian classics. It holds an exceptionally important place in the history of Confucian thought and Han political thought. In 79 CE, the fourth year of Emperor Zhang of Han’s Jianchu era, the emperor personally convened a la
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Duke Zhou's Dream Interpretation 周公解梦
Everyone dreams, but few people know what their dreams truly mean. Even fewer understand that dreams are actually omens, warning us whether the things about to happen in our lives will bring good fortune or disaster! Just as cats and dogs behave strangely before an earthquake, and ants tirelessly move house in the days before a flood, our dreams guide us whenever a major change is about to take place in our lives…
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- 71 Echoes of Crime: The Silent One 罪案回声缄默者 Echoes of Crime is a mystery novel about a mysterious immersive Crime Echoes System. It selects people with an intense obsession with unsolved cases and pulls them into a Crime Scene Recreation Zone, faithfully recreating the real-world settings of the 72 hours before unsolved cases from the past 30 years, as well as wrongful convictions that have since been overturned. Players must identify the real culprit within the time limit, complete the chain of evidence, and bring the case to a close. Co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Signature in the Old Files 旧档案里的签名 Signatures in the Old Files 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Heavenly Book: The Imperial Star Descends to the Mortal World, One Sword Proves the Dao 天书：帝星化凡，一剑证道
[A golden-scaled dragon is no pond-dweller. Soon, the Heavenly Book will descend from the ninth heaven!] What would happen if Dugu Qiubai lived for a thousand years? A Heavenly Book spans a thousand years of China’s history, bringing him into contact with humans, demons, immortals, and Buddhas. (A historical cultivation novel about immortality, featuring Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ideas that may be difficult for most readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story; slow burn, so read with care.) [Imm
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Crocodile Notes 鳄鱼手记
Notes of a Crocodile is the first full-length novel by Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin. It is also her most important novel and a feminist literary classic in the Chinese-speaking world. Set during the narrator’s university years, the novel traces relationships as they begin, deepen, and ultimately fall apart. It confronts the depths of all-consuming love and the sorrow of being understood by no one, peering into the sensitive, self-wounding inner lives of young people. The novel is an authentic po
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The Open Road 坦途
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Two Souls, One Body: Magic in My Left Hand, Taoist Arts in My Right 双魂一体：左手魔法右手道术
[Two Souls in One Body + Fusion of Two Systems + No System + Mysterious Magic + Profound Daoist Arts + Not Invincible + Takes Off from Chapter 50] Read at your own risk! Warning: This book contains a large number of spells and talismans. Don't try them if you don't have a mana bar, or you'll bear the consequences! Story: A bolt of lightning on a dry day sends the soul of Zhang Shangyang, a modern young Taoist, transmigrating to another world. There, he ends up sharing a body with Alec, the good-
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The School of Mind in the Ming Dynasty 大明心学
This is a sweeping historical novel starring Wang Yangming. The story begins with Wang Yangming’s birth in 1471, the seventh year of the Chenghua era, and ends with his death aboard a boat in Nanan, Jiangxi, in 1529, the seventh year of the Jiajing era. Spanning fifty-eight years, the novel paints a vivid, panoramic portrait of the extraordinary life of one of the Ming dynasty’s greatest figures: the omens surrounding his birth, his youthful ambitions, his enlightenment at Longchang, his campai
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Idiom Cognition Dictionary: Unlocking the Algorithms That Shape Your Life 成语认知词典：解锁人生底层算法
A contemporary urban romance about a woman's growth and rebirth. The story begins on the night of her former lover Lu Chenzhou's lavish engagement party. Su Wan, a jewelry designer, chooses to stay alone in her studio, setting fifty-seven chips of diamond into a platinum base as she begins creating a pair of earrings called “Breaking Free.” Eight years of waiting and the collapse of her family's business have not crushed her. Instead, they have forged a quiet, resilient brilliance within her. W
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- 79 The Archaeology of Thought: A Handbook of Conceptual Dissection 思维的考古学：概念解剖工具书 This is an unconventional “dictionary,” as well as a precision tool for the mind. It offers no standard answers, only a scalpel called the “Three-Layer Archaeological Method,” used to dissect core concepts that shape our understanding and emotions, even though we use them every day without thinking about them, such as “I,” “love,” “perspective,” and “value.” Starting with outrage over the plot of an anime, readers will follow the author’s deeply thought-provoking and practical guidance to treat 162Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Career Leap: A Guide to Going from Rookie to Expert 职场跃迁：菜鸟到大神的认知法 Three months into the job, Ling Che has become the company's most miserable “office tool”: he takes the blame, works overtime, and gets dumped on by other departments. Colleagues steal credit for his hard work, connections get the promotion he deserves, and he earns an entry-level salary while doing core work. He's nearly laid off! At his lowest point, he unexpectedly awakens a Workplace Insight System and unlocks eight smart tools: The Entropy Reduction Engine sorts messy materials in three mi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 The Bottom-of-the-Barrel Dictionary 底渣词典 The CEO’s Contract Wife: His White Moonlight Turns Out to Be Me To save her gravely ill younger brother, Pei Yuwei signs a contract and becomes a stand-in for the late wife of business tycoon Jiang Hanzhou. Thirty million yuan, three years: she must live as the shadow of another woman, copying her smile and preferences, even wearing the earrings she left behind. Jiang Hanzhou is cool and cruel. He sleeps beside her every night, yet gazes through her at his lost white moonlight. Day after day, 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Day of the Beastly Disguise: A Plan to Reset Humanity’s Knowledge 异兽伪装日：全人类认知清零计划 The Day of the Disguised Beasts: A Plan to Erase Humanity's Understanding follows Lu Ming in an inverted world where “humans disguise themselves as beasts, while beasts infiltrate humanity.” He goes from an “ordinary student kept in the dark” to someone who “awakens supernatural powers, sees through disguises, and uncovers the truth about the world.” At the beginning of the novel, Lu Ming lives in “seemingly ordinary Qingteng City”: he goes to school every day, jokes around with his classmates, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in 1937: I Lead a Routed Army in the Defense of Nanjing 魂穿1937：我带着溃兵守南京
As the Japanese invaders' iron hooves trampled China's magnificent lands, as a million Nationalist troops at Songhu retreated from the front lines like a receding tide, the Chinese nation faced its most perilous hour. Nanjing, the capital, faced its most perilous hour, too. When the Nationalist high command and its elite troops chose to abandon the city, one Nationalist regiment commander, Song Shaojie, became the sole man to go against the tide of this rout, leading a band of scattered soldiers
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- 84 Doomsday Rampage: The China War Zone's Call to Arms 末日狂战：华夏战区集结令 [Apocalypse Zombie Horde] + [Military Mobilization] + [Powered Armor] + [Unmanned Combat Mechs] + [AI Agents] + [Hardcore Zombie-Slaying] + [Gene Serum] + [No Inventory Space] + [No Rebirth] In the apocalypse, all living things are little more than chaff. Humanity is broken, and the whole world can turn against you. Zombie hordes surround the cities, and humans fight desperately to survive. Between natural and man-made disasters, how can civilization endure? This is a war between the living and 707Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Five Tigers Pacify the South 五虎平南
The Five Tigers Pacify the South is set during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Great Song, when the southern barbarian king Nong Zhigao rebelled and war engulfed the southern frontier. Di Qing, Prince of Pacifying the West, received the imperial order to lead the army and set out once more with the Five Tiger Generals. But they were thwarted by the sorcery of a strange martial expert from the southern tribes: Duan Hongyu, daughter of Duan Hong of Mengyun Pass. Trained in the Way of the Immor
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- 86 Record of the Pacification of Wu 平吴录 This is a confidential historical dossier that overturns the orthodox view of history! Writing from the perspective of an eyewitness, Sun Xu of the Qing dynasty unveils the power struggles and betrayals behind “a fit of rage for the sake of a beauty.” The book not only reveals Wu Sangui’s true motives for inviting the Qing army through the pass, but also exposes for the first time the secret of Chen Yuanyuan’s abduction, the inside story of the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming being strangled 2Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 87 Record of the Pacification of Song 平宋录 The Records of the Pacification of Song is a vivid firsthand account of war written by Liu Minzhong, a renowned official of the Yuan dynasty. In sweeping prose, it chronicles the glorious campaign in which Bayan, the Yuan chancellor, led his troops south in 1274 and brought about the fall of the Southern Song. Divided into three volumes, it is not merely a work of military history, but a heroic tribute to the union of strategy and courage. The book vividly portrays Bayan as a commander who could 5Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 88 The New Legend of the Ming-Era Bandit King 明未闯王新传 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Arriving at the End of the Ming Dynasty 来到明末 Arriving at the end of the Ming dynasty, he fights for survival, for the common people, for all of China... He gives everything he has to turn the tide in an age of chaos and save the realm from disaster... He began as a villager, but became the people's great savior... 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Chronicles of the Late Ming Dynasty 明末风云录 In the final years of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming dynasty, the Dashun army swept into Beijing with unstoppable momentum. But when Wu Sangui opened the gates to the Qing, the situation took a sudden turn, and Li Zicheng retreated to Xi’an. The Qing court sent Prince Ying, Ajige, and Prince Yu, Dodo, to pursue him along separate routes. With the situation growing dire, the Dashun army withdrew toward Huguang. Li Zicheng remained in Wuchang for several dozen days, but when Qing forces drew near 148Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 91 Laying Low in the Late Ming: Heroes Have Always Come from the Young 苟在明末之自古英雄出少年 A good-hearted fool from the future, a real-life jack-of-all-trades. He calls himself “a man who knows seventy-three of the world's seventy-two trades, but excels at none.” A freelance worker's soul is reborn in the Great Ming on the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month of the forty-seventh year of the Wanli reign, over four hundred years ago. He lives through the Tianqi and Chongzhen reigns, with no pocket dimension and no golden finger. All he has is the memory of his previous life. What if th 3.1kReads8.5Score244Shelves
- 92 The Southern Ming in Turmoil 南明风云 This is an accessible account of Southern Ming history, written with a humorous, lively touch in a style reminiscent of Those Things in the Ming Dynasty. It covers the turbulent period from the death of the Chongzhen Emperor in 1644 to the execution of the Yongli Emperor in 1662. It focuses on the history of the Hongguang, Longwu, and Yongli reigns of the Southern Ming, while also touching on the regimes of Prince Lu and Shaowu. Alongside its account of the wars between the Southern Ming and the 108Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 93 The Late Ming Dynasty 明末爲 There is plenty of debate about the history of the late Ming dynasty, but whatever the disagreements, the dynasty ultimately fell. Seen through the eyes of a modern person, with no golden finger, this is a story of the struggle at the end of the Ming dynasty. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Ming Dynasty's Rebellious Underachiever 明未学渣爱造反 One day in 204, I, Li Mazi, was unemployed and struggling to survive when I was recruited for a scientific experiment by a private research group in Dongguan. I transmigrated through time and space. At first, I thought some rich second-generation scientist had too much money and was paying me to earn a little, but I never imagined the experiment would actually send me through time. I even brought along potatoes, sweet potatoes, and glass, the three essentials for transmigrating. I thought that w 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 A Book by the Silhouette in the Storm 暴雨中的背影的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 42Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 96 A New World at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末新世界 Chen Yue, a modern history student, accidentally transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty in the third year of the Chongzhen reign. He discovers that the Jurchen tribes include another transmigrator, Su Lin, who possesses modern knowledge. Though they belong to opposing sides, both foresee the Ming's collapse and the devastation of the Qing invasion. Determined to break free of history's chains, they join forces to establish overseas colonies and rewrite China's fate in a “New World.” 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Rebooting the Empire: Turning the Great Ming Around 帝国重启：逆转大明 The treasury is empty, the border troops are in retreat, mining taxes are exorbitant, and the court is dominated by self-righteous officials... The Great Ming is battered by storms and teetering on the brink of collapse. But this time, Zhu Youjian is no longer a tragic emperor left to face everything alone. He is a reformist bureaucrat from the future, an expert in finance, a master of military strategy, and a gifted institutional designer. His mind is full of data, his heart full of plans. He w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 A Record of Political Education in Practice 思想政治工作实践录 The articles collected in this book were either published in newspapers and periodicals or applied in practical work. They were all the result of the author's independent thinking about the specific circumstances of the time and place, and had a certain impact on different communities and groups. Grounded in work and everyday life, these pieces use small things to illuminate larger issues, reveal the author through personal experience, and move readers through emotion. They are both a theoretica 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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Dreamwalker 2025 梦行者2025
[Dreamcore psychological sci-fi] [Dreamcore] [Cyber fantasy] [Artificial reincarnation] [Unconventional infinite-loop story] [Aloof genius heroine] [No romance] [Psychological] [Niche] This book is an unconventional record of a cast of minds, a dream called “life” from which no one needs to wake. A slow burn with a touch of horror. No power-fantasy tropes, only people who pass each other by, and no true romantic pairings. In April 2025, dreamwalker Qian Ye arrives in Moshou City and stays wit
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Soda, Cats, and a Ten-Million-Euro Beluga Whale 3 汽水，猫与一千万欧元的白鲸3
This is a prequel, covering everything from A’s youth to the founding of Heaven. Three new characters join the plot to seize dominance in the AI pet world: Chairman Lin Jingyuan, whose death marks the starting point; CEO Whale Fall; spokesperson Paper Kite; journalist Chen Wei; and von Elsa, with her AI ethics exemption.
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