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The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, Explained with Laughs 黄帝内经爆笑讲解版
Still missing out on China’s millennia-old treasures of health and wellness because classical texts are so hard to understand? This book breaks free from the dry style of traditional texts and uses laugh-out-loud language to unpack the foundational classics of Chinese medicine! It is divided into three volumes. The first offers clear, accessible explanations of the chapters of the Suwen, breaking down the underlying medical principles of yin and yang, the five elements, the organs, and qi and bl
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- 2 The Art of Healing 医路精诚 The companion novel to this book, I Am a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, is complete. The new novel, From Village Doctor to Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is currently being updated. Interested readers are welcome to check it out. At a time when traditional Chinese medicine is in decline, hospitals bearing its name are treating patients with Western medicine. Wang Chen, an heir to the Shanghan school, simply cannot stand it: even for a common cold, a traditional Chinese medicine ho 21.8kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
- 3 An Ordinary Doctor Who Heals the World 济世凡医 Seeing color, hearing sound, and taking a pulse with three fingers: a traditional worldview gives rise to traditional medical principles. This story has no supernatural powers or tycoons throwing money around. It is simply a day-by-day account of an ordinary practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine on his path as a doctor, guided by the heartfelt wish to carry on the teachings of the sages. Throughout the long river of history, traditional medicine has protected generations of Chinese people 20.3kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
- 4 EN Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记 [All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses. 242.1kReads9.5Score90.7kShelves
- 5 Ingenious Inventions of Ancient China 中国古代奇技淫巧 The authors of this book searched through vast collections of historical records, painstakingly gathering hundreds of long-lost secret arts and techniques passed down through the centuries. These include forging antiques, identifying treasures, alchemy, health practices, beauty techniques, fortune-telling by characters, martial arts, and spiritual cultivation. Their scope ranges from contemplating the heavens and earth and making uncanny predictions to calming the mind, curing illness, and riddi 8.9kReads9.6Score1.5kShelves
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The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师
[A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself.
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The Secret Histories of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人秘史
The Secret History of the Four Great Beauties is a vivid, legendary novel about four famous beauties of ancient China: Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Guifei. Skillfully blending history and legend, fact and fiction, this work uses delicate prose and rich storytelling to reveal the important roles these four beauties played in their respective eras and the influence they had. During the Spring and Autumn period, Xi Shi used her beauty to beguile King Fuchai of Wu under a plan devised b
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- 8 Common Psychological Disorders 常见心理疾病 Mental illnesses are a group of abnormal brain functions caused by a variety of biological, psychological, and social factors. They manifest as persistent disruptions in emotions, thoughts, or behavior, affecting social functioning and quality of life. Common types include anxiety disorders, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. They are not “character flaws” or “being oversensitive,” but health conditions that can improve with professional assessment, medication, and psychotherapy. See 507Reads—Score190Shelves
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A Complete Guide to the Essentials of Chinese Studies Everyone Should Know 中国人应知的国学常识大全集
Presented in a question-and-answer format, this book introduces essential knowledge of Chinese culture that every Chinese person should know, covering more than twenty fields, including the politics of famous figures, official institutions, education, and science. It is an ideal guide to learning and mastering the basics of Chinese culture.
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Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术
This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective…
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- 11 The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理 This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att 1.5kReads9.2Score460Shelves
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Dark Web 暗网
How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s
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- 13 German Blitzkrieg 德国闪电战 Military affairs collectively refer to matters related to war, the armed forces, and soldiers, and are part of politics. War is the most concentrated expression of military affairs and a continuation of politics, but it is not the only expression of them. It is a means by which a country or group uses violence to achieve its aims and objectives, which are often tied to its interests. 203Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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A Half-Hour Cartoon History of China (Complete in Seven Volumes) 半小时漫画中国史（全七册）
Read comics for half an hour and learn the history of China and the world! This is actually a rigorous, minimalist history of China plus a minimalist world history. From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods to the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and from the Four Great Ancient Civilizations to Europe, Japan, and the United States... Open this book and learn history while laughing until your abs hurt. Half-Hour Comics: Chinese History 1–5: The Spring and Autumn and Warring State
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- 15 A Half-Hour Comic History of Chinese Medicine 漫画半小时中医史 Break free from your preconceived ideas about traditional Chinese medicine! Don't hear “traditional Chinese medicine” and think only of herbs and Li Shizhen! It turns out the world-famous masters of traditional Chinese medicine were incredibly single-minded. Zhang Zhongjing, Li Shizhen, and Sun Simiao loved nothing more than grappling with knowledge. When it came to writing books, they were true experts! Chinese medicine has accompanied our ancestors for millions of years! Wherever people have l 64Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 16 The Chinese Academy of Sciences Came to the Entertainment Industry to Poach Someone! The Haters Were Stunned 中科院来娱乐圈捞人！黑粉全蒙了 “Thanks to [If You're This Capable, Why Not Join the Chinese Academy of Sciences?] for sending a hundred Carnival gifts. Boss, you're invulnerable to bullets and blades.” After turning down yet another visit from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Gu Ran turned around and explained the three ways to achieve controlled nuclear fusion to his fans. Other streamers' fans have an average education level of middle school. Gu Ran's fans average a PhD. 115.8kReads9.1Score17.3kShelves
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The Great Qing Dynasty (Complete Set of Five Volumes) 大清王朝（全五册）
Beginning with Nurhaci's death at Aijibao and ending with the failure of the Taiping Rebellion, this sweeping historical novel chronicles the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty. It offers a panoramic view of the vast economic, political, social, and cultural changes from the late Ming to the late Qing, composing an epic of the dynasty's journey from unification to its golden age and eventual decline. It brings to life nearly three centuries of dramatic events and vividly portrays almost a hundred
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- 18 Restore the Ming, Expel the Qing: Starting in a Mountain Ravine 反清复明：从山沟开始 The world at the end of the Ming dynasty was hopeless! Foreign invaders, natural disasters, warfare, pirates, red-haired barbarians… Several months after the Chongzhen Emperor died for his country, a soul from a later age arrived in the desolate, vast Hexi Corridor. From a survivor hiding in a cave, to the King of Guanzhong, to the ruler of the south, he would eventually restore the Ming realm. He didn’t know how many people he killed along the way. All he knew was that he killed everyone who de 11.8kReads8.3Score646Shelves
- 19 Late Ming: Iron and Blood Across the Land 明末：铁血山河 No golden finger, no System, no overpowered settings of any kind. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, and the pacing is incredibly slow. Read at your own risk. This story has two protagonists from the start. The transmigrator Deng Ming is the main point-of-view character, driving out the Tartars and reclaiming the land, while the special forces soldier Chen Yunmo is the secondary point-of-view character, risking his life to rescue the Yongli Emperor. -- Background: This is a fan-fiction contin 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Southern Ming Righteous Army 南明义军 In 1645, the Yiyou Year of the lunar calendar, the Year of the Rooster, the first year of the Hongguang era of the Ming and the first year of the Longwu era; the second year of the Shunzhi era of the Qing; the second year of the Dashun era of the Great Xi; and the second year of the Yongchang era of the Great Shun, Shi Kefa died alongside Yangzhou, Nanjing fell, and Li Zicheng died at Jiugong Mountain. The Qing court surveyed the realm and found no one who could stand against it. The Eight Banne 18.3kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
- 21 May the Sun, Moon, and Land Remain at Peace 日月山河无恙 The late Ming dynasty, the darkest era in Chinese history. The Tartars threaten from outside, while rebels run rampant within. The court is rotten to the core: civil officials are greedy, generals are cowards, and the imperial clan throws its weight around. To save the realm of the Han people, this world must be torn apart and rebuilt. Zhang Fan, China's strongest special forces soldier, transmigrates by accident into this chaotic late-Ming era during a mission. Whether you're a Tartar or a rebe 2kReads8.5Score245Shelves
- 22 The Embers of the Ming: Supporting Shi Dakai in Resisting the Qing from the Start 朱明余烬：开局辅佐石达开抗清 The Yangtze River runs red with blood, and corpses litter the battlefield. Wing King Shi Dakai’s western expeditionary army is on the brink of annihilation, while I, a modern office worker who has just transmigrated here, am being swept along with the fleeing remnants. Then the tattered family genealogy bearing the character “Zhu” slips from my chest “He’s descended from the Ming imperial family?!” In this desperate moment, Shi Dakai grips me tightly, a frightening light blazing in his eyes. “Th 364Reads—Score103Shelves
- 23 The Third Year of Yongli 永历三年 In 1649, the third year of the Yongli reign, the Southern Ming’s revival proved to be nothing more than a fleeting dream. The only lesson humanity learns from history is that it never learns its lessons. The Yongli court inherited the art of internal strife perfected since the Wanli era. The new players were the Wu-Chu factional struggle, opposing one another for the sake of opposition. As for the nation’s future, these refined self-interested opportunists no longer considered it a priority. Yet 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Professional Rebel at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末造反专业户 [No System + No Cheat Powers + Late Ming Dynasty + Rebellion] Wu Cheng, a newly graduated college student working as a village official, transmigrates to the second year of the Chongzhen reign in the late Ming Dynasty and becomes a military household member of the Great Ming. A corrupt court, an incompetent emperor, greedy officials and gentry, and commoners treated as less than human push Wu Cheng step by step toward rebellion. Watch as he takes on the local tyrants, fights the Great Ming, dest 14.4kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
- 25 Ming Dynasty, 1644: I Come from the Future 大明1644，我来自未来 Qin Yu obtains a Gate of Time and Space and arrives on the darkest day in the history of the Ming dynasty, in 1644. In 1644, Qin Yu witnesses Chongzhen hang himself on Coal Hill. In 1644, Wu Sangui lets the northern invaders through the pass, the rebel army is defeated at Shanhai Pass, and Qin Yu arrives in the Ming dynasty. In 1644, the Ming royal family squabbles over power, with no intention of reclaiming lost territory. Qin Yu gathers refugees and builds up his strength. Armed with modern we 884Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn at the End of the Ming Dynasty: Slaughtering My Way Across the Land! 重生大明末年：杀穿天下！ At the end of the Ming dynasty, war fires blaze across the land. Inside the realm, peasant rebels like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong sweep across half the country. Beyond its borders, Japanese pirates raid the coast while Later Jin, soon to become the Qing, eyes the empire hungrily. The Ming dynasty is on the brink of collapse. Zhu Cihuan, a modern university student studying history, unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes Yong Prince, the youngest son of the Chongzhen Emperor. With no hope of 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Great Ming: I’m Broke, So How Am I Supposed to Restore the Ming and Overthrow the Qing? 大明：一穷二白让我拿啥反清复明 [Farming]+ [No heroine]+ [Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming] From the start, I have a poor county, three useless fools working for me, and not a single tael of silver. The System still expects me to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming. Dorgon: According to Qing court rules, anyone shorter than a wheel goes unharmed. Dorgon: Hey, man, why did you make the wheels taller than people!? Your Ming dynasty can't be this unreasonable! Reason? Li Fugui looks at the heavily armed combined-arms b 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Splendid Mountains and Rivers at the End of the Ming 明末之锦绣山河 Late Ming: Drive out the Tartars, restore China, establish laws and order, and save the people. Follow the legendary story of Li Ze, the protagonist, as he transmigrates to the Late Ming, relieves the people, destroys the Tartars, and raises our Huaxia to the pinnacle of the world. This story is entirely fictional and should not be confused with official history. Amid the chaos of the Late Ming, Li Ze builds a powerful army and navy, recaptures overseas islands such as Little Ryukyu, and contend 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn as the Ming Emperor, but the Ming Dynasty Is Already Gone 重生明帝，但大明已经没了 Li Yan is reborn. The good news: he’s the emperor of the Great Ming. The bad news: the Great Ming is already gone. The Southern Ming court is on the verge of collapse, the Qing troops are pursuing them south, and the court keeps fleeing south… Li Yan: “I’m done running! I’ll fight the northern barbarians to the death!” Factional infighting? Kill them! We’ll fight our way from Guangdong back to Beijing! Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi. This time, they won’t be disappointed! 33kReads9.3Score3kShelves
- 30 Southern Ming, 1647 南明1647 What should I do after waking up as the Southern Ming Yongli Emperor, who was hanged by Wu Sangui? Asking online, it’s urgent! 1.9kReads8.7Score143Shelves
- 31 Reborn: The Zheng Clan's Rise and Fall 重生之郑氏风云 He Rui: Returning to the Southern Ming to uphold the Han cause, he fights with his blood to reclaim Taiwan and restore the homeland He Rui, a graduate student in history, unexpectedly returns to the late Ming dynasty in another man’s body, taking on the identity of Zheng Chenggong’s son and inheriting the ironclad banner of “overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming”! The Qing army’s iron hooves have swept across the Central Plains, leaving Taiwan as the last sanctuary for the Han people. Kangxi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 What? I'm the Chongzhen Emperor? The Dynasty Falls Tomorrow? 什么？我是崇祯？明天亡国？ The day after transmigrating into the body of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng is already about to storm the capital. The dynasty is on the brink of collapse. Chongzhen transforms into a succubus-like god of war, irresistible to everyone who sees him. And he kills everyone he sees! Leading the charge is nothing to him. Fighting his way through enemy ranks seven times is no legend, and raiding a camp with a hundred cavalry is downright ruthless! See how Chongzhen becomes a god of war, quells the rebel armie 937Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 33 Transmigrate to the End of the Ming Dynasty: I Forge a Mighty Empire 穿越明末：我打造了铁血大明 Frenzied uprisings, bloody massacres, horrific slaughter: three hundred scenes of carnage. Cannons roar, cavalry charge, bugles wail, and smoke rises for ten thousand miles. Dengzhou and Laizhou, southern Manchuria, where people are left to the mercy of their enemies; the Central Plains lie in ruin, and the empire can no longer remain whole. One man rises, one horse leaps, wind and thunder stir, and heaven and earth quake. Thirty steel daggers send the Jurchen rebel chieftains into utter disarra 181Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Transmigrating to Late Ming, Starting Here in Yangzhou 穿越明末，就从这扬州开始 Wang Shiquan, a modern-day 996 wage slave and history buff, transmigrates into the late Ming dynasty on the eve of the Yangzhou Massacre. He becomes a wealthy young man in Yangzhou and binds himself to the System for Revitalizing China. From that moment on, the course of history is about to be rewritten. A mere transmigrator turns the late Ming crisis around and lays the foundations for a golden age in which every nation comes to pay tribute to China! A new work is out! Come read my stories on 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Xuanye, Don't Get Carried Away! My Great Ming Can Still Fight! 玄烨先别猖狂，朕的大明还能战！ His soul enters Yongli's body, leaving him trapped in a desperate situation in Myanmar. Burmese troops are stirring up trouble within, while the Qing court watches hungrily from without. History's tragedy is about to repeat itself, and the fall of the nation is imminent. At this critical moment, the summoning System activates. The fearsome general Lan Yu and fifteen thousand elite Ming troops answer the call and come to his aid! The mighty army of the Ming, which once swept across the realm, has 343Reads—Score107Shelves
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The Scandalous Tales of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人艳史演义
Uncovering the untold stories of the Four Beauties [History + biographies + the Four Beauties + unofficial anecdotes] Xi Shi, whose beauty could topple a kingdom as she washed silk, was caught in the turmoil of a chaotic age. Yang Yuhuan’s glance could captivate an entire city, but her passionate love became a shackle of fate. Wang Zhaojun left the frontier with a mournful song, bringing a brief peace between the Han and the Xiongnu. Diao Chan ingeniously set a chain of schemes in motion, turnin
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- 37 Wu Zetian's Four Great Mystery Cases 武则天四大奇案 [Historical Mystery + Four Great Cases + Ancient-Era Deduction] From strange cases in the countryside to courtly intrigue, Di Renjie carefully unravels the truth at every turn. Newly appointed magistrate of Changping County, Di Renjie is immediately faced with a bizarre murder: a merchant from Huzhou is found mysteriously dead at an inn in Liulidun. The local headman, Hu De, abuses his power, but the identity of the real culprit raises even more questions. Disguised as an ordinary traveler, Di R 391Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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Cultivation Made Me Stupid 修仙修傻了
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒
(No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled
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Monster Codes: Journey to the West 妖怪密码：西游记
How many demons are there in Journey to the West? The White Bone Spirit, Tiger Vanguard, the Red-Rumped Macaque, Red Boy... Only after enduring the Eighty-One Tribulations can one look upon the world's fortunes with a smile. What are their true forms? What becomes of them? Is there a connection between demons and natural phenomena? Here, I'll reveal the answers to all these questions, one by one.
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A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞
[No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new
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- 42 Reborn: Patenting Every Technology to Sever the West’s Tech Advantage 重生：全系专利，斩断欧美科技树 [Cutting-edge technology + business + military industry + defending the country + upright values] Carrying the memories of two thousand scientists from every field, Chen Hao is reborn on the day of the college entrance exams in the year 2000. He missed the exam and scored just 180 points? He solves the ten greatest conjectures in mathematics, and the top ten universities fight to recruit him! His father is bankrupt and about to jump off a building from the start? He builds the XP System and 35.1kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
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The Clear-Headed Arc 清醒篇
Society and life are closely connected, but are you truly awake as you go through life in society? To be awake means to clearly examine and understand your own life. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates once said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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A Romance of Ancient Chinese History 中国上古史演义
Written in the accessible, engaging style of a classic episodic novel, this book brings together historical sources on mythology, astronomy, biology, archaeology, and literature to vividly recreate the history of ancient China. It begins with the emergence of life on Earth, traces the evolution of ancient apes and the appearance of humanity, then depicts the legendary eras of Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, the Yellow Emperor, Yao, and Shun. From there, it moves on to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou d
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- 45 Emperor Yan Shennong: From Shanxi to the World 神农炎帝从山西走向世界 The Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor are the two most important ancestors of the Chinese people, and the Yan Emperor was undoubtedly from Shanxi. This book comprehensively examines the relationship between Shennong, the Yan Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor. It argues that Jiangshui, where the Yan Emperor grew up, is the modern-day Jiang River in Tunliu County, Shanxi; that the Yan Emperor’s eastern campaign ended in defeat at the hands of Chiyou in southern Shanxi and northwestern Henan; and th 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 46 Ancient Chinese History 中华远古史 Ancient Chinese History begins with the dawn of Chinese history and continues through the end of the Western Zhou. It offers a detailed account of the evolution and development of ancient Chinese society, from prehistoric civilization through primitive society and slave society to feudal society. Its especially original insights address the origins, territories, genealogies, clan systems, succession practices, forms of government, social economy, and social character of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou 232Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 47 Donkey Burger 驴火 In 1948, Ma Shouye, the last imperial kitchen chef, wandered among the people with half a jar of old broth. He made a living with his donkey-meat flatbreads and began an eighty-year culinary legacy. From secret recipes of the imperial court to humble street stalls, from public-private partnerships to the age of online traffic, three generations hold on to one pot of old broth, weathering the tides of history. The first generation, Ma Shouye, establishes standards through craftsmanship. The secon 2kReads6.4Score223Shelves
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Hong Xiuquan, the Charismatic Heavenly King 风流天王洪秀全
Hong Xiuquan, an impoverished scholar in the late Qing, was quite the extraordinary man. He struck out on a new path, launched the Jintian Uprising, rose from humble beginnings, captured Nanjing, founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, dominated eighteen provinces, and ruled for fourteen years over half the realm. He was insatiably greedy, consorting with courtesans and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He gathered beauties from across the land, keeping 2,300 women in his harem to serve hi
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- 49 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score127Shelves
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Conquest: The Rise of the Qing Empire 征战：大清帝国的崛起
Why was the Battle of Sarhu the decisive clash that determined the fate of the Ming and Qing? How did the year-long rift between the Chongzhen Emperor and Yuan Chonghuan change the course of the war? How did the Hongguang regime meet its end amid tragedy and despair? What little-known stories lie behind the Battle of Yaksa and the Treaty of Nerchinsk? What far-reaching effects did the Qing wars to secure its borders have on later generations? From the Battle of Sarhu to the Battle of Daling Rive
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