Looking for Realistic Republican-Era or Period Dramas 真实一点的民国文，或年代文

1. 651 四 A Young Cadre in the Siheyuan 四合院的青年干部 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction319k WordsOngoing This new Siheyuan story is a side story to my previous books, written to make up for a few regrets. I'm thinking of having Old Wang bring He Brick and Chen Gangdan back for another round. Thanks for all your support. 1.7kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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   [Pouting][Pouting]

2. 652 重 Reborn in 2008, Saving Myself with 110 from the Start! 重生08年，开局110自救！ Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted Reborn + childbirth + real and fake young masters + sweet romance + cozy life + raising a child Xin Yuan realizes she seems to have died and been reborn. Other people are reborn in the 1960s or 1970s. She wakes up one day and finds herself reborn in early 2008. That year, she and her husband, both orphans, are separated from each other. That year, they are forced to lose their home and family. The first thing she does after waking up reborn is call the police. "Hello, 110? We've run into human t 46Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 653 暗 Shadow Spy Network 暗影谍云 Yan Yutong颜雨彤Urban656k WordsCompleted Born into a time of chaos, no one can choose their circumstances. When an event becomes a matter of national importance, no one in the realm can stand apart, whether they want to or not. Among the countless people of the world, some may be willing to sink into oblivion, while others will stand up and fight for their country, casting life and death aside as they give their all with the fiery courage of heroes. Yet they also know there are two things in the world one must never look at directly: t 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In a chaotic world rife with espionage and unpredictable human nature, various factions in Shanghai are constantly engaged in open and covert struggles. The protagonist navigates a complex web of enemy surveillance, family infighting, and threats to his identity, carefully concealing his true stance, repeatedly evading capture, and upholding his mission on the edge of a knife.

4. 654 民 Republican Era: As a Doctor, I Just Want to Stay Alive 民国：作为医生，我只想苟活 White Elm, No Rain白榆不下雨Modern Romance648k WordsOngoing Female lead + no CP + no System + ensemble cast (Republican-era War of Resistance / a touch of espionage / medical fiction / slow pace / long realistic story!) [Synopsis] A promising young person from the modern era unexpectedly travels to a parallel version of Republican-era China, becoming the third daughter of the Yang family, a medical student who studied in France. As soon as she returns to China, the Battle of Shanghai breaks out. Amid the relentless shellfire: Everyone else: We will give 16.4kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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   Highly professional and trustworthy.

5. 655 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score125Shelves

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   Historical fiction 💕 [I also highly recommend it][OK]

6. 656 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score104Shelves
7. 657 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2kReads9.2Score119Shelves
8. 658 两 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 Miss Jian, Who Likes Old Rabbits喜欢老兔的简姑娘Urban350k WordsOngoing An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 490Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   What does "crashed" mean?

9. 659 穿 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Historical3.0M WordsOngoing Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—Shelves
10. 660 两 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Male-Channel Fanfiction636k WordsOngoing After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 562Reads5.4Score—Shelves
11. 661 民 The Ethnic Alchemist 民族炼金术士 Bright Moon Ten Thousand Miles Away万里明月Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted 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 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Republic of China!

12. 662 六 Life in the Sixties with a Basket of Vegetables 六零带着菜篮子 I Love Tomatoes Most我最爱西红柿Urban389k WordsOngoing Set against the backdrop of transmigration, this story follows Chen Mo, a young man from the modern era who accidentally transmigrates to a rural village in the 1960s and gradually improves his family’s life with the help of a mysterious spatial System. His key abilities include growing crops faster in his space, hunting for game, and using its spring water to heal wounds. In an era of severe shortages, he builds a self-sufficient way of life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 他 Someone Else's Beloved? The Commander Will Still Take Her by Force 他人挚爱？督军照样强娶豪夺 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted (Male stand-in, possessive pursuit, forced love, intense push and pull, powerful man bows his head, two strong leads, both devoted to each other) Transmigrated into a warlord-ravaged era, Ruan Xiaoxiao only wants to keep her head down and survive. But disaster strikes: her comrade is framed and thrown into the police station. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to humble herself and beg Huo Yunting, the governor of three provinces, who holds the power of life and death. Everyone s 2.9kReads—Score223Shelves
14. 664 1 1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库 Fang Shaobai方少白Urban617k WordsCompleted A modern soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, where he studies intangible cultural heritage and uses the military knowledge he learned in the future to support the war of resistance. Every inch of land is soaked in blood; a hundred thousand brave men fight with all their might! How can four hundred million Chinese compatriots let the Japanese invaders run rampant? Kill the invaders and defend our homes and country! For a soldier's honor and the dignity of our people, China's passionate s 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling back to the Republic of China era, on the front lines of the war.

15. 665 修 The Love Triangle Goes Wild, and Four Powerhouses Kneel to Fight Over Me 修罗场杀疯了，四个大佬跪着抢我 Flower Dew Water Gets Married花露水结婚Modern Romance387k WordsOngoing (Rival men + love triangle + irresistible heroine + everyone’s favorite + all male leads devoted only to her + revenge + business warfare) I’m Gu Qingyin, a lowly maid at everyone’s beck and call. In the glittering, extravagant Shanghai of old, everyone thinks I’m beneath notice, but no one knows I can drive every powerful man to madness. The warlord’s son draws his gun for me: “My life is yours. Come with me.” The intelligence agency’s young master kneels for me: “I’ll turn all of Shanghai upsi 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very realistic; you should take a look.

16. 666 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [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 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves

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    *The Misty Rain Pavilion*: This is a traditional fantasy martial arts novel where the author uses elegant language to create a romantic martial arts world. The protagonist, Li Ziye, pursues his ideals in the dark world of swordsmanship, eventually becoming a legendary swordsman. The novel is beloved by both male and female readers.

17. 667 民 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 I Eat Beef with Cilantro我吃牛肉加香菜Urban517k WordsCompleted [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 114Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Some can be listed with confidence.

18. 668 四 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院：从供销社开始，横推众禽 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction290k WordsOngoing Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a —Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Stories bearing the mark of their time

19. 669 四 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction307k WordsCompleted Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
20. 670 游 After Games Invade, I Settle the Score with Campus Loan Sharks 游戏入侵后，我清算了校园贷 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Urban240k WordsOngoing Set in a modern city, with Sun Yat-sen University’s three campuses and five schools as its central setting, an immersive game called "Era Invasion" suddenly overlays reality without distinction. Its rules become deeply entwined with the real world: completing missions can awaken supernatural abilities and grant supplies, while failure triggers real-world penalties such as ruined credit, physical injuries, or doubled debts. The campus loan platforms that once operated as usual mutate into the rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 惊 Echoes of a Startling Tune 惊鸿遗音 Lan Yinyin澜音音Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [He is the most dazzling opera star in Pingjing, yet in her family's eyes, he is nothing but a despicable performer.] Lin Xingran, heiress of the Lin family and a new-school teacher, fell in love with just one person: Boss Liu, whose brilliance onstage was unparalleled. In these turbulent times, performers belonged to the lowest rung of society. Her father slapped her. “You can marry him over my dead body!” Outside the door, he was driven away with blows from clubs. That night, he wiped off 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    The most heart-wrenching love story in chaotic times: an actor and a rich heiress, separated by societal norms. He endures hardship and bides his time, stepping from the opera world into the business world, achieving a powerful comeback, all to be worthy of her.

22. 672 民 A Letter Arrives from the Republic of China Era 民国来信了 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted A modern female student transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes a maid in a prince’s manor. Using a modern mindset, she solves the manor’s business troubles and deals with bandit kidnappings. In the end, she and the young master fall in love and live happily ever after. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a story about a modern female student who travels back to the Republican era. It's relatable, worth reading, and has positive values.

23. 673 刘 Liu Zhihao's Years of Youth 刘志豪的芳华岁月 Third Aunt from the Farm农家三姑Urban223k WordsOngoing [Period novel + workplace + family + society] The story takes its time to unfold, growing richer the further you read. It is grounded in reality, depicting social life, education, love, careers, officialdom, and rural life in the 1990s, offering a sweeping portrait of everyday life in that era. After graduating from university, the protagonist, Liu Zhihao, is assigned to teach at a middle school in his hometown. From then on, his life enters a new phase as he witnesses the development of educati 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The article realistically reflects education in the 1990s.

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