Looking for High-Quality Historical Fiction. No Mindless Power Trips or Brain-Dead Plotting 求高质量历史文，不要无脑爽文，降智的也不要来
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The Soul of Tang Returns to the Righteous Cause 归义唐魂
To the west, he allied with his uncle’s Yutian Kingdom; to the east, he reclaimed eleven prefectures of Helong. He drove the Uyghurs north and secured the Tianshan Mountains; looking south toward Chang’an, he reclaimed the old frontiers. Gunpowder shattered the Tibetan ranks; iron cavalry trampled the Khitan camps. The Three Stars Banner swept across Youzhou and Yunzhou, and the Han realm’s sky was opened anew beneath the sun and moon.
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- 252 Quick Transmigration: Personally Appointed by the Emperor, I Teach Crown Princes How to Slay Dragons 快穿：我皇帝亲封，专教太子屠龙 [Quick transmigration + fictional history + making up for regrets + marriage in some worlds] Xie Heng is a professor of history who gets bound to a System and tasked with making up for regrets from different dynasties. Through one twist of fate after another, he keeps becoming the crown prince’s tutor. Xie Heng watches in stunned disbelief as each of his well-behaved students raises an army in rebellion, then tries to straighten his back under the gaze of people from every dynasty. This definite 241Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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The Prosperous Era's Medical Detective 盛世谋医神探
Tang Wei, a top modern forensic pathologist, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ancient criminal's daughter who shares her name. The original Tang Wei's family was confiscated after her father became embroiled in an imperial examination cheating scandal. She was reduced to a government servant and took her own life in despair. When Tang Wei wakes up, she is immediately trapped in a desperate situation: her status as a government servant leaves her as lowly as dust, and the shadow of
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- 254 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 20.4kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
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Tales of Strange Worlds: Starting Out as a Chancellor 万界异闻录：从丞相开始
At Wuzhang Plains, Zhuge Liang dies of illness, but someone intercepts his soul and sends him back to 197. Yuan Shu and Lü Bu are poised to strike, while Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are moving their pieces behind the scenes. Liu Bei’s only ally, Gongsun Zan, has also been destroyed by Yuan Shao. What should he do? It’s time to show the people of the Eastern Han what it means when the truth lies within the reach of a cannon! No one can extinguish the fury of white phosphorus shells! Matchlock guns! Eve
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- 256 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 长安禾火之沈禾传奇 The Legend of Shen He of Chang'an 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 257 Mount & Blade: Kingdom of Heaven 骑砍：天国王朝 When he opens his eyes, he has become a two-year-old boy: Elias of Anjou, the youngest son of Fulk V, Count of Anjou. In this era, French castles are built of stone, winters are cold enough to leave your fingers stiff, and noble lords fight in the mud wearing chain mail. His elder brother Geoffrey, the historical Duke of Normandy and father of the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty, is the heir to Anjou. The good news is that he has a golden finger: the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord System. Troops, 1.8kReads—Score226Shelves
- 258 Great Qin: Brother Zheng, I Don’t Want to Learn English 大秦：政哥我不想学英语了 “What? The First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, wasn’t just the first emperor of the Chinese nation, but also a scientific giant and the supreme leader of the Mohists?” “Haha, that’s not all! Our handsome and charming ancestor was also the world’s first overlord!” “Exactly! My handsome and charming ancestor was also the first emperor to live to a hundred!” In a parallel world, more than two thousand years later, the descendants of Huaxia were filled with pride whenever they spoke of their ancestor, Qin 712Reads8.8Score112Shelves
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Red Sky: The Dynasty Cycle 赤霄：王朝周期律
Note: This is an epic war story. Don’t see that the protagonists are two men and assume it’s the sort of “two male leads” story some female readers enjoy. It isn’t! There are two male protagonists named here only because there isn’t room to list more than a dozen. Each subsequent volume will have its own protagonist, and the complete story will feature more than a dozen protagonists. Each protagonist belongs to a different historical period. Faced with the crises of their time, whether struggles
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- 260 Peninsula: My Girl Group Exorcism Diary 半岛：我的女团驱魔日记 In a modern world where spiritual energy has run dry, Chen Ming, who has cultivated to the peak, goes on a trip to the peninsula, only to stumble into a story about a peninsula teeming with ghosts and monsters! Obsessions and starlight intertwine as he gently protects those around him! (This is a story about helping girl idols drive out evil spirits while falling in love with them! Multiple heroines! A harem novel!) 1.1kReads—Score131Shelves
- 261 The Brocade Gambit: A Record of Power Plays in the Tang Dynasty 霓裳弈：大唐权谋录 Silk and Strategy: A Record of Tang Dynasty Power Plays 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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Back to the Southern Song to Establish a Republic 回到南宋建立民国
The Way of Heaven leaves one of every fifty paths open, allowing people to escape their fate. Abnormalities always emerge in the long river of history. Will they bring the first light of dawn, or the fading glow of dusk? When an ordinary person from the modern era unexpectedly transmigrates through the river of history and returns to the past, what might he bring with him?
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- 263 Ying Zheng: W-W-Wait, She's My Sister? 嬴政：这这这这这是我妹？ [Apocalypse transmigration to Qin + Superpowers + Pocket Dimension + No Romance + Original Setting + Bandit Heroine] “An assassin? You’re asking for death!” Chen Ci, a superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, comes to her senses and finds a sword at her throat?! She’s covered in zombie blood, gripping a Tang Hengdao, and can’t understand a word anyone’s saying? First, she’ll fight them. They can talk later! Then she remembers her telepathy and instantly understands the voice of her ancestor: “Fu 19.2kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
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Three Kingdoms: The World as a Chessboard 三国：以天下为棋
What a shame. If only I'd studied more before transmigrating. I should've learned more about the Four Great Inventions, at least! Hey, Little Guo, I hear you owe dozens of taels again at the Tinghua Brothel??? Who told you that? You think my Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars are idiots or something? “Dear, aren't you going to court?” Let me sleep a little longer. Going to court is nowhere near as nice as holding you! And the money I earn at court wouldn't even cover Little Guo's monthly expenses for a w
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- 265 The Guanshan Pact 关山契 On the western frontier, yellow sands bury the dead, and honor is as fragile as paper. The young Zhao Tianhao was merely a merchant’s son from Ping Wharf. With a heart full of sincerity, he kept his contracts, protected his family business, and brought peace to his neighbors. Yet the crushing might of the war-torn age destroyed his household, driving him to abandon trade and take up arms. He entered the death camp, managed military rations, trained a corps of death-defying soldiers, and defended 5.3kReads9.3Score577Shelves
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The Ming Dynasty's Junior Banner Officer 大明小旗官
The first day of the seventh month, in the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong reign. Xuanfu Garrison. A battlefield surgeon transmigrates into the lowest-ranking Ming Dynasty officer, a squad leader with ten soldiers under him, a monthly salary of two and a half qian, and a life hanging by a thread. He knows all too well that in forty-five days, at Tumu Fortress, half a million Ming troops will be wiped out in a single night. He also knows that in one hundred and ninety-five years, the Ming Dynast
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I Transmigrated to the Han Dynasty, and Huo Qubing Is My Brother 穿越汉朝，霍去病是我哥
No romance, no ambiguous relationships, just farming and infrastructure building “The theory that Huo Qubing was killed by Emperor Wu of Han” is a rumor I quoted in the novel, not a view I personally agree with. In the later story, I’ll use Huo Guang’s observations to disprove it step by step, ultimately returning to the accepted historical account that “Huo Qubing died of illness.” I simply wanted to use a narrative approach of “introducing a rumor first, then clarifying it through the story.”
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My Douyin Connects to Every Dynasty, and the Ancestors Are Ecstatic 我的抖音通万朝，老祖宗兴奋麻了
(The rating is low because it just opened for ratings!) Liu Tao unexpectedly gets a magical short-video app. The moment he picks up his phone to watch videos, the skies split open, to the astonishment of emperors, civil officials, military generals, scholars, and poets throughout history! One short video after another shatters their worldview! [Watching passionate, bold quotes. At the end of the video: “To find the greatest heroes of all time, look to the present...”] Ying Zheng: “May everyone i
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Three Kingdoms: I Played Dead on the Battlefield and Became an Emperor for the Ages 三国：战场装死我成千古一帝
[Fiery Struggle for Supremacy] + [System-Fueled Comeback] + [Multiple Female Leads] + [Rise of a Dynasty] His parents are dead, his family fortune has been seized, and the clan leader falsely accuses him of making advances on his sister-in-law, driving him to the brink of death! The Han army suffers a crushing defeat, and Wang Ye falls on the battlefield, drenched in blood. At the moment of death, “Ding! The ‘Fortune Plunder System’ has activated!” “Cao Cao's heroic fortune +1,000. Plunder it?”
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Chronicles from the Cracks of History 历史缝隙录
Official histories tell of emperors, generals, and ministers. I write about the people they leave out. Coroners, matchmakers, leatherworkers, ferry clerks, and court scribes: these occupations never made it into the official histories, yet their practitioners lived and died in the gaps between eras. Living in the cracks of their times, they relied on skills passed down through generations to stumble upon miscarriages of justice concealed by altered case files and buried by the passage of time. S
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History Livestream: Randomly Taking Out an Ancestor 历史直播间：随机创死一位老祖宗
Tang Xinxin graduated with a history degree only to find herself unemployed. She decides to travel and livestream history lessons, never imagining that her broadcasts would reach across all of history, where the ancestors themselves could watch. [Today we're visiting Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum!] Qin Shi Huang: “My mausoleum!” *faints.jpg* [Come on, Li Erfeng, the Young Master of Taiyuan: here's the stone carving of a steed that was stolen!] Emperor Taizong: “My Zhaoling steed, Sa Lu Zi!! Mobilize
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- 272 Three Kingdoms: I Save Cai Wenji from the Start 三国：开局救了蔡文姬 [Fierce Struggle for Supremacy + Defying Fate + Upending the Three Kingdoms + Multiple Heroines] “Sister-in-law, don’t be afraid. In this chaotic age, I’ll win the realm for you!”… After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms, he finds himself the younger brother of Wei Zhongdao, a gifted scholar destined to die young. His sister-in-law, Cai Wenji, is widowed before their marriage is even consummated, and the family faces crises on all sides, surrounded by powerful enemies! At the brink of life an 8.8kReads8.5Score959Shelves
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Don't Call Me a Turncoat, I'm Lü Bu and I've Got the Nine Provinces Planned Out 别骂三姓家奴，我吕布谋定九州
Reborn as Lu Bu, I won't let anyone call me a servant of three masters in this life. "You servant of three masters! Your Grandpa Zhang is here. Hurry up and meet your death!" "What the heck~" You damn Zhang Fei, calling me names the moment you show up? I'll teach you a lesson this time. Wang Yun, you treated me like a pawn. I'll show you who the player is. Old villain Dong Zhuo, give Diao Chan back to me! Why shouldn't I, Lu Bu, be the one to control the emperor and command the feudal lord
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Building a Scenic Attraction, My NPCs Are from Ancient Times! 打造景区，我的NPC来自古代！
[The short drama adaptation is now available] Qin Yao had just arrived in a parallel world when he inherited a tourist attraction! But to his surprise, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. There weren’t any attractions to speak of, and he couldn’t even afford to hire NPCs. He was about to sell the place, since the land alone was worth a fortune. But Qin Yao never expected to bind himself to an NPC System! The System had only one function: it could bring people from the pages of history to work as
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- 275 Better Than the Clouds 莫若凌霄 Tang Congxin, an art school reject, unexpectedly arrives in a world ruled by an empress and becomes a fallen imperial grandson whose life is hanging by a thread. But even an abandoned child can aspire to greatness. A fallen imperial grandson should rise like a dragon. If my grandfather could be emperor, and my grandmother could be empress, then I, an abandoned child, can do it too. 27.2kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 276 The Sky Screen Descends on Every Dynasty, and the Ancestors See Everything All Wrong 天幕投放各朝代，祖宗两眼全是歪 [Sky screen + historical commentary + short videos + the protagonist's modern daily life] Yuan Jia comes from a distinguished family and has a privileged upbringing. She earned a doctorate in history from Peking University and is now a visiting professor there. Her main job is hosting history-education livestreams and being a major Douyin influencer. Her side job is lying flat, watching videos, and shopping, eating, drinking, and having fun. She gives the occasional lecture, goes on trips, and l 8.5kReads8.0Score406Shelves
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The Heavenly Master's Fate-Changing Water Margin: A Side Story 天师改命水浒别传
With a casual divination, he foresaw the Jingkang Disaster, the Southern Song retreating to the south, and even the hundred thousand soldiers and civilians at Yashan leaping into the sea to die for their country. He saw the fate of the Great Song a hundred years later in its entirety. So he gave up being an immortal and transmigrated into the body of the wastrel Yan Qing, taking matters into his own hands to change the course of history. He saves Pang Wanchun at the martial arts arena, becomes
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Stealing a Chicken from the Start: My Scheme-Rating System 开局偷鸡，我有诡谋评分系统
[High Martial] [Schemes and Power Plays] [Funny and Lighthearted] [High IQ] [Scoring System] Chu Wen, a PhD who studies military strategy, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar who has starved to death. To survive, he goes to steal a chicken, and unexpectedly binds himself to the Cunning Schemes Scoring System. From then on, the System coerces him: only by constantly using plots and schemes to earn Cunning Scheme Points can he ensure that points are added to his Life Score.
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- 279 Short Videos Connect to Ancient Times: Everyone Is Dumbfounded 短视频通古代：全员破防 Li Luo had every advantage as a rich second-generation heir, yet chose to become a corporate wage slave. What he didn’t know was that his phone connected directly to every dynasty in history. He scrolled past [Osmanthus Flowers Beneath the Osmanthus Tree, the Osmanthus Cat!] The Sage of Poetry and the Immortal of Poetry exchanged glances, forever in awe of the talent of modern netizens! He scrolled past [The Long-Term and Delayed Effects of Education!] Scholars from every dynasty were stunned. O 44.6kReads8.0Score1.5kShelves
- 280 The Fierce Soldier of the Prison Camp 牢军营悍卒 The animated short drama is now streaming. Search for "Iron Bars, Fierce Prisoners, and a Fight to Rule the World" on Hongguo and watch with confidence. [Blood-Pumping War God] [Power Plays and Ambition] [Warm-Hearted Man] [Rise from the Grassroots] [Multiple Heroines] Jiang Fan, a Special Forces king from the Dragon Kingdom, transmigrates into the body of a heavily punished border prisoner in the Great Jiang Dynasty. He forges a new identity, seizes power, and trains soldiers, surviving amid th 11.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves
- 281 A Tale of Two Ming Dynasties: Zhu Yuanzhang Asks Me to Become Empress 双大明对比：朱元璋求我当女帝 [Female-oriented Ming dynasty transmigration + sky screen comparisons and rankings + a true female lead] After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, she becomes Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest granddaughter. She prefers armor to fine clothes, rides across battlefields, defends her country, and earns great honors, only to be framed and thrown into prison. Zhu Yunwen and his mother are thorns in her side, and they repeatedly try to kill her. Zhu Yuanzhang favors men and insists that she obey the Th 11.7kReads8.7Score919Shelves
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The Beacon-Fire Border Town of the Northern Kingdom 烽火北国边城
Transmigrate? A System? A golden finger? Cao Chen had none of them. All he had was a stretch of city wall repaired where his father had fallen in battle, three thousand old and wounded soldiers short on both food and arrows, and a hundred thousand cavalrymen from the Houbiba tribe beyond the city. Everyone urged him to surrender. In front of them all, he tore up the surrender document. “Give me three days, and I’ll show you what it means to defend the gates of our nation.” Night raids across fro
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A Farming Diary from the Late Ming Dynasty 明末种田日记
At Greenwater Academy, Li Qi only wants to clear land and farm, making sure his people have enough to eat. But the dynasty is on the verge of collapse, and a chaotic age is coming. To keep civilization from being buried, he has no choice but to fight back. Li Qi clears land, farms, builds ships and factories, digs canals, and raises an army, all for the sake of protecting himself.
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- 284 When the Dynasties Watch Me Scroll Through Short Videos 当诸朝围观我刷短视频 [My Short Videos Connect All the Dynasties, Historical What-Ifs + Sky Screen Livestream + Female Protagonist as a Tool + No Romance] Qing Xianqing had just lost her job. Strapped for cash, she downloaded every app on the market that promised to pay you just for scrolling. She never expected one of them, called the [TikTok All-Heavens Edition] app, to be so ridiculously generous. It gave her 100 yuan for a sign-in, and after 30 minutes of scrolling she earned enough coins to exchange for over 80 854Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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Apocalypse: Ancient Footprints in Search of the Garden 末世：上古踏众寻园
The Chosen One, heir to the supreme secrets of ancient times and the apocalypse, takes on the guise of a foolish second prince. Instead of saving Earth, he sneaks a peek at his elder brother’s woman while she changes clothes. Instead of fighting for the throne, he lets his tyrannical older brother murder their father and seize power. The new emperor ascends the throne and shatters everyone’s expectations, strangling ten concubines who attend him in a row. In the past, the concubines had comp
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- 286 Kindergarten of Ten Thousand Worlds: Emperors from Every Dynasty Attend Parent-Teacher Meetings 万界幼儿园：历代帝王来开家长会 Shen Dayong became bound to a kindergarten spanning the heavens, and every day emperors from different eras sent their children to study there. The first child was Li Mingda, Princess Jinyang, daughter of Li Shimin. The second was Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest legitimate grandson. The third was Zhu Zhanji, who was five years old at the time. The fourth was Liu Ju, Crown Prince of Emperor Wu of Han. The fifth was Fusu, the eldest son of Ying Zheng. More and more children enrolled, and 3.2kReads8.8Score223Shelves
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Guanlan: Beyond Time 观澜：时间之外
Why does the universe always move from order toward dissipation? Heat flows from hot to cold, and order gradually breaks down. The entropy of an isolated system cannot decrease on its own. This is entropy increase. But what if we applied this law to history? An empire goes from orderly rule to bloated institutions and distorted information, then collapses in an instant because of a famine, a rebellion, or a single mistaken military order. Are the rise and fall of dynasties really just a matter o
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Water Margin: The World’s in Chaos, So What? 水浒：天下大乱关我屁事
I transmigrated into the world of Water Margin by accident. Before me was a world overrun with heroes, and behind me lay chaos where the people could barely survive. Murder and arson were everyday occurrences, while mountain spirits and monsters appeared and vanished without warning. The System said: Get fifty people to come eat at the tavern, and you’ll receive a pocket dimension. I looked at the counter showing 0/50, then at the three hunters fleeing through the woods in the distance. They’d m
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The Martial World Is All Fighting, Killing, and Human Affairs 江湖就是打打杀杀还有人情世故
In his previous life, he was a top-tier con artist. In this life, he is a lay disciple of Shaolin. Others rely on their fists to make their way in the martial world. He relies on his brains. A copy of the Tendon-Changing Classic, roasted over a fire. A Great Restoration Pill, swiped while no one was looking. Thus began Wei Lai's farcical journey through the martial world. From the back hills of Shaolin to the taverns of Wushan Town, from a down-and-out prince to a major force in the martial worl
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Great Ming: I'm a Prince, Can't I Enjoy Myself? 大明：皇子的我还不能享受享受？
I'm no good at writing introductions. This is a new book by a new author. He transmigrates to the Zhizheng era, and the System blows up. What! I'm actually the Prince Qin Min, who did every evil thing imaginable? The second legitimate son of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang! He died young. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote a memorial condemning him: "Since you were sent to your fief, you have earned no good reputation. You kept company with petty men, indulged in wine and women, a
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- 291 Livestreaming the Exam: Forging an Immortal Qin, Divine Han, and Sacred Tang 直播考试：铸仙秦神汉圣唐 [History + Farming + Wild Imagination + Stealing Crops + Lighthearted] Bai Ze binds to the Myriad Dynasties Quiz System after experiencing an 18X-violating emotion. In the quiz space, renowned emperors through the ages arrive one after another, including Qin Shi Huang, Liu Che, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang. First Exam [In the five thousand years of China's long history, which of the following emperors can be called the greatest emperor of all time?] A. Emperor Taizong of Tang B. The God of War o 449Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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Sima the Old Rogue 司马老贼
He is the gravedigger of Cao Wei and the founder of Western Jin. He is the “old rogue Sima,” and the last winner of the Three Kingdoms. Centered on Sima Yi, this novel unfolds a sweeping panorama of the late Han and Three Kingdoms era. Witness how he treads carefully under the suspicion of three generations of powerful rulers: Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui; how he and Zhuge Liang wage an ultimate contest of will and national strength at Mount Qi and the Wei River; and how, in his twilight years,
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Liu Bowen: Tides of Fortune in the Imperial Court 刘伯温之宦海沉浮
Liu Bowen: Rising and Falling in the Sea of Officialdom abandons the magical realism commonly used in earlier works about Liu Bowen. Its main approach is realism, with touches of romanticism. Following the ups and downs of Liu Bowen’s official career, and set against the peasant uprisings led by Fang Guozhen, Xu Shouhui, Wu Chengqi, and others, it offers a many-sided portrait of the vibrant world of the late Yuan dynasty. It depicts both the contests of wits and political maneuvering among strat
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Every Member Is an Emperor: We’ve Left the Cultivation World Stunned 全员皇帝：把修仙界给整不会了
[Ensemble cast]+ [Every character is an emperor]+ [Comedic cultivation]+ [Loving fathers and dutiful sons] All the emperors of China’s orthodox dynasties descend upon the cultivation world at the same time. Scattered across the land, each has an assistant System called “Little Emperor.” Their first task is to find and recognize one another. Qin Shi Huang is the first to run into Liu Bang. “Hu Hai! You’d better pray I don’t find you too soon.” Wang Mang’s eyes fill with tears. “I finally have a S
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- 295 Great Ming: Crashing into a Pillar from the Start, Terrifying the Entire Court 大明：开局撞柱，吓坏满朝文武 [From the start + System + transmigration + scheming + history + wild imagination] So, what exactly are the regrets of the Ming dynasty? The Hongwu Emperor, who lost his father, mother, wife, son, and grandson; the imperial eldest grandson who died young; Crown Prince Zhu Biao, widely regarded as the most secure heir in history; the indomitable founder who started with a single bowl; the man who ended with a tree and nothing but tears; and the Yongle Emperor’s lament: “Can even a lifetime of ach 8.9kReads8.2Score439Shelves
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Unify the Han 并汉
From the start, he wakes up lying in a coffin, then is reborn as the illegitimate grandson of a local Han Dynasty strongman, with the Eye of the Ice Mirror. “Let’s see how this young upstart turns the tide.” Watch how Dong Xian and his companions embark on a new journey and build a new world.
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- 297 Whoever Offends the Han, No Matter How Far Away, Must Be Executed 明犯强汉者，虽远必诛 Born into poverty, he survived by begging and borrowing, yet wrote the most defiant declaration in Chinese history. He fought only one battle in his life, but it kept the backbone of an entire people straight for two thousand years. He was a hero and a sinner, a genius and a miser. He forged the words, “Whoever dares to offend the mighty Han will be executed, no matter how far away they are,” yet became a prisoner of his own greed and fate. His name was Chen Tang. Late in the Western Han dynasty 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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Liu Bingyi, Emperor from the Streets 市井天子刘病已
Through careful historical worldbuilding, this story brings to life a richly developed imperial great-grandson who is sent to prison from the moment he is born; a streetwise young man who solves cases while chasing after cockfights and racing horses; a handsome, lovesick man devoted to an old flame; and Liu Bingyi, the Son of Heaven of the Han dynasty, who patiently bides his time for revenge.
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- 299 Great Ming: Emperor Zhu Secretly Reads My Diary and Can't Keep a Straight Face 大明：老朱偷看我日记，绷不住了 Lin Hao transmigrates to the Hongwu era and becomes a low-ranking official in the capital. All he has to do is write in his diary every day and record his daily life to receive rewards. It’s a pretty sweet deal, lazing his days away so easily. But Zhu Yuanzhang has a copy of Lin Hao’s diary, too, updated in real time. [My official rank is so low, yet I still have to attend court every morning. This old Zhu is really making life miserable!] [It’s just the imperial examinations, so why have a Sout 6.3kReads8.3Score474Shelves
- 300 Divine Realm: Song of the Lone Flame 神界：孤火之歌 The Seven Gods have fallen; their divine essences become fuel. The Void is coming, and only a lone flame burns bright. Twenty years ago, the God-Awakened Lucien slew three gods, causing the pantheon to collapse and faith to fracture. The seven divine essences scattered into the bloodlines of the seven great races, sparking endless conflict. At the same time, an erosion known as the “Void” quietly began to spread. It was not chaos, but a cold, orderly “reset program.” Kael, an amnesiac young ma 1.5kReads9.4Score126Shelves
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