Great Books That Truly Weave Chinese Culture into the Story 真正把中国文化嵌入小说的好书
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- 301 Rule Horror: The Supernatural? They’re All on My Side! 规则怪谈:诡异?都是我军! [Rule Horror + National Fate + No female lead + Otherworld + Main storyline + Deduction + Light comedy] (Note: This isn't purely Rule Horror. The main storyline will pop up from time to time.) “Oh no, we're about to be surrounded by eerie creatures!” “Have you ever watched a Rule Horror livestream? They're all helping Su Shen!” “Huh? Eerie creatures can help?” “With Su Shen around, even eerie creatures have to join the revolution!” The evil god's whispers circled in their ears as death and f 1.3kReads8.8Score16714d adds
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I Use Chinese Taoist Scriptures to Suppress Everything 我靠华夏道藏镇压一切
Zhang Fan transmigrates into a parallel world where spiritual energy has only just begun to revive. Here, strange phenomena run rampant and haunted tombs emerge, but unfortunately... orthodox Chinese Daoist culture has suffered a severe break in its transmission! The elite agents of the National Bureau Nine use a damaged Han-dynasty “Celestial General’s Ruler” as a blunt weapon, swinging it around at random. They practice broken breathing techniques until they suffer cultivation deviation. Faced
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- 303 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Lin Clan's Joinery Art and the Soul-Hanging Staircase 丝路玉鉴:林氏榫卯诀之悬魂梯 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Lin Clan's Mortise-and-Tenon Technique and the Soul-Hanging Ladder 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Transformations 地煞七十二变
The seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends each grant a supernatural ability. A mysterious book with a yellow cover sent Li Chang'an back to the ancient world. Every demon he killed earned him a new ability. Painted-skin ghosts, zombie kings, spider demons... one after another fell beneath his sword. Communing with the netherworld, swordsmanship, demon-slaying... one supernatural ability after another emerged from the book. After he wiped out a hundred ghosts and looked around with hi
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- 305 Do You Even Know How to Be a Special Forces Soldier? 你当的明白特种兵吗 [No System, No Female Lead, No Cheats] Lin Tian sets off to travel around the country after graduating from college, but who could have guessed that an accident would leave him stuck in a tree! He calls for help for ages, but no rescue team shows up. Instead, a group of fully armed soldiers arrives. "Help! I'm freezing into a popsicle!" "We can help you. How about joining the army?" "I'm willing to give my life for my country!" But after joining the army, he discovers that things here are deeper 37.9kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 306 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 丝路玉鉴:河氏水文之疏勒河谷 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 307 The World Became a Game, but Forgot to Generate the Players 世界游戏化,却忘了生成玩家 The physical edition of Volume One will soon be available for preorder. Follow @0RedBeanTea0 for details. Everyone says that the Dao is waning, demons are growing stronger, and the Heavenly Tribulation is imminent, but Zhou Yuan disagrees. Undying, indestructible demons? Those are just monsters respawning in a game. Paradise realms and wondrous secret realms? Those are just game dungeons. Humankind sealing and suppressing demons? That just means not exiting the dungeon, preventing its monsters f 207.7kReads9.3Score18.7k14d adds
- 308 You Were Supposed to Train the Troops, So Why Are You Leading a Northern Expedition? 让你军训,你带人北伐? As foreign cultures flooded in, the young people of the Dragon Nation grew less and less spirited, more and more effeminate, cooing, “Peaches are so chilly.” So a military training program called “A Strong Youth Makes a Strong Nation” was launched nationwide and livestreamed across the Dragon Nation. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Mo became a school principal and threw himself into the fray, opening the door to a whole new world. On the first day of training, Su Mo began his 4.7kReads9.2Score51514d adds
- 309 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 丝路玉鉴:苏氏星象之陇右佛窟 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 310 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
- 311 Two Years After Retirement, the Military Officer System Activated? 退役两年后,军官系统激活了? [Special Forces] + [Military Life] + [Officer] + [No Heroines] + [System] Lin Heng transmigrated to a parallel world and was tossed into the military's melting pot by his father from the start, where he trained for two years. After being discharged, Lin Heng returned to school to finish his studies, planning to enjoy the carefree life of a rich second-generation heir from then on. But just as his university days were coming to an end, a long-delayed System finally activated, and it was an Office 7kReads6.4Score50214d adds
- 312 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Zhao Clan's Spells and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 丝路玉鉴:赵氏符咒之安西秘宝 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Zhao Clan's Talismans and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 313 Pretty Boy? Shut Up, You National Hero 小鲜肉?闭嘴,你这个国民英雄 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he became a pretty-boy star in the boy band Candy Is Super Sweet. [Livestreaming + Power Fantasy + Touching + Tearjerker] He awakened the Career System while taking part in a career challenge. The other pretty-boy stars chose beauty treatments or bit parts. But he chose... to be a firefighter! Everyone questioned him, believing a pretty-boy star had chosen firefighting to chase traffic and ride on the heroes' popularity. But when a fire broke out, he was 539Reads8.9Score10414d adds
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Chinese History That Gets You Hooked from the First Page 一读就上瘾的中国史
A sweeping series on the historical patterns of five thousand years of Chinese history, helping you build a rational, objective, and pattern-seeking framework for a new way of thinking! This series is, in fact, a history book even more captivating than a novel. Starting with the Qin and Han dynasties, it covers the Jin dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song, Liao, Jin, and Xia dynasties, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the Taiping Heavenly Ki
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- 315 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Li Family Jade Pendant, Key to Hexi 丝路玉鉴:李氏玉坠之河西密钥 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Li Clan's Jade Pendant and the Secret Key to Hexi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 316 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Destiny as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 丝路玉鉴:李烬宿命之长安卧底 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Fate as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 317 A General History of China 中国通史 The world-famous writer Cervantes said, “History gives birth to truth; it can withstand time and preserve old tales and past events. It is a record of ancient times, a warning for the present, and a lesson for future generations.” History is a mirror that records the successes and failures, prosperity and decline, triumphs and tragedies, transitions and renewal of human society. It also foreshadows humanity's future. 26kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
- 318 War of Resistance: I Became a Japanese Soldier, Yet I'm More Red Than the Eighth Route Army 抗战:成了鬼子,我比八路还红 Lin Mo transmigrates into the War of Resistance and becomes a Japanese officer everyone despises! Just as he's about to despair, the [Strongest Double Agent System] activates! Can he earn rewards by sabotaging the Japanese? Do the rewards double if he convinces the enemy he's one of them? From the start, he intercepts a classified intelligence report! [Ding! Choice One: Give the intelligence to the Eighth Route Army. Reward: +1,000 patriotism points and master-level marksmanship!] [Ding! Choice 14Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 319 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Good Fortune, the Stunning Beauty 丝路玉鉴:李烬幸事之绝色佳人 Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Good Fortune and the Peerless Beauty 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 320 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin’s Secrets and the Triangle Star Pattern 丝路玉鉴:李烬秘事之三角星纹 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Secrets, the Triangular Star Pattern 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Antiquities Restorer 做旧师
[Entirely handmade, with no AI whatsoever + Behind-the-scenes industry secrets + Authentic antique identification with images and text + National vendettas and family feuds] If you want to truly understand the antiques trade, start by making fake antiques! Start by learning to age forgeries! My name is Mei Jiu. I was just a temporary odd-jobber on a film crew, but after I helped them repair a broken bowl, I was promoted to assistant prop master. I fix props, so why are they asking me to make fak
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- 322 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 82Reads9.2Score—14d adds
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The Digital Heavenly Court 数字天庭
A fusion of Taoism and cyberpunk: when talismans meet code and golden cores clash with algorithms, a Taoist priest ventures into a cyberpunk megacity for a quest for the Dao that spans both reality and the digital world. The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. True ascension is not about escaping this world, but facing it and changing it. Shennian Technology Group monopolizes 70% of the global brain-computer interface market. Babies routinely receive Shennian chips at three months old
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I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我,最强毒士,女帝直呼活阎王
[Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re
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- 325 A Popular History of the Qing Dynasty 清史通俗演义 [A Tale of the Qing Dynasty #Popular History #The Rise and Fall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties #Political Intrigue and Warfare #Legends of Emperors #History in Plain Language] This classic historical novel recounts the full 268-year rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, from the origins of its ancestors in the Changbai Mountains to Xuantong's abdication and the dynasty's collapse. Told across one hundred chapters, it follows the story clearly and avoids obscure historical material. It begins with N 97Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 326 Echo Archive 《回声档案》 Echoes Archive 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 327 She Shone All Night 《她亮了一整夜》 She Shone All Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
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Emperor Wu of Han: This Transmigrator Has Some Nerve 汉武帝:这个穿越者太敢说
The good news: He transmigrated to the Han Dynasty with a head full of knowledge and met Huo Qubing, the Marquis of Champion. The bad news: He landed on a battlefield, where a Han army was about to be ambushed and wiped out by the Xiongnu, while its commanding general was preparing to flee. After struggling with the decision, Lu Ming chose to reveal that he was a transmigrator and help General Wei Qing turn the ambush around and wipe out the Xiongnu. Emperor Wu of Han: How can you prove you’re a
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Lord of the Oak 橡木之主
My name is Oak, and I’m seventeen. My ducal father is very open-minded. He always calls me “the little son who likes running off into the woods.” My older brother and sister are hopeless romantics who spend every day thinking about dating handsome men and beautiful women. My only wish is that nobody discovers the oak grove to the east is my secret domain. There’s an ancient oak tree there, the oldest of them all. I named it Wood. Today, as I leaned against it and daydreamed like I always do, I h
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- 330 Your Memory Balance Is Running Low 《你的记忆余额不足》 Your Memory Balance Is Running Low 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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The First Notebook of a Feng Shui Master Passed Down Through Generations 第一本祖传风水师笔记
[Adapted into a short drama] [A feng shui novel about the world around you] This novel explores feng shui in homes, shops, offices, graves and burial grounds, and people’s personal lives. There’s nothing mysterious or abstruse here, just feng shui stories from everyday life. By the time you come across this book, the gears of fate may already have started turning. Read carefully, and you may find something unexpected...
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- 332 Starseed Courier 《星种快递员》 The Starseed Courier 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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Showbiz: One Patriotic Song Makes Me a Global Sensation 文娱:我一首爱国歌,红爆全球
[Early Hong Kong Style + Patriotic Positivity] Chu Ge transmigrates to a parallel universe, only to find that Chinese civilization has suffered a cultural break. Foreign cultures are invading, the entertainment industry is rotten, and Chinese people worship all things foreign. To promote Chinese culture, he takes over the aunties’ public-square dance turf and puts on concerts that stun the world, culminating in a stirring rendition of “My People, My Country”! One performance of “The Great Wall W
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- 334 One Essay on Young China, and I’m Forced to Rebel 一篇少年华夏说,我被迫造反 Liu Wu shouted from the podium: “Great Qian is weak and declining. Today, things have reached the point of no return.” “The imperial clan and the nobles and officials cling to outdated ways, covering up the truth with empty appearances.” “Proud Huaxia is scorned by the nations and looked down upon by foreign peoples.” “We scholars have studied the books of the sages so hard. How can we not do everything in our power to turn the tide and restore the Han?” One scholar said, “Liu Wu, are you trying 3.7kReads8.6Score25414d adds
- 335 Love at First Sight and Careful Steps 《一见钟情与小心翼翼》 Love at First Sight and Walking on Eggshells 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 336 Immortals Hidden Among the Common Folk 市井藏仙 Zhao Mu transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and gains the power to grow young again. Whenever one life reaches its end, he returns to his youth, living forever without ever dying. For fifty years, I serve as an official at the entertainment bureau, leisurely watching celebrated courtesans dance and seeing every beauty the world has to offer. I live through the rise and fall of dynasties, watching wise rulers bring peace and foolish emperors plunge the realm into chaos. I roam the rivers and l 71.7kReads8.4Score6.2k14d adds
- 337 Brilliant China: Showing Modern Videos to the Ancients 璀璨华夏:给古人们播放现代视频 From ancient times through the feudal dynasties and into today's prosperous modern age, we have lived through five thousand magnificent years, and more besides. Our long history has given us a culture and glory we can still take pride in today. Yet the rise and fall of so many dynasties has also left us with countless regrets. If every dynasty and all its people could see the turning points of history, as well as how our strong and prosperous nation came to be, what kinds of stories might unf 1kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 338 0.7 Seconds 《0.7秒》 0.7 Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 339 Three Kingdoms: Shu Han's Strategist, Charging Through the Enemy Seven Times at Changban Slope 三国:蜀汉军师,长坂坡七进七出 Qin Cao transmigrated to the late Eastern Han dynasty, with the promise that he could return to the modern world after he died. But he had a passive ability that let him retaliate with 100 percent effectiveness. He could strike back against anything, in every possible way. At the time, Xu Shu had joined Cao Cao's camp, and the “Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage” storyline was about to begin. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei got lost and stumbled upon Qin Cao's home. Liu Bei: “If you don't mind having me 2.2kReads9.2Score23314d adds
- 340 A Cultural Gap: One Poem About the Shu Road Shakes the Heavens 文化断层:一首蜀道惊天绝 After transmigrating to a world where its culture has been lost, Zhang Ziliu only wants to show these people how glorious their ancestors' future once was! In literature, one can make immortals swoon and white clouds crumble! In battle, one can sweep across the Six Directions and look down on the world! The civilization of Great Xia has the elegance of a little bridge over flowing water, as well as the might to hunt down its enemies to the ends of the earth! Great Xia is a sleeping dragon. If yo 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 341 Echoes of 4.5 Billion Years of Earth 《地球45亿年的回音》 Echoes of Earth's 4.5 Billion Years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Han Standard-Bearer: One Man, One Blade, Guarding a City 大汉扛纛者:一人一刀镇守一城
The setting sun was red as blood. Blood ran in rivers across the ground, and severed limbs and bodies lay everywhere, like the underworld of a blood-soaked asura. Before, there had been thirty men. This time, there were a hundred. What about next time? Would it be three hundred? Three thousand? I have only myself and a single blade! I'm so tired. I want to lie down! But in the isolated city behind me are 572 elderly people, women, and children, all placing their hopes in me. The Martial King's b
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- 343 Love on the Day Gravity Reverses 《爱在引力反转日》 Love on the Day Gravity Reverses —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 344 Keeping Watch Over the World, Fearless of Every Taboo 默守人间,百无禁忌 Xu Yanping transmigrated to the end of the Yuan dynasty. He never got a golden finger, not even by the time he died. After his death, the Hongwu Emperor posthumously ennobled him, built him a City God temple, and had the people offer him worship. There are “anomalies” in this world that people cannot see. Seven hundred years later, anomalies became increasingly frequent, and it seemed they were slipping out of control. Keeping them secret was becoming difficult. One day, Xu Yanping woke up i 6kReads8.3Score27314d adds
- 345 My Roommate Is an Extinction Event 《我的室友是灭绝事件》 My Roommate Is an Extinction Event 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Mom Was Serving Dishes from the Start, and I Turned My Life Around to Reform the World 开局妈传菜,迷途知返我调教世界
He transmigrates to a parallel world. From the start, he is cruelly manipulated by a beautiful classmate. A high school student facing the college entrance exams is saddled with tens of thousands in debt, driving his family into bankruptcy. While figuring out how to make money, he suddenly discovers that the culture and entertainment of this world have nothing in common with those of his previous life. Its culture is weak, and its people suffer from a profound lack of national confidence… Ev
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- 347 Zhuge Village Fool, You're Scheming Against Me Again 诸葛村夫,你又算计我 [No System + Not Invincible + Aiding Liu Bei + Neither Glorifying nor Denigrating + Early-Round Conquest + Mid-Round Farming + Late-Round Sainthood] The first three chapters show the protagonist testing Liu Bei with his words. Pay attention to the title: his advice is supposedly offered, but it’s all fake. Fake advice. Volume One: Head north to save Xu Shu’s mother... Volume Two: Infiltrate Xiangyang to recruit talent for Liu Bei... Volume Three: Make early plans for Yi Province... Volume F 19.7kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 348 Cultivating Immortality Through Games: Boundless Magic 游戏修仙,法力无边 (No CP, spiritual qi revival, mastermind with many secret identities) Nan Zhi accidentally discovers that the items she gets in a game can apparently be taken out into the real world. [You received “Blood-Replenishing Pill” ×1] [You received “Hemostatic Herb” ×1] [You received “Treasure-Seeking Mouse (Purple Quality)” ×1] [You received “Gold Ingot” ×1] [You received “Yin Niangzi Brand Stinky Tofu” ×1] And as her game character’s cultivation improves, she can use spells in the real wor 6.9kReads9.2Score81414d adds
- 349 Lightspeed Travel Agency 《光速旅行社》 The Lightspeed Travel Agency 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 350 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒,不死就行 A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score67414d adds
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