Recommendations for Novels Set in the Song Dynasty! 宋朝书推荐！

1. 51 宋 The Splendor of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty: Provoke Her, and the Storm Will Pass! 宋韵京华：惹她，山雨歇！ Lush Pine and Bamboo松筠葱葱Historical184k WordsCompleted 1. (Transmigration to Song history) (Ancient-style romance, infinite worlds) (Literary foundations and imaginative ideas) (One female lead, occasionally a full cast of men) (Funny and never long-winded). Best savored slowly, one little bite at a time. 2. The two male leads are really just a pair of grown-up brats whose delayed adolescence is still dragging on. Once their rebellious phases end and they stop making everything about themselves, their worldviews will emerge. 3. Each incident is ordi 18Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   Shi Re shook her head. "He can punish himself, but he shouldn't take his mother's life." Ye Yu said, "Twisting doesn't happen overnight, just like Xiao Lan's complex personality... That bright and sunny young man actually tried to kill someone in an extreme way, then fell into self-destruction, becoming a 'dirty' existence that his mother despised. Ironically, he discovered that living this so-called 'dirty' life actually gave him a strong will to live..." Shi Re: "Ye Yu, have you ever thought about why so many interesting things are always immoral? Or dirty?"

2. 52 穿 Transmigrating to the Song Dynasty: You Were Sent as an Envoy, Not to Marry Empress Dowager Xiao 穿宋，让你出使，没让你娶萧太后 Arctic Ocean Dragon King北冰洋龙王Historical283k WordsOngoing “Minister Cao, how much must our Great Song pay in annual tribute?” “One million!” “What? One million! You insolent Cao Yong, I’ll have your head today!” “Your Majesty, I haven’t finished. The Liao are paying our Great Song one million a year!” “And on top of that, I’ve married Empress Dowager Xiao…” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A newlywed couple, married for less than a day, suddenly find themselves transported to the Song Dynasty! The husband becomes the Liao envoy at the Treaty of Chanyuan, and the wife becomes Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao! Together, they plot to change history!

3. 53 北 The Caged Phoenix of the Northern Song: From the Start, I Was Veiled in Red 北宋囚凰：开局被戴红盖头 My Wife Is a Bit Fierce老婆有点虎Historical542k WordsOngoing No golden finger + love of country and family + devoted, not a womanizer + peerless woman of talent + slow burn A highly educated business magnate transmigrates and wakes up beneath a bright red bridal veil. In the Northern Song dynasty, the top courtesan of Qiantang mistakes him for a medicinal ingredient to bring good luck, then plans to burn him once he's served his purpose. A literary academy contest, outwitting Fang La, factional struggles at court, the Jin kingdom and Western Xia. Slow bur 6Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The War of the Hundred Chapters at the End of the Northern Song Dynasty

4. 54 癫 The Mad Daoist Xiaofan’s Journey to Enlightenment in the Mortal World 癫道小凡的人尘悟道之行 The Crane Returns to Its Lonely Mountain鹤归孤山兮Historical336k WordsCompleted Author He Gui Gu Shan Xi poured their heart and soul into this work, blending historical sources and imagination. They build bridges between fact and fiction, and paint in the space between what is and what is not. They strive to restore historical figures to their true character while drawing on personal experience to reimagine fictional characters in depth. The novel embraces the earnest pursuit of knowledge and the Dao, the benevolence of healing through medicine, the wisdom of feng shui, the 1Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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   The entry barrier is extremely high. The knowledge is diverse, encompassing pure literature, pure thought, and pure philosophy. Taoism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, character divination, physiognomy, etc., Are all authentic. Historical research is also very rigorous. The logic of officialdom is adapted from real-life examples. Suitable for those interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine, metaphysics, history, Song Dynasty history, literature, and philosophy. Those with low levels of education should not enter; it's a pure waste of time.

5. 55 水 Water Margin: Reborn in Zhu Biao, I Came Home to Find My Entire Family Slaughtered 水浒：魂穿祝彪，出门被屠灭满门 Fog Rising on a Snowy Day雪天起雾Historical292k WordsOngoing Zhang Yu was a new office worker who didn’t even dare talk back to his team leader. One cup of coffee during overtime sent him into the world of Water Margin. When he woke up, he was galloping on horseback through a rainstorm in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Behind him were Liangshan Marsh’s pursuers. He carried Zhu Biao’s wounds, and his mind was filled with the bloody images from the massacre of the Zhu family estate: people hoisted into the air on spears, hacked into three pieces by battle- 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The most reasonable Water Margin version! Let's appreciate it together.

6. 56 北 A Song Dynasty Civil Servant’s Guide to Slacking Off 北宋文官摸鱼手册 Green-Robed Clerk青衫吏213k WordsCompleted This is a laugh-out-loud history of the Song dynasty. It's hilarious, but meticulously researched, packed with solid material from official histories. And although it's rigorous, it's never dull: it brings the real Northern Song to life in the most humorous, funny, down-to-earth language. How could people from humble backgrounds turn their lives around? What wisdom can we draw from the turbulent careers of top-tier star scholar-officials? What was it really like to be a civil official in the Nor 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Hilarious History of the Song Dynasty. While laugh-out-loud funny, it's also very rigorous and never sensationalized. While rigorous, it's never dull; learn history in a fun way. The kind of book you won't be able to put down once you start reading.

7. 57 宣 Chronicles of the Xuanhe Era 宣和风云录 Resting Cloud休息的云Historical518k WordsOngoing Turmoil in the imperial palace, factional struggles among the officials. The Tanguts are divided, while the Jurchens watch like prowling tigers. A true man’s heart remains steel to the very end. Let me test my hand and mend the rift in the heavens. I’ll summon the Milky Way’s celestial waves and scour the northwest clean of the barbarians’ sands! The storm is raging. 51Reads—Score107Shelves

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   No system, but not mindless, slow-paced, not a wish-fulfillment novel.

8. 58 大 Song Dynasty, Watch Me Enter the Sacred Realm Alone 大宋，看我孤身入圣境 Lithium Salt Li Shen锂盐黎深Historical232k WordsOngoing With both parents dead, the young boy shoulders the burden of the Wen family alone. Gifted and precocious, with a strange portent surrounding him, he becomes entangled in the struggle between the old and new factions and the hidden currents within the imperial clan while still young. He stumbles into countless dangers without understanding them. Fortunately, the old Grand Preceptor ancestor made many preparations in advance, sheltering him from the storms at every turn and allowing him to grow u —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New author, new book! Please support and read! Thank you!

9. 59 宋 Emperor Huizong of Song Taken North: Reviving the Great Song and Unifying the World 宋徽宗北狩：复兴大宋，统一全球 A Friend of Li Shu李树的朋友Historical328k WordsOngoing Li Shu, an expert on Song history, dies suddenly and transmigrates into the body of Emperor Huizong of Song, the foolish ruler who is being taken by Jin soldiers to Wuguo City in the humiliation of Jingkang! Trapped in a prisoner cart, with the imperial clan captured and the whole realm cursing him, the original owner was destined to die in a foreign land, with all hope lost! But I have the golden finger of knowing all of Song history, along with expertise in modern military affairs, governance, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A Song Dynasty history professor suffered a heart attack and his soul transmigrated to the Jingkang Incident, becoming Emperor Huizong of Song, captured by the Jin army! He starts in dire straits, surrounded only by a remnant of his old and weak army, facing the Jin army's slaughter from the front and the schemes of the Southern Song Dynasty from the rear. He relies not on calligraphy and painting, but on firearms; on new policies to win the hearts of the people; and on guerrilla warfare to defeat powerful enemies. From Weishan Lake to the Taihang Mountains, from resisting the Jin to unifying Asia, neither the Jin-Song allied forces, the Western Xia, nor the Mongols can stop him! A non-stop thrill ride, guaranteed to keep you up all night!

10. 60 博 A Doctor Transmigrates into a Fallen Household and Goes on a Rampage in the Southern Song 博士穿越破落家，他在南宋杀疯了 The Compassionate Chen Kaiyun大慈大悲的陈凯云Historical376k WordsOngoing Transmigration + history + imperial examinations + farming and technological development + building a powerful army + defeating the Jurchens and resisting the Mongols + steady pacing + some wish fulfillment + no golden finger Li Xingchen, a double PhD in archaeology and chemistry, discovers that his girlfriend is actually a “Brazilian steak.” Devastated, he is hit by a truck and his soul transmigrates into the body of a poor, bankrupt landowner in the Southern Song. First, he takes on the local —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! 👍 A high-quality historical novel set in the Southern Song Dynasty, with satisfying moments and skillful writing! The protagonist transmigrates into a down-on-his-luck landlord family in the Southern Song Dynasty. He first confronts local bullies, then develops agriculture and technology, becomes an apprentice of Xin Qiji, achieves top honors in the imperial examinations, defeats the Jin and resists the Mongols, and restores the glory of the Han people! 😄

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