In the Mood for Imperial Exam Stories 想看科举文了

1. 201 都 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全 Ximen Kun西门坤Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.9kReads6.5Score101Shelves

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   A rare time travel for science students, the scientific and technological revolution is written very rigorously

2. 202 侯 The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记 Pi Xiaobai皮小白Historical788k WordsOngoing Just after Feng Yanchu transmigrates, he hears a series of smacks before feeling a stinging pain on his butt. How embarrassing! His pants have been pulled down and he’s being spanked! Then he hears several children wailing. Three other kids are getting beaten nearby, too. Looks like they got into trouble. At least he isn’t the only one being punished, which makes it a little less embarrassing. The male lead transmigrates into the body of an illegitimate son in a marquis’s household. He expects t 56.1kReads8.5Score5.6kShelves

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   In this book, Feng Yanchu assumed the role of the second son of a concubine in the Hou family and took the imperial examination. He wrote it since he was a child. He is naughty, but smart and very good-looking.

3. 203 寒 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Begins with Meeting the Miserable Crown Prince 寒门崛起，从遇上苦逼太子开始 Zuo Lan佐蓝Historical2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Imperial Exams for the Poor + No System + Lighthearted + Wits and Strategy] After transmigrating to ancient times, Tang Yin was completely dumbfounded. He'd gone to sleep and woken up as a seven-year-old kid? He lived in Peach Blossom Village, Qingzhou Prefecture, in the Great Ming, and came from a poor family? It was a disastrous start. He had to fight heaven and earth, and even deal with his awful relatives. Determined to escape the mountains, Tang Yin secretly studied at the 9kReads7.9Score766Shelves

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   ヽ(゜▽゜ )-C<(/;◇;)/~

4. 204 正 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人，你让我多子多福？ Little Cabbage Treasure小白菜宝Historical126k WordsOngoing Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This could have been good, it looks great!

5. 205 科 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Nine Jin of Fat九斤肥肉Historical826k WordsCompleted Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 2.5kReads7.6Score110Shelves

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   I have read these books for reference.

6. 206 寒 The Civil Service Exams of a Poor Scholar: Painting the World with My Brush 寒门科举：执笔画江山 Ash Brother烟灰哥Historical730k WordsOngoing [Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Farming + Everyday Life + Lighthearted] Good news: A broke, unmarried forty-year-old has transmigrated and gets to start his life over! Bad news: As soon as he arrives, he finds out his family is already fifty years in debt! Life’s greatest treasure is experience. It’s amazing how much more exciting life can be when you live it backward! This time around, I’m going to live a colorful life! A carefree life! The imperial examinations? No! I’m going to c 35Reads5.8Score—Shelves
7. 207 拜 I Took a Master, Then Rose to the Highest Office Through the Imperial Exams 拜了个师父，我靠科举位极人臣 Flying Cow 98会飞的牛98Historical645k WordsCompleted Ma Chengli was born into the Ma family, a clan of veterinarians, and grew up in the womb before being born into this world. Then, one day, the newly founded Great Ying dynasty suddenly announced that it would resume the imperial examinations, just eight years after its founding. His father, Ma Dawei, suddenly discovered: “Could my son really have the makings of a child prodigy?” His mother, Lady Zhang, declared with confidence: “My son has been clever and bright since he was little. He should ta 744Reads7.4Score—Shelves
8. 208 遗 Life in Ancient Times as a Posthumous Child 遗腹子的古代生活 Cheng Shu Ju程书橘Historical2.2M WordsCompleted [No golden finger + farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + court politics in the later stages + everyday family life] He wakes up as the posthumous son of a county deputy in the Great Zhou dynasty. He may not be born into an official family, but surely the assets his father left behind are enough to make this only child rich. So he happily decides that in this life, he’ll coast to success. Things don’t go as he expected. His father died young after only a few years in office, leav 16.4kReads7.7Score1.8kShelves
9. 209 随 After My Mother Remarried, I Made Three Rules with My Stepfather 随母改嫁，我跟继父约法三章 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted I was born into this family, and before I was two, my father had an accident on his way to take the prefectural exams. No one ever saw him again, alive or dead. My grandfather died of grief that very month, and my grandmother was bedridden for two years before leaving us with a mountain of debt and passing away. A few years later, my mother could no longer shoulder the burden of making ends meet and decided to remarry. Fine, she could marry again. I wasn't going to do anything foolish, but I had 36kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
10. 210 我 I, San Mao, Will Take the Imperial Exams 我，三毛，要科举 Muscle Boss肌肉头子Historical563k WordsCompleted [Alternate world + farming + imperial examinations + everyday family life] One brick was all it took to turn Chen Ping'an into a poor farmer’s son. Farm the land? The taxes are too high. He shakes his head and gives up. Go into business? He’d still be stuck with corvee labor. No, that won’t work either. That leaves only one path. Fortunately, as he pursues his studies, he has the support of a teacher and several like-minded friends by his side. Along the way, Chen Sanmao overcomes one challenge 1.1kReads7.4Score100Shelves

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    🔥🔥 After smashing a brick into a farmhouse, Chen Pingan smiled as he looked at his poor but harmonious courtyard - there were no great relatives, only honest parents, protective uncles and aunts, and even the neighbors were warm-hearted! [Sparrow Food Masterpiece] Is the farming tax heavy? A lot of business and labor? Then read a book! The left hand holds a hoe to support the family, and the right hand holds a pen to test for merit. From a poor student to a nouveau riche, he has been surrounded by mentors and friends, and his family has always been warm-hearted and supportive. 🌾Farming in the air + struggling for the imperial examination + heart-warming for all, no quarreling, just inspirational! See how little people rely on knowledge to counterattack and turn ordinary days into a beautiful life.

11. 211 提 Why Talk About Divorce? Let's Have a Baby, Darling 提什么和离，娘子咱们生娃吧 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yuan Pan'er never dreamed that, after her soul had already returned to the underworld, she would find herself back at the age of thirteen, just as the Chen family came to ask for her hand in marriage again. Then she'll marry into the Chen family once more, but in this life, she'll put herself first. If no one cares for her, she'll learn to care for herself... 14.9kReads8.6Score2kShelves
12. 212 家 A Family with Kids in Ancient Times 家有儿女在古代 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance860k WordsCompleted After years of marriage without children, a couple runs into trouble aboard a plane headed to a major hospital in another city for IVF. When they wake up, they find themselves with a family of four, a son and a daughter. The two are both shocked and overjoyed. But having transmigrated from modern civilization to an ancient world without electricity or internet, how are they supposed to get by? They still have to sit the imperial exams, since they have no desire to be drafted for labor or militar 9kReads9.2Score883Shelves
13. 213 他 He Actually Transmigrated Along With Me 他竟然跟着我穿越了 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance689k WordsCompleted The two of them weathered over thirty years of life together. One liked staying home and enjoying a quiet life, while the other loved lingering in restaurants and teahouses. Finally, one day, it all boiled over. One died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and the other was so frightened that he took medicine. They had both sworn before they died that they never wanted to see each other again, yet in another world they became husband and wife once more, and even had two sons. Since they were already there 6.2kReads9.2Score763Shelves

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