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I Wove Brocade Using Ancient Techniques and Took the Internet by Storm 我靠古法织锦，爆红全网
I Went Viral Online with Ancient Brocade-Weaving Techniques
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Chen Ping, Master Strategist: His Heavenly Calculations Shape the World 玄谋陈平：天机算尽定乾坤 Chen Ping's Cunning: Calculating Heaven's Secrets to Shape the World 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Deep Love for the Former: Ping Jun's Farewell 故剑情深：平君辞
Deep Love for an Old Sword: Pingjun's Farewell
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The Star of Literature Falls to the Mortal Realm: Wang Bo's Legend in the Mystic Tang Dynasty 文星坠凡：王勃玄唐传
The Star of Literature Falls to Earth: Wang Bo's Mysterious Tang Dynasty
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Strange Treasures Conquer the World: The Secret Schemes of Lü Buwei 奇货驭天：吕不韦异谋传
Mastering Heaven with Rare Goods: The Strange Schemes of Lü Buwei
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Ink Seal of the Nine Heavens 墨印九天
Ink Seal Across the Nine Heavens
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Zigong Enters Government: Chronicles of Five Kingdoms in Turmoil 子贡出仕、五国风云录
Zigong Enters Officialdom: Chronicles of the Five Kingdoms
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The Book of the Supreme Principle Governing the World 皇极经世书
The Book of the Supreme Ultimate's Worldly Order
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Zuo Zongtang: The Late Qing Dynasty's Last Hawk 左宗棠：晚清最后的鹰派
At its heart, this book is about a practical-minded reformer amid the upheavals of the late Qing dynasty. Spanning the years from 1812 to 1885, it vividly portrays the extraordinary life of Zuo Zongtang, from a poor scholar in Xiangyin to a high-ranking provincial official. The book recounts his early studies of statecraft and his years of obscurity after failing the metropolitan examination three times. It also details his military career: raising the Chu Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
12.1kReads8.6Score717Shelves
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Heshen: Master of Power 和珅：权力的玩家
As a miniature reflection of the power structure during the Qianlong era, Heshen's life was forever entangled in the shadow of absolute imperial authority and the deep-rooted ills of the bureaucracy. From a penniless orphan living under another's roof in Lvrou Hutong to rising to the center of power through his gift for languages and financial acumen, his ascent was shaped by both the banner system and the emperor's political machinations. He was once a capable official who cleaned up the Minist
10kReads8.7Score616Shelves
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Hong Taiji: The Founding Emperor of the Qing Dynasty 皇太极：清朝开国皇帝
Emperor Hong Taiji: Founder of the Qing Dynasty follows the extraordinary life of Hong Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. From the birth of the eldest son in Hetu Ala in 1592 to Hong Taiji's death in Shengjing in 1643, the book vividly portrays his transformation from a young beile to Emperor Taizong of the Great Qing. He fought alongside his father as a youth and first distinguished himself at the Battle of Sarhu. After succeeding to the throne, he abolished old practices, establi
4kReads7.8Score127Shelves
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The Yongzheng Dynasty: A Storm of Reform in the Forbidden City 雍正王朝：紫禁城里的改革风暴
Late one night at the Garden of Tranquil Spring, Kangxi died. Longkodo announced the decree, the Eighth Prince's faction stirred in the shadows, and Yinsi's brother Yinti confronted him in fury. The Fourth Prince, Yinzhen, ascended the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor amid rumors that he had altered the edict and usurped the throne, facing the corrupt bureaucracy and empty treasury Kangxi had left behind. During his thirteen years on the throne, he was a lonely reformer: battling the Eighth Princ
4kReads7.4Score118Shelves
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The Young Emperor: Shunzhi 少年天子：顺治皇帝
This novel vividly recounts the short life of Fulin, the first emperor after the Qing entered the Pass. He ascends the throne at six, a puppet ruler under Dorgon’s regency, quietly gathering strength to rule in his own right amid the power struggles between Shengjing and the Forbidden City. After taking power at fourteen, he promotes a policy of “governing the Han with Han,” appoints Han officials, revises the laws, and attempts to “spread the tax burden across the population.” Yet conservative
6kReads7.7Score—Shelves
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Emperor Yongle: The Iron-Blooded Throne and a Grand Vision of Prosperity 永乐大帝：铁血王座与盛世宏图
As we turn the pages of Ming dynasty history, the Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, is undoubtedly one of its most controversial and legendary rulers. A prince of the imperial family, he raised an army to quell the rebellion and seized the throne amid the flames of war. After ascending the throne, he devoted himself to governing and ushered in the “Yongle Golden Age,” yet his iron-fisted methods and centralized rule also left their mark on history. Spanning the years from 1360 onward, this book is divided
1.2kReads7.7Score—Shelves
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Li Hongzhang: The Plasterer of the Qing Empire 李鸿章：大清帝国的裱糊匠
This is a sweeping historical portrait of Li Hongzhang's life, built around the metaphor of “learning to steer on a broken ship.” Beginning with a newborn's cries in the Li family home in Luzhou in 1823 and ending with his lonely final days at Xianliang Temple in 1901, the book follows the course of time to recreate the turbulent life of this high-ranking official of the late Qing. He was an ambitious scholar pursuing success in the imperial examinations, who honed his character under Zeng Guofa
2.7kReads7.8Score168Shelves
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Emperor Jiaqing: Turmoil in an Era of Preserving the Status Quo 嘉庆皇帝：守成时代的风雨飘摇
At a pivotal moment when the Qing dynasty was turning from prosperity to decline, one emperor remained shrouded in the mists of history. He inherited the fading glory of the “Qianlong Golden Age,” yet faced a dynasty riddled with hidden problems. He was determined to reform and root out corruption, but struggled to overcome the deep-seated rigidity of the system. He was the last “guardian of the dynasty’s legacy” in Chinese history, and a firsthand witness to the first signs of crisis on the eve
2.1kReads7.4Score107Shelves
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Western Han: The Prince Who Loved to Complain About Being Poor 西汉：王爷哭穷精
History + transmigration + expanding the borders + a commercial empire + fighting the Xiongnu I transmigrated into Liu Zhu, King of Chu and cousin of Emperor Wu of Han. Give me a kingdom, and I’ll make it strong. Emperor Wu, take me along. I’ll bring the money, and together we’ll fight the Xiongnu. By the way, my tomb is known as the Pyramid of the East: the Guishan Han Tomb in Xuzhou. Come visit, folks!
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Reborn: The Taipu Official Returns 重生：又见太仆大人
[Historical + slightly alternate history + reborn + palace intrigue + historical romance + winning back his wife] Dedicated to all the sweethearts, past and present, from East and West who have suffered injustice and false accusations! In the twenty-sixth year of the Yuanfeng era of the Hua Dynasty, sixteen-year-old Princess Xijun, daughter of the Prince of Chu, loses both her parents. Her distant uncle, the emperor, adopts her and bestows upon her the title of princess. Xier remembers enjoyin
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Her Highness the Grand Princess Returns to the Capital to Raise Pandas 长公主！重回京城熊猫养成
(Ancient Romance + Funny and Lighthearted + Princess + Strong Female Lead) On the eleventh day of the fourth month of the old calendar, the princess returns to the capital. But sitting in her carriage is a scrawny old granny? A crown prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger, a prince plotting to seize the throne, a mysterious guard, a fiery commandery princess, and a fortune in businesses. Why has the imperial uncle remained a bachelor all this time? This motley group gathers to enjoy the night
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I Transmigrated into a Prince and Sought to Marry the Love of My Past Life 穿越做王爷，求娶前世白月光
(Transmigration + older woman/younger man romance + prince + no System) I was just an ordinary college graduate from a working-class family. I confessed my feelings to the talented beauty I’d admired from afar, who came from a wealthy family, and the result was exactly what you’d expect. Sigh, if only I’d been born into nobility and become a prince or minister, would she have accepted me? ... Ding! Your wish is granted, along with a deluxe difficulty pack...
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Transmigrating to the Northern Song: Restoring the Imperial Court 穿越北宋之重振朝纲
Transmigrate to the Northern Song Dynasty, where the people are as beautiful as jade and the young nobles are unmatched in the world. [No System + power fantasy + powerful minister + field missions + masterful schemes] Put down Liangshan, subdue Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, conquer the Jin and destroy the Liao. The “Humiliation of Jingkang” never happened. No matter how foolish the emperor of the Great Song may be, even if he can only serve as a figurehead, he must not be insulted! In the bl
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An Lushan, Rebel Minister of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝叛臣安禄山
He was an obscure Hu tribesman from Yingzhou, born into lowly circumstances and tossed about by the chaos of the age from childhood. With patience, ruthless resolve, and fluency in six languages, he clawed his way up from the bottom, surviving as a trader at the frontier markets. Amid the blood and steel of the northern borderlands, he fought his way onto the road to power. People saw only his belly hanging down past his knees and his affable, foolish air, how he fawned over everyone he met and
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