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Chronicles of the Wilds 莽丛记
[Wuxia chivalry + the nation in peril + torn between loyalty and righteousness + a tragic song of a turbulent age] The first volume of The Record of the Wilds, winner of the Best Long-Form Book Award at Legends Ancient and Modern, is set amid the Song-Jin wars and paints a vivid portrait of ordinary people caught up in the tides of history. It captures the essence of classical storytelling without sacrificing dramatic force: the wandering swordsman Yan Sheng rescues a secret envoy and obtains a
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Unofficial History Isn't Necessarily False 野史未必假
[The full-cast audio edition is now available. Give it a listen!] From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the Ming and Qing dynasties, discover the truth behind popular unofficial histories! This book examines 22 popular historical tales from China’s earliest dynasties through the Ming and Qing, using vivid reconstructions, close study of historical sources, and logical analysis to uncover the truth behind them. Was Qin Shi Huang’s biological father Lü Buwei? Did Emperor Taizong of Song m
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The Unofficial History Might Be True 2: Emperors, Kings, Generals, and Ministers 野史未必假2：帝王将相篇
A brand-new sequel to "Unverified Tales May Not Be False"! Twenty-two new historical mysteries, twenty-two thrilling investigations! Was Wang Mang a transmigrator? Was Zhu Di really Empress Ma’s biological son? Was the Guangxu Emperor poisoned to death by Cixi? Rumors don’t come from nowhere; the truth is often hidden within them. This book explores familiar unofficial stories from Chinese history, from the Three Dynasties through the Ming and Qing, including the beacon fires that fooled the feu
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A Popular Romance of Tang History 唐史通俗演义
[An introductory history, a comprehensive history of the Tang Dynasty, a chaptered historical novel, accessible true stories, heroes of the Sui and Tang] Want to learn the complete history of the Tang Dynasty without poring over dry history books? This Popular Romance of the Tang Dynasty is perfect for beginners. Written in an accessible blend of classical and vernacular Chinese, its hundred chapters connect the story of the Li Tang dynasty from beginning to end. Follow the chaos at the end of t
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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
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The Scandalous Tales of the Four Great Beauties 四大美人艳史演义
Uncovering the untold stories of the Four Beauties [History + biographies + the Four Beauties + unofficial anecdotes] Xi Shi, whose beauty could topple a kingdom as she washed silk, was caught in the turmoil of a chaotic age. Yang Yuhuan’s glance could captivate an entire city, but her passionate love became a shackle of fate. Wang Zhaojun left the frontier with a mournful song, bringing a brief peace between the Han and the Xiongnu. Diao Chan ingeniously set a chain of schemes in motion, turnin
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Wu Zetian's Four Great Mystery Cases 武则天四大奇案
[Historical Mystery + Four Great Cases + Ancient-Era Deduction] From strange cases in the countryside to courtly intrigue, Di Renjie carefully unravels the truth at every turn. Newly appointed magistrate of Changping County, Di Renjie is immediately faced with a bizarre murder: a merchant from Huzhou is found mysteriously dead at an inn in Liulidun. The local headman, Hu De, abuses his power, but the identity of the real culprit raises even more questions. Disguised as an ordinary traveler, Di R
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The Meaning of the White Tiger 白虎通义
The Baihutong, also known as the White Tiger Discussions or the White Tiger Treatise on Virtue, is a collection of proceedings from an officially convened meeting on Confucian studies during the Eastern Han dynasty, as well as an imperially sanctioned work interpreting the Confucian classics. It holds an exceptionally important place in the history of Confucian thought and Han political thought. In 79 CE, the fourth year of Emperor Zhang of Han’s Jianchu era, the emperor personally convened a la
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A Popular History of the Northern and Southern Dynasties 南北史通俗演义
[An Introduction to History, Adapted from Official Histories, Northern and Southern Dynasties Intrigue, Warlords of a Turbulent Age, A Chaptered Novel, Rigorous Historical Detail] The Popular Romance of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is part of Cai Dongfan’s classic series of popular histories, recounting in full the nearly two centuries of turmoil from Liu Yu’s overthrow of the Jin dynasty and founding of the Song to Yang Jian’s unification of north and south. Complete in one hundred chapt
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I’m the Emperor’s Uncle, and I Just Want to Eat, Drink, and Wait to Die 我是国舅，我想混吃等死
I was just an overworked corporate drone. Then I died from working too hard and transmigrated into the body of an emperor's brother-in-law. An imperial brother-in-law? Does that mean I can stop working hard? In my old world, I was worked like a dog every day. Now the emperor, my brother-in-law, will give me money. He'll give me a house, too. And when it comes to a wife, he'll find me a rich, beautiful woman. All I have to do is eat, laze around, and enjoy the rest of my life. From now on, wh
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Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
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A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史
For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval
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China's Twelve Most Dangerous Dinner Parties 中国最危险的十二个饭局
[Historical Intrigue Anthology] [Short Story Collection] [Game Theory and Psychology] [Unveiling History] Wine cups clink, and murderous intent lurks beneath the surface. One banquet can be enough to change the fate of a dynasty. This book brings together twelve deadly banquets recorded in the history books, including the Feast at Hongmen, Cao Cao's Wine-and-Plum Gathering, the Meeting at Mianchi, and the Gathering of Heroes. Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lin Xiangru, Zhou Yu, Yue Fei, y
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The Female Bank President's Last Resort 女行长的穷途末路
A teller's act of withholding checks toppled the first domino in the bank run at Yunhai City Commercial Bank. Though bank president Ma Yuquan fought desperately to contain the crisis, she ultimately could not counter the enormous fallout from the sudden disappearance of the bank's major shareholder and the head of its controlling rural bank. Ma Yuquan sensed the situation was full of hidden twists and turns, yet never revealed the secret of who she had been with during her brief disappearance, w
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A Comprehensive History of Commerce 商史通鉴
A sweeping historical novel that lays bare six centuries of power games in the Shang dynasty. No myths, no romanticized tales, only the truest human nature, the cruelest contests, and the deepest lessons of rise and fall. My writing on Shang history began with questions about the origins of Chinese civilization, and ended with a reunion with myself. The Shang dynasty was a pivotal era when the rites, royal authority, and divine power of Huaxia took shape together. Yet scarce historical records a
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Livestream: Teaching Kids to Write Essays and Be Good People 直播：教孩子写作文，学做人
Writing compositions is easy! This book shows parents how to guide their children in writing and in learning how to be good people. Drawing on traditional Chinese thought, it explores methods and techniques for parent-child education.
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The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门
For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr
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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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With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼
The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead!
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Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册）
[The full-cast audio drama is now available. Give it a listen!] Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red
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The Strategy to Assassinate the King of Qin 刺秦策
In the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, the realm was at peace and the people lived in comfort. But on a winter-solstice night, an assassin suddenly appeared in Chang’an, shattering the long-standing tranquility of the magnificent imperial capital… While most people believed the assassination to be an isolated incident, the empire’s powerful statesman, Changsun Wuji, had already seen through the truth. He had never forgotten the purge launched years ago, when the imperia
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The Survival Code of Ancient China: Decoding the Nine Classes of Society 古代生存密码：解密三教九流
Confucianism: The state religion through the ages, assisting the Son of Heaven in educating the people... Confucianism takes Confucian thought as its supreme belief and honors Confucius as its founding teacher. To distinguish it from Taoism, which venerates the thought of Laozi, Zhuangzi, and other Daoists, later generations began calling it Confucianism during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Thus, Confucius is also revered as the holy founder of Confucianism. The Dao: The way of heaven and
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Shanghai: Half the History of Republican China, A Look at the City's Gangland Bosses 一座上海滩，半部民国史：细数上海滩黑帮大佬
In the warlord-ridden Republic of China-era Shanghai, the one with the hardest fists calls the shots. A world of luxury and excess, with heroes rising amid the chaos and all kinds of “talent” emerging. Let's take a look at the underworld bosses of the time: Sister A Gui, a female crime lord who amassed a fortune, had no patience for men's bad tempers. If you keep mistresses outside the home, I'll have affairs inside it. Huang Jinrong, the Green Gang's crime boss, was lecherous and unscrupulous.
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The Hot-Blooded Hunter: God’s Assault 热血猎人神之袭击
[Survival] [Hunting] [Fighting the Japanese invaders and looting their gear] [Cultivation] Wang Fei has just entered the world of cultivation when he's forced into becoming a live-in son-in-law. One blow shatters his dantian, setting him on a long road from staying alive to rising to greatness. Though he has lost his cultivation, he takes countless disciples. This novel was not written by AI. Every word was painstakingly typed out by the author, who only hopes readers will enjoy the story in its
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Death God of the Night 黑夜杀神
Hunted from the start, I barely escaped with my life. I fought to defy fate, launching attacks and taking down countless powerful opponents. Born with a beautiful face... I hope you enjoy the story. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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City of Heartbreak 情伤都市
My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋
[A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s
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Random Notes from the Western Capital 西京杂记
The Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital is an ancient collection of anecdotes about Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han dynasty. It was traditionally attributed to Liu Xin of the Western Han, though later accounts generally credited Ge Hong of the Jin dynasty with compiling it. In six volumes, it gathers court lore, stories about famous figures, local customs and traditions, ingenious crafts, and folk legends from the Han dynasty. Its contents are wide-ranging, and its prose is sim
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Metaverse 红楼梦元宇宙
Keywords: #DreamOfTheRedChamberMetaverse #CyberpunkTraditionalChineseMedicine #AntiClicheTransmigrationIntoABook #HealthcarePunk #DreamlandLivestream [A viral, wildly imaginative premise] What if the 108 heroes of Dream of the Red Chamber all transmigrated and opened a hospital? The Fairy Disenchantment becomes the hospital director, and Jia Yucun handles administration, turning a top-tier hospital into a Dreamland livestream! Jia Baoyu writes prescriptions in verse, Lin Daiyu uses her tears f
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Work the Immortals and Buddhas to Death! The Liangshan Heroes' Cross-Time Adventures 卷死仙佛！梁山好汉的跨时空生涯
(A convention-defying ensemble novel blending classical chivalry, modern absurdity, and cultivation that leaps across the bounds of imagination!) When the Liangshan heroes are sucked into a modern city by a bizarre heart lamp and forced to don yellow uniforms as food delivery riders, their cultivation path takes a sharp turn… Nantianmen milk tea, Five Elements Mountain vegetarian meals, and Moon Palace desserts? Those are just basic orders! Life-saving medicine in a cyberpunk world, clean water
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Five Thousand Years of Chinese History (Complete in Four Volumes, Illustrated Edition) 中华上下五千年(全四册)(彩色插图版)
This book selects one brilliant jewel after another from the five-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation. In clear, lively language, it invites young readers to explore unforgettable moments from the past: the beautiful and mysterious legends of ancient times, the rivalries among states during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the dazzling glories of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the stirring tales of heroes, great leaders, and people of noble spirit. As readers listen to
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德
I’m a Scout: Zhan De
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The Legend of Mi Yue 芈月传
In 1974, an astonishing secret buried for more than two thousand years was unearthed in Lintong, Shaanxi: the Terracotta Army, a vast legion of clay soldiers hailed as the eighth wonder of the world. The identity of the Terracotta Army's owner has long been disputed among historians. But one fact remains: a strange symbol was preserved on the figures. After much research, it turned out to be two characters: Mi Yue. After centuries beneath the heavens and countless changes in the world, the name
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Kangxi the Great (1): Seizing the Palace and Taking the Reins 康熙大帝(1)夺宫初政
This is the first volume, The Coup and the Early Reign, in the historical novel series The Kangxi Emperor. Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight, with four regents appointed by the late Shunzhi Emperor: Sonin, Suksaha, Ebilun, and Oboi. Oboi grew arrogant over his achievements and acted tyrannically. After the senior statesman Sonin died of illness, Oboi won over Ebilun and executed Suksaha for refusing to cooperate with him. He seized control of the government, often roaring in the imp
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The Sumeru Ring: My Road to a Comeback 须弥戒，我的逆袭之路
I was reborn on a rainy night in late autumn. Not far away, my second uncle and his son were digging a pit for me, preparing to bury me in a graveyard. In my previous life, I woke up and escaped, never to return. I drifted through life, and just before I died, I came across a news report. On this very day, my second uncle sold my newlywed wife to human traffickers, leading to her being abused and killed. This time, I won't run away. Whoever digs the pit will be buried in it.
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A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士
One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world!
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The Potato Oracle’s All-Purpose Comeback Theory 土豆万能接话神棍论 The Potato: An All-Purpose Conversationalist and Mastermind 452Reads—Score—Shelves
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Clear Mountains, Bright Moon 山清月明
Based on real events, this novel portrays the life and work experiences of a person with hyperprolactinemia. After facing one hardship after another and overcoming difficulties at home and at work, a young woman makes her way through a difficult life and starts anew. With a rich inner life and an optimistic outlook, she regains her health and builds a bright new life!
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