Highly Rated, Female Lead in a Man's Body, Ancient Setting, Cunning Protagonist, No Male Lead, and the Imperial Exams 高分+女穿男+古代+城府深+无男主+科考
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A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官
[Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a
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A Floating Life in Blue Robes [Female-to-Male Transmigration] 青衣浮生【女穿男】
Reader’s note: A woman transmigrates into a man, marries, and there is one couple throughout. The story is low-key, with no major twists, no inner-courtyard scheming, and only basic political machinations. Please read only if you’re okay with all that. I was a modern-day overworked teacher who suddenly died and transmigrated into the lowly illegitimate son of the Marquis of Daqi’s household. The moment I opened my eyes, I was faced with the terrifying reality of having the wrong gender, and I’d
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She Transmigrated as a Man: Now She Must Fight for the Throne as a Prince 女穿男：穿成皇子要夺嫡
Chen Muqi, a daughter of the Chen family of Huaguo, died in a family power struggle. In a twist of fate, she was reborn as Helian Qin, the Fifth Prince of Xilin. With a mother who was a noble consort, powerful maternal relatives, and brothers eyeing him covetously, Helian Qin had no choice but to set out on the path to claim the throne. He recruited strategists and worthy officials, campaigned north and south, weathered one crisis after another, and escaped repeated assassination attempts, ultim
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- 4 The Annals of the Zhao-Xuan Era 昭宣史册 With the realm newly pacified and power changing hands, the wealthy clans pay homage to the Xilin imperial house while undercurrents churn. The crown prince, Helian Qin, ascends the throne. Rebellions break out across the provinces, remnants of the old regime rise again, and reform is urgently needed. The court shifts with every turn of fortune, while the beauties of the inner palace compete for favor and claw at one another, keeping the new emperor looking this way and that, lost in their water 251Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 5 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路 [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.6kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 6 A Woman in a Man’s Body: The Farmer’s Son Works Everyone to Tears 女穿男之，农家小子把人卷哭了 Wah! When Liu An’an opened her eyes, she discovered she’d become a baby. What? Not only had she become a baby, she’d also changed sex and become the only boy in the family, Liu An. Her family doted on him, but they were so poor that even getting enough to eat was a problem. Well, seeing how much his family loved him, Liu An decided to put the advantages of his previous life to use, work hard, and lead the whole family to a better life. 844Reads8.5Score100Shelves
- 7 A Woman in a Man’s Body: I Live Off My Farming Wife 女穿男：我靠种田吃软饭 A true farming story + female-to-male transformation + strong female lead + System + devoted husband + two female leads The story has five arcs: farming + imperial examinations + rebellion + court politics + modern-day bonus chapters Main couple: love grows over time [A clingy, affectionate, devoted husband who dotes on his wife + a cool, mature, aloof heroine with a fragile aura] Secondary couple: married first, fall in love later (two female leads) [A powerful and stunningly elegant princess + 2.6kReads9.2Score225Shelves
- 8 The Daily Life of a Minor Official's Son Preparing for the Imperial Exams 小官之子科举日常 [Woman Transmigrates into a Man + Imperial Exams + Farmer's Son + No Problematic Family Members + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger] Lin He, a graduate student in history, transmigrates into the Great Qi, a dynasty that never existed in history, and goes from being a woman to a man. His family has nothing to its name: his father is a catlike academic prodigy, his mother a tigerlike farmer, and Lin He's life is a constant struggle. Fortunately, his father earned the jinshi degree early on, a 1.8kReads8.8Score130Shelves
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An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常
After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life.
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- 10 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
- 11 A Woman in a Man's Body: Taking a Wife in Ancient Times 女穿男：我在古代娶媳妇 Zhao Qing is reborn in ancient times as a man and gets to enjoy pleasures he never had in his past life. He takes the well-worn path of preparing for the imperial examinations, then gets married and spends his life devoted to one person. But Zhao Qing is no saint. After living as a man in ancient times for long enough, he starts playing the field and winds up with a life of multiple wives and concubines. 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Female to Male: Transmigrated as the Yandere Male Lead Who Forces Love 女穿男：穿成强制爱疯批男主 [Female transmigrates into a male body, possessive heroine, fast-paced and fun. The 400,000-character story is complete, so come give it a read!] After working twenty-four hours straight, Ming Yan, an emergency room nurse, suddenly dropped dead. She transmigrated into an old-school, melodramatic romance novel she had once read. Title: The Rich Young Lady Runs Away Pregnant The plot, roughly speaking: unhinged CEO, drugged and enters the wrong room, gets pregnant and runs away, returns five year 4.7kReads9.0Score335Shelves
- 13 A Man Becomes a Woman: Never Abandoning You 男穿女之不弃 The top scholar in our past lives, the legitimate daughter in this one. The one thing that never changes is that you are always there. You laid my body to rest. Shall I repay you with a lifetime of deep affection? Song Ziyou, I’ll see you again in the martial world. 86Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 14 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Striving Life of a Boy in Ancient Times 女穿男穿成古代少年的奋斗人生 After an accidental car crash, Meng Yu, a modern urban saleswoman, transmigrated to the fictional ancient kingdom of Dafeng. She found herself in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy from Dashan Village, whose parents were both dead and who had only his seven-year-old sister to rely on. Faced with such a situation, how will he begin his new life...? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: An Unwed Father’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 女穿男，未婚成爹我要科举考状元 She was a bona fide college student, and transmigrating into another body was one thing, but becoming a woman in a man's body and suddenly a father was another. And as if that weren't enough, they expected her to find them wives. She was utterly speechless. She didn't even have a wife herself. “I... Your dad's chest hurts. Help me to my room so I can lie down.” On the first day, her eldest son, Li Qingzhou, asked her that night, “Dad, why do you take a lamp to the latrine?” “...Can’t I go look 1kReads8.8Score104Shelves
- 16 A Woman Transmigrated Into a Man: Am I Ma Wencai? 女穿男，我是马文才？ Modern woman Li Cai is struck by lightning and transmigrates into Ma Wencai from The Butterfly Lovers. The System's mission is to raise Zhu Yingtai's affection for her? Good grief! She gradually realizes something is off about certain people. The story is set during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties. No CP, pure transmigration, and Ma Wencai and Zhu Yingtai as the author imagines them. 193Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Woman to Man: Reborn as the Scum Villain Who Dies Young 女穿男：穿成早死渣男反派 [Gender-Swap + Transmigrate into a Book] [Warning] This is a serious story about a woman transmigrating into a man and getting together with a woman. After pulling an all-nighter reading, Zhao Zhouzhou transmigrates into a book and lands the role of a villain. As the saying goes, if you transmigrate, you’ll end up in a book, and if you end up in a book, you’ll become the villain. But Zhao Zhouzhou not only becomes a villain, she becomes a man as well. In the original story, he is the scumbag hus 1.9kReads8.5Score120Shelves
- 18 Book Transmigration: A College Girl Is Forced to Become the Male Lead 穿书：女大学生被迫成为男主 [A woman in a man's body / fake CEO pursues his wife / fake love triangle] Gu Zhao looks like a cold, domineering CEO, but inside she's a goofy college girl. After pulling an all-nighter reading novels and dying suddenly, she's forced into the male lead's body and tasked with pursuing his one true love. She thinks she's only doing it to complete a mission, but the moment she sees the girl, she falls head over heels. Lin Qinghan is the legendary one true love. She seems aloof, but she's actually 5.4kReads9.2Score357Shelves
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A Woman in a Man's Body: A Concubine-Born Son's Guide to Getting Rich 女穿男：庶子暴富手册
[Woman transmigrates into a man's body + transmigration + one-on-one romance + marriage before love + slow-burn + farming and business] [Sweet-talking, ruthless rent collector vs. theatrical holdout who refuses to break off the engagement] When Zhao Wenduo opens his eyes, he's become the disowned illegitimate son of a duke's household. A vast fortune? None of it is his. A houseful of servants? They've all gone to the legitimate son. All he has left are two crumbling alleys, a marriage contract,
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- 20 The Bad Girl Transmigrates Into a Young General 渣女穿成少将军 A frail young general who cannot make her own decisions. Synopsis: The modern-day hell-raising heartbreaker Sima Hui gets her head bashed in by a boyfriend turned vengeful after she juggles several men. She transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a dashing young general from a military household, doted on by her parents and backed by her older brother, though frail from childhood. Her brother dies in battle, and she suspects the emperor plotted to have him killed. Then let the emperor’s sons 234Reads—Score—Shelves
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With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装
Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to
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A Woman Reborn as a Man: My Imperial Harem Is Full of Dowager Princesses 女穿男，朕的后宫全是老太君
Main characters: Tang Yiji, a woman before transmigrating, and Dai Shijia, a man afterward The System brought Tang Yiji to ancient times, where she went from being a woman to becoming a male emperor. Things were already bad enough, but the treasury of the Great Chuan Dynasty was so empty that even rats were going hungry. Powerful ministers treated Tang Yiji like a pushover, and a whole bunch of five- and six-year-old imperial relatives were waiting to take the throne. Luckily, the legal foundati
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After Reincarnating as a Man, She Studies Her Way to Restore Her Family's Honor 女穿男后，靠读书为家族改换门楣
A 38-year-old office drone transmigrates into the body of a little boy, working hard to act cute by day and studying himself to death by night. He, Jiang Mingfei, is the sole heir in four generations of the Jiang family, and he’s determined to lead them all to a better life. “Grandpa, your fifties are the perfect age to strive for success. How about taking a look at past provincial examination questions?” “Father, I heard that passing the provincial-level imperial exam qualifies you for an offic
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A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭
Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea
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The Sickly Man Only Wants to Live Off a Woman 病秧子一心只想吃软饭
[Adorable child + business + imperial examinations + martial world + political schemes + strong female and male leads in love + battlefield] The imperial examinations come first, and the female lead appears later! Gu Fei, an orphan with congenital heart disease, died in one life. She thought that if she were reborn, she could have a healthy body this time. She only wanted to be comfortably well-off and live a long, peaceful life. But her mother went into early labor because of a wild chicken egg
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From Woman to Man: From Fortune-Teller to Imperial Tutor 女穿男：从神棍到帝师
[Transmigration to ancient times + no fixed pairing + court and jianghu + martial arts and development + a few little helpers] What joy is there in life, what fear is there in death? All things in this world are illusions. Break through doubt and illusion, carry the torch onward. Follow the way of Heaven and transform the formless. When she opened her eyes again, her heart was clear as a mirror. She was him, and he was her. The world turns upside down like a game of chess. In this life, Luo Bei
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Transmigrated as a Scumbag Butcher in Ancient Times 穿成古代渣屠夫
[Modern Woman Transmigrates to Ancient Times + Woman in a Man's Body + Building a Career + Joining the Army] Li Tang is twenty-four and graduated from culinary school. Before transmigrating, she worked as a prep cook at a restaurant and had only recently been promoted to chef. On a pitch-black, rainy night, she was riding her electric scooter home through the downpour when lightning struck. Just like that, she was zapped into the fictional ancient kingdom of Baiyue. And that wasn't all: she tran
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- 28 Woman to Man: Transmigrate as a Refugee and Cut Ties with Family from the Start 女穿男，穿成难民开局断亲 [A woman in a man's body + infrastructure building + farming + no golden finger + political intrigue + romance + two strong leads. Please don't read if these aren't your thing, thank you!] I opened my eyes to see someone pulling up wild grass and shoving it into their mouth. First things first: fill that hollow stomach. I'd transmigrated into a homeless man's body in the fictional Chongwen Dynasty. No big deal, at least I wasn't dead. I was still a man, too. I checked for the extra parts. No big 614Reads8.7Score102Shelves
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Making Art in the 1980s 我在八零搞文艺
Female-oriented novel!!! No CP Content warnings: The protagonist's name isn't very pleasant, this isn't a mindless power fantasy, and it touches on topics like literature and philosophy. After transmigrating back to 1981, Gao Xiaosheng has not only gone from a female college student back to an elementary school student, but also has to repeat the entire process of getting into higher education, and has changed from a woman into a man. I really feel like throwing up blood. All I can do is give up
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Afraid of Bug Bites, I Transmigrate to Take the Imperial Exams 害怕虫子咬，穿越考科举
[Woman transmigrates into a man + imperial examinations + farming + family life] Song An’an was a brilliant lawyer who had worked hard through years of study and finally established herself in Shanghai. Before she could enjoy her apartment and luxury car, a sudden car accident sent her transmigrating back to an unknown dynasty. Given a second life in a poor farming family, she is lucky that her parents are young and capable, and her four older sisters dote on him. Song Anshun decides to settle i
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- 31 A Woman Reborn as a Man: I'm a Farmer's Son, and I'm Taking the Imperial Exams 女穿男：穿成农家子，我要考科举 [No CP, no heroine + woman transmigrates into a man's body + born into a new body + farming + imperial exams + a little business + fictional setting] Song Huaiyu dozed off for a moment and transmigrated into the body of someone from a poor family. Fortunately, she grew up in the countryside in her previous life, so farming and foraging in the mountains came naturally to her. Song Huaiyu sold goods from the mountains and raised livestock, but the money she earned went only toward improving her 126Reads5.6Score—Shelves
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A Woman in a Man’s Body: Reborn as the Legitimate Second Son, I Rule the Court 女穿男：穿成嫡次子，我权倾朝野
[Female transmigrates into a male body + born into a new life + doted on by everyone] [Chronicles of the Legitimate Second Son] Zhou Yan died, then came back to life, only this time as a boy. Unfortunately, when he was born, his grandfather was still a down-and-out Marquis of Anding. His father had only just managed to marry a princess through sheer shamelessness, and his princess mother was a pitiful little thing with a burden from her previous marriage in tow
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- 33 From Pauper to Grand Secretary 穷小子到阁老 Zhu Yuanyuan was a highly educated young woman of the new era, ready to make her mark and serve her country. But before she could, she was shot on the school sports field... After becoming him, she threw herself into the imperial examination system, striving forward for herself and her family. From a village student to a presented scholar, from a farming household to the imperial court, she carved out her own path in life, one step at a time... 442Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 34 A Girl Transmigrates into a Little Prince, and Everyone Hears Her Thoughts 女穿男小皇子被读心了 A woman becomes a man; palace intrigue and political machinations; an ancient setting with a fresh twist; mind-reading. Qi Wang, a female university student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the fictional ancient Great Zhou dynasty and becomes a young prince with the same name, who drowned and died. Great Zhou has seven princes, and Qi Wang is the youngest, only five years old. After Qi Wang’s soul enters the young prince’s body, he gains a special ability: mind-reading. But there’s a catc 260Reads6.9Score112Shelves
- 35 Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前 Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans 540Reads8.1Score102Shelves
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Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众
Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both
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