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  1. 351 The Silk Thread’s Call 缠丝引 Ancient Romance271k WordsCompleted “A whore dressed up as a refined lady from a noble family!” That was the Matron’s judgment of her. When Nu Qi was dying, he said, “Don’t be afraid… If there’s another life… I’ll marry you early… in Taiping Alley…” “Taiping Alley.” Four words, a dream no one in that era dared to dream. Hua Yao survived. She lived to see the Sui Dynasty unify the land, to stand at the threshold of an age when “all things would be clear and bright.” But she never entered it. At the threshold, she looked back: b 42Reads7.7Score—Shelves
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  2. 352 Emperor Jiaqing: Turmoil in an Era of Preserving the Status Quo 嘉庆皇帝:守成时代的风雨飘摇 Historical460k WordsCompleted 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 2.2kReads7.4Score116Shelves
  3. 353 Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty’s Rise and Fall: A Thousand Years in One Glance 大唐兴衰三百年:一眼千年读唐史 Historical624k WordsCompleted [Read in One Sitting + Three Hundred Years of the Tang Dynasty + Historical Context + History Made Accessible + Major Historical Figures] The three-hundred-year Tang dynasty was about far more than the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan eras or the poet Li Bai. This book lets you take in a thousand years of history at a glance. From Li Yuan’s desperate uprising in Taiyuan to Li Shimin’s unrivaled glory as the “Heavenly Khan”; from Wu Zetian’s unprecedented era as an empress to the height of prosperity under L 17Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  4. 354 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80,从大院祸害到国士无双 Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.6kReads6.3Score297Shelves
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  5. 355 Two Thousand Years of Chinese History 中华二千年史 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted A History of China Through Two Thousand Years was first published in 1934 as one of the University Series, then republished by Zhonghua Book Company in 1956. Written by Deng Zhicheng, it primarily recounts Chinese history from the Qin and Han periods through the Ming and Qing dynasties, while also presenting the author’s historical thought and commentary. 88Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  6. 356 So What If I’m the Deposed Crown Prince? I, Yinreng, Will Ascend the Throne! 废太子又怎样?我胤礽要登基! Historical224k WordsCompleted A struggling Hengdian movie extra had an accident while on a wire rig. When he opened his eyes, his soul had transmigrated into the body of Yinreng, Crown Prince of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He had only just woken up, with Zheng Chunhua lying beside him, when Kangxi stormed through the palace gates in a fury. The fate of the deposed crown prince seemed about to repeat itself. Fortunately, he awakened a strange power! Kangxi wants to depose me? The First Prince wants to use witchcraft against m 2.5kReads—Score102Shelves
  7. 357 The Complete Collection of Courtly Tales Through the Ages 历代宫廷演义全集 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Xu Xiaotian brings the secret histories of the Ming, Qing, and Tang courts to life in the style of a novel: the bloodshed of the Nine Princes’ struggle for the throne, Wu Zetian’s political schemes, and the tragic final days of the Chongzhen Emperor... The book has the solid historical foundations of a meticulously researched account, enlivened with the colorful flesh and blood of historical fiction. More vivid than official histories, yet more rigorous than tales of the past, it is an ancient v 131Reads9.5Score—Shelves
  8. 358 The Political Gains and Losses of China's Dynasties 中国历代政治得失 Historical100k WordsCompleted Collected lectures by Mr. Qian Mu, Chinese Political Traditions Through the Ages offers concise overviews and comparisons of the political systems of the Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. It traces their changes and developments, and points out their advantages, disadvantages, gains, and losses. 5.4kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves
  9. 359 Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Building Wealth and Prosperity 穿越大唐之发家致富 Historical648k WordsCompleted Li Yi’an, a graduate of a top-tier university, had just landed an excellent job when he died in an unexpected car accident on his way home from work. To his surprise, his soul transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s son during the Zhenguan era. The original owner had also been falsely accused of stealing and expelled from the academy. Li Yi’an wasn’t about to accept his fate. Relying on the original owner’s memories and his own hard work, he cleared his name. Just as he was wondering how to ma 6Reads7.0Score—Shelves
  10. 360 Small-Town Romance 小镇风月 Urban315k WordsCompleted This thousand-year-old town prospered and declined with its shipping trade. In the 1990s, dance halls sprang up, bringing with them a case of stolen tax silver, a midnight murder, a police officer killing someone, and the murder of a dance hostess. As people fight over money, power, and love, the story also uncovers the heroic deeds of resistance fighters from the town fifty years earlier. The warmth and coldness of human life are distilled in the town's tales of love and desire... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 361 In the Thirty-Eighth Year of Wanli, I Became the Princess Who Guards the Nation 万历三十八年,我成了镇国公主 Ancient Romance700k WordsOngoing Tags: #MingDynastyPowerStruggles #RebornAsAPrincess #RigorousHistoricalResearch #SolvingAndInvestigatingCases #HouseholdAndCourtIntrigue #InfrastructureAndReform Beneath the tiny body of a child lies the soul of a forty-year-old who has seen it all. Everyone takes her for an innocent little girl, indulging and patronizing her without a second thought. But they don't know that behind those seemingly clear childlike eyes, she has already seen through the ills plaguing the Ming Dynasty. Illegal k 29Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 362 Lost in the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Drunk on a Floating Life 误入盛唐醉浮生 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted One day, I accidentally stumbled into the prosperous Great Tang and became a nobody in Chang’an. The brightly lit, bustling streets of Suzaku Avenue, the poets and scholars who drank and caroused, the borderlands filled with the clamor of warhorses and weapons This was the best of times, and the most treacherous of worlds. Carrying memories that didn’t belong to this era, I hid my talents amid the lively bustle of the taverns. But when locusts swept across Guanzhong, Turkic cavalry came knockin 68Reads5.7Score138Shelves
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  13. 363 The Great Ming's Little Princess of Wellness 大明养生小帝姬 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing This isn't about defying fate. It's a desperate struggle for survival, fueled by wisdom and memories. The Wanli era + a child prodigy saving the nation + meticulous historical research + history as surgery + subverting expectations + a Ming dynasty without regrets The second book in the Zhu Zhengda series is now available: Search for “In the Thirty-Eighth Year of Wanli, I Became the Princess Who Guards the Nation” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 364 The Tale of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后演义 Historical226k WordsCompleted This book offers a detailed account of Cixi’s life, from her birth and entry into the imperial palace to her rule from behind the curtain, her decades wielding power over the Qing dynasty, and her death. It is not only literary and highly readable, but also of some value as a reference for historical research. 12Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  15. 365 The People's He Liu Hun: This Time, I Won't Become Prince Gao 人民的贺六浑:这一次我不做高王 Historical738k WordsOngoing With a soul from a later age, he plunged into a world of chaos that devoured all who entered. In 2023, on the rainy night his thesis defense failed, history doctoral student Chen Zhiqing opened his eyes to find himself in the Northern Wei's Zhengguang era, year four, as Gao Huan, a courier in a frontier garrison. No System, no golden finger. His only asset was the unfinished manuscript in his mind, A Study of the Six Garrisons Rebellion. From the start, it was hellishly difficult: Poliuhan Bali 218Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 366 The World in Chaos: Biographies of Heroes from the Late Luan Dynasty 乱世天下:栾末英雄列传 Historical365k WordsOngoing [Traditional style + ensemble cast + alternate history + war + power struggle] His benefactor, the great general, died for his country by taking his own life. Little Wuzi witnessed it but was powerless to change the outcome. Even after death, his lingering soul could not bear to fade away. By a stroke of fate, he traveled back a hundred years. The long sweep of history unfolded before his eyes like a scroll: The great clans were arrogant and domineering. How could their power be confined to one 10Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 367 Tales of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court 明宫十六朝演义 Historical751k WordsCompleted The Romance of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court delves into the imperial palace, recounting the love and enmity between emperors and their consorts, while ranging widely across history to survey the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you will understand the court; understand the court, and you will understand history; understand history, and the realities of the world will become clear to you. 72Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  18. 368 The Complete Works of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋全集 Historical629k WordsCompleted Emperor Taizu of Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang, went from Zhu Chongba to Zhu Yuanzhang, spending his life making an astounding journey from a begging monk to the founding emperor of the Great Ming. Every step was a struggle against the thorns of his age and the twists of fate. In his humble beginnings in Haozhou, he suffered the destruction of his family and a life of hardship and displacement. Three years of wandering showed him the corruption of officials and the suffering of ordinary people. The resil 51Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 369 Hu Xueyan 胡雪岩 Historical660k WordsOngoing Hu Xueyan: The late Qing business world was a maelstrom, and beneath the red-topped hat lay a legend! Through Hu Xueyan’s life, discover the most extraordinary merchant in modern Chinese history, and glimpse the rise and fall of a dynasty. Starting as a lowly apprentice at a Qiantang money shop, he built his reputation on integrity and broke through obstacles with courage and foresight. Seizing every opportunity, he became the “Living God of Wealth,” controlling the lifeblood of finance across t 52Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 370 Harmony and Prosperity 和坤 Historical303k WordsOngoing Stop letting the history books fool you! This is the real Heshen: not a born greedy official, but a tragic poor orphan who defied fate to change his life; not merely a treacherous sycophant, but a powerful minister who understood the emperor’s mind and possessed the talent to govern the realm! His parents died when he was young, and he endured hunger in a dilapidated home. Even while begging with his younger brother, he never stopped studying. He started out in the Imperial Guard of Honor, then 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 371 The Sun and Moon Beneath One Sky: Princess Taiping 日月当空:太平公主 Historical587k WordsCompleted Princess Taiping was one of the most controversial and legendary female political figures in Chinese history, a thorny yet dazzling rose in the splendor of the High Tang. The most beloved daughter of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, she married Xue Shao at sixteen in a wedding procession stretching ten miles, hoping for a peaceful life. But she was implicated in Xue Yi's treason case and watched her husband starve to death in prison, shattering her dreams. She put away her innocence 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 372 Arriving in Southern Ming, an Engineering Student Crushes the Qing and Restores China 来到南明,工科生横扫满清复华夏 Historical533k WordsOngoing In the first year of the Hongguang reign, Jiangnan is on the verge of falling. The realm is shattered, and the people are displaced. A modern engineering expert unexpectedly arrives in the storm-tossed chaos of the Southern Ming. The land is divided among warlords, powerful enemies press at its borders, and the old and new dynasties take turns on the stage. He has no peerless martial arts, but he possesses engineering, manufacturing, and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time. He gathers dis 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
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  23. 373 An Engineering Student Ventures into the Late Ming 工科小伙闯明末 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted A middle-aged bachelor, beaten down by society and thwarted at every turn in the modern world, with no connections to his name but plenty of knowledge and ability, is accidentally transported to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. Relying on his modern knowledge while adapting to the era’s actual technological and industrial capabilities, he works hard to quietly change history and prevent China’s decline. 2.8kReads7.8Score196Shelves
  24. 374 The Undercover Spy Inside Your Body 身体里的卧底谍战 Urban280k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Golden Finger System + undercover espionage + case-solving mysteries + high technology] Xiao Zhi transmigrates into Mai’s body and witnesses with his own eyes a world-ending crisis brewing in the human-body universe. Espionage between both sides is unusually frequent, and one complicated situation follows another. The man in the black hoodie suddenly transforms into a gigantic green monster and lunges at him, baring his claws and fangs... Then a coded message comes through: “Gr 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 375 Complete Works of Zeng Wenzheng (Complete in Sixteen Volumes) 曾文正公全集(全十六册) Historical4.3M WordsCompleted Highly recommended by Liang Qichao and Hu Shi! Unabridged, based on the engraved edition from Zhongshu Bookshop, and an authoritative definitive text! A timeless classic in which Zeng Guofan explains the traditional Chinese principles of conduct, action, and scholarship! Zeng Guofan is said to have achieved the three forms of immortality: meritorious service, virtue, and words. These are embodied in this complete collection of his works, The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzheng. The book gathers the 137Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  26. 376 The Republic of China, Buried Deep in History (3 Volumes) 历史深处的民国(共3册) Historical612k WordsCompleted This is a gripping history of the official record from 1840 to 1925, a sweeping work that offers a comprehensive interpretation of late Qing China, the Republic, and the War of Resistance. No book about the Republic of China has ever explained this period as comprehensively, truthfully, clearly, and engagingly as "The Republic of China in the Depths of History". For that reason, "The Republic of China in the Depths of History" is the top choice for the tens of millions of Chinese enthusiasts of 15.8kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves
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  27. 377 Understand the Turbulent Three Kingdoms Through One Book Set (7 Volumes) 一套书读透三国风云(共7册) Historical1.5M WordsCompleted This story covers the period from 184 CE, when the Yellow Turban forces rose in the late Eastern Han, to 196 CE, when Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xuxian. The Yellow Turban Rebellion ushered in the turmoil of the late Eastern Han. The court then endured a coup, Dong Zhuo’s seizure of power, and the eastern coalition’s campaign against him. Amid the chaos, one force after another took the stage, and warlords vied for control of the Central Plains until the Eastern Han court was left in —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  28. 378 A Complete Record of the Three Great Campaigns 三大战役全记录 Historical225k WordsCompleted War has been a constant theme throughout human history. In every era and every country, it takes on a form unlike any seen before. The brief year from September 1948 to September 1949 was undoubtedly the period of most dramatic change on Chinese soil in more than a century. Victory in the three major campaigns of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin destroyed the main forces on which the Kuomintang depended to maintain its rule, completely changing the country's course. In this war, the fates of great 3.7kReads9.6Score628Shelves
  29. 379 Ten Years of Vicissitudes 沧桑十年 Historical278k WordsCompleted This book is a memoir of the author’s experiences and observations during the ten years of the Cultural Revolution. From the start of the Cultural Revolution, the author was inexplicably branded a “counterrevolutionary” and a “capitalist roader,” then denounced and imprisoned, plunging into the misery of a shattered family and ruined life. As rebel factions rose across the country, the author even fell into the hands of a faction of Red Guards in Chengdu. Fortunately, drawing on experience worki 8.8kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
  30. 380 When Spring Comes to Jiangnan, the Flowers Bloom 春到江南花自开 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing The Song dynasty was the only dynasty in feudal China without a curfew, and a turning point in Chinese history. It left behind far too many regrets. This novel is set in the late Southern Song. The protagonist, Zhao Xuan, is a low-ranking soldier at Diaoyu Fortress. After being gravely wounded in the bombardment that killed Mongke Khan, he is sent back to Lin'an by Wang Jian for treatment, and the story begins. The first half of the novel follows the History of Song closely. Zhao Xuan rises and 172Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  31. 381 A Complete History of the Warring States Period: The Warring States Were Full of Surprises (Three-Volume Set) 一口气读完战国史:战国很有料(全三册) Historical595k WordsCompleted This book brings the stirring history of the Warring States period to life in clear, accessible prose. Here you’ll find the famous Four Lords of the Warring States, horrific wars on an epic scale, the flourishing ideas of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and the changing balance of power among the feudal lords. This is an accessible history of the Warring States period, full of fascinating stories. 1.9kReads9.5Score190Shelves
  32. 382 Yang Tinghe on the Keyboard 键盘上的杨廷和 Historical481k WordsCompleted [Yang Tinghe | Male-Centered Lead | Historical Epic | Romance and Marriage | Political Intrigue] Yang Tinghe, grand secretary of the Ming dynasty, recounts his romantic and political adventures in modern language, with a playful take on his own life. [Matchmaking Trip to Yunnan] Help Mu Cong put down the Xundian rebellion and bring the region under direct administration. [Wedding Night] My concubine climbed into my bed... [The Truth About Grain Transport] Men and women alike are beheaded. [The 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 383 The Complete Biography of Yu Qian, Loyal to the End 于少保萃忠全传 Historical111k WordsCompleted The Complete Biography of Yu Shaobao, Loyal to the End is a historical biography novel by Sun Gaoliang of the Ming dynasty. In seven volumes, it recounts in vivid detail the life of Yu Qian, a renowned and loyal Ming official who devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving his country. The story begins with Yu Qian's exceptional intelligence and talent as a child. It vividly depicts his early studies, his upright conduct as an official, and his benevolent governance and care for the people while s —Reads7.7Score—Shelves
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  34. 384 Selected Letters from Zeng Guofan 曾国藩家书(精选版) Historical250k WordsCompleted This book is a collection of letters by Zeng Guofan, compiled in the mid-nineteenth century during the Qing dynasty. The letters chronicle the thirty years or so of Zeng Guofan's scholarly and military career, from around the 30th year of the Daoguang reign through the 10th year of the Tongzhi reign. Covering an exceptionally wide range of topics, they vividly reflect the main activities of Zeng Guofan's life, as well as his approaches to governing, managing his family, and pursuing scholarship. 93Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  35. 385 From the Start, I Cut Down My Kin, Top the Imperial Exams, and Slay My Way Through the Court 开局先灭亲,科举中状元杀穿朝堂 Historical578k WordsOngoing [Historical fantasy + imperial examinations + transmigration + rebirth + court politics + power struggles] Zhao Jingyu, a screenwriter with a modest reputation in the entertainment industry, watched a video about ancient male entertainers and had the misfortune of transmigrating into the body of one. He has no intention of becoming a helpless victim for others to bully. Anyone who picks on him gets wiped out! His shameless grandfather covets his body? Wiped out! His corrupt second uncle aids and 348Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  36. 386 The Dragon Rises in Jinling: Reviving the Tang Dynasty for Five Hundred Years 龙起金陵,再续大唐五百年 Historical163k WordsOngoing “The emperor in Chang’an, the army of the Wei residence.” The Wei residence’s household troops had become a thing of the past beneath the executioner’s blade, while the emperor in Chang’an lived in constant fear amid troubles both within and without. Does an emperor have some special birthright? Whoever commands the strongest troops and finest horses becomes emperor! Flames raged everywhere. Looking across the land, the Tang was now divided among rival regional warlords: Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Yang 52Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 387 Ascend to the Ninth Heaven 欲上云霄九重天 Historical2.5M WordsOngoing A coral pendant engraved with a fire phoenix emblem draws Qi Ming, a destitute youth who lives on credit at a teahouse in Tianque City, into a shocking secret plot sweeping across four kingdoms. The moment the iron hooves of the Longxiang Army smash through the door, he still has no idea that the token his parents left him is the “key” that can overturn the world. The grand machinations governing the realm have barged into his life without warning. From a tide of Gu poison in a dungeon to a pack 571Reads—Score—Shelves
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  38. 388 The Ming Dynasty's Chief Strategist: Liu Bowen Reborn and Transmigrated to Set the World Right 大明首谋:刘伯温重生穿越定乾坤 Eastern Fantasy202k WordsOngoing [Reborn Power Fantasy] + [High-Martial Great Ming] + [Liu Bowen] + [System Comeback] + [Ender of Regrets] + [Tormented Romance and Political Intrigue] + [A Long Road to Winning Her Back] Zhu Biao dies in the Eastern Palace, Empress Ma passes away in her prime, and Liu Bowen drinks poison in bitter despair. Open the history books of the Ming, and every page is filled with regrets. What if he could live again? In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Liu Bowen, poison coursing through his body, is reb —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 389 An Lushan, Rebel Minister of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝叛臣安禄山 Historical842k WordsCompleted 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 1.7kReads8.8Score101Shelves
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  40. 390 The Hidden Dragon of the Yellow River: Two Generals Guard the Han at Niangniang Beach 黄河龙隐:娘娘滩双将护汉 Historical30k WordsCompleted Set against the political turmoil of the early Han court, Yellow River Dragon's Hidden Isle: The Two Generals of Niangniang Shoal Guard the Han tells a legendary tale of loyal service spanning seventeen years. Brothers Li Wen and Li Gong from Pei County were Liu Bang's personal guards from the time he raised his forces at Mangdang. They risked their lives to protect him at the Feast at Hong Gate and won repeated honors in the Chu-Han War, yet never coveted fame or rank, remaining steadfastly loy 18Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 391 Reviving the Great Ming: A Lone Minister Founds Constitutional Rule 中兴大明,我以孤臣开宪政 Historical731k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Su Ran, transmigrates into another world when the Tianqi Great Explosion occurs. Through a stroke of fortune, he takes over the original owner’s body and enters the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty. See: A modern transmigrator versus the chosen one of the age. Heaven itself seems determined to help the Qing, the chosen ones of this world, sending one disaster after another: droughts, locust plagues, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis... A whole new game of political intrigue, 49Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 392 A Commoner Holds the Imperial Seal, So Let Me Be Rude 草民执玺,庶我无礼 Historical1.1M WordsOngoing [Alternate history + political intrigue + factional strife + succession struggle + war] No System, no invincibility, no treasures, no special bloodline, no golden finger… nothing at all! From the start, all He Yan can say is “Ah!” He’s the unlucky soul who transmigrates into a book as a lowly slave on the frontier. Mired in the dirt, he’s caught in a time of chaos, with a life as cheap as an ant’s. When even a bowl of porridge and a meal of rice are no longer guaranteed, should he accept his fat 115Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 393 Transmigrated as Hu Hai: From the Start, I Kill Fu Su to Save Meng Tian 穿越胡亥:开局杀扶苏救蒙恬 Historical417k WordsOngoing The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Hu Hai. Qin Shi Huang had just breathed his last. Zhao Gao was smiling at me, Li Si was still hesitating, and Fusu was about to be sentenced to death. And I was the puppet who, according to history, would lose the empire in just three years. If I followed the script, I’d kill my own brother, trust Zhao Gao, rule as a tyrant, and eventually be forced to take my own life. I didn’t want to die. So I had to become emperor: a real emperor, not a marionette in 113Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 394 The Two Heroes of the Yang Family Defend the Yellow River 守黄河杨家双雄 Historical693k WordsCompleted The Yellow River roars as Khitan cavalry smash through Yanmen Pass, leaving half of the Northern Song’s realm on the brink of disaster! The Yang family of Linzhou has spent three generations building an unyielding Great Wall along the Yellow River with their own flesh and blood. Yang Wudi, Yang Ye, leads his troops in holding the Yellow River crossing, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as they cross. He fights until he is captured, then refuses food for three days to sho 457Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  45. 395 The Qin Empire’s Industrial Revolution 大秦工业革命 Historical2.5M WordsCompleted History · Alternate History | Farming · Industry | Ensemble Cast · Conquest A six-year-old soul transmigrates into a barren village in northern Shaanxi during the Qin dynasty, where he becomes a posthumous child. With no System and no golden finger, the first thing he does is use a pendulum to redefine “one meter.” Over the next ten years, all he manages to do is make sure everyone in the village has enough to eat. Then the real story begins. He builds an “underground railway station” in Zhang V 4.6kReads8.1Score463Shelves
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  46. 396 Glorious Great Tang: Granting Fiefs and Bestowing Lands 煌煌大唐:分茅胙土 Historical248k WordsOngoing [Alternate late Tang setting + warlords and kingdoms + geopolitical intrigue + martial world] The realm is in turmoil, and imperial authority is fading; The world is collapsing, and the people are suffering; Life is fickle, and good and evil are hard to tell apart. Prince of Jin Li Xuan, have you forgotten the great ambition of the Tang emperors and the sages of China’s generations past: to unite the realm? Unify the nine provinces, bring the four corners together, and restore the achievements o 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 397 The Legendary Han Xin, the Greatest General of All Time 千古第一将韩信之千古传奇 Eastern Fantasy439k WordsCompleted Han Xin was born a beggar, so where did he learn his astonishing military strategies? Where did he master such superb swordsmanship? How did he win every battle without a single defeat? Why were his victories so decisive, with large-scale clashes against his opponents so rare? How were his battlefield instincts and judgments so precise? This book recounts every one of Han Xin’s legendary exploits in detail. 4.3kReads8.4Score362Shelves
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  48. 398 From a 38-Yuan AI Writing Gig to Web-Novel Greatness AI码字成神从38元到网文大神 Urban456k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a 34-year-old interior designer, spent three years writing web novels, but both were flops. He earned less than 3,000 yuan in royalties, while his seriously ill mother urgently needed 500,000 yuan for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he accidentally unlocked the ultimate secrets of AI writing and turned writing into an industrial assembly line. From earning 38 yuan on his debut to becoming a web-novel master, from a low-level wage earner to a legend in the online fiction world, he se 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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