Of All the Confucian Dao Novels I've Read, This Is the Best and the One That Left the Strongest Impression 看过的儒道小说我认为最好看的也是印象最深的一本
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The Great Zhou Order: I Became Famous Across the Land by Copying Poems from the Start 大周令:开局抄诗就名扬天下
After his soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking county magistrate in the Great Zhou, he copies a poem famous throughout the ages from the start, triggering a celestial phenomenon and slaying the invading enemies. The ancient greats of Earth are terrifyingly powerful. The Great Zhou Dynasty spans a vast territory, and its foreign tribes are powerful. This world is home to Confucianism, Buddhism, martial arts, Daoism, immortal sects, demons, and the supernatural. Confucian cultivators
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This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
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The Confucian Way Reigns Supreme? I’m Reciting Tang Poems in Another World! 儒道至上?我在异界背唐诗!
Ci Song, a university student majoring in Chinese language and literature, transmigrates to another world: a strange realm where Confucianism reigns supreme. Here, only scholars can command the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transcend the mortal realm to become saints. Then Ci Song makes a startling discovery: this world has no Li Bai or Du Fu. For someone who can recite all three hundred Tang poems by heart, this is undoubtedly the best of times. A slow-burn story, with plenty of fore
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Entering Sainthood Through the Confucian Way, Who Says I'm a Spoiled Young Master? 儒道入圣,谁说我是纨绔世子?
[Confucian cultivation➕No System➕No harem➕Becomes a Sage later➕Poetry and the arts] In a world where countless paths of cultivation coexist, there are martial artists, Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, sorcerers, shamans, poison masters, demons, gods and devils... Shen Chen'an's soul transmigrates into the body of a wastrel, and he vows to have nothing to do with gambling, drugs, or women. He thought he would be able to live a carefree, debauched life. But the world is like a game of chess, and he
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Confucianism and Martial Arts Under Heaven 儒武天下
“What is a Confucian?” “Confucianism: a stroke to the left and a stroke to the right make a person. Rain nurtures all things, and all living beings have needs. Meeting the needs of good people is what it means to be a Confucian.” “What is benevolence?” “To hold a sharp sword and be unmatched beneath heaven. That is benevolence.” The Divine Continent is vast and boundless. Nine provinces, four seas, and one hundred thousand mountains. The Great Xia Dynasty rules the Central Plains like a crouchi
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The Confucian Sword Immortal: Ten Years of Study, Righteousness Sweeps Across the Heavens 儒剑仙:读书十年,浩气荡青天
After transmigrating into the body of a down-and-out scholar, Chen Ning studies diligently, determined to travel to the capital and sit the imperial examinations. It is only when he accidentally touches his maid's fox tail that he discovers this world is nowhere near as simple as it seems! Luckily, Chen Ning awakens the Confucian Sage System in time, allowing him to slay demons and study every day. [You studied the Analects and grasped a divine ability: Purple Qi at Your Side] [You recited The G
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Above the Celestial Master 天师之上
[Everyone Changes Class + No Harem + Passionate Action + Multiple Classes + Invincible Leveling] A hundred years ago, otherworldly races invaded at will, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. To fight back against the demon beasts, everyone undergoes a class change at the age of twelve. Only by becoming a class-changer and continually leveling up can one reach the pinnacle of the world! On the day of his class change, Ye Xiang became a Taoist priest with a natural level of ten. But Taois
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A Top Scholar Hailed by a Hundred Sages! And You Call Him a Sour Confucian Scholar? 百圣齐鸣的状元郎!你管这叫酸儒秀才?
Also known as: I Became a Sage Through Reading [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [The Way of Literature] A masterpiece of Confucian cultivation: [Takes off at Chapter 89, explodes at Chapter 93] “If you, Lin Yi, had not been born, the literary path would have languished in darkness for ten thousand years!” This is a world where reading grants literary talent. Lin Yi reads Earth’s Classic of Poetry, Songs of Chu, Han fu poetry, Tang poetry, and Song ci poetry, cultivating a noble spir
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The Last Sage of Letters 最后一位文圣
[The Way of Letters] [No System] [Traditional power progression] [No harem] [Not invincible] Endless darkness, a single glimmer of starlight. The boy Jiang Ling opens his eyes and wakes in a prison, only to discover that he has transmigrated to ancient times. The seas have changed, the world has transformed. Though the Way of Letters flourishes here, only Confucius and Mencius are known; Li Bai and Du Fu are nowhere to be found… “Doesn’t matter. I’ll take care of it!”
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The Way of the Confucian Scholars: Writing Poems with My Life, I Bring a Million Scholars to Tears 儒道:拿命写诗,气哭百万儒生
Xiao Ran transmigrates to another world, but before he can celebrate, he discovers that he is a useless invalid on the brink of death. The System tells him that writing a poem will buy him three more days of life. Desperate to survive, he writes poems nonstop, and before he knows it, he has become the Poet Sage!
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A Confucian Scholar Who Knows Martial Arts: Mastering the Art of Verbal Combat from the Start 儒生会武功,开局抡语大成
[No heroine + Confucian smack-talk + peerless talent + peerless background + the only one to cultivate both Confucianism and martial arts] Xu Tian transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming the only son of the nation’s guardian general and the sole heir to an army of hundreds of thousands of demon-suppressing soldiers. Yet at court, the empress forces him to enter the Confucian path in front of everyone. Under all eyes, Xu Tian uses his peerless talent to reach the third rank in a single s
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Xuanhuan: Living Off Others from the Start, I Emerged as a Confucian Sage 玄幻:开局吃软饭,出世即儒圣
[Slice of life + not a power fantasy + the Hundred Schools of Thought + empress + Confucian cultivation] Shen Wuming transmigrates to Northern Han, with an unbelievably fortunate start. His wife is devastatingly beautiful: "May all be well with you, my husband!" His father-in-law is powerful and influential: "My brilliant son-in-law!" Though surrounded by comfort and luxury, Shen Wuming has no intention of living off his wife. With his heaven-defying insight, he becomes a Confucian Sage. [Y
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The Secret of “Grandpa” “爷爷”的秘密
Grandpa's Secret
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She Said, “Chen Nuan, You're a Jinx!” 她说:陈暖,你就是灾星!
She said, "Chen Nuan, you're a jinx!"
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The Jianghan Plain 江汉平原
Centered on Wang Cai, this book follows the changing lives of two ordinary families, the Wangs and the Xias, in the Jianghan Plain. Everyone has their own fate. They rise and fall in the tide of the times, but never give up pursuing a better life. The children of the Wang and Xia families each take a different path. Through the lives of these ordinary people, we see both the light and darkness of human nature, and hope intertwined with despair.
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My Stepmother Set a Trap, So I Made Her Fall Into It 继母挖坑,我反手让她栽进去
My stepmother set a trap for me, so I turned the tables and made her fall into it instead.
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Usurping Glory and Decline 僭枯荣
Across thousands of miles of the Nine Provinces, mountains and rivers are shattered and remade. Dynasties contend for supremacy; princes, nobles, generals, and ministers rise and fall; the schools of thought clash, and the tides of power surge. Yet the young man seeks neither banquets and wine nor to stand before a mountain with sword in hand. After death comes life; after life, the ascent to heaven. Heaven bestows sweet rain, And each stalk withers and flourishes in turn.
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