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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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Three Kingdoms: Eight Million for the Governorship of Ba Commandery 三国:八百万买巴郡太守
(Power struggles, farming, daily life, modern knowledge, with occasional alternate history for the sake of the plot!) In the third year of Guanghe, the Western Garden sells official posts at clearly marked prices. The great clans of Yingchuan fight over the post of governor, the governor of Ba Commandery launches a rebellion, and for half a year, no one wants the job, even for eight million. Jiang Lin, a transmigrator, arrives in the late Han dynasty along with his delivery van and makes more th
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The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】
[Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He
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The Chronicles of the Xiao Clan 萧氏春秋
The Annals of the Xiao Clan
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Empress Dowager Cixi and Her Three Favored Eunuchs 慈禧皇后与她的三个宠爱太监
[Eunuchs + Palace Secrets + Empress Dowager Cixi + Court Intrigue] From the time Empress Dowager Cixi entered the palace to the day she ruled from behind the curtain, she shared an unusual relationship with three eunuchs: An Dehai, Li Lianying, and Xiao Dezhang. They were like master and servants, like friends, and more than anything, like old companions. She doted on the three eunuchs, who relied on her favor to do as they pleased, throw their weight around, and take part in court affairs. This
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Jinghua and the Palace Maid’s Red Leaf Romance 穿越大唐景华与宫女的红叶情缘
A Transmigration into the Tang Dynasty, and a Red-Leaf Romance Between Jinghua and a Palace Maid
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From Yongzheng's Princely Residence to the Greatest Emperor of All Time 乾隆从雍邸皇子到千古一帝
[Political Intrigue + Harem Rivalries + Factional Strife + Romance + Emperor] Hongli ascended the throne at twenty-five and ruled for sixty years, making him the longest-reigning and longest-lived emperor in history. He governed with diligence, excelling in both civil and military affairs, and led the Qing to the height of its golden age. Yet factional strife raged through the court, conflicts in the deep palace never ceased, and danger lurked behind the splendor. In the end, the golden age ga
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Five Thousand Years of Chinese History 中华上下五千年
Arranged chronologically, this book selects major events, influential figures, remarkable achievements, and brilliant cultural accomplishments from five thousand years of history. It strives to reach new heights in accuracy, appeal, and insight. Through a rigorous structure and innovative design, it explains Chinese history from every angle, offering fresh perspectives and multiple layers of analysis while vividly and concisely recounting the basic course of China's historical evolution and the
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A Soldier’s Mess: Legendary Wartime Cuisine of World War II 战士的餐桌:二战各国战地饮食传奇
Explore World War II through the dining table, and military history through food! A fascinating read for both casual readers and experts. Discover the flavors behind the battles of World War II and the distinctive military rations of Britain, America, the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan! The Warrior's Table focuses on wartime food during World War II. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, it selects dozens of fascinating stories about food to portray the diets of soldiers and civili
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Zuo Zongtang 左宗棠
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
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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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The Provincial Graduate’s Son, the Sixfold Champion Grand Secretary 举人之子,六元首辅
[A novel that puts you right in the imperial examination hall] Modern history PhD Zhou Huai dies unexpectedly, only to wake up as Pei Zhiwei, a twelve-year-old boy in the Great Yan Dynasty. Though born into a family of scholars, he faces trouble on all sides: his father passed the provincial exam at twenty, but repeated failures at the metropolitan exam left him disheartened, drowning his sorrows in drink and neglecting himself. His birth mother is the daughter of a fabulously wealthy merchant,
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Your Highness, Rest Assured: We’re Still Making the Nation Rich and the Army Strong Today 殿下放心,今天也有在富国强兵
[Western fantasy lordship + berserker farming, all of it! Wits and brawn, all of it! A brand-new approach that never feels stale!] Humanism’s spring breeze sweeps across the land, and romantic ideals take hold everywhere. Berserker warfare and farming advance hand in hand, blending hard-nosed history with blood and iron. Modern know-how dispels curses with ingenuity, while scientific thinking reimagines the arcane. Intensive farming overcomes poor harvests, and the general staff plans every move
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On the Day of the Wake, My Sisters-in-Law Put Me on the Throne 守灵当天,我被众嫂嫂推上皇位
[Alternate Dynasty + Transmigration + War + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + The Golden Finger Has Been Cut in Half] A high school boy named Tian Shu wakes up one morning in an ancient funeral hall. His widowed sisters-in-law swarm around him, showering him with care. In a feudal age of chaos, the powerful clans hold sway. The System is practically useless, and each sister-in-law has her own agenda. Born into a poor family, can he defy fate, change his destiny, command a vast empire, and mak
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The Purple-Robed Qing: Part Two 大清紫袍第二部
All the ministers within and beyond the court wear purple robes. Who is willing to share my burdens? The jade cup drains the blood of a thousand households; the silver candles burn through the people’s lifeblood. When Heaven’s tears fall, the people weep; the louder the songs, the louder the cries. You speak so often of the sovereign’s boundless grace, yet you are the ones who have betrayed it.
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The Purple Robe of the Great Qing 大清紫袍
All the ministers inside and out wear purple robes. Who will share my burden? The jade cups drain the blood of a thousand households; the silver candles burn away the people’s fat. When Heaven sheds tears, the people shed tears; where the singing grows loud, the weeping grows louder. You speak so freely of the sovereign’s boundless grace, yet you are the ones who have betrayed it. Jiaqing Set against the White Lotus Rebellion during the Jiaqing reign, this novel traces the fates of high-rankin
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A History of the British Empire: Complete Eight-Volume Set 英帝国史(全套8卷本)
[Synopsis] This is the first multivolume history of the British Empire produced by Chinese academia. Comprising eight volumes, it aims to systematically study the empire's origins, development, transformation, and dissolution. The work divides the objective course of British imperial history into eight stages, examining and identifying the nature and characteristics of each stage while presenting its own theoretical framework. The volumes cover the beginnings of the British Empire, the preparato
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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the public face of the High Tang golden age. Brilliant and gifted, with grand ambitions, he ushered in the golden age of the Tang dynasty, the Kaiyuan Era. Yet under his rule, the mighty empire also suffered the greatest calamity in Tang history: the An Lushan Rebellion. He was passionate and versatile, and with Yang Guifei he lived out a legendary romance for the ages. But he also watched helplessly as the woman he loved passed away. What grand vision and talents did t
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Families of Power: Political Dynasties in Chinese History 权力家族:中国历史上的政治世家
Powerful Families: Political Dynasties in Chinese History is a book about families whose members served in government for generations. It tells of political dynasties that arose in ancient China, with generations of descendants holding office and making their mark in the political arena. Among them were the great aristocratic clans of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. In those days, the highest ranks were closed to commoners, while the lowest ranks were closed to aristocrats. The
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The Political Gains and Losses of China's Dynasties 中国历代政治得失
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.
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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐明皇
Wisdom and political scheming, profit and emotion intertwine deep within the Tang palace. Crown Prince Li Longji of the Tang repeatedly puts down palace rebellions led by Empress Wei and Princess Taiping, eventually forcing his father, Emperor Li Dan, to abdicate. After ascending the throne, he rules as an enlightened emperor, governs with diligence, and ushers in the “Kaiyuan Prosperity.” But in his later years, he indulges in pleasure and appoints treacherous officials, sending the empire into
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Party Struggles Throughout Chinese History 中国历代党争
Chinese Factional Struggles Through the Ages is a history of power struggles between factions, between factions and imperial authority, and between individuals. Using strategy as its thread and history as its fabric, it recounts a host of tangled stories. Covering three thousand years of factional strife, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods through the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the book details major events, rises and falls, triumphs and humiliations, and
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Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams: From the Start, I Became the Father of Five Children 大明科举,开局成了五个孩子的爹
(Farming + daily life in ancient times + imperial examinations) A reassuring read. Shen Lin'an inexplicably finds himself reborn in ancient times in the body of a widower, with four sons and a daughter to care for, as well as a mother in her fifties. The original owner was a scholar, but he had never even earned the title of licentiate. He was too weak to shoulder a load or lift a hand, knew nothing of farming, and spent every day in drunken stupors, letting the years slip by. Let's see how Shen
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I Became a Hero in Primitive Society 我在原始社会为人杰
A no-cheat start, with hardcore primitive survival! A modern traditional Chinese medicine practitioner makes a place for himself in primitive society and steadily builds his way up. The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to primitive society. He is skilled in medicine, saving lives and healing the wounded, and knowledgeable enough to improve his tribe! He finds food, builds homes, and secures the means to survive. He gathers herbs and treats injuries to strengthen the tribe, then builds citi
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The Days I Spent with the Class Flower 和班花一起走过的日子
They had once been high school deskmates and friends for three years. Six years ago, after the college entrance exams, they went their separate ways. Six years later, fate brought them together again. He was the aloof heartthrob in every girl in the class's eyes, while she was the fiery class beauty in every boy's eyes... What would happen when they met again today...?
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Carving a Path Through Blood, from the Kaihuang Era to Zhenguan 杀出血路,从开皇到贞观
No transmigration. No alternate history. No fictionalized retelling. No golden finger. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, 510,000 Sui troops launched a massive invasion of Chen from eight different routes, advancing south from Bashu in the west to the Canghai in the east. At the Battle of Baitugang, the Sui cavalry trampled the Chen army. Five hundred elite horsemen stormed Jiankang and captured Chen Shubao alive. Thus Jiangnan was pacified, and the realm was unified. Yang Guang vied for th
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Smoke Over the Foggy City 雾都硝烟
Shen Du transmigrated into the only son of a sickly British earl in 1914. He was coughing up blood in a trench, waiting to die, as he watched all of Europe slide toward the abyss. In four years, fifty million people would become casualty figures, and the British Empire would fall from its peak. He didn’t want to be a hero. He only wanted to protect his own small patch of ground amid this catastrophe. But after he used his modern knowledge to earn one “lucky” merit after another and gradually ros
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Hong Xiuquan, the Charismatic Heavenly King 风流天王洪秀全
Hong Xiuquan, an impoverished scholar in the late Qing, was quite the extraordinary man. He struck out on a new path, launched the Jintian Uprising, rose from humble beginnings, captured Nanjing, founded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, dominated eighteen provinces, and ruled for fourteen years over half the realm. He was insatiably greedy, consorting with courtesans and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He gathered beauties from across the land, keeping 2,300 women in his harem to serve hi
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The Convict Official 罪吏
Lu Heng transmigrates. When he wakes up, he is merely an inconspicuous accounts clerk in the county office of Qingshan County, Great Qian. In seven days, the inspection team will arrive. He soon discovers that more than ten thousand shi of government grain are missing from the county's Ever-Normal Granary, and most of the fake account books used to cover up the loss were written by "him." The county magistrate wants him to confess, the deputy magistrate wants him to keep quiet, and everyone thin
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Great Ming: My Father Is a Treacherous Minister, and I Was a Rebel in My Past Life 大明:我爸是奸臣,我前世是反贼
In the autumn of the twenty-ninth year of the Jiajing reign, Yan Shifan jolted awake from a nightmare. His father, Yan Song, looked up at him. He knew that look: gentle, shrewd, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He had seen it before, on Li Linfu’s face in the Tang Dynasty. His father was Li Linfu, the man he had feared most in his previous life. Neither of them said it aloud, but they both knew: the other recognized who they were. He decided to keep a low profile and just make it t
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Great Ming: This Taoist Established a Dynasty a Century Early 大明:道爷我提前一百年建立王朝
[Royal Power Struggles + Siege Warfare + Cavalry Clashes + Debates Between Buddhism and Taoism] Guo Bao, a modern Quanzhen Taoist, transmigrates to Mongolia and from the start becomes a lowly Han slave among the Mongols. He kills a Mongol prince to rise to power and takes Jochi as his adoptive father. He leads the western campaign against Khwarezm and marches east to attack the Great Jin, fighting his way across Europe and Asia! Watch as this Taoist defies fate, overthrows the Mongols, establish
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Don’t Look Down on Me Just Because I Came from the Mountains 莫看我从山中来
Chen Jun, a liberal arts student from the twentieth century, heard a story in western Hunan about his grandfather praying for rain. He went alone to explore a mountain cave, slipped, and fell into the water. When he woke again, he found himself inhabiting the body of the twelfth son of Chen Daoyuan, a renowned Wei-Jin master of qi divination. Armed with only a fragmentary understanding of history, he watched without changing a thing, opening a new page in his understanding...
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Mao Zedong's Final Ten Years 毛泽东最后十年
The author recounts what he saw and heard during the 27 years he spent accompanying Comrade Mao Zedong. In particular, he provides a fairly comprehensive account of Chairman Mao's life, work, studies, and inspection tours from 1966 to 1976, and reveals little-known details and episodes surrounding major events such as his “meetings with the Red Guards” and Lin Biao's “September 13 Incident.” The book offers readers interested in understanding and studying this period important historical facts a
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Four Winds Valley 四风谷
Zheng Wuyang, a poor farmer with an upright nature, provoked the powerful in a moment of anger and brought ruin upon his entire family. He died with bitter resentment amid the flames. His wronged spirit lingered, but somehow a Taoist priest from Four Winds Valley brought him back to life and gave him a treasured sword, allowing him to slay every villain that very night and exact his revenge. Yet even after avenging his family, Zheng Wuyang felt no relief, only endless confusion. To help him find
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The Time-Traveling Deliveryman: I Built My Fortune by Rewriting History 超时空外卖:我靠修正历史发家
Millions of delivery workers brave wind and rain, rushing about day and night without stopping even on holidays. They bring warmth and support their families, ordinary people who do extraordinary work. This book is dedicated to all these hardworking people. Deliveryman Dai Xiao gets maliciously bad reviews and unexpectedly binds himself to a spacetime historical correction System. His job: deliver food to historical figures and stop transmigrators from rewriting Chinese history! He brings back
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Iron-Blooded Ming: One Man's Fury Stains the Land with Blood 铁血大明丶匹夫一怒血溅山河
Dear readers: Are you tired of late-Ming power fantasies where the protagonist's domineering aura sweeps over everyone from the start, recruiting famous ministers and fierce generals without a thought, then settling down to farm safely in a garrison? Great! This time, let's take the hard road instead, and write a tale of blood and battle for men of grit! The third year of Chongzhen, fifth month. The year 1630. A severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. A thousand miles of scorched earth, bones exp
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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
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My Entire Family Was Wiped Out, So I Led a Fleet Back to the Ming Dynasty 满门尽灭,我带舰队杀回大明
[Multiple heroines | No System | Alternate History | Revenge and Comeback] He helps her reclaim her family, and she joins him in fighting his way back to the Ming dynasty. A young man captured by horse bandits outside Jiayuguan turns out to be Zhang Yichen, a genius Ming craftsman whose entire family was massacred five years ago. The foreign girl among the bandits, meanwhile, is the orphaned daughter of a noble family who ended up in the East. Together, they repair matchlock guns, defeat horse b
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A Century of Hegemony 霸业百年
Following the struggles for supremacy among the feudal lords of the Spring and Autumn period, this book paints a sweeping portrait of three hundred years of history in rich prose and heartfelt narration. Slaughter and conquest, intrigue and love, glory and dreams, righteousness and evil collide and intermingle, rising and falling in a tumultuous tide... Those beautiful things, those hidden things, those hard things, those things that bring tears to your eyes the moment you touch them. A thousand
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The Dragon Rises in Jinling: Reviving the Tang Dynasty for Five Hundred Years 龙起金陵,再续大唐五百年
“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
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Forging a National Strategy: Scheming for the Realm in Troubled Times and Unifying the Empire 定国策:乱世谋国,一统江山
Overnight, Xiao Ce transmigrated and became the son of a defeated general. His father had died in battle, his clan looked down on him, enemies lurked all around, and the realm was in chaos. The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself trapped in a deadly predicament, narrowly escaping death time and again. No System, no golden finger, just the strategic mind of an ordinary man. From a castoff pushed aside by his clan to someone who carved out a foothold step by step; from bringing down corrup
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Li Hongzhang 李鸿章
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
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Qin Shi Huang Has Been on the Moon, Protecting Earth for Two Thousand Years 秦始皇在月球,守护地球两千年
[Urban Sci-Fi | Lunar Mysteries | Great Qin Heavy Industries | Pure Science and Technology | No System] In 2030, a Chinese crewed lunar landing team is caught in a cosmic turbulence and forced to land on the far side of the Moon. To their surprise, they discover a vast ancient city of Great Qin, where armored guards have stood watch for a thousand years without ever leaving. This fortress from beyond the stars conceals a shocking secret. An extraterrestrial threat is closing in, and a crisis for
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Chu Xingyao 楚星谣
What happens when you travel to another era? In her previous life, Shui Yuan’s grandfather forced her to memorize books until she was sick of them. She swore she’d never study again. After transmigrating to this world, she realized that studying was still the way to go. After all, books hold houses of gold, and books hold beautiful women. The old man really was right. Her dream in her previous life was to face the sea, with spring flowers blooming. Her dream in this life is still the same. But s
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From Pangu to Puyi 从盘古到溥仪
[A Tomato-style Records of the Grand Historian + a blessing for audiobook listeners + grounded in historical sources + told with the flair of a novel] [Also known as From Pangu's Creation of the World to the Last Emperor's Abdication] A million-character epic spanning from Pangu's creation of the world to the last emperor's abdication. This isn't a mindless power fantasy: it combines historical authenticity with an engaging, nuanced touch. The book tells the whole story of Chinese history, from
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