Recommend One or Two Historical Novels With a Modern Sensibility 来个一两本古代的书，有时尚感了。
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- 51 A History of Ancient Chinese Literature 中国古代文学史 Chinese culture esteems peace and upholds moderation as an ideal way of life. When different cultures meet, the Chinese are adept at blending them, avoiding bias and resentment while valuing harmony and balance. This has enabled the Chinese nation to grow and flourish. Chinese culture is like a boundless sea fed by a hundred rivers. A History of Chinese Culture recounts the extraordinary journey of China, from prehistory to the present: the expansion of its territory, the formation of its people 3Reads7.9Score—14d adds
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You Don't Like a Slender Waist and a Soft, Delicate Beauty? My Words Say No, but My Heart Says Yes! 不喜细腰娇软？是朕口是心非！
[Unhinged emperor × clear-eyed beauty | powerful man, gentle woman | forced love | white moonlight | imprisonment | amnesia | chasing his wife] In a dream, Mu Zhuohua glimpsed her own life. Her childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince Xiao Junyi, who had promised to marry her, would send her away to marry another kingdom. Helian Xiao, the emperor of Ziyuan whom she would marry, would go on to unite the realm. After waking, she resolved to stop being the girl who waited in vain for her childhood sweeth
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- 53 My Husband Holds Power over the Court, and My Mother Rules the Inner Palace 我夫权倾朝野，我娘宠冠后宫 [Pure Historical Romance + Sweet Romance + Court Intrigue] Everyone says Princess Jin Jia was pampered from childhood, treasured like royalty, yet she's just a pretty but useless ornament? Zhao Yining doesn't care. She wraps herself in sheepskin, plays the pig to eat the tiger, and just keeps grinding! Her fiancé wants to run away? Don't let the door hit you on the way out. A sleazy man wants to get close? Get lost as far away as possible. She can dodge open attacks and fend off hidden arrows. A 2.4kReads8.9Score24214d adds
- 54 The Legend of Changwu in the Imperial Harem 后宫长梧传 When I was little, Father asked me to enter the palace in Changruo’s place. I didn’t think much of it. Someone from the Qiu family had to enter the palace. It would be either me or Changruo. I was older, so it seemed only natural that I should go. But when I grew up and Father used a private visit as an excuse to bring Ming Qi to see Changruo, I realized that in his heart, Changruo and I were not the same. Among the green hills, trees grow tall. The phoenix tree is no paulownia. Sparrows peck 198Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 55 A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom for a Lifetime (The Original Novel Behind the TV Series Starring Zhang Binbin and Sun Zhenni) 千朵桃花一世开（张彬彬、孙珍妮主演同名电视剧原著） Xie Xuechen was the greatest swordsman among the human race, but after losing all his magical power, he fell into the hands of the Demon Saintess. A swordsman’s path is one of unbending resolve and fearless advance. Born extraordinary, he has never suffered such humiliation. If he submits, his conviction will waver; if he fights to the death, he risks losing his chastity. A story about a proper, cold, and unfeeling swordsman who falls on hard times, decides to lie flat, and gets toyed with by a 3.5kReads9.6Score52314d adds
- 56 Joy on the Return to the Capital 归朝欢 Even as Princess Qiuyang lay dying, the person she couldn’t forget was still the one with rosy lips and bright teeth, whose smile made her willing to give up her life. But that person was hounded to death by the whole world. So she decided to seize the entire realm and make it his grave offering. Unfortunately, she fell just short of success. Before she died, she thought that when they first met, she should have ignored everything and snatched that great monk away, locked him up, and never let a 424Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 57 Spring Banquet 春日宴 She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 58 Bound by Spring 缚春情 [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 90.9kReads9.6Score12.1k14d adds
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Surely You Laugh at My Passion 多情应笑我
Lin Fang has been disguised as a boy since childhood, and she can't help feeling helpless about it. Her household registration says she's male, so what can she do? But the secret she has sworn to protect is discovered by a young boy she accidentally rescues! Lin Fang thought she'd picked up a deadweight, but once the boy, Yun Weiming, regains his identity, she feels as if she's sitting on a mountain of gold. “Who would've thought! I've picked up all kinds of things before, but you're the most va
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Hahaha, Great Ming 哈哈哈，大明
In an age when everyone is rebelling, to survive, you have to be more ruthless than every rebel king. You have to become the greatest rebel king of all. Take down Gao Yingxiang first, then Zhang Xianzhong, then Li Zicheng, and after that, go straight for the Eight Banners. You Manchus, your emperor is back.
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Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了
The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back
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- 62 The Snow-Drifting Immortal of the Mortal World 飘雪人间仙 A soul from another world arrives in a foreign realm. His parents are missing, his grandparents are elderly, and the hidden powerhouse at his side is a deadweight. He has a cold and beautiful fiancée, a domineering aunt, and second-generation cousins who are beyond help. What sort of scene awaits him? There are secrets within the palace, mysteries surrounding the continent, and covetous eyes from other races. Amid the chaos, he must carve out a sliver of hope for survival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 In Honghuang, I Protect the Jie Sect 人在洪荒保截教 An overworked 996 office drone transmigrates to the Primordial World after saving a beauty, becoming the Jie Sect's senior disciple and awakening the Protect the Jie Sect System. What kind of careless name is that...? What, the Investiture of the Gods is about to begin? Hurry and protect Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, the Ten Heavenly Lords, the Four Sages of Kowloon Island... What, Master has gone to Jiepai Pass? Hurry and fetch Lady Nuwa! I'll go wake the Demon Ancestor... 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Three Pure Ones Are Now Four, So We Can't Split Up This Time 三清变四清了，这回不能分家了 I am the younger brother of the Three Pure Ones. (This is genuinely the Primordial World: a chaotic mess. The characters from the human race don’t appear in the same order as in other novels, and neither do the magic treasures. Is there a heroine? Yes, there is! Yes, there is!) Yuan Qing, the fourth fragment of Pangu’s primordial spirit. “You three still want to become Heavenly Dao Saints? Follow the path of the Primordial Chaos instead. Don’t listen to that old bastard Hongjun...” 2.6kReads6.9Score21014d adds
- 65 Immortals Descend to Another World 仙临异界 In Earth’s End of Dharma Age, when spiritual energy is scarce, a cultivation prodigy is about to survive his tribulation and ascend to immortality. Just as he is about to succeed, the heavenly tribulation is upgraded to a world-destroying thunder tribulation. His body is destroyed, but a rare treasure protects his true spirit and carries it to a world of swords and magic. This world is home to elves, dwarves, and beastfolk, as well as a patchwork of warring human empires... Watch as this cultiva 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Divine Healer: After Three Years in Prison, Powerful Figures Beg Me to Return 神医：入狱三年，大佬跪求我出狱 Three years ago, Zhang Long's girlfriend was harassed by a rich second-generation heir. Zhang Long went to prison for three years to protect her. Three years later, she married the rich heir, while Zhang Long's parents mysteriously disappeared. Zhang Long crashed the wedding and began searching for his parents, only to uncover a shocking secret... 103Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 67 The Little Miracle Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村小神医 Lu Fan, the “Assassin Miracle Doctor,” returns to his hometown. His younger sister is being bullied, the mystery of his missing parents and older brother remains unsolved, and there are even traces of the legendary immortals to follow. With his peerless medical skills and extraordinary martial arts, Lu Fan solves every problem. But he was only ever focused on pursuing the Great Dao, so why does trouble keep following him around? What should he do? Asking online! 1.4kReads9.0Score60514d adds
- 68 The Gifted Young Miracle Doctor of the Desolate Village 荒村妖孽小神医 [Countryside + Miracle Doctor + Fool] Liu Chen’s parents died when he was young, leaving him and his younger sister to depend on each other. Life was hard, but through sheer effort, Liu Chen still managed to get into a prestigious university. Then he caught his ex-girlfriend cheating with her lover, and they beat him so badly that he suffered brain damage. Before long, everyone for miles around knew him as Big Hairy, the village fool. Fortunately, he inherited the legacy of a Medicine Sovereign, 4kReads9.1Score59214d adds
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My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝！
[Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn
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- 70 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 196.6kReads9.5Score24.6k14d adds
- 71 EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 557.8kReads9.3Score70.2k14d adds
- 72 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 40.9kReads9.6Score4.1k14d adds
- 73 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 12.1kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 74 My Wife Is Always Trying to Kill Me 我家娘子总想弄死我 “Gu Chuan, are you plotting a rebellion?!” “Your Majesty, I’ve been wronged!” “Then why are the commander of the Xuanyue Army, the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Maiden, the Shadow Guards, the Queen of Jialan, and the Daoist Sect’s itinerant cultivator all with you?!” Gu Chuan swears that all he wanted at first was to lie flat. But the longer he lay low, the more people gathered around him. He had no choice but to mount his horse and take up arms to bring peace to the land! In the first year of the Wuh 14.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 75 EN Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strongest Imperial Guard—The World Is Mine! 红楼：最强锦衣卫，我只手遮天！ [You can enjoy this even if you've never read Dream of the Red Chamber] After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Huan becomes an unloved son born to a concubine. The dynasty is nearing its end, officials are corrupt, martial artists flout the law, and court factions scheme for power. Fortunately, Jia Huan awakens a golden finger and joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, rising through the ranks. If anyone crosses him, he slaughters them, while also taking the opportuni 112.9kReads8.9Score11.8k14d adds
- 76 With a Weapon-Nurturing Immortal Coffin by My Side, I Raised a Million Divine Generals 伴生养兵仙棺，我养出了百万神将 Among all living beings, those blessed by heaven and earth and born with exceptional gifts may have a spiritual treasure accompany them from birth. Some prodigies are born alongside immortal swords, each stroke capable of cleaving the starry river. Some are born alongside pill furnaces, their alchemy skills unmatched beneath the heavens. Others are born alongside supreme formation diagrams, with killing formations filling the cosmic starry sky and making stars crumble like dust. There is even an 25.6kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
- 77 Xuanhuan: Defying Fate Through Ten Thousand Lifetimes, I Beat the Immortal Emperor to a Pulp 玄幻：逆命万世，我打爆仙帝 [The print edition of "Mayfly Chronicle" is now on sale] If life is as fleeting as a mayfly, how can it shake the heavens? After dying in poverty in old age, Su Chen discovered that his golden finger was a book that defied fate. After death, he could earn Fate-Reversal Points based on his life's achievements and keep reincarnating. He could spend those points to improve his next life's aptitude, comprehension, and even background. Across the long years, he was the ineffectual young master of a m 116kReads9.0Score10.6k14d adds
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Three Feet of Spring 三尺春【王嘉懋、李十七主演 短剧同名原著小说热播中！！！】
The captivating beauty Li Shuwan, whose background is shrouded in mystery × the aloof, proud General Li Fengyuan, hard-mouthed but soft-hearted Ancient romance + premium novel + one-on-one romance + both leads' first love + sweet romance + mutual devotion + palace intrigue + simmering tension + secret crush + age gap + reunion after years apart When she was seven, Li Shuwan was brought back from the countryside to the General's Mansion, becoming Li Fengyuan's relative in name only. Knowing her
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- 79 Jade Between the Lips 衔玉 [Delicate, Sickly Aristocratic Lady Lin Yu VS Cold, Tsundere Embroidered Uniform Guard Li Heming] [Historical Romance + One-on-One Romance + Household Intrigue + Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Devoted Hero + Happy Ending] The year Lin Yu broke off her engagement to Li Heming, rumors spread that she had done so because Li Heming had risen to become the Northern Commandant of the Embroidered Uniform Guard by stepping over the corpses of court officials. Lin Yu was frail, and 31.6kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
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The Chatterbox Princess 话痨公主
I am the royal family's only princess, born to wealth and privilege, with a status beyond compare, but I never stop talking. When I was eighteen and still unmarried, my imperial brother, the emperor, could no longer stand my endless chatter. Taking the approach of giving me what I lacked, he arranged for me to marry Chu Guining, the young master of a family that guarded the nation. Chu Guining was not only a little mute with a damaged voice, but also a sickly man who panted after every step. Lat
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- 81 Dragon Head Supreme 龙头至尊 The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why 200.4kReads9.1Score12k14d adds
- 82 Transmigrating as Fat Orange to Give Yixiu a Happy Life 穿越大胖橘给宜修幸福生活 A miserable college girl transmigrates into Fat Tangerine to give Yixiu a happy life. She changes Yixiu's fate and helps her become more confident. Sweet romance and everyday sweetness. The heroine knows nothing about palace intrigue, so this is pure, brainless pampering. There is some vilification of Chun Yuan, and Zhen Huan is heavily vilified. Zhen Huan fans, stay away. I'll try to give all the consorts happy endings, though there's nothing I can do for some of the cannon fodder. This is my f 1.1kReads8.7Score10114d adds
- 83 Yixiu and Nian Shilan Reborn: Allies in Revenge 宜修与年世兰双重生结盟复仇 After Yixiu and Nian Shilan die, they find themselves in a space run by a Grievance-Removal System. It tells them that their grievances are too great for them to be reincarnated, but offers them a chance to be reborn and live their lives over again, taking revenge on those who wronged them and settling their scores to dispel their resentment. What choices will they make when they return to the past? Watch as they bring Zhen Huan down, kill the emperor, put Honghui on the throne, and help Hongyan 4.7kReads8.9Score58414d adds
- 84 Yixiu Is Reborn: Tearing Apart the White Lotus Consort Chun Yuan 宜修重生：手撕纯元白莲花 [The rating is low because voting just opened~] “When the heart is kind, the face is beautiful. Surely, even when Pure Yuan grows old, she will still outshine you by a thousand miles.” I should have known better than to poison my elder sister so soon. Then you could have seen for yourself how your moonlight turns rotten, and the white lotus who seduced her sister's husband could have tasted the torment of life deep within the palace! Yixiu thought this as she lay dying. When she opened her ey 13kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 85 The Harem: Consort Hua Reborn 后宫之华妃重生 Consort Hua, Nian Shilan, died with a heart full of resentment in her previous life. Unexpectedly, she was reborn. When she woke again, she knew that Consort Duan had not harmed her child. She still both hated and loved the emperor. She hated him for using her feelings and devotion to bring down the entire Nian family, but loved the man she had sincerely given her heart to when they were young. But if she hadn’t been so foolish in her previous life, how would she have made so many enemies? When 12kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 86 Zhen Huan Reborn: Joining Forces with Consort Hua to Upend the Harem 甄嬛重生：与华妃携手搅乱后宫 [Zhen Huan and Prince Guo both reborn] [*two alphas seek revenge* *regicide couple* *enemies become allies*] On the eve of the selection, Zhen Huan is reborn. In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong person and watched the man she loved most die in her arms. This time, she decides not to enter the palace. But even when she gets her wish and marries Prince Guo, she still cannot escape her fate of entering the palace as a consort. Entering the palace with a heart full of hatred, Zhen 2.9kReads8.6Score27314d adds
- 87 I Level Up Once a Day, So Go Ahead and Call Off the Engagement 一天升一级，你想退婚就退呗 Lin Chen transmigrates and gets a System that grants him a level every day. While everyone else is struggling to level up, he's out sunbathing... While everyone else is fighting tooth and nail for advanced cultivation techniques, he's casually creating all kinds of god-tier techniques... [Ding! First day bound to the System: gained ten levels in a row...] [Ding! Inspired by looking at flowers, created the Heavenly Flower Divine Art...] [Ding! Got up in the morning and created the Yin-Yang Cycle 28.4kReads8.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 88 EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 135.9kReads8.5Score10k14d adds
