Essential Introductory Books for Students of Chinese Metaphysics 易学人必读入门书籍
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The Ten Heavenly Stems: Cultivation’s Secret Code 修真密码十天干
Here, I will reveal the underlying principles behind the flow of time and space, knowledge passed down only to the worthy. I have two junior sisters. They have heavy workloads every day, and still have to cultivate with me. They said they wished they could study while they worked. So I wrote down the most essential parts of what our master taught us in this book. I thought there must be others like them, enduring the same hardships but never giving up on the pursuit of truth.
1.3kReads8.4Score529Shelves
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The Eight Characters of Destiny Are the Ancestors of Science 八字是科学它祖宗
Newly released books tend to get low ratings, but everyone who has read this one gives it five stars. Many readers enjoy it so much that they have to read it twice. Some even ask, "Why isn't a book this good popular? Is there no justice?" Haha, thank you for your support. [This book follows the principle of "observing the Way of Heaven and carrying out its course": understand your own fate, find the bugs in your System, stand at the highest point of the Heavenly Way, and look down on all living
7kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
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A Handy Guide to I Ching Ramblings 易学碎碎念宝典
[A practical guide to the I Ching + fortune-telling + feng shui + luck + arrangement + adjustment + psychology] How can you harness good fortune and make life better with every step? How can the I Ching move beyond ancient books and become an everyday tool for seeing through patterns and solving problems? This is my open-source I Ching project. I'm sharing the underlying principles of Bazi, feng shui, Plum Blossom numerology, and physiognomy with you. Practical and verifiable. No obscure termi
425Reads8.5Score135Shelves
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The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师
[A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself.
564kReads9.6Score118kShelves
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Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术
When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get
161.4kReads9.6Score35.1kShelves
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Little Brother, You're Amazing at Medicine 弟弟，你的医术好棒
An outrageously satisfying story, already adapted into three short dramas. By chance, Lin Xiaolong, a country bumpkin and hopeless loser, enters a cave and receives the legacy of the True Man Longyang. From then on, his life is turned upside down. With beautiful women by his side, he rises to the pinnacle of life.
45.2kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
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The Patriarch Praises Me as a Fine Immortal Seedling 祖师夸我好仙苗
Beyond the Thirty-Six Heavens, above the Nine Skies, dwell the immortals. Immortals were once ordinary people too. The only thing that holds ordinary people back is a lack of resolve. My name is Shen Xing. My life has been full of hardship since childhood. I was destined to have no parents, no wife or children, no official position, and no wealth. I was born to be pitied. People said someone like me might end up a beggar one day. But my master said my fate was one in ten thousand. Even if I beca
16kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
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Face Reading Is This Simple 相法就是这么简单
This is a new book, and a good one that was let down by its rating. The heavens reveal signs of fortune and misfortune, and everything can be read through its outward appearance. This book describes the art of reading the appearances of all things. There’s no need to cast a divination: observe an object, discern its signs, and judge its fortune or misfortune at once. The Creator is a painter, and every joy and sorrow in her heart takes shape as an image. So once you understand how to read appear
216Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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Mastering the Book of Changes, Rising to the Heavens in One Leap 易学纵横一步登天
Cultivation, Qi Refining, esoteric arts, feng shui, and sacrifice: everything you’ve heard of and everything you haven’t is in this book. Each technique is clearly explained and effective in practice. By the first few chapters, readers in the know have already realized that people outside would charge hundreds of thousands for this information, if they were willing to share it at all. Some readers even exclaimed that after searching for years, they’d finally found a shortcut to cultivation, only
10.3kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
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The Way of Changes Can Reach the Divine 易可通神
If you seek the spark of wisdom, step into this book. It shares only profound teachings, suited to those with spiritual insight and mature minds. These are lessons from my own experience. I will write with care, and you can read with care. That's how fate works: it comes unbidden, sparked by a single thought, and deepens into devotion... May we help one another flourish and find fulfillment.
3.2kReads7.3Score662Shelves
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Stealing Heaven's Secrets: My Feng Shui and Face-Reading Skills Are Worth Trillions 窃天机：我的风水相术价值万亿
This book doesn’t deal with supernatural forces or mysterious talismans. It only discusses real-world feng shui and fortune analysis. Some people lost a million yuan because of a decorative ornament. Others escaped desperate situations thanks to a potted plant. What we call fate is actually hidden in the clothes we wear, the food we eat, and the places where we live and travel. This is a record of understanding fortune in the mortal world, disguised as a novel. Drawing on real urban stories, it
66.7kReads8.6Score7.6kShelves
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The Cultivation Investiture of the Gods 修仙封神榜
In the Age of Declining Dharma, immortals and demons wage a great war. The Way of Heaven is the way of humanity. The survival of the Dharma realm rests in the hands of every one of us. This book is tagged as fantasy romance. The love in this story is the Way of Heaven's care for all living beings, and the righteous love that inspires them to work together to uphold its order. Cultivating immortality means cultivating humanity. The righteous path in this world is a rough one.
13.6kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
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Destiny Opens the Door to Wisdom 命运开启智慧之门
Miner Lin Haiyang has a chance encounter that introduces him to the divination arts of the Book of Changes. Through persistence and selfless, tireless study, he unravels one age-old mystery after another, opens the door to wisdom, and embarks on a life enlightened by it.
7.6kReads9.0Score885Shelves
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A Collection of Folk Feng Shui Records 民间风水集录
Also known as The Dragon-Seeking Secret: The Five Masters of Jingmen. Main characters: Tao Duoyu and Ren Shiyu; The Five Masters of Zhongzhou: Xiong Lei of the Northeast, Zheng Xuan of western Hunan, and Su Mei of Jiangnan; My name is Tao Duoyu. My master is Tao the Blind, the foremost of the Five Masters of Zhongzhou. Twenty-four years ago, he saved me when I was at death’s door, snatching fate from the heavens to extend my life by more than twenty years. Twenty-four years later, my master myst
2.9kReads9.1Score384Shelves
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The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下
[Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it...
202.8kReads9.1Score28.8kShelves
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Ghost Stories of Huai Fragrance Alley 槐香巷怪谈
Tales of Huai Xiang Alley
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The Second Half of My Life 我的后半生
In The First Half of My Life, Luo Zijun falls from her life of comfort as a full-time housewife to the depths of divorce. With help from her best friend Tang Jing and Tang Jing’s boyfriend, He Han, she struggles to get back on her feet and gradually establish herself in the workplace. But during this process, He Han falls in love with Luo Zijun, making the relationship between the three of them complicated and fraught. Now, The Second Half of My Life begins, and He Han’s choice between Luo Zijun
1.7kReads8.2Score355Shelves
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The 1980s: After the Loving Mother Turns Dark, the Whole Family Panics 八零：慈母黑化后，全家都慌了
(Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr
65.9kReads9.1Score7.4kShelves
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The Dominating Workplace Big Shot and the Newly Widowed Woman 霸道的职场大佬，新寡的她
Her husband died unexpectedly, leaving her a new widow whom everyone avoided. She had planned to spend the rest of her life in peace, but accidentally fell into the arms of the most powerful man in the city. He was a ruthless, cold-hearted business tycoon who could make or break anyone, and had no interest in women. Yet with her, he pursued her at every turn and kept her firmly by his side: “From now on, your body and your heart belong to me alone.” Everyone urged her to remain faithful to her l
20kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
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Transmigrating to the Southern Song to Become the Iron Sword Hero 穿越南宋成为铁剑大侠
I transmigrated to the Southern Song dynasty and became Yang Yunxiao, a descendant of Yang Zaixing! As the nation falls and families are torn apart, Wen Tianxiang raises an army against the Yuan, Jia Sidao wreaks havoc at court, and the Xuanming Sect stirs in the shadows. I endure humiliation at Wudang for over a decade, while Daoist Chongxu secretly teaches me martial arts. With the Xuanyuan Sword, I face the Xuanming Sword, righteousness overcoming evil; with the Primordial Chaos True Art, I c
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The Ethnic Alchemist 民族炼金术士
When international gold prices surged by more than 70% in 2025, surpassing U.S. Treasury bonds for the first time in 30 years to become the world's leading reserve asset held by central banks, the real-world rush to “hoard gold in troubled times” echoed the battle over gold in this novel. Amid geopolitical upheaval and the restructuring of the monetary system, gold's value as a safe haven is once again in demand. Yet The Nation's Alchemist had already revealed the truth in its story: what people
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You Can Achieve Financial Freedom Too 你也可以实现财务自由
The lessons about wealth your family never taught you are covered here. The money others make from “information gaps” is broken down for you, too. This book isn’t here to teach you how to “manage your money.” It gives you a complete financial breakthrough plan instead, from mindset to action, from saving to earning. It helps you build a new track toward wealth and take firm control of your life again. Don’t wait. Financial freedom for ordinary people starts with breaking free of outdated belief
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What Are Some Brilliant Ways to Make Money? 赚钱有什么金点子
On the road to building wealth, there is much worth exploring: how we think about money, ways to generate income, investment strategies, how to uncover business opportunities, and how to seize them, unless you are already completely satisfied with your financial situation. What Are Some Great Ideas for Making Money? carefully brings together more than 360 time-tested stories of wealth creation from around the world. Immersing yourself in them will not only give you a clear view of the many paths
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