Books on Culture and History That’ll Make You Smarter 让人长脑子的文化与历史书籍
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A Cripple? No, No. You'll All Kneel and Call Me Your Lordship 瘸子？不不不你们都得跪下喊大人
[Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
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Shangguan Wan’er: Courtly Intrigue in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝上官婉儿宫廷风云
Shangguan Wan'er was the daughter of a convicted official, yet she became Wu Zetian's right-hand woman. When Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was restored to the throne, she was named Zhaorong and continued overseeing official edicts for both the inner court and the outer government. Later, she attached herself to Princess Taiping. After Emperor Zhongzong's sudden death, Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping drafted an imperial edict naming Li Chongmao crown prince, with Prince Xiang, Li Dan, as regent
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A Cultivator in the Mortal World 红尘修士
One day, Yun Xi's soul left Blue Star, and she fell into the vast world of cultivation. She never expected to start out as a lowly nobody, with a life as fragile as a blade of grass. In the face of despair, she seeks out opportunities, rises from the dust, and gradually stirs up the entire cultivation world!
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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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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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History That'll Make You Laugh 笑翻文史
A one-of-a-kind approach to telling stories about history and literature, a “Swiss Army knife” for broadening your knowledge and enriching your inner life. History itself is a master storyteller. Come on, let's listen to five thousand years of stories!
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A History of the United States: Recreating a Real and Multifaceted America (Latitude and Longitude Series) 美国史话：还原一个真实立体的美国（经纬度丛书）
The American Story offers a portrait of a real, complex, and little-known America. Focusing on the American character, this book traces the nation’s history from the fifteenth century to the end of the twentieth, covering its founding, the drafting of its Constitution, and its westward expansion, as well as the pragmatism of North American colonists, the impasse and breakthrough of the Civil War, and America’s stance and conduct in international conflicts. By examining pivotal moments, key figur
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A Scholar's Tragedy 才子之殇
Gifted beyond compare, excelling at everything from games of skill to spirit writing and divination... As a boy, Jin Shengtan was the most unconventional and legendary prodigy of his age, a brilliant young eccentric. Behind every legend lies a tale unknown to the world. This novel tells the seemingly absurd yet deeply philosophical stories from the youth of Jin Shengtan, the renowned scholar of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
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Beauty That Slays the World 艳杀天下
She killed Han Xin and executed Peng Yue, clearing away every one of Liu Bang’s “brothers” for him. She poisoned the King of Zhao and turned a rival into a human pig, leaving no one in the harem daring to challenge her authority. Before her husband died, he made her swear that only members of the Liu clan could be kings, yet she personally placed members of the Lü clan on the throne. Her son hated her, the ministers feared her, and the people of the realm called her a “poisonous woman.” But so w
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The Pinnacle of the Noble Consort 贵妃之巅
“A twisted romance” + “palace intrigue” + “a tragedy of the age.” During the Chenghua reign of the Ming dynasty, palace maid Wan Zhen'er spent ten years bringing Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen, confined in the Cold Palace, back from hell to the world of the living. What began as a desperate act of protection warped, under the influence of power, into a twisted symbiosis. Seventeen years older than him, she was his nursemaid and elder sister, and eventually became his only Noble Consort, as well as hi
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Behold the Dao in All Its Forms 观道万方
From the ancient tomb of the Dragon Clan in the Qinling Mountains to King Wen's thousand-year-old tomb, from his university campus to hidden sanctuaries in the snowy mountains, Li Daoyi navigates the secretive forces of the Feng and Ji families, drawing the attention of the special department known as "864." Born under the Ziwei destiny and trained by a mysterious Taoist master, Li Daoyi's path of cultivation is destined to be closely bound to worldly ties and the fortunes of heaven and earth. W
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The Great Wall Guard: The Last Glory 长城守卫军之最后的荣耀
On the vast Eastern Continent stands the mysterious and mighty Great Zhou Empire. For generations, the Prince of Qin's household, a family of royal rank but not of the imperial surname, has guarded the northwest against the powerful enemy known as the Great Shi, while remaining mired in the emperor's suspicions. Young hostage Qin Hetu enters the capital's maelstrom carrying out his family's mission, struggling to survive amid political intrigue and his studies. Meanwhile, beyond the Great Wall i
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