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The Secret History of Fu Kang'an, Qianlong's Illegitimate Son 乾隆私生子福康安的秘史
Fucha Fukan’an was Qianlong’s nephew by marriage and the nephew of Empress Xiaochunxian. He became an imperial guard at a young age, and by twenty-four was serving as General of Jilin and General of Shengjing. Over the course of his career, he served as governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian and Zhejiang, and Guangdong and Guangxi. He also held posts including Minister of Works, Minister of War, and Minister of the Imperial Household Department. After suppressing the Miao uprisi
2.7kReads6.4Score110Shelves
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The Romantic History of the Twelve Great Han Officials of the Qing Dynasty 满清十二大汉臣风流史
Using a modern perspective, this story explores the lives of the twelve great Han Chinese officials of the Qing Dynasty: Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Shi Lang, Zhang Tingyu, Liu Yong, Ji Yun, Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong, and Yuan Shikai. This isn't official history. It's more like unofficial history, and there might be transmigration or even aliens. Anything is possible. Full of humor and absurdity, this funny story tells a different tale of the twelve great Ha
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The Qing Dynasty's First Butcher: Prince Yu Dodo 清朝第一屠夫:豫亲王多铎
Dodo, the fifteenth son of Qing Taizu Nurhaci, was known as the Qing Dynasty’s most infamous butcher. So why was he granted a place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple? This is the story of Dodo’s fierce life, returning once more to the bloody age of Later Jin, as well as the love stories of those who lived through it.
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He Shen and His Nine Wives 和珅和他的九个老婆
Niu Hulu Heshen, the Qing Dynasty’s greatest corrupt official, was not only Qianlong’s favorite minister, but also his in-law: the father-in-law of Qianlong’s most beloved daughter, Princess Gurun Hexiao. Heshen was also a lecher. What strange stories unfolded between him and his nine wives and concubines?
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The Imperial Noble Consorts of the Qing Dynasty 大清的那些皇贵妃们
Just how many imperial noble consorts did the Qing Dynasty have? How were these women, second only to the empress, given their titles? What were their fates, their love stories, and their children like? A lighthearted, humorous look at the Qing Dynasty’s imperial noble consorts.
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The Qing Dynasty’s Demon General: Hailancha 大清妖将:海兰察
During the Qianlong era, the demon general Dorar Hailancha was a young Ewenki man who rose from stable hand to First-Class Duke of Extraordinary Valor. In forty years, he performed seven great feats, and after his death, he was honored with an unprecedented place in the Zhaozhong Shrine. What unknown and extraordinary tales lie behind this legendary general, who liked only plump women and was secretly admired by Consort Wan of Emperor Qianlong?
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A Playful History of the Qing Dynasty's Twenty-Nine Empresses 戏说大清二十九位皇后
A humorous, absurd, and offbeat retelling of the stories of the twenty-nine empresses of China's last feudal dynasty, the Great Qing. From Menggu Zhezhe to Gobulo Wanrong, it recounts their tales of love and resentment.
541Reads—Score103Shelves
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The Unusual Consorts of Hong Taiji 皇太极的那些特殊嫔妃
They say the Qing emperor’s standards for selecting consorts were strict. Whether through the Imperial Household Department or the Eight Banners, candidates were supposed to be unmarried and chaste, weren’t they? Though early Qing emperors such as Kangxi and Qianlong did take widows into the palace, their numbers were limited. But Qing Taizong Aisin Gioro Huangtaiji was different. Seven of his consorts were widows, making up 46% of his total consorts. Even his beloved Hailanzhu was a widow. Thre
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The Secret Tale of Prince Yiwei, Kicked to Death 秘传被踢死的皇子奕伟
During the Jiaqing era, the future Daoguang Emperor was still the second prince, Mian Ning. In the Chonghua Palace, there was a young maid named Hui Fa Na La Cai Hong, whose duties were to serve tea and run errands. Unwilling to spend her whole life as a lowly maid, Cai Hong sought to rise in status. With the Jiaqing Emperor’s encouragement, she seduced Mian Ning and gave birth to the emperor’s eldest grandson, Yi Wei. Yi Wei was adored by the Jiaqing Emperor from childhood and was made a Duoluo
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The Qing Dynasty's Eccentric People and Bizarre Events 大清朝的那些奇葩人和事
Every dynasty has its share of bizarre people and events. This book selects some classic characters and stories, using a modern perspective to explore the strange people and strange happenings of the Qing dynasty. Let’s travel back to the era of queues and experience a Qing dynasty like no other!
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The Secret History of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai 秦淮八艳秘史
In Miscellaneous Records of Banqiao, written by Yu Huai, a literary figure of the late Ming and early Qing, he recounts the stories of eight talented women who lived along the Qinhuai River in Jinling. But the views of their lives were limited by the conventions of their time. Now, told in the first person, we can revisit the lives of these eight women: their love and heartbreak, their attitudes toward romance, the choices they made when it came to their country, and the regrets they carried. St
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Puyi! I Want a Divorce! 溥仪!我要和你离婚!
Erudete Wenxiu, the Noble Consort of Puyi, the last emperor, was the first imperial consort in Chinese history to publicly divorce her husband! What love and hatred bound Puyi, Wenxiu, and Empress Wanrong? What kind of life did Wenxiu lead after her divorce? Was it the life she wanted? And after Wenxiu, who else would divorce Puyi? The story of Puyi being divorced, told with humor, comedy, and absurdity.
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The Qing Dynasty's Most Brazen Prince: Daisan of the Prince Li Line 清朝最豪横的王爷:礼亲王代善
As Nurhaci’s second legitimate son, how did he miss out on the throne twice? The choices he made earned his family three hereditary titles and preserved their honor for two hundred years. Why did he have an affair with the consort Aba Hai? What kind of story did he share with Hong Taiji? And what made him so audacious?
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A Playful Tale of Qing Princesses 戏说大清公主
Told with wit and humor, this is the story of the princesses of the Great Qing. As the most noble members of the royal family, they have the kind of status ordinary people envy. But what is their lives really like?
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From Lhasa to Kathmandu 从拉萨到加德满都
This is not a novel, and it contains no twists or extraordinary adventures. It is simply an account of something that really happened to me. It was the year of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. I was twenty-eight, traveling alone from Shanghai to Chengdu, then on to Lhasa and Shigatse. These are the small details of my journey, from the Zhangmu border crossing as I set out once more toward Shigatse. It may seem like an ordinary travel story, but it was also my attempt to save myself: to find meaning
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Xu Siniu, the Last Woman to Give Birth in the Qing Palace 清宫最后的产妇徐四妞
My name is Xu Sinü. I'm a bondservant of the Plain Yellow Banner, and my entire family serves the imperial household. Our status is lowly. So I never dreamed of entering the palace to become some kind of consort. All I wanted was to stay with Brother Sun forever. Love comes first. Unfortunately, the daughters of bondservant families under the Imperial Household Department all have to go through the selection process, and I became a low-ranking palace maid in the Forbidden City. I was still longi
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Reborn as A Gui, the Qing Dynasty’s Greatest General 转世变大清第一铁将阿桂
I’m a handsome guy from 2026, and for no reason at all, I transmigrated to the fifty-sixth year of the Kangxi era (1717). I became A Gui, the only son of Akdun of the Zhangjia clan, a scholar of the Grand Secretariat and a member of the Manchu Plain Blue Banner. How will I make my way through the reigns of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing? Especially during the Qianlong era, how will I put down the Xinjiang rebellion, fight the troublemakers in Burma who cut off people’s waists, and fina
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The Sunset Rose of the Qing Dynasty: Empress Wanrong 大清的落日玫瑰婉容皇后
I am the last empress of the Qing dynasty, Gobulo Wanrong. My husband was Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing dynasty and the emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo. Like him, I spent my life adrift. I loved him, and I hated him. I opposed his collaboration with the Japanese, and he hurt me, too. In the end, I was unfaithful as well and gave birth to a daughter. I died far from home, and no one came to claim my remains.
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Tales of a Qing Prince 大清皇子戏传
Told in an exaggerated and hilarious style, this book recounts the stories of the Qing Dynasty’s princes. Some devoted their whole lives to the empire, while others idled away without earning a single military achievement, yet made their mark in the arts. Some were deposed, some were sentenced to death, and some were kicked to death by their own imperial fathers. Their stories are yours to read at your leisure. This book follows the princes from Fuman, Emperor Zhihuang of the Qing Xingzu, all th
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A Farcical Tale of Qianlong’s Empress Who Cut Her Hair 戏扯乾隆的断发皇后
My name is Huifan Nala Jingxian. I am the fifth-generation granddaughter of Wang Jichu, ruler of the Huifa tribe of the Haixi Jurchens, and a true daughter of a Manchu aristocratic family. I was also the Qianlong Emperor's second empress, and the famous Hair-Cutting Empress of Qing history. In the end, the Qianlong Emperor abandoned me. After I died of depression, they placed me in the underground palace of Su Jia, the Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui. I didn't care. I had already sworn in front o
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Yinxiang, Yongzheng's Best Friend 雍正的死党胤祥
Why did the Thirteenth Prince, Yinxiang, become such a close friend of Emperor Yongzheng? What exactly happened between them? And who was Yun Hui? Did she really transmigrate to the Qing Dynasty? What happened between her and Yinxiang?
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Prince Rui Dorgon in the Unofficial Histories 野史里的睿亲王多尔衮
Dorgon! Prince Rui! Regent! All-powerful! Married Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang! Had no sons! His body was exhumed and desecrated by the Shunzhi Emperor! What kind of person was Dorgon, really, according to unofficial history?
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The Hellish High-Speed Rail of Prince Azige 和硕英亲王阿济格的地狱高铁
They were all sons of Da'ahai, so why could Dorgon and Dodo both become regent princes? Why couldn't their eldest brother, Ajige? People say Ajige was the dullest of the three brothers. But that's not the case. He's not only a prince of the Great Qing, he can also control every person's seat number on the train to hell after they die, as well as their final destination. Let's take a look at Ajige's remarkable story.
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The Secrets of the Fourteenth Prince Yinti and His Five Wives and Concubines 十四阿哥胤禵和他五个妻妾的秘密
Yinti, the Kangxi Emperor's fourteenth son, is the Yongzheng Emperor's younger brother, the youngest son of Consort De, a key member of the Eighth Prince's faction, and a loser in the struggle among the nine princes for the throne. But these aren't his most important identities. Where did he come from? And where did his five wives and concubines come from? In the year 2300, plague, viruses, war, zombies, food shortages, and polluted water erupt across the Earth, leaving humanity on the brink of
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Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Transmigrates into Empress Dowager Cixi 孝庄太后穿越成慈禧太后
In the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi’s reign, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang is gravely ill and on the verge of death. Then she has a strange dream! She actually transmigrates into the Empress Dowager Cixi! Here is an Empress Dowager Cixi unlike the one in the history books!
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The Secrets of Seven Tong Jia Consorts in the Great Qing Harem 大清后宫七位佟佳氏嫔妃的秘闻
Over the Qing dynasty’s 296 years, the imperial harem was home to many consorts from the Borjigit, Ulanara, Niohuru, Fuca, and Yehenara clans. Their ranks ranged from empress and imperial noble consort to noble consort, consort, concubine, and lesser consort. There was another clan, too: the Tonggiya clan, known as “half the court” during the Kangxi era. It produced one primary consort, three empresses, two imperial noble consorts, and one lesser consort, seven women in all. Who were these seven
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Even a Trial Bride Deserves a Springtime 试婚格格也有春天
I was originally Emperor Kangxi's fourth princess, Princess Gurun Kejing, the only princess of the Qing Dynasty to rule as regent, and a Mongolian queen. But princesses never lived long. To Emperor Yongzheng, I, a Mongolian queen, was extremely important. So when I became gravely ill, Emperor Yongzheng prayed for my recovery and moved Heaven. But not quite enough. He still couldn't save my life. Instead, I was reborn into the Daoguang era. The plan was for me to become Princess Shou'an, the Guru
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Secret History of the Ten Top Ming Generals Who Surrendered to the Qing 明末十大降清将领的秘史
At the end of the Ming dynasty, countless generals of every rank defected to the Qing court. This book gathers the stories of ten prominent generals who switched sides, revealing tales about them that few people know. These are all secret histories and unofficial accounts, unrelated to the official history. Come discover the very different lives of Li Yongfang, Zu Dashou, Hong Chengchou, Liu Liangzuo, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Wu Sangui, Bai Wenxuan, and Wang Fuchen!
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The Secret History of Oboi, a Generation's Warlord 一代枭雄鳌拜秘传
A different take on Ao Bai. What was it that let him rise from a humble imperial guard to a first-rank duke? See how Ao Bai served four Qing emperors, and how this veteran of four reigns was ultimately brought to heel by the Kangxi Emperor. This is neither official history nor unofficial history. It has romance, aliens, and all kinds of things you won’t find in ordinary historical novels. Discover the rise of the legendary warlord Suwan Guaerjia Ao Bai!
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A Witty Take on Consort Zhen and Consort Jin 戏侃珍妃瑾妃
You rotten old woman Cixi! How dare you mess with me, a member of the Tatara clan! I'm no nobody. Just you wait, Noble Consort Zhen isn't someone to trifle with. I'll make you regret ever crossing me! Little sister, stop it. We can't beat the Empress Dowager. Sister, just be a good Consort Jin. I'll take on that old woman. Even if it means I die. Go on, little sister. I'll keep chewing on my pork knuckle.
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The Biography of Qin Liangyu and Shen Yunying, Female Generals of the Great Ming 大明女将军秦良玉和沈云英传
Why do history books only record male generals? Can't women become generals, too? This book tells the stories of two female generals from the Ming dynasty! Besides being a high-ranking noblewoman, Qin Liangyu held several highly unusual positions. She was the only female tusi in Ming history, a female deputy commander-in-chief, a female Marquis of Loyalty, a female Grand Guardian of the Crown Prince, a General Who Pacifies the East, and the commander-in-chief of Sichuan. She was also the only w
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Fucha, the Noble Consort from Another Planet 来自外星球的皇贵妃富察氏
During the Tongzhi era of the Great Qing, Fucha Mingyue, the eldest daughter of Fucha Fengxiu, Vice Minister of Justice, is sacrificed to the two empress dowagers' plan to choose an empress for the Tongzhi Emperor. As Empress Dowager Cixi's spy, she never wins the affection of her husband, the Tongzhi Emperor. With Empress Dowager Cixi's protection, this very unusual Fucha Mingyue becomes an Imperial Noble Consort at sixteen, eventually becoming the only Imperial Noble Consort in the Qing dynast
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The Seven Men Who Claimed Chen Yuanyuan 霸占陈圆圆的那七个男人
They say Wu Sangui flew into a rage over a beauty, and that beauty was Chen Yuanyuan. But Wu Sangui wasn’t Chen Yuanyuan’s first lover. Besides him, how many other men shared tangled, unbreakable stories with this breathtaking beauty?
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Princess Mangguzhi 莽古济格格
The third daughter of Nurhaci, founder of the Qing dynasty, Mangguji had become a political pawn by the age of twelve. No one ever loved her throughout her life. She longed to love and be loved, but in the end, her younger brother Hong Taiji ordered her to be executed by a thousand cuts.
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Nurhaci's Grandson Ku'erchan Is a Good Comrade 努尔哈赤的外孙库尔缠是个好同志
Nurhaci's best-known grandsons were Yehenara Suksaha and Niohuru Ebilun, two of the four regents during the Kangxi Emperor's reign. But few people know that Nurhaci also had a grandson whom he raised himself: Niohuru Ku'erchan. This child, abandoned by his birth mother and dependent on his maternal grandfather Nurhaci, had all kinds of little-known stories with Liu Aita, Nurhaci's only Han Chinese adopted son! Let's uncover the story of Nurhaci's most mysterious grandson, Ku'erchan!
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Tales of Forty-Four Noble Ladies in the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Harem 戏说大清后宫的四十四位贵人
Only women ranked Concubine or higher in the Qing palace received an official investiture and became principal consorts of their own palaces, recognized as true mistresses of the court! But who paid any attention to the low-ranking consorts below them, the Honored Ladies, First-Class Attendants, and Second-Class Attendants? This book tells the stories of forty-four Honored Ladies in the Qing palace. Come and see what life was like for these women caught somewhere in the middle!
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The Qing Dynasty’s Imperial Sons-in-Law 大清朝的那些额驸们
In the Great Qing, does a prince consort who wants to get intimate with his princess wife have to wait for her to summon him? And before the wedding, does a trial-marriage maid have to give the groom a full physical examination? Has any prince consort ever dared to abandon his princess? And who was the Great Qing's most perfect prince consort? Let's step back into that era and hear the stories of those poor prince consorts once more.
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The Secret Teachings of Gu Taiqing, the Qing Dynasty's Greatest Poetess 大清第一女词人顾太清秘传
The poetry of Gu Taiqing, the Qing dynasty's foremost female lyric poet, was said to rival that of Nalan Xingde: “Among men, Cheng Rongruo; among women, Taiqing Chun.” This speaks to Gu Taiqing's stature in Qing literary history. She was not only accomplished in poetry, but also the granddaughter-in-law of Yongqi, the Qianlong Emperor's fifth son, and the secondary consort of Prince Yi Hui. But Gu Taiqing was descended from a disgraced official. How could she become a prince's secondary consort?
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Goodbye, Men 再见,男人们
After getting out of prison, middle-aged Ding Yi wants to live the life he considers happy. He clears away every obstacle in his path, and anyone who stands in his way becomes his next target. His wife, You Meizi, wants a wealthy life without a man in it. All men are her prey.
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Ding Liuyi’s Workplace Struggles 丁六一的职场奋斗记
Ding Liuyi, a post-90s returnee from overseas, levels up through three gaming companies. This is the story of a well-connected professional manager and how he navigates the workplace.
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