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  1. Water Transport Terminal Wang Zifu366k Wordscompleted This book is a novel. The novel is set against the backdrop of the great changes of the Daoguang Dynasty, and conducts a detailed investigation of the history and abuses of water transportation that profoundly affected the feudal empire. It fully demonstrates the various worries and struggles in society as the Qing Dynasty went from prosperity to decline. The characters in the book are all vividly portrayed. The work has profound cultural heritage and elegant taste; the story has ups and downs a 1.1kReads9.5Score291Shelves
  2. The Complete Biography of the Eight Immortals (Original Complete Works) Taoist Wugou496k Wordscompleted The most comprehensive mythological novel that tells the story of the Eight Immortals that I have seen so far. The original author was Taoist Wugu, a Taoist figure in the Qing Dynasty. This book is also known as "The Legend of the Eight Immortals" or "The Complete Book of the Eight Immortals". It is the most comprehensive narrative and richest plot among the novels about the Eight Immortals. The novel begins with the Pinghe couple Erlong practicing Taoism and making trouble in the Heavenly Palac 1.1kReads9.6Score217Shelves
  3. Safflower Junichi Watanabe205k Wordscompleted Dongzi's uterus was removed, and at the age of 28, she has since been burdened with the thought that "without a uterus, she is not a woman." She rejected the pursuit of her admirer Funatsu, did not dare to sleep with her beloved Takashi, and was even more at a loss when faced with the entanglement of the homosexual Mrs. Nakayama, as if love had nothing to do with her from now on. She was confused and entangled, unable to overcome the psychological barriers she had set. What's even more unfortuna 1.1kReads9.2Score140Shelves
  4. Pingwa Four Books (Four Volumes in Total) Jia Pingwa1.2M Wordscompleted "Pingwa Four Books" is a series of four novels by the famous writer Jia Pingwa. The writer has been in the literary world for forty years and is famous in this era for his rich literary achievements. Among his many works, four full-length works are the most dazzling. These four novels and their characteristics are: "Impotence": Jia Pingwa's first novel; "Desolated Capital": the most controversial novel; "Qin Opera": won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Award; "Ancient Furnace": the novel that Jia Ping 1.1kReads9.6Score214Shelves
  5. Minister Confucius65k Wordscompleted "Shangshu", also known as "Book" or "Shu Jing", is the first classical collection and the earliest historical document of the Chinese nation. It mainly records words. From Yao and Shun to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, it spans 2,000 thousand years of historical documents. 1.1kReads9.4Score464Shelves
  6. The Complete Book of Guiguzi (Four Volumes in Total) Jiang Zhongzhe868k Wordscompleted "Guiguzi" is also known as " Hece". It is said that it was compiled by scholars after Mr. Guigu based on his remarks. The book focuses on Machiavellian tactics and debate skills. There are fourteen chapters in "Guiguzi", among which the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters (Zhuan Wan and Xuan Luan) are lost. "Gui Guzi" is a summary of the lobbying experience of politicians. It incorporates the essence of Gui Guzi's lifelong academic research, and its value is self-evident. As a representative work 1.1kReads9.4Score326Shelves
  7. Gadfly Atel Lillian Voynich179k Wordscompleted "I had to go my own way and pursue the light I saw." In Italy in the 19th century, when young Arthur was suffering from Gianma's misunderstanding of him, he accidentally learned that the priest he had loved for many years had also been deceiving him. Unable to bear the blow, he left home angrily. Thirteen years later, a revolutionary warrior named Gadfly returned to Italy and actively participated in the revolution. But during an operation, he was unfortunately arrested. In prison, he met the pr 1.1kReads9.4Score484Shelves
  8. Chongxu Jing (Taoist Book of Mysterious Wisdom) Lie Yukou37k Wordscompleted "Chongxu Jing" is "Liezi", one of the Taoist classics. It contains many fables, myths and legends, expounds the Taoist view of the universe and life, and promotes the ideas of conforming to nature and governing by doing nothing. It is full of philosophical and literary value. 1.1kReads9.4Score363Shelves
  9. Shen Nong's Herbal Classic Shennong81k Wordscompleted "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", also known as "Ben Cao Jing" or "Ben Jing", is one of the four classic works of traditional Chinese medicine. As the earliest extant traditional Chinese medicine work, it originated from Shen Nong. It was passed down orally from generation to generation. It was compiled into a book during the Eastern Han Dynasty. The book was not written all at once, and the author was not one person. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, many medical scientists collected, summarized an 1.1kReads9.4Score414Shelves
  10. There Is a Tree in Brooklyn Betty Smith313k Wordscompleted This book tells the story of an 11-year-old girl named Frances who struggled to grow up in a poor but warm family in Brooklyn, USA. Despite the extreme lack of material conditions and the harsh living environment, Francie still maintained an optimistic and kind attitude, never giving up the pursuit of knowledge and dreams, and persevering and growing tenaciously like a small tree in this barren soil. In addition, through the clear and open-minded eyes of the girl France, the author paints a vivi 1.1kReads9.5Score514Shelves
  11. Huangji Jingshishu (Illustrated Collector's Edition; Blends Ancient and Modern Philosophy to Gain Insight into the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth) Shao Yong167k Wordscompleted "Huangji Jingshi Shu" is a philosophical work created by Shao Yong, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, who spent his life studying the Zhouyi. The book uses the "Yi Gua" to deduce the Xiangmathematical system to explain the generation of all things, the origin of morality and the governance of the world. Through the use of Yili and Yijiao, we can study the origin of the universe, natural evolution and social and historical changes, and reveal it to the world with the learning of Heluo and Xiangshu. 1.1kReads9.3Score442Shelves
  12. Happy Death Albert Camus80k Wordscompleted Mersault, a clerk in the company, does boring work day after day and leads an unchanging life. He is lonely, nihilistic, and has no interest in the entire world. After orchestrating a murder, he gained vast wealth and was able to escape his eight-hour day job, becoming rich and free. Start traveling and traveling around... Can you be happy with money? Can you be happy if you have time? Can you be happy with a lover and love? How can we truly feel self-satisfaction and happiness? Mersault continu 1.1kReads9.3Score448Shelves
  13. Anne in Bloom Lucy Montgomery166k Wordscompleted "Anne of Green Gables" is the second part of the "Anne Series" and the sequel to the classic children's literature "Anne of Green Gables". This novel describes Anne's girlhood and shows Anne's life in Avonlea. The plot of the story is interesting, the author's writing style is smoother, and his kindness, wit and humor are evident everywhere. Mark Twain was also a loyal reader of the Anne series and praised "Anne as the most touching and beloved child image after the immortal Alice." The translat 1.1kReads9.4Score411Shelves
  14. That Summer Yan Yaoming86k Wordscompleted Xia Tian, ​​a middle school student who grew up in the city, is not used to going to his aunt's house in the countryside for the first time. The nagging aunt often talks about old things like how his grandma favored his mother and owed his aunt, which makes Xia Tian a little annoyed. Fortunately, the happy and humorous uncle always takes Xia Tian with him, so that Xia Tian will not be too lonely. The summer in the countryside is filled with various smells and sounds, giving the city girl a compl 1.1kReads9.5Score118Shelves
  15. Ordinary World: Part 2 Lu Yao263k Wordscompleted The crown jewel of the Mao Dun Literature Award An immortal classic that inspires hundreds of millions of readers Selected into reading guide catalog for primary and secondary school students Lu Yao has gained the respect and admiration of hundreds of millions of ordinary people in this world. He has connected the emotions of people in this world and humans on earth. ——Chen Zhongshi He was a brilliant writer, he was a brilliant politician, he was a magnificent man. But he was a proud man and fel 1.1kReads9.5Score236Shelves
  16. Insight into World Affairs: Understand the Strategies for Life in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" Jiang Peng135k Wordscompleted "Zizhi Tongjian" is known as the "Emperor's Textbook". It condenses the rise and fall of political power and the laws of power for more than a thousand years in ancient China, and brings together the great achievements and governing wisdom of emperors, generals and ministers of all dynasties. By reading this historical masterpiece, you can not only understand the historical truth, but also learn the principles and philosophy behind historical phenomena. 1.1kReads9.4Score395Shelves
  17. Complete Collection of Chenzhou Talismans (Original Version) Anonymous9k Wordscompleted This book is a complete collection of cultural materials about the Chinese folk mystical sect-Chenzhou Sect. It objectively records the various charm styles and blessing rituals circulated among the people and the folk logic behind them. It is more like a folklore research tool, providing precious historical reference for studying the disaster prevention psychology and life comfort mechanism of ancient people. 1.1kReads8.3Score456Shelves
  18. A Tale of Two Cities (Classic Translation) Charles Dickens253k Wordscompleted "A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel set against the background of the French Revolution in the 18th century. "Two Cities" refers to London and Paris. The story revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The upright and kind-hearted Dr. Manette was secretly imprisoned in the Bastille for exposing the evil deeds of the nobles. Eighteen years later, his orphan daughter Lucy rushed from London to Paris and was finally reunited with her f 1.1kReads9.4Score103Shelves
  19. Zhi Yanzhai Criticizes Dream of Red Mansions Cao Xueqin712k Wordscompleted The name Zhi Yanzhai is inseparable from "A Dream of Red Mansions". It can be seen from his comments that Zhi Yanzhai is closely related to Cao Xueqin, but there are different opinions on what their relationship is. Some think they are the same person, some think Zhi Yanzhai is the prototype of Shi Xiangyun in the book, and some think they are just ordinary relatives and friends. No matter who Zhi Yanzhai is, his annotations on "Dream of Red Mansions" are indeed the icing on the cake for the alr 1.1kReads9.5Score211Shelves
  20. Mao Zedong's Reading Experience: Mao Zedong's Reading of the Twenty-Four Histories Lu Zhidan91k Wordscompleted The book "Mao Zedong's Reading Experience: Mao Zedong Reading Twenty-Four Histories" is part of Mao Zedong's reading experience. Mao Zedong had a profound literacy in Chinese studies, which benefited from his lifelong interest in Chinese historical classics. The whole book tells the story of Mao Zedong's profound study of the Twenty-Four Histories. He used correct Marxist positions, concepts and methods to analyze, criticize and interrogate phenomena. His views and methods were deeply embedded i 1.1kReads9.5Score368Shelves
  21. Tao Te Ching (Comes with a New Collection-Rights Translation of "Disciple Rules") Lao Tzu141k Wordscompleted The Tao Te Ching is a classic work of Chinese culture, and scholars of all ages have made studying the Tao Te Ching a required course. The "Tao Te Ching" has a total of eighty-one chapters, mostly in verse, and is divided into two parts: "Tao Jing" and "De Jing". The Tao Te Ching has five thousand words. It is not long but has incisive discussions. It contains profound meanings and broad ideas. Its content discusses the ontology of the universe, the origin of all things, the laws of nature, etc. 1.1kReads9.4Score233Shelves
  22. The Story of Growing up a Vulgar Girl River Goose55k Wordscompleted "The Growth of a Common Girl" is a representative collection of prose stories by Taiwanese writer Jiang E. It writes the growth story of an ordinary girl in Tainan in refreshing and concise words: interesting daily life with grandma, life of a follower in a Chinese medicine pharmacy, piano learning, scientific experiments alone in the afternoon, education of love, the initial enlightenment of female consciousness, and children's inner theater, etc. In various details of life that can and cannot 1.1kReads9.4Score398Shelves
  23. Commentary on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Luo Guanzhong905k Wordscompleted "The full name of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", written by Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. It is China's first full-length retrospective historical romance novel. " 1.1kReads9.6Score—Shelves
  24. She Hates Men, She Is My Girlfriend Min Ji Hyung95k Wordscompleted After many years of separation, Jin Shengjun met his ex-girlfriend again. This was the second chance given by fate. Although they reunited in a strange way, they quickly resumed their relationship as lovers. However, as they get along with each other day by day, Jin Shengjun discovers that the gentle and virtuous girl who was ignorant of the world has now become an independent, mature and sober feminist. What has happened in these years? It didn't matter after he calmed down his feelings mixed w 1.1kReads9.5Score275Shelves
  25. Pillow Poetry Book: Read the Most Beautiful Ancient Poems in One Book Xu Ruoyang113k Wordscompleted Selected classic poems from "Chinese Poetry Conference". Every capital is a classic, every sentence is a sentiment. Every word is emotional, every sentence is life. One poem represents one sentiment, one word represents one realm. Poems are beautiful words. You are good. I have many troubles in my life, but there are no troubles that a poem cannot solve. 1.1kReads9.4Score275Shelves
  26. Physiological Explanations: Complete Collection of Divine Physiognomy Chen Tuan33k Wordscompleted "The Complete Collection of Divine Physiognomy" is the most comprehensive, comprehensive and influential work in the history of ancient Chinese physiognomy. It is a theoretical system and method for all-round observation and judgment of facial features, bones, complexion, body shape, voice, behavior, etc. The book explains in detail how the ancients inferred a person's endowment and temperament, good fortune and misfortune, longevity and poverty, nobles and lows, virtues and foolishness, and lif 1.1kReads8.8Score448Shelves
  27. Yamamoto Jia Pingwa433k Wordscompleted "Yamamoto" is Jia Pingwa's new work in 2018. It took nearly three years from conception to completion. Yamamoto, the origin of the mountain, is intended to be a biography of the Qinling Mountains and to outline the memory of modern China. The novel tells the legendary story of a place called Whirlpool Town deep in the Qinling Mountains during the troubled times of the Republic of China. In the 1920s, the Qinling Mountains were surrounded by powerful forces and frequent wars. The town tried to pr 1.1kReads9.5Score236Shelves
  28. Three Hundred Tang Poems (Guomai Classic) Hengtang Retirees93k Wordscompleted Tang poetry is the peak of ancient Chinese poetry and the essence of traditional Chinese literature. This book is carefully compiled and selected by Professor Chen Yinchi, director of the Chinese Department of Fudan University. It is newly revised on the basis of the classic selection of "Three Hundred Tang Poems" by Hengtang, a retired scholar from the Qing Dynasty, to eliminate the unnecessary and make up for the shortcomings. With this volume in hand, you can easily grasp the most popular cha 1.1kReads9.4Score142Shelves
  29. Chinese Studies Collection: Three Hundred Tang Poems (Platinum Edition) Hengtang Retirees321k Wordscompleted "Collection of Chinese Studies: Three Hundred Tang Poems (Platinum Edition)" is based on studying and drawing on the research results of previous sages. It draws on the strengths of others and collects masterpieces from various schools of famous artists in the Tang Dynasty, presenting the essence. In order to help readers better understand the original work, "Chinese Studies Collection: Three Hundred Tang Poems (Platinum Edition)" has added relevant auxiliary columns. In addition to annotating d 1.1kReads9.4Score187Shelves
  30. Primary School Students Must Memorize 75+80 Ancient Poems Sun Xiaozhao35k Wordscompleted Based on the reading characteristics of primary school students, this book contains 75 must-memorize ancient poems in the unified primary school Chinese textbook, and adds 80 expanded chapters. In addition to adding Chinese pinyin to the original text to make it suitable for primary school students to read and recite, the article also adds columns such as annotations, translations, knowledge expansion, and glyph evolution, in order to better help primary school students understand the content of 1.1kReads9.3Score180Shelves
  31. Vernacular Zizhi Tongjian (Six Volumes in Total) Feng Huaji716k Wordscompleted "Zizhi Tongjian" is a chronicle history book compiled by Sima Guang and his assistants Liu Xun, Liu Nu, Fan Zuyu and others based on a large number of historical materials. It records the history of the 23rd year of King Weilie of the Zhou Dynasty to the six years of Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty for a total of 1362 years. The book depicts the historical development from the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties, and explores the reasons for the rise and fall of the unified dyn 1.1kReads9.5Score178Shelves
  32. Xue Gang Rebelled Against Tang Dynasty Rulian Layman159k Wordscompleted "Xue Gang rebels against the Tang Dynasty" is a traditional Chinese story. The book records that Xue Gang was the son of Xue Dingshan, the king of the two Liao Dynasties. He was fond of fighting and causing trouble by nature. During the Lantern Festival, he beat the prince to death, shocked the holy chariot, and caused great trouble. Xue Dingshan's family was implicated and destroyed by Wu Zetian. Later, Xue Gang fled to Xiliao alone and moved in with his army. Assisted King Li Xian of Luling in 1.1kReads9.6Score—Shelves
  33. Ordination Wang Zengqi146k Wordscompleted This book is an exquisite selection of the works of Wang Zengqi, a master of contemporary Chinese literature. This anthology has been refined and created by scholars from Peking University. It has precise selections and is authoritative. The collection is divided into four volumes. "Encounter" and "Order" are selected works of Wang's novels, and "A Generation of Ancients" and "Colorful Clouds Gather and Scatter" are selected works of prose. The binding is extremely exquisite, making it a rare co 1.1kReads9.4Score325Shelves
  34. The Silent Majority (2021 Edition) Wang Xiaobo106k Wordscompleted The three collections of essays "A Maverick Pig", "The Silent Majority" and "My Spiritual Home" are the three steps to get closer to Wang Xiaobo. "The Silent Majority" is the "choice from above" - ​​love wisdom, love freedom, and oppose stupidity! This collection contains 40 insightful, wonderfully discussed and profoundly thought-provoking articles, which present his inquiries into society, history, and culture, and can also answer current confusions, representing the spiritual core behind Wang 1.1kReads9.4Score535Shelves
  35. Tenth Floor Human Room Hou Yuan84k Wordscompleted Some people live in high-rise buildings, some live in deep ditches; some are radiant, and some are covered in rust; some are free, relaxed and romantic, and some make a living and support their families with a heavy burden... There are smooth roads and ravines in the world. Living on the tenth floor of the human world, who has not encountered this charming and torturous life? Among these encounters, there is a father who drove a big car into a ditch three times and had to die to stay alive; a mo 1.1kReads9.5Score210Shelves
  36. Wow Guo Degang112k Wordscompleted The Three Realms and Six Paths, ancient and modern times, anecdotes and interesting stories are all in this book. You may have heard Guo Degang speaking, learning and singing on stage, shaking off all the burdens of the world, but you may not have seen him incarnate as a "storyteller from the three realms", telling humorous stories about gods, demons, princes, generals, and ordinary people. There are 133 fresh stories in the book, which are all-inclusive and full of fun. Seeing all kinds of situ 1.1kReads8.7Score—Shelves
  37. Strong Wind Blowing Miura Shion248k Wordscompleted Ten roommates from the Kansei University dormitory "Takejoso" formed a miscellaneous long-distance running team. Under the devilish training of team leader Kiyose Haiji, they started from scratch and headed towards the "Hakone Ekiden", Japan's oldest long-distance running relay race. These ten college students include two deserters from the track and field team, a pair of nervous and noisy twins, a handsome cartoon otaku, a ten thousand year repeater with nicotine poisoning, a vicious elite with 1.1kReads9.5Score461Shelves
  38. A Village of One Person (Work by Liu Liangcheng) Liu Liangcheng201k Wordscompleted In Huangshaliang, a village where humans and animals cohabitate, Liu Er's greatest pleasure is wandering around the village: he plays with insects, watches other people working, greets the birds on the branches, and appreciates the smile of a flower; he understands the hardships of mice, feels the power of cows and horses, watches the wind tilt the shadows, and measures the distance of a gust of wind. He never opens the door when he goes to a house. He waits for the wind to blow the door open, t 1kReads9.4Score401Shelves
  39. Altay's Corner (2024 Edition) Li Juan153k Wordscompleted "No matter how much I deny myself, I still envy her. She is young and weak. Out of weakness, she develops the desire to be strong; out of weakness, she behaves capricious and unyielding; out of weakness, she seems to understand but not understand everything in the world, but in the end, she cultivates a brilliant and confusing endless sea of flowers in the weak wilderness. This is the charm of weakness, but also the charm of youth." ——"The world is at hand, lying down is sleep. Here, I don't kno 1kReads9.4Score426Shelves
  40. Shishuoxinyu [Southern Song Dynasty] Written by Liu Yiqing; Translated and Annotated by Su Yunzi61k Wordscompleted "Shishuo Xinyu" mainly records the speech styles and anecdotes of the scholar-bureaucrats in the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. The content of the book covers politics, economy, society, literature, thought, morality and many other aspects. It is a representative work of "note novels" during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and is also an important material for people today to study this historical period. It has research value in many aspects such as politics and literature. It 1kReads9.4Score381Shelves
  41. Shakespeare Sonnets William Shakespeare107k Wordscompleted This book is Shakespeare's last non-drama work during his lifetime. It is a collection of short and concise lyric poems, containing a total of 154 sonnets. The poem takes truth, goodness and beauty as its theme. The content is roughly divided into two parts. One part is written to a young man, and the other part is written to a woman. It highlights the poet's exploration of the nature of love, sex, life and death. 1kReads9.3Score336Shelves
  42. Night Talk Around the Fire Wang Yongbin151k Wordscompleted "Wailu Night Talk", a popular Confucian reading, is a famous literary criticism work in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It evaluates and discusses the anecdotes, people, events, articles, etc. In the literary world at that time and before. The author imagines a situation in which he hugs the stove in winter and makes friends to talk about literature and art, making the language of this book friendly, natural and easy to read. 1kReads9.4Score—Shelves
  43. Core Meltdown Dalu Jingming297k Wordscompleted "This was the beginning of a series of stupid things that happened. They knew this day was coming and did nothing about it." ★Interviewed nearly 200 relevant personnel, and through layers of fog barriers, got to know the intricate truth behind the Fukushima nuclear power accident ★Japan's smartest brain makes countless stupid decisions. "Reactor core meltdown" not only occurred at the accident site of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, but the "core" of Japan is also in danger ★Won the Kodansha 1kReads9.3Score174Shelves
  44. Zizhi Tongjian (Original Full Version) Written by Sima Guang3.2M Wordscompleted A masterpiece of chronological general history edited by Sima Guang of the Northern Song Dynasty. Starting from King Weilie of Zhou Dynasty and ending with the Five Dynasties Later Zhou Dynasty, it records the rise and fall of history in 1362 years. The title of the book means "in view of the past, it is qualified to govern", and the purpose of compilation is to provide historical experience and lessons for rulers. It takes time as the outline and events as the purpose, with clear narrative stru 1kReads9.3Score248Shelves
  45. Book of Songs Yuan Tangxin, Xie Zhiqiang, Editor-In-Chief92k Wordscompleted The Book of Songs was originally called "The Book of Songs" and contains 305 poems, so it is also called "The Three Hundred Poems". The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in the history of Chinese Han literature, covering about 500 years of poetry from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. Confucianism has regarded it as a classic since the Han Dynasty. Mao Heng and Mao Chang in the Han Dynasty once commented on the Book of Songs, so it is also called 1kReads9.2Score394Shelves
  46. Hong Xing's Story Liu Yunruo699k Wordscompleted A classic novel of the Republic of China, it was adapted into a 24-episode emotional drama in 1997. The story is set in the 1930s. It focuses on newspaper employee Lin Baiping who ran away from home after discovering the affair between his wife Lin Zhihua and her best friend Bian Zhongying. However, she fell into a complicated emotional entanglement with the wealthy daughter Liu Ruyan and her ex-wife's best friend Zhang Shumin. The whole play starts with "Hongxing comes out of the wall" and unfo 1kReads9.4Score204Shelves
  47. Anna Karenina: up and Down Leo Tolstoy582k Wordscompleted The novel "Anna Karenina" reflects the relationship between people through Anna's emotional life and a huge character system, and vividly and profoundly describes the period when Russian capitalism was just emerging in the mid-19th century. 1kReads9.4Score403Shelves
  48. Rhymes of Brothel (Free Public Edition Book) Zhu Yuanliang5k Wordscompleted This book not only became a guide to the ancient prostitution world, but also reflected the mentality of scholars and prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty in many aspects. A major feature of this book is the collection of a large number of ancient prostitutes' poems, including more than 500 poems and rhymes from about 180 ancient famous prostitutes in Jin, Southern Qi, Liang, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. 1kReads9.3Score262Shelves
  49. Flowers in the Vernacular Mirror: Exploring the Status of Women in Feudal Society Li Ruzhen402k Wordscompleted "Flowers in the Mirror", a masterpiece by Qing Dynasty literati Li Ruzhen, is a novel that combines myth, fantasy and social criticism. Through its unique narrative structure, this work unfolds a series of bizarre stories, profoundly revealing the various contradictions in society at that time. The first half of the novel uses the overseas travels of Tang Ao and Duo Jiugong as clues to lead everyone to visit the daughter country, the gentleman country, the wuchang country and other strange count 1kReads9.6Score121Shelves
  50. The Complete Biography of the Eight Immortals (From Mortals to Immortals) Taoist Wugou503k Wordscompleted "The Complete Biography of the Eight Immortals", also known as "The Complete Biography of the Eight Immortals", is the most complete and grand mythological novel among the stories of the Eight Immortals. Taoist Wugu in the Qing Dynasty lamented that the Taoist tradition was out of order, so he wrote this book, which tells the whole process of attaining immortality through Tieguaili, Zhang Guolao, Han Zhongli, Lu Dongbin, Lan Caihe, Han Xiangzi, He Xiangu, and Cao Guojiu. From the birth of Taisha 1kReads9.6Score187Shelves