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Firebird 火鸟
[Republican-era spy thriller + double-sided beauty + powerful partnership] [First Love vs. The One Who Appears Later] [Strong female lead + passionate spy romance + love of country and home + patriotic romance] Shanghai, 1943, an isolated enclave. She is the daughter of a silk magnate and an underground agent known by the codename “Firebird.” Every night at 8:05, she plays “Song of the Boat” three times, sending vital intelligence flowing from her fingertips toward the battlefield. For the sake
1.7kReads9.5Score218Shelves
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A Marriage in Name Only 空婚
Wang Qicai has been through two marriages and seen her life swing from one extreme to the other. At her peak, her company had assets worth over a hundred million, and she was a bona fide trendsetter. Wang Qicai was already in college when the “New Wave” swept into China in the 1980s, and that set her on course to be a trendsetter for life.
1.3kReads9.5Score151Shelves
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The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案
[Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st
1.1kReads9.5Score—Shelves
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Matters of the Soul 灵魂的事
If this life has left you with too many regrets, then when your luck is at its worst, especially once the feelings that follow a run of bad luck have gradually settled or gone numb, spend some time alone and smoke a cigarette. You might as well think about your next life. Feel free to imagine it as you please, or even design it for yourself. At times of misfortune, I at least think it's a good remedy: first it calms your mind, then it lifts your spirits. If, as an adult, you can't look back fond
715Reads9.4Score228Shelves
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The Black-and-White Series (Three-Volume Set) 黑白道系列小说（全三册）
A police chief with a heart full of passion, weathered by years of hardship: a team compromised by untrustworthy members, a shortage of operating funds, and a hostile law enforcement environment. Corrupt officials bring relentless pressure, criminal offenses grow more serious, and organized crime poses a constant challenge... In the pursuit of justice and the defense of the law’s dignity, he faces adversity head-on, plunging into a complex and grueling struggle beyond ordinary imagination. The a
456Reads9.5Score103Shelves
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The Mao Gong Cases in Plain Language: A Deadly Dispute Over an Inheritance 白话毛公案：兄弟争产酿血案
Modern Vernacular Translation of the Mao Gong Casebook retells the ancient casebook novel The Mao Gong Casebook in contemporary vernacular. It mainly tells the story of a tragic and inhuman murder during the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, when the Yao brothers of Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, fought over their father’s inheritance. The elder brother, Yao Geng, and his sister-in-law, Liu, were consumed by greed and plotted to seize the family estate. They went so far as to murder Yao Yi, the younger
221Reads9.3Score102Shelves
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A Good Story 好的故事
A Good Story features nine of Bi Feiyu's acclaimed novellas and short stories, including The Nursing Mother, Green Robe, Wangjiazhuang on Earth, Yuxiu, and The Days We Loved Each Other. These works fully showcase the author's style. Some won the Lu Xun Literary Prize, while others were named outstanding works by national-level publications. Many have been reprinted in Selected Novellas and Fiction Monthly.
191Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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The Complete Collection of Courtly Tales Through the Ages 历代宫廷演义全集
Xu Xiaotian brings the secret histories of the Ming, Qing, and Tang courts to life in the style of a novel: the bloodshed of the Nine Princes’ struggle for the throne, Wu Zetian’s political schemes, and the tragic final days of the Chongzhen Emperor... The book has the solid historical foundations of a meticulously researched account, enlivened with the colorful flesh and blood of historical fiction. More vivid than official histories, yet more rigorous than tales of the past, it is an ancient v
137Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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Tales of Bug Fighting 斗虫记
At Mid-Autumn, the faint fragrance of osmanthus drifted through the air, and a bright full moon hung high in the sky. Most people in Shanghai were gathering with their families to admire the moon, but the Lu family mansion in Fangkangli, Binnan, seemed desolate and still, as if shrouded in an ominous air. It turned out that several days earlier, without telling Master Lu, Lu Xiaokai had gone to the “Marshal’s Residence” to pit crickets. Shanghainese called it cricket fighting, or “going up to th
122Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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Tales of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court 明宫十六朝演义
The Romance of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court delves into the imperial palace, recounting the love and enmity between emperors and their consorts, while ranging widely across history to survey the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you will understand the court; understand the court, and you will understand history; understand history, and the realities of the world will become clear to you.
91Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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Desperate Straits 绝境
Desperate Situation carries on the signature traits of Zhu Weijian’s work: a thrilling, twist-filled plot, tense and fierce conflicts, concern for major social issues, profound analysis and reflection, and deeply moving love stories that tug at the heartstrings and bring readers to tears, all woven into the novel.
37Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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Song Ci Solves Injustice: The Silent Bones 宋慈洗冤：尸骨无言
In the seventh year of the Chunyou era of the Southern Song, Song Ci wrote The Washing Away of Wrongs. The world knows that the book records methods for examining corpses and solving cases. Few, however, know how many deaths beyond words Song Ci had personally encountered before writing its pages of case records and articles of law. He had seen charred bones left by raging fires, and nameless bodies that had lain at the bottom of rivers for years. He had seen truths buried by the powerful, and p
28Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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The Tortoise Mirror of Legal Cases 折狱龟鉴
[Ancient Court Cases | Classical Accounts of the Strange | Casebook of Criminal Trials] The Casebook of Judicial Inspection is a classic of Song dynasty jurisprudence, as famous as The Washing Away of Wrongs. It compiles more than 280 true cases, from the Han and Wei dynasties through the Northern Song. Organized by category, it records cases involving clearing the wrongly accused, exposing false charges, investigating adultery, tracking thieves, and more, documenting the entire process by which
26Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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The Meaning of the White Tiger 白虎通义
The Baihutong, also known as the White Tiger Discussions or the White Tiger Treatise on Virtue, is a collection of proceedings from an officially convened meeting on Confucian studies during the Eastern Han dynasty, as well as an imperially sanctioned work interpreting the Confucian classics. It holds an exceptionally important place in the history of Confucian thought and Han political thought. In 79 CE, the fourth year of Emperor Zhang of Han’s Jianchu era, the emperor personally convened a la
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Taigong Six Tao 太公六韬
Six Tao for short, also known as Taigong's Art of War. According to "Historical Records: The Liuhou Family", Zhang Liang was arrested by the Qin State and once lived in seclusion in Xiapi, where he was taught the art of war by Huang Shigong. This Huang Shigong was said to be a military strategist at the end of the Warring States Period, and his reputation was as good as Gui Guzi's. He lived in seclusion in Gucheng Mountain in Jibei, and wrote books and theories, including "Tai Gong's Art of War"
20Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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The Narcissus Killing Game 水仙杀局
[Crime investigation + mind-bending schemes + undercover intrigue + corporate conspiracies] Word that the Water Nymph had appeared on Tongji Lake spread across Caiyun City overnight. Some said they saw a white-robed fairy dancing across the waves. Others claimed a god had descended to punish the wicked. Han Hu, chief of the East District Public Security Bureau, had vanished. His deputy chiefs fell silent as one, and police stations were buried under a mountain of reports, yet no one dared invest
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On the Chinese Nation and Nationalism 论中华民族与民族主义
All ethnic groups are equal. This is the fundamental principle of Marxism-Leninism in addressing ethnic issues. This principle applies both to resolving ethnic issues today and to those of the past. Throughout the long history of class society, relations between ethnic groups have been unequal. This fact fills the histories of the world and of China alike. Even today, discussions of ethnic history still see people raising the question of the national identity of ethnic groups in Chinese history.
12Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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The Sima Law 司马法
A military treatise from the pre-Qin period, it preserves some of the oldest military thought still extant in China, including highly classical principles of warfare from the early Spring and Autumn period. It is imbued with a strong aristocratic character. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, in the biography of Sima Rangju: “King Wei of Qi ordered his ministers to research the ancient Art of War of Sima and add Rangju to it, whereupon it was called The Art of War of Sima Rangju.” T
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Wei Liaozi 尉缭子
A military text from the late Warring States period, its ideas are close to Legalism. It opposes the Confucian and Mencian principle of benevolence and advocates governing the state and the military through strict laws. It places great importance on establishing a legal system in the army and was also the first to propose a view of warfare based on economics. Its influence on later generations was profound.
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New History of Pudong 浦东新史
This book tells the historical changes of Shanghai and Pudong, showing their journey from backwardness to prosperity, and embodies the great achievements of China's reform and opening up. The author starts from the origin of Shanghai and the place name "Shanghai". It has experienced many changes in modern times. The Bund has become a financial center, while Pudong has been in a backward state for a long time. It was not until 1990 that the central government announced the development and opening
1Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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I Think 我想
This book carefully collects more than 40 classic representative works of Mr. Xu Dishan, including the popular "Peanuts", "Mask", "Tired Mother" and other famous works. It is particularly worth mentioning that the classic prose "Peanuts" is widely praised for its profound connotation and beautiful writing style, and has been included in many Chinese textbooks and extracurricular readings. In this article, Mr. Xu explained his pursuit of life with the "peanut spirit" of "not envying the beautiful
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With You for the Rest of My Life, Eternity in an Instant: Shui Mei Yiren’s Contemporary Romance Collection, 9 Books 余生有你，刹那永恒（水湄伊人现代言情作品集共9册）
This collection features Shui Mei Yi Ren’s urban romance novels, including Chinese-Style Second Marriage, Full-Time Housewife, Unexpected Fall, Love After Sleeping Together, Mosquito Blood and Cinnabar Mole, Three Women’s Love: 20, 30, 40, Homewrecker Exit Counselor, You Are My Weakness and My Armor, and After All the Sails Have Passed, I Have You for the Rest of My Life. Enjoy all nine works in one go.
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