
North and South of the Pass
关山南北
- Status
- Completed
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- 829k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Ancient Era
- Updated
- 2y ago
- Source
- JJWXC
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The Best of Historical Romance
Some stories that suit my personal taste: nuanced historical romance that doesn’t feel childish. I mainly care about plot, emotion, and lasting impact. I don’t vet these for potential issues.
2025–26 Historical Romance
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Stories with a fresh premise and an adorable couple, where you can really feel the love between the protagonist and their CP.
Good Stuff
Excellent.
Historical Romance, Jianghu, and Wuxia
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Cool, Aloof, or Uninterested Heroines
Calm, clear-headed, highly intelligent, rational female leads are my weakness. That superior, high-and-mighty vibe is so satisfying!
The Stories I Love: Independent, Resilient Heroines
There’s everything here, from forced possession and feuds in the martial world to love, hate, healing, and heartbreak.
I Love Wuxia
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Historical Dynasties
Xia, Shang, and Zhou, then the Eastern Zhou split in two. Spring and Autumn, Warring States, then Qin and Han united the land. Wei, Shu, and Wu divided into three, followed by the Western and Eastern Jin. The Northern and Southern Dynasties stood side by side, then came Sui, Tang, and the Five Dynasties. Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing, and the dynastic era came to an end. This mnemonic for Chinese dynasties traces the succession of eras that shaped five thousand years of Chinese history. In this eve
Historical Romance
These are all ones I like to read.
Historical Dynasties
Xia, Shang, and Zhou; the Eastern Zhou splits in two. Spring and Autumn, then Warring States; Qin unifies, followed by the two Han dynasties. Wei, Shu, and Wu in the Three Kingdoms; then the Western and Eastern Jin. The Northern and Southern Dynasties stand side by side; Sui, Tang, and the Five Dynasties follow. Then Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing; after that, the dynasties come to an end. The Dynasties Song. The rise and fall of dynasties shaped China's long history of five thousand years. In this
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I like this work very much. I read it many times and my scalp was numb. I haven't had such a hearty experience in a long time, so I will send the author a long review. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. I watched the online drama "Qingchuan Like a Dream" in July this year (it also contains CPs from opposing camps who kill each other, the prince of the enemy country and the female general, both have prison ox plots, and the heroine has never given in). Then I was still not satisfied and searched for meal replacements on the Internet, and found this book. The author's writing style is very good, very ancient style, long and short sentences are scattered, has a sense of rhythm, and has a martial arts youthful style. I don't know how many martial arts novels and ancient poems I read to get it. I'm envious. Some people may think it is too embellishment and piling up, but I like it because I want to write but don't have the ability or reading capacity. When two people kiss and their thoughts move, they are all vast rivers and mountains, the sun and the moon are shining, the sky is old and the earth is old, the sea is dry and the rocks are rotting. Thousands of years have passed in this moment, and the beauty can be reduced to ashes in an instant. All kinds of parallelism, various poems and various images, and I can only say a few idioms here... But I still have to say that the beginning is a bit too discouraging. There are only 20,000 collections of such a good article, which may be related to the beginning. After I collected this article at the end of July, I clicked on it three or four times without reading it. The author should make some changes, the first four or five chapters are slow and have no hook. I finally clicked on the catalog last night and started reading from the middle, first watching the imprisonment in the Prince's Mansion, then watching the first ambiguous encounter in the Holy Land of the Shuo Yue Cult, and then continued to browse the catalog looking for sweets and abuse. After piecing it all together, I finally finished it. First of all, it's so cool. It's so cool. It's so good that I'm embarrassed to admit it. Just like in Qing Chuan's dream drama, the plot of one side taking things by force and being imprisoned, while the other side resisting unyieldingly, really touched my xp. (Although this is not moral, the crazy fight between my morality and my xp made my xp even more enjoyable). Yes, this is the flavor of sadistic literature, where people hate the sea and love the sky, love and kill each other. They obviously like each other, but they want to hurt each other or push each other away. Well, while pushing it away, I continued to struggle. The more painful it became, the more entangled I became. In this painful process, I finally realized my true feelings. However, once you understand your true feelings, you still have to continue to be harsh and hurtful. In the end, you finally soften your words, and you still have to accomplish many things before we can be together. So cool, so cool. Just like pushing the tower with a little bit of strategy, this relationship progress bar pushed me so much. There has always been a problem with many female videos, that is, when XP feels good, they do not care about the rationality of the plot, and abuse them just for the sake of abuse. Other supporting characters and various plot arrangements are part of the play between the two protagonists. When I feel good, I feel good. When I finish feeling good and it's time for a sage, I will abandon it like a shoe. But after massaging my xp, this book does not forget my morality at the same time, writing about integrity, character, the righteousness of the king and his ministers, and the family, country and world. There is also another exciting point in the massage: the female protagonist upgrades to the level, practices the four major exercises, and finally obtains the "Eternal Life Sutra". The female protagonist should be the best in the world in the end (in contrast, the more detoxifying the male protagonist is, the better he is at bushi). From time to time, the heroine also plays some reasonable tricks, gets reasonable help, and kills enemies by leapfrogging levels. At the same time, there are also many knives, and the world is funny and touching, which satisfies my arty taste for serious realistic literature and historical dramas. Let's talk about the imprisonment scene again. After finishing the XP, my inner morality was very, very dissatisfied with the heroine because she fell in love with the hero after having a close relationship with him. This seems to mean that the heroine has been sexually conquered, and it seems that the heroine's anger, hatred and resistance have been turned into a lovely love in the bed, which is enjoyed but not taken seriously. Fortunately, the author made a roundabout way and said a shocking "Pei Yun". I take back my disappointment in the heroine. She is worthy of her and she will always be her. Even if she falls in love with him, she will not lose to him, and he will not be able to conquer her. But if I hadn't guessed Aying's identity in advance, it would have been a bit strange, as if she didn't give in to one man, but just for another man. (Although my XP also likes NTR quite a bit), this kind of plot arrangement will somewhat ignore the subjectivity of the heroine, which makes me (moral) uncomfortable. The reversal after the identity was revealed also made me think. It is not her fiancé's hatred of the country and her family, but her hatred of her country and her family. She is who she is. She does not need anyone to replace her, and she does not replace anyone. She hates her own hatred, pays her own debts, and abides by her own way. In the first volume, the author writes about the ambiguous physical contact between the male and female protagonists, imprisoning the canary, which is both humiliating and ambiguous, and describes the female protagonist's body in various ways (my XP said it was too cool, but my morals said it was too masculine). When the female protagonist's gender needs to be emphasized, he calls her Aying. Later, the heroine moved around the country and the country, and she was called Pei Yun. As I read it, I often forgot the gender of the heroine (but when she occasionally reveals her daughter's emotions, it is really a fairy tale! Delicious!). I always feel like there are two personalities. It seems that our gender awareness is not advanced enough. A Ying and Pei Yun are both her. After reading too many stories about Xiao Feng, Yang Guo and Guo Jing, I seem to have forgotten that women can also become such great heroes. She possesses both sides of being attracted by men and making contributions, just as each of us is both subject and object. Sometimes I feel that with such an arrangement of male and female protagonists, it is somewhat necessary to make the heroine loyal and patriotic, but after reading the whole book, I have nothing to say. The character of the heroine is truly the pinnacle of idealism, she is sincere and kind, she has endured all hardships but still does not forget her original intention, she always has the spirit of a young girl, and she is full of anger. Maybe it was the plot of Qingchuan falling into a dream, and I always felt that if the heroine fell in love with the hero, it would mean some kind of surrender. It is more likely that I am too narrow-minded. It seems that she fell in love with the prince of the enemy country and she was loyal to the Song Dynasty. These are two mutually exclusive propositions that cannot be established at the same time. But in the end, probably because the author's plot arrangement was too good, I have to admit that the author wrote these two propositions very well and made good use of the mutually exclusive tension. The mutual exclusion of these two propositions is not either A or B in mathematics, but a unified opposition of contradictions, rising in a spiral, promoting each other, and contrasting with each other. The more she loves the male protagonist, the more loyal she is to her country. The more loyal she is to her family and country, the more she recognizes the value of her love for the male protagonist. In order to write that the male and female protagonists can be together in the end, the author took great pains and deliberated. Firstly, he has been writing about the female protagonist doing her best for her family and country and her responsibilities; secondly, the female protagonist's disciples and family members all have traitors, and she has given a character that is beyond criticism from her own point of view. The reason why the heroine is responsible makes the heroine realize the complexity of worldly affairs; thirdly, the mother of the hero and heroine is an old friend, the heroine is not a pure-blood Han (Xiao Feng almost went crazy when encountering such a thing, and the heroine is really strong), and the hero is not a pure-blood Yan, anyway, in the end, the people The fourth is that the heroine killed the father of the hero and destroyed Beiyan, and the hatred of the country and the family has been avenged; the fifth is that the heroine has experienced too much and understands the fundamental irrationality of the feudal monarchy in the Song Dynasty system; the sixth is that even if she understands these irrationality, she understands the Song Dynasty She was destined to die, but she still followed the Southern Song Dynasty to the last moment. If the male protagonist hadn't insisted on saving her, she would have died for her country on a cliff. Adding the above points together, she occupied the moral high ground without missing a beat. Why can't she be loyal to the emperor and patriotic at the same time as the male protagonist? Zhang Wuji and Mongolian Zhao Min were together, and no one criticized Zhang Wuji's integrity and morality. After all, it was my gender awareness that needed to improve. The reason why these two men are able to be together is probably because the male protagonist is not as focused on career as he is on love. He never regards his family and country as important as the female protagonist. In fact, the male protagonist's past experience was so tragic that he didn't have much desire to survive. The heroine is a ray of light in his darkness. He has always only had the heroine, so he was in love throughout the whole process. The female protagonist has been pursuing a career throughout the whole process, but she has been abused and lost. At the end, she only has the male protagonist, so she can let go of the past and be with him. If it were Feng and Mo who were in Qingchuan's dream, both of them were very ambitious and responsible for their family and the country. No matter how much they fell in love with each other, they could only kill each other until death. The collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty was so tragic. The bones are as white as a mountain and the surname has been forgotten. It is nothing more than the young master and Hongzhuang. The ending reminds me of Guiyou's version of Dream of Red Mansions. Shi Xiangyun and Jia Baoyu are together in their old age after thousands of sails. The vast white land is so clean, only you and me are left. Both parties have lost everything, and all their efforts are in desperate struggle. They can only blame fate and luck. The Jin destroyed the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty combined with the Yuan Dynasty to destroy the Jin Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty. They are all official history and cannot be denied. The author chose this as the background of the male and female protagonists falling in love and killing each other. With the excellent writing power, I felt the stirring power of history and the helplessness of the fate of the times; instead of "the entire country is part of a couple's love play". The portrayal of other supporting characters is also very three-dimensional. They have their own interests, their own personalities, their own emotions, and their own tragedy. "No one is unjust, and everyone is guilty." It is true that all life is miserable. Everyone has made their own choices in their own situations, but it has created one tragedy after another. Let's talk about the male supporting characters. The relationship between the heroine and Xie Cen is mainly pure friendship. They compete with each other throughout the whole process. The occasional ambiguity is really annoying. The tension between Xie's expectations for the heroine (it turns out that you, a woman, can protect this country) and his teasing and contempt (you are just a woman) is very vivid. Although the latter is a bit annoying, it is also three-dimensional. The relationship between the heroine and the prince is based on the sincere relationship between monarch and minister. From the repression of youth to the ray of delusion in middle age, he has always protected her, giving her the title of monarch and allowing her freedom, fulfilling her instead of trapping her. It's so intriguing. Maybe it's because of the heroine story. Even if Shangguan Yao molests the heroine, it's not objectionable. Even under historical conditions, many women are trapped by shackles (such as princesses). In the context of the children of the world, I said at the beginning that I don't know who took advantage of this matter. The affair is frank. When it comes to selling herself to get information, Xie, the supporting actor who has more scenes than the male lead, assumes more of the responsibilities of the "social butterfly" and pornographic spy. Instead of being like the civil servants and sour Confucians, who regarded women's honor and integrity as more important than their lives, and tied the dignity of family and country to whether a woman was clean or unclean. [By the way, I am extremely dissatisfied with the plot of Chen Pinting. It is very reasonable and historical inevitability for what happened, but Xie Cen made this statement and forced Chen's father to disown her. Is it a bit OOC? Or maybe I have always found it difficult to like Xie because of this plot. Well, it could also be that my morals have completely defeated my xp in this plot]. I wonder why the heroine and others, unlike other women, lost their virginity to an enemy country but no one ever commented on it. Or, the most important thing is, like Mo Qingchuan, why do they not have a mental breakdown because of this? Even if the judgment of secular morality comes and grinds them into dust, their spirits still stand, and they will not judge themselves as guilty or impure, or demean themselves. In addition to the kindness of the author and the male protagonist, I think the most important thing is that they are generals (chivalrous and loyal ministers) first and then women. In the context of ancient proverbs, the only way for many women to settle down and survive is to marry as a woman. If you lose this way out, it is almost a dead end. If you are not a virgin, you are a virgin. In the final analysis, you still have to have a skill, be able to settle down, get a sense of accomplishment from it, and build your own personality. This article has the style of the ancient dragon Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng, but Jin Yong's perspective is somewhat too male-oriented. The Legend of the Condor Heroes is also known as Heaven and Earth, but how can the female protagonist be compared with the male protagonist's disability if she is not C? Maybe it's also a limitation of the times. The play "Qingchuan Enters a Dream" is too short. After watching it, I was still unsatisfied. I have been imagining a similar novel on my own. Now "there is a scene in front of me, but Cui Hao wrote a poem on it." Film boss. Dear author, when will you write another martial arts article? My personality needs you, my ideology and morality need you, my love of history needs you, my desire for the heroine needs you, please beg me! ! ! Finally, I give a fist to the author with a line from Yang Guo that I like very much: "It was a good meeting today, and we are very happy. We will meet again in the rivers and lakes someday, and we will have a drink and have a good time. Let's say goodbye."
Read the entire article and hereby complete it. I have loved martial arts since I was a student, but now that martial arts has declined, I haven't read such a masterpiece in many years. The author's writing skills are amazing, and he perfectly combines the hatred of the country and the family with the children of the world. However, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, especially in troubled times. The regrets in the story can't help but make people sigh with emotion. However, this is probably the reason why the core of martial arts has endured for a long time. I am extremely grateful to the author for the story. The green mountains will not change, the green water will always flow, and the rivers and lakes here will be there. See you later!
Read it twice. In fact, this was my first time reading a novel in the martial arts genre, and I almost gave up at the beginning. But fortunately I persisted for a while. After all, I became more and more excited as I watched. My heart went up and down, for Aying, for Pei Yun, for Yuyang, for Xie Cen, Zhao Ren, Axiao, Li Wufang... Every vivid paper character who has appeared has a personal path, just like real life, or they are so tough that they can't be strong. Destroyed, or obsessed to the point of paranoia, or filled with ambitions and finally left, either happy or sad, or loved or hated... I haven't read many novels, so I couldn't see some of the foreshadowings. At first, I was surprised why Aying was so obsessed with Pei Yun and this fiancé, even though she clearly had feelings for Yuyang. Later, I suddenly realized that there was no Pei Yun. She was clearly Pei Yun. She was a young man wearing a bright dress and an angry horse. She was the most loyal, courageous, and unyielding. She was framed, her family was ruined, she was imprisoned, and she narrowly escaped death. How could she forget the hatred of the country and the family and the pain in her heart when she dreamed about it at midnight. So even if it is love, it must be placed at the bottom. Pei Yun has truly become the most vivid appearance among the paper figures. The author's writing is really profound and soul-stirring. What I read was really tangled and sweet, heartbreaking and unwilling, emotional and helpless. Some people may be immortal, but time will never stop for anyone, not even a country. I hope the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the mountains and rivers will always be there.
What the author said is really right. At that time, I was thinking about how to deal with the hatred between the country and the family between the male and female protagonists. If it was really an elopement, it would be too cliché, and the Pei Silang created by the previous writing would completely collapse - I couldn't imagine that Pei Yun, a sincere and enthusiastic son of the world, would do such a loyal thing. Fortunately, the author's treatment in the end was not unconventional. It also enhances the realm of the entire book. Yes, thousands of years from now, all the love and hate in this world will be lost in the dust of history. The final ending was painful, but it should have been Pei Yun's ending. Not just martial arts, not just martial arts. It is a family, a country, and a world, and the friendship lasts forever.
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After reading this book, I fell in love with Pei Yun. I read it after work for a week, always at two or three o'clock in the evening, and finally finished it today. In fact, countless times I wanted to quickly browse to the ending because I was too curious, but once I watched it, I couldn't help but read it word for word. Generally speaking, I read it very slowly. Just because I read it slowly, I became more immersed. My emotions continued to rise and fall with Pei Yun's situation. My opinion has changed several times during the review, but in any case, this is an excellent work. No matter from the logic of the writing or the design of the group portraits, the development of the story is closely linked to the mood of the characters, and many foreshadowings are also resolved one by one. Regarding the plot development of Pei Yun's treasure Tuoshan, he returned to the court to protect his young master after three years of recovery from his injuries at Tuoshan. At first, I didn't understand. Now that he had left, why did he come back? Since he had seen through the nature of the change of feudal dynasties, why did he still make the same choice as before? Could it be that Pei Yun still didn't understand it? But as I read on, I understood Pei Yun's choice better, and I admired her choice even more. Even if the people around her changed drastically, she still stuck to her original intention. The three years in White Camel Mountain are absolutely significant and indispensable, and they are even more critical to the reshaping of the heroine's personality. If it is really arranged for Pei Yun to return to the mountains and forests, then Pei Yun's lifelong persistence will be in vain. Therefore, I particularly admire the author's design here. I completely disagree with the comments that I once saw in the comment area, "The first volume is well written, but it will not work anymore." I think it is the opposite. The last volume is the absolute highlight of this article. In the last volume, Pei Yun's mind becomes more determined. He truly understands the words "cannot fulfill everyone's wishes but strives to be worthy of one's heart". Maybe she waited and endured to avenge her country and family in the early stage to fulfill everyone's wishes, but after returning from Baotuo Mountain, she has no regrets. The fall of Song Dynasty, the sacrifices of Lu Qiu Shi, Lin Shijun and the young master contributed to the wonderful climax of this article, which makes people's hearts stirred and cannot be forgotten. Yan Yuyang said that Pei Yun has never lived for herself in this life, but I feel that since returning from Baotuoshan, even though she seems to be entrusted by Zhao Ren, she is actually living for herself. After reading this article in full, I also became interested in historical books related to the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that the author didn't want to write martial arts for a while, even I didn't want to read martial arts for a while after reading it. I have spent a lifetime with Pei Yun in the book, and I have seen magnificent stories that only existed in my imagination, but they are also set in a profound and shocking history. Whether it is the rivers and lakes of pleasure and hatred, or the turbulent court, the author's writing is so strong. Thank you for allowing me to have such an immersive reading experience this week. I will continue to support the author's other works! [Fireworks]
The main heroine is not a cool novel. The author's real efforts are on the heroine. Although because of the setting in the late Southern Song Dynasty, this is destined to be a "thankless" story. It is the pursuit of personal ideals like a moth in the flame of an innocent heart. I even think that the emotional line is the author's compromise with the market. It is good-looking in a popular sense and retains many viewers who are not so interested in martial arts themes and grand narratives, but they are really good at writing. The existence of the male protagonist brings the almost divine female protagonist back to life, making her more flesh-and-blood, which is very touching. The author is also very good at breaking the deadlock between the two people's positions. I am very curious. Did the author first conceive the characters before placing them at this special historical node, or did he first want to write the story of this period and then have these two characters? This article is very complete in all aspects, whether it is character creation, multiple lines of progress, foreshadowing recycling, conflict settings, and group portraits... It is a pity that it is not popular so far. I hope it will have a long-tail effect, and I wish the author will sell the copyright as soon as possible.
I read this book in four days. Recently I was in a bottleneck and couldn't stand it anymore. When I read the first part, I wanted to give up, but I persisted. I really like this book. I had snot and tears after reading it. I felt sorry for the love between Aying and Yangyang. Although the ending was he, it was more like be. The two went through 12 years of hardships to get together. It was so painful. I read the comments on almost every chapter to see how everyone feels about the two of them. I have to say that the author is really good at writing. I haven't seen such a good-looking novel for a long time. I haven't read a novel in Jinjiang for a long time. Because of this book, I went back to Jinjiang to read the novel. What's sad is that the supporting characters were not perfect in the end. Du Heng and Long Nu were the ones I felt most sad about. A cherished couple, once dead and forgotten, the vigorous and unforgettable ten years of life will be forgotten, and he will never wait for the person who will call him a nerd. The author's writing is really martial arts, because I got to know a very good author through a book, but it is a pity that the author only wrote this ancient book. When I read this book online, I couldn't believe the overwhelming praise and praise, but it's true It was only when I read this book that I realized the depth of the author's writing. It's a pity that such a beautiful book did not become a hit, but it can leave a deep impression of the love-hate story of Aying and Yangyang in the hearts of those who read it. The author should be very happy. It's a pity that I didn't follow this book when it was serialized. I really want to chat with the author and all readers in real time about every chapter and sentence. The characters are so charming! I have seen some comments complaining about the plot, but I think these plots are really good. Every character is vividly drawn with flesh and blood, and has a sense of martial arts. Anyway, I really, really like it. Each one has its own eye. The author's big words really poked me. When I read it, I actually wanted to read it quickly. I couldn't wait to know the story behind it. But as the chapters continued to advance, I felt sad. I was afraid that I would have to say goodbye to them soon. After reading it, I actually couldn't calm down. The author has a deep understanding of history. The quotation is really wonderful and tragic. Whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, their lives are so vivid and heroic that they died later. I was sad for a long time, but I feel that for them, the obsession is over or unresolved. This The ending is not a happy one. I hope the author can write more ancient sayings in the future. I really like the love-and-kill relationship written in DaDa. It's so delicious. It's great. I know there is a side story posted on Weibo. I'm going to follow it! ! ! [Purple sugar][Purple sugar][Purple sugar][Purple sugar][Purple sugar]
Finally finished reading it, top quality! It's been a long time since I've seen such a plot with such twists and turns, the writing so fluent, and it also takes into account a lot of human considerations. What is loyalty? What is a hero? Knowing that a moth will fly into a flame, but he has the integrity to rather die than surrender! "Hip" caught a lot of bugs for the author~
I beg you, boss, to write another old saying with a martial arts flavor or not, but the protagonist is very chivalrous. I'm willing to do anything [hug thigh] [hug thigh] [hug thigh] [please] [please] [please] [please] I reviewed it again. At a time when many "big" protagonists are pursuing power, money, and love, it is really rare for the author to find such a chivalrous protagonist who is upright for the country and the people and has the ability to love others.