Novels like The Scholar from a Humble Family
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- 1 I Was Born a Commoner: A Wife, Free from the Start 我本布衣：开局免费送媳妇 After transmigrating to the turbulent Great Yu Dynasty, I can barely get enough to eat or keep warm, and the authorities even force a free wife on me. Life was already hard enough. Isn’t this adding insult to injury? Scratch that, it’s a blessing in disguise! Well, my wife is beautiful. I’m sold! We’ll farm a little and make some money; my wife is lovelier than any goddess. We’ll drink a little and walk the dog; we’ll stay together for the rest of our lives. Chu Ge: “I was just a commoner. How d 17Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 2 Given a Wife from the Start, I Rise from Poverty to Become Emperor! 开局发老婆，我从寒门逆袭当皇帝！ Just after transmigrating to the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Fan finds that the authorities are handing out wives. To his surprise, the sturdy farm girls are in high demand, while the fair-skinned beauties are left unwanted. Looking at the gorgeous woman no one wants, Lin Fan can barely contain his joy! With a stunning wife from the start, Lin Fan resolves to work hard. A hidden dragon rises from the countryside, unstoppable as he steadily climbs to the very peak! 726Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Book Seven by Yijiu'erqi 一玖贰柒的第7本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 4 The Court Assigns Me a Wife, and One Turns Into a Whole Lot More 朝廷发媳妇，一发不可收拾 Lu Qing transmigrates and becomes a young scholar in Manglong Village. Just as he's scraping by on wild vegetables in a house with nothing in it, the authorities force a beautiful wife on him. Everyone assumes Lu Qing has picked a money-losing burden and expects him to end up in jail the following year. But to their surprise, Lu Qing thrives, building houses and opening factories until he becomes famous far and wide and even catches the attention of the imperial court… 510Reads6.9Score107Shelves
- 5 Blue Network: Violence Escalates 蓝网暴力升级 No System, no rebirth: a top-tier wish-fulfillment novel that builds a grand digital world of the future. I dare say this is one of Tomato Novel's rare works that stands up to scrutiny. After graduating from college with no job prospects, I was forcibly hired by a beautiful, domineering female CEO for her small company. The only reason was that I had been an athlete and hauled bricks at construction sites, so my physical fitness was better than 99.99% of the population. And so I was brought into 2Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 6 Transmigration: The Government Gives You a Wife, Marry Her or Go to Jail 穿越：官府发老婆，不娶就坐牢 87Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 7 A Poor Scholar's Tale: The Government Gives You a Wife, and Refusing Is Illegal 寒门：官府发老婆，不领还违法 “Lord Liu, want a wife?” He had only just transmigrated to ancient times when he ran into the authorities forcing wives on men! “What?” Refuse, and you get the whip, followed by conscription into the army. Most men got one wife. Lord Liu got three sisters in one go, triplets, no less. He thought an assigned wife would be a burden, but it turned out there was more to them than met the eye. All three were breathtakingly beautiful, clever, and from families with astonishingly powerful connections. 272Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Transmigrated and Got Five Wives, and You Want to Give Me Another? 穿越给了五个媳妇，还要给？ Transmigration, comedy, a fresh and entertaining story, the viral dance “Subject Three” captivating the ancients, and classical poetry winning over talented women. Ouyang Fayang transmigrates to ancient times and immediately finds himself with a father and a beautiful wife. He then opens a restaurant, where modern dance moves like “Subject Three” leave everyone spellbound. Ouyang Facai is a poetry enthusiast, and the thousands of classical poems he has memorized finally come in handy. They not o 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Transmigrated, Got a Wife from the Start, and I'm Really Starving 穿越，开局发老婆，我是真饿了 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 398Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 10 You Promised to Get Me a Wife, So Why Did You Give Me the Empress? 说好发老婆，怎么把女帝发给我了 Chen Dan was forcibly saddled with three wives by the authorities. Two were fair-skinned, beautiful twins with long legs! The other was a cold, aloof goddess! What could he do? He had no choice but to marry them all and bring them home! Back in ancient times, he became an imperial merchant, a general, and pacified the four corners of the realm. I, Chen Dan, may be a nobody, but I can still contend for the realm and trample the world beneath my horse! If the empress can sit on the throne, why can 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Transmigrated into the Empress's Most Hated Man 穿越，成为狠辣女帝意难平 [Pseudo-System - ruthless and decisive - conspiracies - slow burn - passionate - brotherhood] Transmigrating isn’t about living comfortably and waiting to die. It means danger at every turn, with conspiracies constantly surrounding this illiterate ruffian. A cool-headed, ruthless Empress offers him her protection. The proud and brilliant Princess of Dongling, with her stunning figure, extends an olive branch and invites him to join her side. A gentle, charming girl-next-door develops feelings fo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Government Gives Me a Wife, and I Marry the Empress from the Start 官府发老婆，开局娶了女帝 Yang Jun, an upstanding young man of the new century, transmigrates into a dirt-poor villager in the Great Jing dynasty. But fortune favors fools: from the start, he arrives just in time for the authorities to hand out wives. What Yang Jun never expected was that the wife he brought home was actually the reigning empress, who ruled the court! Now this is going to be fun! Farming and growing rich, power struggles, and all kinds of colorful characters take the stage! With the realm in turmoil and 28Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 13 Three Wives from the Start, Bringing Technology to Great Liang 开局领仨老婆，我在大梁搞科技 A PhD in materials engineering from a science and engineering university is transmigrated to a parallel world after a car accident. There are no firearms, no electricity, and not even any men here! By sheer luck, Ye Yu awakens the System. After three years, he successfully modernizes his half-acre homestead. But he never expected the authorities to arrange a wife for him... 152Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 14 A Court Full of Loyal Ministers: Surely It Isn't Too Much for Me to Live Forever! 满朝忠臣，朕长生不老不过分吧！ After transmigrating to the Three Thousand Provinces, where countless nations stand side by side, Zhao Zhen becomes the Emperor of Great Xia. With a court full of capable ministers and a powerful nation, the unification of the Three Thousand Provinces is unstoppable! Then he obtains the Longevity Club System. For every person on the System’s list he recruits, one of his ministers gains longevity and absolute loyalty. “Ding! The virtuous empress of the ages, Changsun Wugou, has entered Great Xia’ 65Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 15 A Wife from the Start: I Bought an Empress for Ten Coins 开局发老婆，我十文钱买个女帝 [History + Farming + Empress + Scheming + Feel-Good Story] Also known as My Wife Is the Empress After transmigrating to ancient times, Yang Ye hadn’t even figured out what was happening when bandits forced him to buy a wife. He thought he’d wasted ten coins, but it turned out his ugly wife had another, breathtakingly beautiful face. Just as Yang Ye was preparing to work hard and give his wife a better life, her identity as the reigning empress was exposed! Good grief! So, should I live off my wi 1.6kReads7.5Score111Shelves
- 16 The Special Forces Soldier of the Northern Song 北宋特种兵 In the third year of Yuanfeng under the Great Song, a modern special forces soldier and quantum physics PhD transmigrates into Bianjing. The borders are under constant threat, the court is deadlocked, military equipment is outdated, and the weakened empire struggles to recover. By chance, he gains a golden finger, awakening an ancient martial lineage and inheriting supernatural abilities. Bearing the Key of Time and Space, he masters ancient martial arts and commands both scientific and metaphys 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Grind King in Ancient Times: Five Wives Delivered from the Start 卷王穿古代：开局送五个老婆 Shen Mo had been a corporate workhorse for ten years, pretending not to understand the chairwoman's hints for just as long. Then, on a business trip after drinks, he gave in halfway and ended up in bed with her. "Wouldn't it have been better to do this sooner? Put on a good show tonight, and I'll promote you to vice president. There'll be another reward for you tomorrow." Shen Mo went at it all night! Then he died. When he opened his eyes again, the waterbed had become a wooden bed, and a maid b 827Reads7.1Score109Shelves
- 18 Famine Years: The Authorities Force Me to Take Two Wives 荒年，官府强制发俩老婆 [Farming + making money + countryside + laid-back and leisurely + no imperial examinations] Chen Xian wakes up one day as a 35-year-old widower in the ancient village of Qingxia. A boy and a girl kneel on the ground and call him Dad. In his previous life, he was a lonely young man in his early twenties. What had he ever done to deserve becoming a father the moment he transmigrated? Even more absurdly, the first order from the authorities after he transmigrates is that, to boost the population, e 283Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 19 A Book by Feng Wang Bei Chui Himself 风往北吹本尊的一本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 20 He Refused the Wife Sent to Him, and Now the Empress Is Panicking 穿越发媳妇他不领，女帝急了 Lin Chen transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and, from the start, finds the authorities handing out wives. How could he pass up such a good deal? But he never expected his new wife to be an empress. Lin Chen only wants to live a peaceful life, but his wife won't agree, and neither will the people of the realm. With no other choice, he makes salt, writes poetry, and even dabbles in hybrid rice. What? You want me to lead troops into battle? But I don't know how. You massacred 300,000 enemy sol 705Reads8.0Score106Shelves
- 21 Reborn as the Perfect Son-in-Law 重生之极品姑爷 The notorious Bai Yucheng transmigrates through the cycle of reincarnation and is reborn in the body of a frail scholar. He happens to be sharing the bridal chamber with his new wife, but, still in the first days of their marriage, he has no idea how to treat her tenderly. The young woman becomes so embarrassed and angry that she throws him out of the house... 3kReads8.3Score220Shelves
- 22 The Small-Town Doctor with X-Ray Vision 透视小村医 The farmer Chen Baosheng inherited an unbelievably powerful dragon legacy! His eyes can see through things, his breath can summon wind and rain, and he can talk to plants and animals... Little by little, he is turning into a humanoid divine dragon! 680Reads8.6Score168Shelves
- 23 The Government Hands Out Wives, Four at a Time 官府发老婆，一发发四个 He suddenly transmigrates to ancient times. What? It’s a matriarchal country, and he’s being sent off to become someone else’s husband. Isn’t that basically getting a wife handed to him? Four wives, no less, each one as beautiful as a flower. And he has to hurry up and have children, too? What? The foreign tribes are invading again... No problem. With everything he learned in his previous life, he can go anywhere without fear. The steppe cavalry and their uncanny strategies are unstoppable? The 1kReads5.5Score100Shelves
- 24 From the Start, the Government Gave Me a Wife, and I Became Clan Head in a Time of Chaos 开局官府发媳妇，我在乱世当族长 [No System] [No Cultivation] [Farming] [Clan-Building] Jiang Yunshan transmigrates into an ancient land torn apart by war and becomes a poor young man from Jiangjiawan. The original owner’s family lost all its members in a house fire, and what little property they had was burned to the ground. With everything stacked against him from the start, the government comes to arrange a marriage. He chooses two refugee sisters as his wives, and with help from the villagers, gets through the hard times an 1.9kReads7.5Score158Shelves
- 25 A Book by Oxygen-Deprived Fish 缺氧的鱼的一本书 After transmigrating to a poor, remote village in ancient times, I happen upon the local authorities handing out wives, and every single one is a beauty! 351Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 26 Great Qian: From the Start, the Court Handed Out Wives! 大乾：开局朝廷发老婆啦 Lin Fan transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty. A dynasty that never existed in history. The court assigns wives, and the authorities arrange marriages. Though he has nothing to his name, his devoted wives never leave his side. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. For the sake of his wives, Lin Fan decides to first secure enough food and clothing, then achieve financial freedom, and finally take control of the world! 370Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 27 The Authorities Give Me a Wife, and I End Up with a Princess from the Previous Dynasty! 官府发娘子，我竟领到前朝公主！ [Transmigration to ancient times + building wealth + vying for supremacy + wondrous martial arts + beauties of every kind + warrior goddesses on the battlefield] [The historical novel with more female leads than any other on Tomato Novel, bar none!] Jia Daoshi transmigrates to the Great Jing Dynasty. It resembles ancient China, but never existed in real history. Years of warfare have left the population dwindling! The martial world is in chaos, with heroes rising everywhere! To address the popu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 In the Year of Famine, I Came to Save a Girl Starving to Death 饥荒年，我来拯救快饿死的少女 [The animated series and live-action series are both now available] During a famine, the population plummets, so the Great Qian dynasty starts assigning wives to encourage people to have children. Xu Lang awakens a Wife Affection System! He showers his wife with love, and her affection skyrockets... System, there are too many rewards! My storage space is full!! 24kReads7.6Score2.5kShelves
- 29 The Most Arrogant Live-In Son-in-Law in History 史上最狂赘婿 If you hit a woman with your car, never settle it privately. Call the police right away, or the consequences will be terrifying... 5.2kReads9.0Score599Shelves
- 30 The Humble Scholar-Poet 寒门小诗仙 [Lighthearted + Transmigration + Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Martial Arts + Detective Work] What do you do when your wife goes missing from the start? Help! Urgent! Waiting for replies online. Chen Rong had spent half his life writing novels, but never imagined that the truck he’d used countless times to send his protagonists transmigrating would send him off too. Couldn’t you at least have given me a System? I don’t know how to do a damn thing… That familiar trope of starting ou 21Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 31 The Great Song Bandit 大宋悍匪 The seventh year of the Xuanhe era, the thirteenth day of the seventh month. Less than four months remain before the Jurchens march south. The realm is on the brink of ruin, and the Nine Provinces are in turmoil. Liu Shuan, a low-ranking Imperial Guard officer in Daming Prefecture, has no desire to risk his life for the worthless emperor, much less flee south and live as someone’s underling. So he decisively heads for the mountains and becomes a proud bandit. Years later, before Chenqiao Station 95.1kReads8.5Score11kShelves
- 32 A Poor Scholar, From the Start with a Beautiful Wife 寒门书生，开局收获美娇妻 Jiang Chao had just transmigrated to ancient times when he discovered that his predecessor had been a lazy glutton, and that a pair of unfortunate sisters lived at home. With their food running out and starvation looming, Jiang Chao had no choice but to become a diligent little worker bee. Just when life began to look promising, bandits came knocking. You all want me dead, do you? Then I’ll kill you first. I’m an all-purpose agent, and I can start by making a few homemade land mines to blow your 2kReads8.7Score7.6kShelves
- 33 Hunting: I Start by Getting a Wife from the Government, Then Catch Bears and Chase Tigers 打猎：从官府发媳妇开始抓熊赶虎 After transmigrating, Lu Chuan was given two wives by the authorities. He discovered that he could get rewards from his wives based on their affection for him. Basic hunting skills? Basic animal-taming skills? How could there still be a famine? Weren’t the mountains full of meat? Hunt bears and chase off tigers, raise eagles and wolves. His wives had plenty of treasures to offer, so stockpiling mountain produce was better than hoarding grain! To make hunting easier, Lu Ming began acquiring land. 2.5kReads7.7Score221Shelves
- 34 Uncle, Please Wait 皇叔且慢 After transmigrating as Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son, Zhao Dezhao, he must change his fate of dying in eight years. He battles powerful ministers, seizes military command, and earns merit on the battlefield. The Northern Han refuses to submit? Attack! The Khitans raid the passes? Kill them! The Southern Tang refuses to surrender? Take it! With the realm unified and peace restored, the Song dynasty will no longer be poor and weak. I, Zhao Dezhao, will surely go down in history and be remembered for 1.1kReads7.5Score103Shelves
- 35 They Replaced the Relief Grain with Chaff, So Li Er Threw Me in Prison 赈灾粮换成糠，我被李二下大狱 [No System] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [Zhenguan Era] [Great Tang] [Inventions] Transmigrated into the county magistrate of Weinan in the first year of Zhenguan, Li Xing faces a devastating flood from the start. With ten thousand starving refugees in Weinan and no way to help them, Li Xing replaces the relief grain with wheat bran. As a result, not a single person in the entire county starves to death. But Li Xing is impeached by a censor and thrown into prison. Just as he is lamenting how u 2.6kReads8.3Score122Shelves
- 36 On My First Day After Transmigrating, My Father Tried to Poison Me 穿越第一天老爹竟给我下毒 Li Bufan was just about to marry the woman he loved when one drunken night sent his soul to another world, where five kingdoms were locked in a struggle for supremacy reminiscent of the Tang and Song eras. There, he went hungry and cold, and was forcibly conscripted. Rising from squad leader to centurion to supreme general, he fought through bloodshed and narrowly escaped death time and again. At last, using his ingenuity, he built sleds and made caltrops, keeping the enemy constantly off guard. 2kReads8.7Score198Shelves
- 37 The Succession Struggle: I Am the Ming Dynasty’s Sixth Prince 夺嫡，我乃大明六皇子 Zhu Jun, a doctoral student in archaeology, transmigrates into a great undertaking and becomes the sixth prince. He thought he could settle in his fief and live as a carefree prince. But he never expected that his predecessor was a madman, and the worst of the Eight Scourges of Yingtian Prefecture! Commoners: Zhu Jun is utterly shameless, the worst of Yingtian's Eight Scourges! Brothers: My big brother is loyal and righteous. He'd take a knife in both sides for his brothers! Officials: Madman Zh 591Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 38 With a Court Full of Famous Ministers, You Want Me to Rebel? 满朝名臣，你让本王造反？ [Alternate History + Historical What-If + Wish Fulfillment + Political Intrigue + System + Rebirth] Reborn in another world in an ancient era, Xie Yun wakes up to find himself the regent of Great Qian. He thinks his happy days have finally arrived, only to learn that as regent, he’s supposed to launch a rebellion! But when he looks at the court packed with legendary ministers, Zhang Liang as Left Chancellor, Zhuge Liang as Right Chancellor, Fang Xuanling as Grand Tutor, Cao Cao as Grand Commanda 99Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 39 The Court Arranged My Marriage, So How Did I End Up with Three Widows? 朝廷赐婚，我怎么分了三个寡妇 Jiang Lang, a master of his generation, transmigrated to a dynasty where the court assigned wives to men. A poor commoner with nothing but bare walls at home, Jiang Lang chose the three most beautiful widows as his wives. He would pursue a career in government, conquer the business world, make his mark in love, fight his way through the jianghu, and battle on the field! Plots, traps, flirtation, slaughter, and cruelty! To find a way back to his own time, Jiang Lang had no choice but to excel in 749Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 40 The Nine Dragons Died for Their Country, While I, the Tenth Prince, Enjoyed Music at the Brothel 九龙殉国，勾栏听曲的我，是老十 The barbarians invaded, the Nine Dragons died for their country, and the dynasty fell apart. Yuan Ziming, the empire’s most notorious playboy, was listening to music at a brothel... He had planned to play a funeral song to send the Great Wei Emperor on his way, while kicking off the rebellion he had spent twenty-five years disguising himself as a transmigrator to prepare. Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born to their stations? But on that very day, he was told that he was actually th 7.2kReads7.1Score499Shelves
- 41 Three Kingdoms: Conquering the World with My Harem 三国，带领后宫打天下 A transmigrator doesn't necessarily need a System. They say that whoever wins the women wins the realm. Produce resources, build an army, train generals, and fight a massive war. What? I can't recruit famous historical generals? Why should I be afraid? I'll let my harem use all the skill books, items, and equipment. Conquering the realm will be a piece of cake. 241Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 42 Great Tang: I Just Transmigrated, and They Already Gave Me a Wife 大唐，我刚穿越，竟给我发媳妇 Zhang Mu transmigrates to the Great Tang and becomes a proud bachelor. Zhang Mu had already resigned himself to his lot when he unexpectedly encounters the government forcibly handing out wives. Refuse one, and you're sent off to serve in the army. Take one, and you get a hundred copper coins. Fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged, they're somehow all unwanted women nobody will take. Is this the collapse of morality, or the extinction of humanity? Looking at the crowd of beautiful women befor 14.3kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 43 Urban: From the Start, I Break Off Engagements with Seven Goddesses! 都市：开局向七个女神退婚！ 4.1kReads9.0Score463Shelves
- 44 I Transmigrated and the Government Gave Me a Wife. Refusing Is Illegal! 穿越遇官府发老婆，不领违法！ Just after the down-and-out corporate drone Tang Tian'ao transmigrates to the Great Xia Empire, he finds the authorities handing out wives. Anyone who dares to go home without one will be dealt with according to the law! In this impoverished country, where women outnumber men by dozens to one, Tang Tian'ao uses his twenty-first-century savvy to make a spectacular success of himself in the Great Xia Empire... 101Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 45 The Music Bureau Director of Great Wei 大魏乐府令 Transmigration + Alternate World + Fantasy + Confucian Cultivation I, Li Yi, am a walking music library of Chinese pop, a master of cinematic effects, a human projector, a portable gramophone, and a world-class show-off. Just watch me steal the spotlight in this age when Liang, Chu, and Wei stand as rival kingdoms! The four great paths: Confucianism, Buddhism, Martial Arts, and the Dao If you like transmigration stories, bookmark this. If you like Confucian cultivation, bookmark this. If you lik 92Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Xuanhuan: Turning Trash into Treasure, I Make the Holy Maidens Tremble 玄幻：变废为宝，圣女们瑟瑟发抖 Su Xuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and activates the Sect System that turns waste into treasure. Western Inscription Holy Land: This saintess has shattered meridians, a broken sword embryo, and no cultivation left. We don't want her. Su Xuan: If you don't want her, I do! Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have restored Yu Xiaowan's meridians and upgraded her Azure Lotus Holy Body to an Azure Lotus Sword Body. Congratulations on advancing to the Condensing Liquid Realm. Southern Flame Holy 1.7kReads8.6Score218Shelves
- 47 A Poor Scholar with a Pistol from the Start 寒门书生，开局我有一手枪 Xiao Yi transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty. With nothing but bare walls at home, his wife stays by his side through it all. He farms and makes money, while his wife is as beautiful as a goddess. They drink and walk the dog, spending their lives together. For his wife, Xiao Yi works hard to build a fortune and becomes a tycoon. But will he be satisfied with that, or end up ruling the world? 192Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 48 A Young Scholar in Great Zhou 大周童生 [Multiple heroines! Empress! System! Gacha! Invincible! No angst! If you don't like multiple heroines, stay away!!!] Qin Anning had a dream that she was born in a place called Earth. There, the streets were bustling with traffic, food and drink were plentiful, and there were countless beautiful young women. When she woke up, she was still dirt poor... When her parents were alive, Qin Anning's dream was to rise through the ranks, make a fortune, and bring honor to her family. After they died 3Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 49 The Poor Scholar Who Squandered His Family’s Wealth 寒门败家子 Also known as Back to Ancient Times to Build a Factory. Main characters: Wang Yuan and Li Shihan. After transmigrating to ancient times and into a poor family, Wang Yuan had nothing to his name, yet he started squandering money! He poured mud into brown sugar, mixed limewater into lard, dumped government salt into a pond, boiled government liquor in a pot, set a live ox’s tail on fire, and handed money to every beggar he saw... These bizarre ways of wasting money left the imperial clan, powerful 6.8kReads8.4Score854Shelves
- 50 The Glory of Southern Tang: I, Li Yu, Am More Than Just a Poet Emperor 南唐荣光：我李煜不止是词帝 I ask the heavens: What is the Great Way? I ask the earth: What is profound virtue? I ask humanity: What is the highest form of holiness? I ask the ghosts: What is base and contemptible? In a daze, Li Yu seemed to hold a brush in his hand, a brush as sharp as a blade. As it swept through the thick fog, human nature, heavenly principles, selfish desires, and public conscience all came clearly into view. The God of History whispered in his ear, “Who are you? Where did you come from? Where are you 1.1kReads7.3Score102Shelves
