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- 151 The Poor Scholar's Imperial Exams: Six Top Scores in a Row 寒门科举，连中六元 [Imperial exams + transmigration + System + not a power fantasy + everyday life] One moment, Wang Yuanqing transmigrates, and the next he's the only son in a farming family in Wangjia Village, Great Yuan, with seven beautiful older sisters. His family has next to nothing, and in an era when everything else is considered inferior to scholarship, Wang Yuanqing must climb the ranks step by step to protect his family. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Transmigration: The Daily Life of an Ancient Imperial Exam Candidate, Son of a Peddler 穿越：商贩之子的古代科举日常 [Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Everyday Life in Ancient Times + Building Wealth + Slow-Burn + Coming of Age] In his previous life, Lin Xiang’an lost his parents at a young age and grew up dependent on others. After getting into college, he took a leave of absence to serve as a conscript. When he returned from the military and resumed his studies, he started a few businesses and gradually made his fortune. He achieved success at a young age, and his business kept growing. Then, one 2.5kReads7.9Score18314d adds
- 153 The Road to Success Through the Imperial Examinations 科举之青云路 In his previous life, Lu Sheng was a spoiled rich kid. After being born into a farming family, he regains his memories at the age of three when his cousin pushes him to the ground over two pieces of pork crackling. Among the four paths of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, working for someone else is out of the question. With his poor knowledge of farming, he couldn't even support himself, so it looks like the imperial examinations are his only way to change his fate. From then on, Lu S 1.8kReads7.7Score12414d adds
- 154 A Scholar from a Humble Home 寒窗读书人 Bystanders: Xu Sandan’s life is over (watching the drama unfold…) Family: What’s going to become of Sandan? (worrying…) Xu Heng (Xu Sandan): My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s (striving…) A story about Xu Heng, who transmigrates into a desperate situation from the start. With a disabled body and a poor family, he fights against a cruel fate step by step through his own efforts, ultimately turning his life around. An uplifting story about farming, cozy everyday life, and hard work. P.S. Ther 4.2kReads8.6Score33114d adds
- 155 How to Become a Chancellor for the Ages 如何成为千古名相 (Alternate history) (A great tale of political intrigue) The founding emperor of this dynasty rose from humble beginnings, ended three hundred years of chaos, established the Great Yong, and divided the realm into twenty-one circuits. The dynasty has ruled the Central Plains for more than seventy years. To the north lies Northern Liang, to the south Southern Qi, the eastern border meets the vast sea, and the west reaches the great desert. In the twenty-eighth year of Yuanjia, Fan Yunzhou trav 324Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 156 A Humble Scholar’s Rise Through the Imperial Exams [Female to Male] 寒门科举崛起路【女穿男】 [Imperial examinations + woman transmigrates into a man + farming + food + making a name in history] In her previous life, Mu Suyan had worked her hardest just to become an ordinary university graduate. In this life, from the start, she became a penniless boy from a poor scholar’s family. His ancestors had once enjoyed great glory, but he had been born at the wrong time. The entire Mu family eagerly hoped he would restore their former greatness. He summoned the resolve to study through every har 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 I'm a Talented Scholar in Another World 我在异世当才子 An impoverished, dull-witted scholar is recruited by a top-tier aristocratic family as a prospective son-in-law. Three years pass, yet he hasn’t even seen what his betrothed looks like, let alone married her. Now, his body has been taken over by a university professor from the future. “Good heavens, why is Rumeng dressed so strangely today?” “Don’t make a fuss. It’s called a qipao, specially designed for Rumeng by Young Master Qin. I hear the dresses and high heels he designed have already beco 1.6kReads8.4Score14014d adds
- 158 The Peerless Young Marquis 无双小侯爷 [Alternate History + Power Fantasy + No System] Ye Changfeng transmigrated to ancient times... Without meaning to, he drove back a hundred thousand Di troops and became the revered Grand General of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Then, without meaning to, he wrote a few poems and became a literary genius admired by young women. After that, he casually came up with a few minor inventions and innovations, building a commercial empire. The princess would marry no one but him, the emperor wanted his 77Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 159 The Imperial Exam System: The First Female Chancellor 科举系统之第一女相 At long last, she had finished her postgraduate entrance exams. Who knew she’d suddenly die and wake up bound to the imperial examination System? Her father was dead, her mother was weak, and she was sickly. From the very start, her clan bullied her. At least she was a man, so getting things done would be convenient. Wait, why was she a woman? Never mind. Dressing as a man wasn’t a problem. Just watch her outwork all her classmates! 145Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 160 A Cast-Off General's Wife? Watch Me Win Him Back, Raise the Kids, and Get Rich 将军弃妇？看我追夫带娃发家致富 [Also known as: The King of Hell Took the Wrong Person, and the General's Abandoned Wife Is Having the Time of Her Life] [Strong female lead and strong male lead + storage space + making her husband chase her while taking down scumbags + building everything from scratch + comeback + adorable kids] Could anyone have it worse than her? In her previous life, she was blinded by love and abandoned by a scumbag. Then she got into a car accident and was mistakenly taken away by the Black and White Impe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 A Stroke That Settles the Realm 落笔定江山 [Alternate History + Transmigration + Feel-Good Fiction] After transmigrating, Teacher Lin takes on a new identity as the son of a high-ranking official. He begins a whole new life, full of absurd twists and turns, and steps into a world of grudges, love, and hatred. His poetry and prose are unrivaled, and with twin blades in hand, he is unstoppable. He knows the world of martial heroes and the imperial court like the back of his hand, and he knows every beauty by heart. 6Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 162 After My Engagement Was Broken, I Turned to the Imperial Exams and Became the Top Scholar 被退婚后，我转头科举当状元 [Transmigration + no System + imperial examinations + feel-good power fantasy] Ma Chengji, a top scorer in the national college entrance exam with a photographic memory, transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old poor boy in the Great Qian Kingdom. He started off in dire straits: his family had nothing, they lived on bran and wild greens, and the villagers mocked and ridiculed him. Su Jiuyuan, the daughter of a powerful minister, came with her mother to break off their engagement. “People —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Imperial Exams? Just Another Way to Take the Civil Service Exam! 科举？不过是换个地方考公罢了！ [Civil Service + Imperial Exams + Humble Origins + Transmigration + Slow-Paced + Historical + No System + Not Brain-Dead] Lin Shuheng spent years grinding away at an entry-level civil service job. He had just passed his evaluation and was about to be promoted to deputy section chief. While imagining how he’d climb the ranks step by step, he died suddenly from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a poor scholar in ancient times. With the imperial exams looming, the original owner had been —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成，只好科举发家 After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.8kReads7.4Score44814d adds
- 165 After Rewriting the Family Tree, Smoke Rose from the Ancestors' Graves: I'm Rich! 重开族谱后祖坟冒青烟，发家啦！ [Business] [Imperial Exams] [Alternate Setting] [Everyday Life] [A Touch of Romance] Modern intangible cultural heritage video editor Li Yanning is in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of Li Yanning, a frail five-year-old boy. His biased grandfather and sharp-tongued step-grandmother are ready to let him die! Luckily, his reliable birth parents go all out to protect him. So touching... But after the family splits up, they're left with nothing. His parents are bullied, and his greedy 3.6kReads8.6Score32714d adds
- 166 The Farmer's Eldest Daughter: I Bound a System to Revive My Family Through the Imperial Exams 农家长姐：我绑定科举兴家系统 [Completed novel + imperial examinations + farming + born to be a teacher + romance later on + slow burn + feel-good story] Xie Linghe was mistakenly claimed by the underworld and transmigrated into a book. Unfortunately, this whole family was made up of villains and cannon fodder. Luckily, the underworld made it up to her by giving her a System. A System for bringing honor to the family through the imperial examinations? ! I'm a woman, and you want me to take the imperial examinations in anc 466Reads7.2Score10814d adds
- 167 Build a Fortune and Pass the Imperial Exams 发家致富考科举 [No System or golden finger, one heroine, not a wish-fulfillment story, realistic] Xie Fan is a hopelessly single exam nerd, a useless graduate of a top university, and a slacker at a major organization. He enjoys a carefree life of choosing to lie flat. After an unexpected death, he returns to a parallel world in the Ming Dynasty, reborn as the son of a landlord. But life in a landlord’s household turns out to be no easier. To make ends meet, he sets out on the path of the imperial examinations 1.1kReads8.6Score10314d adds
- 168 A Woman in a Man's Body, I Became Chief Minister Through the Imperial Exams! 女穿男，我靠科举成首辅！ Wow! I got my first rating! I hope it goes up! One life traded for a chance to transmigrate. Zhou Jin, a thirty-year-old PhD, sacrificed himself to save a child. When he opened his eyes again, he had become an unborn baby named Zhou Huaijin. Fortunately, though this Zhou family of farmers isn’t wealthy, his parents are honest and hardworking, his older sister is gentle and considerate, and their little courtyard is filled with the simplest kind of warmth. He puts down roots in that warmth and 2.8kReads7.8Score30114d adds
- 169 The Poor Scholar's Young Master 寒门小郎君 He can host a banquet, cook a meal, write an essay, and keep his cool when trouble strikes. Even a poor scholar can have a lovely wife, invent a few things, and earn some silver. The middle-aged man Zhu You has become a destitute young scholar. The scoundrel has had a beautiful wife for four years and still hasn’t touched her! Absolutely not! We’re consummating the marriage on our very first night. 29Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 170 The Imperial Exams: A Concubine-Born Son's Rise from Lowly Officialdom 科举：小官庶子逆袭之路 [Civil service exams + System + heroine appears in the middle and later parts + feel-good power fantasy + making a name in history] In his previous life, Li Runping was abandoned at the entrance to an orphanage and later adopted by it. Growing up there, he learned early on that you had to fight for everything. But things never went his way, and he always fell just short of success. Whether it was an exam or a promotion review, he was always just a little behind. As he got older, he realized he h 73Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 171 Famous General System: I Became a County Magistrate Just to Start a Rebellion 名将系统：我当县令就是为了造反 [System + rivalry for supremacy + political intrigue + beauties like jade] A young man fresh out of college finds himself in another world, working as a shepherd. Just as he starts getting used to this life, he unexpectedly awakens the Legendary General System. From the start, he gets the Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty, including Xiao He. Is he supposed to change his name to “Bang” now? Faced with his stupid System, Ji Chan looks up to the heavens and sighs. Making the dead feel grateful to the 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Sage of the Literary Dao: From the Start, I Enrage the Sages 文道圣尊：开局气炸圣人 [The Analects of Punches + Lighthearted + No System + One Female Lead + Conspiracy Theories] Lin Cao transmigrates to a world governed by the Way of Literature. After obtaining a Stone of Literary Wisdom, he decides to take a different path. First, he adapts “The Charcoal Seller” and strips a corrupt official who framed him of his literary rank. Then he translates the Analects into the “Analects of Punches,” shattering Confucian scholars’ entire worldview. Furious, the Confucian scholars force L 94Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 173 My Identity as the Poetry Immortal Is Revealed, and Goddesses and Empresses Beg to Get Close 诗仙身份曝光，女神女帝们求贴贴 [Poetry and the Way of Letters] [Multiple Heroines] [Words Become Law] Carry on the legacy of poetic culture and appreciate the beauty of poetry. Cao Da Qi transmigrates to a world without Tang poetry or Song lyrics! Then he awakens the Charismatic Poet System! As long as he writes immortal poems and wins the favor of goddesses, he will grow stronger! He writes the Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River, and Yan Luo Shen, the Confucian Half-Saint who is his master, falls for him! He writes, “An imm 400Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 174 The Imperial Exams: Soaring Ninety Thousand Miles 科举之扶摇直上九万里 Li Yanqing transmigrated to the Great Qi, a fictional dynasty. He told himself, “No need to worry. I’m a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. I can make a good life for myself anywhere.” But his father died, leaving behind a final wish: Li Yanqing should study, take the imperial exams, become an official, and make something of himself. To fulfill his father’s wish, Li Yanqing embarked on a decade of arduous study. Li Yanqing thought that since fate had brought him here, he ought to make use o 2kReads8.7Score14614d adds
- 175 Your Majesty, the Top Scholar Is Slacking Off Again and Again 启禀陛下，状元郎他又又又开摆了 [Imperial Exams and Farming]+ [Family Matters]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Scheming]+ [Alternate Ancient Setting] Lu Qilin, a modern enthusiast of intangible cultural heritage, unexpectedly transmigrated. When he woke up, he had become an eight-year-old village boy with a dim mind, whose mother had died young and whose father had disappeared. Fortunately, his grandparents and uncle and aunt truly loved him, and his two older cousins genuinely cared for him. It wasn't the worst start imaginable. Unfortu 12.8kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 176 I Passed the Imperial Exam and Gave the Dynasty Three Hundred More Years 科举高中，我给王朝续命三百年 [Imperial Exams + Daily Life + Business + Officialdom + Political Intrigue + No Romance + No System] Xue Zhao, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated one day into an abandoned infant who had been taken in and raised by a scholar and his wife. Before his adoptive father died, he urged Xue Zhao to take the imperial examinations, enter officialdom, and bring honor to the family. To fulfill his adoptive father’s dying wish, Xue Zhao embarked on the path of scholarship. From the coun 218Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 177 I Was Caught Cheating from the Start, and Became a Confucian Sage 开局作弊被抓，我成了儒家圣人 Reborn + transmigrate + Confucian cultivation + decisive and ruthless + witty and hilarious. In a world where the Dao is made manifest, written words can communicate with heaven and earth and give rise to literary qi. Literary qi can strengthen the body and help one overcome tribulations and ascend. A single poem can rival a million troops. Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, demons, monsters, and the Hundred Schools all contend in a chaotic age, while Confucianism has fallen into decline. There are 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Build an Empire with Poetry 穿越古代，我凭诗词成霸业 After transmigrating to ancient times, everyone else becomes a prince or a crown prince, but he can only be a humble farmer! He takes the imperial examination from the start! Hey! We don't have a golden finger, but that's no problem. After all, I graduated from a top university in my previous life, and one poem, "Ode to Lime," will stun the world! 432Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 179 The Confucian Dao's Young Constable 儒道小捕快 Xu Taiping transmigrates and becomes an utterly ordinary junior constable. But this world is full of dangers. Confucianism and Daoism reign supreme, with Daoist, Buddhist, martial arts, and sword cultivator schools beneath them, while demons and monsters run rampant. As a junior constable, he has no choice but to face the most dangerous and bizarre cases. There's no other way. So, to stay alive, he takes on a secret identity. On the surface, he's still the same utterly ordinary junior constable. 1.5kReads7.3Score18414d adds
- 180 The Carefree Young Scholar of Great Xia: From the Start, I Berate My Scumbag Father! 大夏逍遥小书生：开局怒喷渣爹！ A shut-in from Blue Star transmigrates to Great Xia and finds himself saddled with a rotten father. His father abandoned his wife and child to curry favor with the powerful, securing himself a place at court. Watch the protagonist turn the tables, deliver some face-slapping, and tear into his rotten father as he uses Blue Star poetry and inventions to become Great Xia's Poet Immortal and its richest man. 1.9kReads7.8Score16214d adds
- 181 The Most Authentic Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams 明朝最真实科举 A novel with one female lead, no System, no storage space, and no special powers. A grounded story with consistent logic and intelligent characters, set in the Ming dynasty and following a path from the imperial exams to officialdom. Discover a different Great Ming! A blue steed prances up the palace steps, beneath the imperial standards and the raised cup of a long life. Sun and moon shine upon the jade trees, while clouds and rosy hues reflect in the Jasper Pool. Double pennants descend early 58Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 182 The Great Traitor Is Reborn: What’s the Point of Becoming the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams? 大奸臣重生后，科举当状元算什么 [Alternate Universe] [No Female Lead] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Villain] [Slow Burn] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Early: Imperial Exams] [Middle: Infrastructure] [Late: Political Intrigue] Content warning: There is no female lead, but there is a political marriage. It involves no romantic entanglement, only an alliance of interests, and the person I marry will die. (For details, see the author’s note at the end of Chapter One.) [The blurb is in first person; the 37Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 183 The Nameless Boy in Black, Retaking the Imperial Exams to Restore His Family’s Glory 乌衣少年今无名，重考科举振门庭 [Alternate setting + imperial examinations + court politics + detective work + multiple heroines + no System] Born into a prestigious family whose numbers had dwindled, with no hope of a career in government. But they were rich. Xie Guan transmigrated to the Great Li Dynasty: “Brothers, this is exactly my kind of thing!” But why had he already lived through an entire lifetime? At twenty, a licentiate. At twenty-eight, a provincial graduate. At twenty-nine, a successful candidate in the imperial —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Imperial Exams: They All Say I'm the Star of Literature Reborn 科举，他们都说我是文曲星下凡 (This book blends elements of the imperial examinations, romance, court politics, bureaucratic intrigue, warfare, and more.) Zhao Lin was the youngest professor of classical Chinese literature in Huaxia. After transmigrating, he becomes a young scholar in the Great Zhou, celebrated as a “star of literary talent” and a “child prodigy.” But the Grand Examiner declares him “frivolous by nature, destined to achieve nothing.” With his reputation on the verge of collapse, he draws on the extraordinary 1.4kReads8.7Score16614d adds
- 185 I Only Wanted to Get By, but I Passed the Imperial Exams Six Times in a Row and Shocked the Emperor 本想混口饭，科举连中六元惊陛下 (Alternate history + imperial examinations + heartwarming + everyday family life + one heroine) He Mingfeng transmigrated. The good news: The knowledge in his head was his golden finger. The bad news: He’d become the village idiot. His family was dirt poor, and his grandmother looked at him like he was a burden. A hellish start? No worries! The village idiot suddenly “came to his senses,” leaving the whole village stunned. He caught fish and set up a stall, and had just started making a little m 6.3kReads8.2Score57214d adds
- 186 After I Transmigrated, My Family Split Up, So I Cleared Out Your House 穿越后被分家，搬空你家当 Li Weicheng gets into a car accident and transmigrates to ancient times, only to discover that his father has been forced to take his own life, and that he and his mother and younger sister have been cast out of the family home after the family estate was divided. Fine. If you won't give me my share of the family fortune, I'll take everything you've got. Determined to live with dignity in this dynasty, Li Weicheng presses on with his mother and younger sister, eventually passing the imperial exa 6.1kReads8.9Score62814d adds
- 187 Cast Out of the Marquis's Residence, I Rise from Poverty to Become the Top Scholar 被逐出侯府，我寒门崛起成状元 The score was just posted, so it’ll gradually go up as the story progresses. [Imperial exams and farming] + [Fictional ancient setting] Jiang Huai unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and became the second young master of the Marquis of Yongning’s household. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the Marquis’s biological son, so Jiang Huai was sent along with the original owner to live in the impoverished countryside. His new home had nothing but bare walls. They were dirt poor. No matter. He wrote popular 2.2kReads7.8Score16814d adds
- 188 A Farmer’s Son’s Daily Struggle to Succeed in the Imperial Exams 农家子科举奋斗日常 Born into a farming family in an unknown dynasty, Zhao Jue looked at his tiny arms and legs and thought, Farming was out of the question. In this age where scholars ranked above farmers, artisans, and merchants, and learning was considered the noblest pursuit, he’d better work hard at his studies… 226Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 189 My Stepfather Set Me on the Road to Success 继父扶我青云路 His scholar father died when Xie Qingshan was three. His widowed mother took him and remarried that very night, and he thought a hard life under someone else’s roof lay ahead. But his stepfather was kindhearted, his step-grandmother warm and caring, and they even gave him the sweet little name Xu Chengzong. The whole family doted on him! With a modern soul in his body, he helps his family eat well and stay warm, then returns to his studies, hoping to pass the exams and become a minor official. 26.3kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 190 I! Slay Enemies with Talent, Turn Poetry into Swords 我！才气杀敌，诗词化剑 [Spiritual qi revival + academy + transmigration + System + showing off] Chu Ge transmigrates to a parallel world where demons have returned and ghosts roam the night. His literary inspiration never runs dry, and neither do the moves at his fingertips! Chu Ge: I ride my sword on the wind, banishing demons from the world! A handsome young Daoist looks utterly confused: Huh… isn’t that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect’s sword-riding technique? Chu Ge: Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Venerable Earth Treas 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 191 The Way of the Confucian Scholars: Writing Poems with My Life, I Bring a Million Scholars to Tears 儒道：拿命写诗，气哭百万儒生 Xiao Ran transmigrates to another world, but before he can celebrate, he discovers that he is a useless invalid on the brink of death. The System tells him that writing a poem will buy him three more days of life. Desperate to survive, he writes poems nonstop, and before he knows it, he has become the Poet Sage! 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 The Great Calamity of the Human Race: I Guard the Mountains and Rivers with Poetry 人族大劫:我以诗词镇山河 This is a world where other races are merciless and treat humanity like cattle. The root of it all is that humans cannot cultivate. Xia Yan transmigrates into this world and, after completing a System mission, successfully awakens the heart of human poetry. From then on, humanity has its own cultivation system. Poems can slay enemies, lyrics can annihilate armies, and poetry can summon divine generals. A flower or blade of grass, a stone or a tree, can all be used to repel foes. 193Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 You Asked Me to Write a Poem, and I Wrote Spring River in the Flower Moonlight? 让你写诗歌，你写春江花月夜？ Ye Hai transmigrates to the scene of a poetry competition, becoming a poor college student who wants to write poems, get famous, and make money. In this parallel world, poetry has barely developed at all. There are no Du Fu or Li Bai. Zhang Dashuai's "Daming Lake" is hailed as a timeless masterpiece, while Jia Shenshen's "Bright and Clear" is even praised by thousands! Ye Hai immediately decides to give this world a taste of the astonishing power of classical poetry. At the poetry competition, h 4.2kReads5.7Score18214d adds
- 194 Failed to Transfer? Better to Strive Than Throw My Life Away 调剂失败，作死不如上进 Sun Zhaoyang, a woman in a man’s body, forgot to say she didn’t want to be assigned to a different major when she made a wish at Yonghe Temple in the modern world. The enormous force of her wish got her assigned to an alternate dynasty instead. The good news: She no longer has to be passed around like a football while people roll their eyes at her. The bad news: She’s a man now! What can she do? Make the best of it! She can’t just die again. Who knows what godforsaken place she’ll be assigned to 421Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 195 I Become a Confucian Sage by Writing Poetry 我靠吟诗成儒圣 The Great Chu, the tenth year of the Shaoqing reign. Demons and sinister spirits ravaged the mortal world, while Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism stood as the three great powers. Cultivators roamed the land, seeking to seize Heaven and Earth's fortune and find the path to eternal life. Lu Yanqing's soul transmigrated from another world, only to be told he had just one day to live. Then he unexpectedly discovered that the so-called Confucian arts were actually ancient poems! After narrowly 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Road to the Imperial Examinations for a Poor Scholar 寒门科举之路 After surviving alone in the apocalypse for three years, Yang Han is betrayed by his teammates and scratched by a zombie. Unwilling to turn into one and get his head blown off, he takes his own life. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the body of a farm boy, the only son of a family with a thousand acres of fertile land. He can't handle the backbreaking work in the fields, and since all professions are inferior to studying, he has no choice but to set out on the path to the imperial examinat 193Reads8.6Score11414d adds
- 197 From the Start, I Was Sentenced to Death After My Family Was Seized, but Poetry Let Me Rise to the Top 开局抄家问斩，我靠诗词平步青云 Lin Mobai, a top graduate student in literary studies, dies unexpectedly in a fire at an ancient-text archive. When he opens his eyes again, he has become another Lin Mobai, a poor scholar in the Great Xia dynasty. He is trapped in the Ministry of Justice’s death row, covered in wounds, with his execution set for three days later! The original owner had studied for ten years and just passed the first imperial examination, only to be framed for cheating by Zhao Wenxuan, a powerful local clansman. 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Road to the Top Scholar: A Farmer’s Daughter’s Imperial Exam Journey 科举之农家女的状元路 This isn't a high-energy, over-the-top feel-good story, and the pacing is fairly slow. There are no dramatic showdowns with awful relatives or triumphant face-slapping moments. If that works for you, read on. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, young Liu Lu had just learned that her thesis had passed when a car accident sent her to the past. She woke up as a little farm girl. To make matters worse, her parents were out of favor and always did the most work for the least reward. What w 658Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 199 A Country Boy's Road to the Imperial Examinations 乡下小子的科举路 (Transmigration + Farming + Imperial Examinations) Wu Wei is an art student in the modern world. He never expected that an accident on the day of his art school entrance exam would send him back to ancient times, where he becomes the second son of the third branch of the Wu family in Wu Family Village. His name is still Wu Wei, just like in his previous life. He figures that wherever he lives, he can make the best of it, but life in ancient times is nothing like he imagined. The entire Wu family 1.9kReads8.1Score15514d adds
- 200 A Transmigrator's Son in a Farming Family: Supporting the Family and Climbing the Imperial Exam Ladder 穿越农家子，养家科举青云路 [Two male leads + farming and infrastructure building + imperial examinations + transmigration + 1v1 romance + the growth of ordinary people] A cunning, warmhearted, protective younger brother × an optimistic, proud, devoted older brother Ye Changyan has barely transmigrated into the household of a small landowner when a family split breaks out. His grandfather dies, and his father, a concubine-born son, is thrown out by his grandmother and uncles. The family of five gets only five mu of land 440Reads6.8Score10014d adds
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