Novels like Siheyuan: 1951, A Fierce Dragon Crosses the River
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Siheyuan: 1951, A Fierce Dragon Crosses the River, best match first.
- 51 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Slapped Jia Zhangshi Senseless 四合院：开局狂扇贾张氏 [Comedy]+ [System]+ [Transmigration] Xiao Zhang transmigrates into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Jia Zhangshi refuses to pay back her debts? I'll slap her silly! The Thieving Saint Banggeng steals my things? I'll stuff you with a pound of stuffed intestines first! Silly Zhu is the courtyard's greatest fighter? Let's see if the knife in my hand agrees! Brother Dongxu, I've got a hat I'd like to give you. Brother Damao, sorry, it's not that I'm a bad brother. I just can't help myself when —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, a Scoundrel 四合院之刁民何雨柱 In his old age, his wife begged him to give all his family wealth to their adopted son and daughter, only for them to throw him out of the house. On a snowy winter night, he returned to the winter of 1963. Given another life, He Yuzhu vowed to change everything that had happened before and make everyone who had wronged him pay the price they deserved. 554Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: Reborn at the Pinnacle of Life 四合院：重生巅峰人生 Su Qin transmigrates and is reborn with a deep-blue AI brain in a parallel world made up of TV dramas set during the passionate, turbulent years, including Love in the Courtyard, Golden Marriage, At the Foot of the Imperial City, and Blood Romance. See how he uses his advantages to make plans in an era of scarcity, steadily build his strength, and reach the pinnacle of life. His tangled relationships with the heroines of these dramas also deserve to be brought vividly to life… 5Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: I'm Just a Fortune-Teller Passing Through 四合院：我一个算命的路过此地 Zhou Yi transmigrates to the courtyard. The moment he steps inside, the scoundrels are already plotting to drive him out. You think you can take me on? You're still wet behind the ears! Try not to make your falls look too pathetic: chickens, dogs, foxes, rats... You want me to stay? Then I'll have to think about it. Silly Zhu: “I'll cook for you for a year!” Not interested! Qin Huairu: “My steamed buns are the best in the world.” They'd barely fill a tooth! Second Uncle: “I'll bring you Erguotou 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: The Rich Heiress Lou Xiao'e Is My Wife from the Start 四合院，开局千金娄晓娥是我老婆 The world of Love in the Courtyard is full of scoundrels. Watching the show drives me crazy, so I want to transmigrate through time and be by Lou Xiao'e's side. Silly Zhu can just go wait somewhere else. I'll make up for all the regrets I had while watching the show. 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Love and Fulfillment: What a Disaster! From the Start, I Took My Girl into a Wolf's Den 情满：夭寿啦！开局带妹进了狼窝 Zhang Ming was dumbfounded. How did a post-90s old-timer like me suddenly transmigrate just from going shopping with a post-2000s kid? Heaven, why are you doing this to me? I thought I’d be able to make something of myself, but instead I’ve transmigrated into a courtyard full of beasts! How am I supposed to survive… Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it. I can’t fight fate, but with a System at my side, surely I can handle a bunch of beasts? (This is my first novel, so some details 147Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: I Want to Live to See the New Century 四合院之我要活到新世纪 Watch how someone with a modern soul survives into the new century by using his knowledge of the future. See how an overlooked nobody in a Beijing courtyard manages to live well in the 1950s. A story about pursuing a happy life. 954Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: The Soaring Years 四合院：飞扬年代 The 1960s were a time of youthful exuberance, and unfortunately, our protagonist transmigrates there. He thought he was unlucky, but it turns out there is always worse. As if transmigrating wasn't enough, he ends up in the infamous Siheyuan full of schemers. Yi Zhonghai, a hypocrite skilled at using morality to manipulate others. Liu Haizhong, whose parents were unkind and whose children were unfilial. Yan Bugui, calculating to the bone. Then there's Silly Zhu, the top simp, Qin Huairu, the sain 94Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: The Dragon Rises Here 四合院：龙腾于此 (This isn't a power fantasy.) Also known as: Siheyuan: The Dragon Rises Here The fool Niu Mantun and the Emotion Collection System awaken in a siheyuan. Starting from the courtyard, they struggle to make a living and reap rewards like crazy, all while sharing the country's fortunes and hardships. They won't be frogs at the bottom of a well, confined to the siheyuan. This courtyard is just where a dragon begins to rise... 20Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Was Convinced from the Start 四合院：开局贾张氏被说服 Cao Chao transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, heads to Huijing, stirs up trouble, and puts all the courtyard pests in their place. This book is also known as The Legendary Life of Cao Chao, The Legendary Life of Jia Zhangshi, and The Legendary Life of Banggeng. Wei Wu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: An Ordinary Life 四合院：平凡的生活 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Bai Xiangyang feels a little disheartened. But since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it and live a good life. He has no intention of hurting anyone, but other people do... 138Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Interested in Women 四合院：我真的对女人不感兴趣 Xiao Yi transmigrated to a courtyard compound and awakened a System. By performing certain actions, he could earn chances to draw prizes. The original Xiao Yi's parents had both died, and the people in the compound had taken everything from his family. They had cleared out his home and left him without even a bite to eat. Faced with a start like this, Xiao Yi decided he had to teach those shameless scoundrels a lesson. He would use magic to defeat magic. “I always wanted to be a good person. You 1Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: Old Deaf Granny's Little Grandpa from the Start 四合院：开局聋老太太的小爷爷 Lin Feng transmigrates to the courtyard, and his very first reward is the Lin Family Genealogy. Although he's only twenty-one, he's the great-grandfather of Lin Xiuying, the deaf old lady and courtyard matriarch. When the deaf old lady sees Lin Feng, she starts by calling him “you little brat.” Lin Feng immediately pulls out the Lin Family Genealogy. The deaf old lady drops to her knees and calls him Grandpa. Yi Zhonghai is forced to give up his position as the courtyard's First Uncle. “Why, He 133Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Splitting Up the Family from the Start: Taking on the Scoundrels of the Siheyuan 开局就分家：四合院里斗众禽 Would you believe it? He opened and closed his eyes, and somehow he’d become Silly Zhu’s younger brother? But Silly Zhu was such a heartbreaking older brother, using his own younger brother’s money to support someone else’s future wife. What a fine example of giving away someone else’s things! Didn’t he have any shame? As soon as He Wen arrived, he made up his mind: they were splitting up the family! No matter what, he had to draw a clear line between himself and Silly Zhu. From now on, I’ll tak 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: The Factory Director's Driver Crashes a Truck into the Courtyard 四合院：厂长司机，卡车撞大院 Zhao Weidong transmigrates to the 1960s and binds himself to a System. He inherits his parents' jobs and becomes the factory director's driver. A life of comfort and respect. A wife, children, and a warm bed! Watch him take the chaos of the courtyard residents in stride and become the king of his corner of the world! 43Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: The Unusual People in the Courtyard 四合院之院里不一样的人 Gu Jianguo is made a scapegoat and executed by firing squad, then transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, reborn as an ordinary resident of the courtyard. He vows never to let his family control him again, only to discover that, besides himself, his household consists of two sons and a daughter. Now, see how Gu Jianguo makes his dreams come true. 181Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: Dumped from the Start, I Came Out on Top 四合院：开局被甩，我赢麻了 Shen Yuan dozed off for a moment and transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. What’s there to fear about getting dumped from the start? I’m a future engineer with five houses to my name. Surely I can find a wife? Who knew he’d run into Qin Huairu, who’d gotten lost on her way to the bathroom, as soon as he stepped outside? One look at Shen Yuan, and Qin Huairu fell for him for life. From then on, she wouldn’t leave him alone. Jia Dongxu: “But you were the girl I was set up with!” H 227Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Conquering the World with a Few Moves 四合院：一招半式闯天下 The protagonist, Ji Liancheng, transmigrates by chance and successfully takes over another body. Reborn under the name Ji Liancheng, he inherits the nickname “Old Fool” and becomes the village idiot of Nanluoguxiang, one of the “crazy, feeble-minded, dull, and foolish” bunch. Thus begins an ordinary yet extraordinary life. This book doesn’t center on the courtyard plot. Those events are woven into the lives of the original characters. The author respects the source story and its era, and tries 17Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: You Ruined My Reputation, Yet You Want Me to Let You Off? 四合院：毁我名声，还求我放过？ He transmigrates into the world of "The Birds of the Siheyuan" and becomes one of the courtyard’s residents. From the start, Qin Huairu breaks off their engagement, and the other schemers ruin his reputation, turning him into the courtyard’s laughingstock. Fortunately, he awakens a System. Grain coupons, bicycles, television sets... Things that are always in short supply are now everywhere for Li Jianguo. So the very people who once slandered him come forward one after another, trying to curry f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: I Strike Out on My Own from the Start and Build a Fortune 四合院：开局另起炉灶发家致富 Transmigrate to a courtyard and return to the 1960s. How do you survive in an era without a System or pocket dimension? He Yu, a vocational-school-trained chef, transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu, a lovesick fool who can't face Qin Huairu as she pursues him relentlessly. But he's not the original owner! Qin Huairu, back off, back off, back off! Every day as Silly Zhu, He Yu wonders when his wages will go up and hopes the era of reform and opening up will arrive soon. 95Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, and I Love Getting a Bargain! 四合院：我许大茂，就爱占便宜！ Xu Damao transmigrates, bringing along a face even more handsome than Hu Ge's, and arrives in Love in the Courtyard. What's more, it's 1952, before the story begins, and Xu Damao has only just come of age. Lou Xiao'e is still in school, Qin Huairu hasn't married into the courtyard, and Silly Zhu hasn't yet taken charge of the wok. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui haven't become the courtyard elders yet… With his transmigrator's advantage, Xu Damao gets ahead at every turn and ultimately 176Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: My Life Comes with a Proficiency System 四合院之我的人生有熟练度 An accident left one overworked corporate drone behind in the 21st century, while in that passionate era, a man with a cheat-like advantage appeared. See what impact he will have on his country and society during those turbulent, momentous times. An industrial novel disguised as a story about a courtyard compound 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 It All Began When I Became Liu Haizhong 从我成了刘海中开始 Liu Zhong, an unemployed drifter, is hit by a car on his way home and unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, taking the place of career-obsessed Liu Haizhong. He also gets a System, which gives him rewards for signing in every day. Familiar with the story, Liu Zhong just wants to use the System to earn enough money and enjoy life. He’ll leave the plot to fate and stay out of it whenever he can. —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: My Buildings Have Special Attributes 四合院：我的建筑有属性 After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard house, Yang Jian became a construction worker. What’s more, every building he constructs comes with its own attributes. Build a toilet, and the chance of falling into the pit goes up by 50%! The deaf old lady took one careless step and fell straight into the cesspit. Build a kitchen, and the dark-cuisine attribute goes up by 50%! Silly Zhu was fired on the spot while cooking a special meal for the factory leaders. Repair doors and windows, and 97Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: It's Hard to Be a Good Person 四合院：好人不好做 Zhang Yanhong transmigrated into the courtyard, the infamous “Courtyard Full of Beasts.” The First Master wants someone to support him in his old age? Easy. The Second Master wants a harmonious family? Easy. The Third Master wants a comfortable life? Easy. Qin Huairu wants life to be a little less hard? Easy. Silly Zhu wants a wife, and Xu Damao wants a child? Easy, too. Anything can be arranged. Just don't get on Zhang Yanhong's bad side. Zhang Yanhong wants to be a good person. But he knew fro 43Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: Tame the Beasts and Find a Home Full of Love 四合院：驯服禽兽终会情满 This story is mostly free of hostility. It simply tells of the ordinary, uneventful lives of neighbors, with the protagonist observing and getting to know the Siheyuan. It follows how everyone’s attitudes change. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: I'm a Beast Tamer, Racing Through Life 四合院：我是驭兽师一路狂飚 Zhang Guohao only cursed out the director of Four Courtyard Full of Scoundrels because he couldn’t stand the courtyard’s lowlifes. Who could have guessed he’d transmigrate right into the courtyard? Facing all those scoundrels, Zhang Guohao admits he’s a little nervous. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakens the Beast Tamer System. He turns into a hen and scares the thief Banggeng to tears. He turns into a mosquito and sucks Qin Huairu’s blood. In the end, he beats every last scoundrel in the 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me! Want to Go to Jail Again? 四合院：别惹我！又想吃牢饭了？ Wang Yu transmigrates into a courtyard compound. Through his memories, he discovers that the Wang Yu of this world had no source of income. Because he refused to let the ingrates divide up his property, they had left him to die, and he had literally starved to death in his sleep! The three uncles and Jia Zhangshi have no idea what happened to Wang Yu. They block his doorway and offer a hundred yuan per room to buy his house. But Wang Yu awakens the Prison Meal System. The more ingrates he sends 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: I Arrived with a Package Delivery 四合院之带着快递而来 With a warehouse full of packages, he transmigrates to an era of material shortages. Cao Dajun looks at the mountain of packages. Each one is a mystery box. He opens one: a box of Viagra. He opens another: a bottle of red wine. He opens another: a box of cigars. And in one of them, he even finds adult products? 12Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: A Divine Medical Art from the Start 四合院：开局获得神级医术 Lin Yunfeng, an upstanding young man of the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he gets everything he needs to make a living: a farm space and divine-level medical skills. With all that, dealing with those people who come looking for trouble is almost too easy. 1.6kReads5.6Score—14d adds
- 81 I'm the Villain of the Siheyuan 四合院我是小人 Fang Xing, a university student from the twenty-first century, was transmigrated to the 1960s after an accident while repairing some electrical wiring. Even more terrifying, he ended up in Love in the Courtyard. But there's no need to worry: if they're beasts, then I'm a scoundrel. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: I Want to Change the World 四合院：我要改变世界 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + Period Piece + System + One Female Lead] Jian Fei never imagined that he would transmigrate while half-asleep, let alone into the TV drama Full of Birds and Beasts in a Siheyuan Courtyard. If Jia Zhangshi picks on him, he'll send her to prison. If Jia Dongxu crosses him, he'll make him clean the toilets. If the whole courtyard turns against him, he'll bring the entire place down! Here, only I, Jian Fei, can call all the shots! Things other people rack their brains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Was Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局我是贾东旭 Jia Dongxu’s motto is: “I won’t work for little pay, do heavy work, or work without enough rest.” If anyone dares to curse me out, I’ll grab my bucket and quit on the spot. I said it, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: I Get Along Great with the Beastly Neighbors 四合院：我和禽兽打成一片 “Huairu, make some room and let me have a couple of sips of Silly Zhu’s blood too...” “Everyone knows my family is poor and I can’t afford a wife. It’s only fair that I freeload a little from the neighbors, right?” “Let me say something fair about this... It’s not Big Hat’s fault. Of course, that has absolutely nothing to do with him giving me wild game!” “Living off a family with no heirs, picking on widows, throwing your weight around all day, hurting others without helping yourself... Wait, w 4Reads8.2Score214d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: A Journey of Survival 四合院：求生之旅 If you want to read about the Siheyuan, start with the main text of Volume Two. You can skip the extra chapters; they only explain where the protagonist's cheat comes from and how he successfully got his first deputy director position. 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Expected to Support Yi Zhonghai in His Old Age 四合院：开局要给易中海养老 Transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard Lin Beichen has to take care of Yi Zhonghai from the start They say you have to fight heaven, earth, and the beasts But what could be better than a Siheyuan worth tens of millions? So... Sorry, everyone. I'm going to lie flat now. See you in twenty years, when you check my bank balance. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: Starting from A Place Where the Wind Is 四合院：从去有风的地方开始！ (Courtyard House + System + Daily Life + Changing the Plot) He Aiguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Silly Zhu’s younger cousin. He calmly watches the world change and savors all the ups and downs of life. He won’t bother anyone who doesn’t bother him; he’ll enjoy the show and make a game of life. Watch as the young He, a future big shot, joins life in the courtyard house. 1Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 88 An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之普通的人生 Zhang Zhiguo, who has come from the future, thrives in the courtyard, getting along with everyone and making a name for himself. See how he deals with the people there and chooses to help those in need. 58Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me 四合院：不要道德绑架我 Ma Tengfei has just transmigrated from the future when he finds himself at the utterly absurd whole-courtyard assembly. Jia Dongxu had died only recently, and the First Master is already using moral pressure to make me help the Jia family. But if I want to get married someday, I'm not about to let the Jia family bleed me dry. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 A Life That Begins with Love in the Courtyard 从情满四合院开始的人生 When a modern man becomes the younger brother of He Yuzhu in Love in the Courtyard, he has no System or special powers, just a vague foreknowledge of what’s to come. What can he do? Should he watch as his brother He Yuzhu gets cheated out of everything and left with nothing? Or should he try to change it all? 153Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: Starting with Daily Sign-Ins 四合院：从每天签到开始 “Mm...” Ye Xiaobao slowly opened his eyes. Taking in the crude, unfamiliar surroundings before him, he was filled with confusion. “Didn't I jump off a building and die? Where am I now? Did someone save me? That's impossible. I jumped from the roof of a 120-story building. What kind of person could save me? They'd have to be Superman.” That's right, Ye Xiaobao was a promising young man in the 21st century. He wasn't even thirty, yet he owned a company worth over a hundred million. Business had be 352Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Too Many Beasts, but Bang Geng Is Well-Behaved 四合院：禽兽太多，棒梗很听话 [If you were a flower, would you fear spring leaving you? If you were spring itself, would you still fear having no flowers?] "The steamed buns are dirty. I'm not eating them." Jia Zhangshi's words immediately infuriated Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu kicked Jia Zhangshi's stool away, and Jia Zhangshi promptly toppled to the ground. "You three, go play in the courtyard." Qin Huairu's tone left no room for argument. Jia Zhangshi burst into loud sobs. This was getting out of hand... [Some details may be c 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu Demands Money from Me from the Start 四合院：开局贾东旭找我要钱 Chen Haitao woke up one morning to discover that he had transmigrated into Chen Feng, a minor character in Love in the Courtyard. A System? What kind of thing is that? System, get out here! “Ding! The Courtyard System has been activated. Host, please prepare yourself.” What? That's all I get for signing in? The people next door get pocket dimensions with spiritual springs, or at the very least, pills and martial arts techniques. Are you picking on an honest man? Wait, I get rewards whenever some 154Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: I’m a Rogue, So What? 四合院：我是无赖我怕谁 A young rascal from the 21st century transmigrates into the story of Love in the Courtyard while watching the TV series, becoming Silly Zhu, a man people both love and hate. Watch him outwit the whole bunch of scoundrels and become a winner in life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Store People 四合院：空间收人喽 A different kind of courtyard compound, where it turns out good and bad people aren't so easy to tell apart. If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't come in. If you dislike Silly Zhu, don't come in. If you like Xu Damao, don't come in. This is an original story, not fan fiction, and it's different from the TV series and novels. I write because I enjoy it; it's a hobby. My writing isn't great, and there are lots of typos. I have little education: I spent twelve years in elementary school and never got a —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 96 The Yi Family Has a Son 四合院之易家有子 First, let me be clear: this book isn't full of hostility, nor is it a harem story. It's just something to pass the time with, so don't read it if that's not your thing. Reborn in the courtyard, he is taken in by the First Aunt from the start. As a result, the First Uncle can no longer use morality to manipulate everyone, and the residents' fates are rewritten. He witnesses the rise and flourishing of the New China right there in the courtyard. —Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: The Imperial Age of the 1960s 四合院：六十年代的帝国时代 When Liu Hong appeared in the courtyard compound with the Age of Empires System, a system from another world built around rebellion, he knew that as long as he didn't break the law, he'd be invincible! Liu Hong declared, “I'm here to live my life and watch the show. Demons, monsters, and all you other weirdos, stay away from me! Once I've got enough people, I'll put on a show myself!” He'd been thinking too small. At first, he thought his life would be all about money, power, and women. But grad 10Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Family Bliss 四合院之阖家欢乐 Cao Mengde wakes up to find himself in the world of Siheyuan, where every neighbor is a complete oddball: Liu Haizhong, the big-stick patriarch; Yi Zhonghai, the master of mind control; and Jia Zhangshi, the necromancer... This world is just fascinating. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai's Disowned Disciple Sends Him Straight to Prison 四合院：易中海弃徒，反手送监狱 Ye Jianguo transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai’s first apprentice. But because he’s stubborn and wooden, nobody likes him, and Yi Zhonghai is always looking down on him. Once he learns what’s going on, how could someone with his fiery temper put up with it? He immediately cuts ties with Yi Zhonghai, breaking off all bonds with the hypocrite once and for all. During the subsequent Level Two fitter exam, Yi Zhonghai secretly rigs things and deliberately targets him. Ye 339Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 100 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I Have a Golden Finger 重生四合院：我有金手指 I'm an innocent person. Please don't make me write... All right! Since you've bestowed this on me, I'll write it (ಡωಡ)hiahiahia Synopsis: I, Yang Ri Tian Kong, transmigrated and became Wang Xingxue, male, twenty-four. Distinguishing feature: a huge nose. Character: helpful and good at reading people's clothes. Favorite food: dumplings. Master and school: the closed-door disciple of Hunyuan Xingyi Tai Chi. After walking through a forest, Wang Xingxue brushed the fallen leaves off himself, turned 12Reads8.3Score—14d adds
