Novels like A Man's Journey
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Man's Journey, best match first.
- 1 The Long Ballad of Great Ming 大明长歌 Li Tong, Liu Ying, Zhang Shouyi, Liu Jiye, Chang Haoran, and the other students of the Nanjing Imperial College spend their days idling around the city. They think they’ll spend their whole lives living like pigs, eating their fill and waiting to die. But then news arrives from Liaodong: Japan has invaded Korea and intends to annex the Ming Empire. From the emperor down to the court officials, no one believes the Korean envoy’s desperate pleas. Yet Li Tong, Chang Haoran, Zhang Shouyi, and the ot 198Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 2 The Traveler of Guanshan 关山客 At the end of the Ming Dynasty, all across the ancient land of China, one power after another took its turn on the stage. But beneath the heavens, who has the right to contend for supremacy? Only the one with the strongest army and the finest horses can become emperor! 33Reads6.6Score111Shelves
- 3 Chongzhen, Your Martial Uncle Will Teach You to Be Emperor 崇祯，师叔来教你做皇帝 Chongzhen: Martial uncle, why do the people under your rule never rebel? Han Qingzhi: Everyone has land to farm and food to eat. Why would they rebel? Chongzhen: Martial uncle, where are we supposed to find that much land to distribute? Han Qingzhi: Beat the tyrants and divide up their land... Chongzhen: Uh... Han Qingzhi: You might not be able to pull that off. How about trying something else? Chongzhen: Oh? Han Qingzhi: Compulsory education, global trade, the Industrial Revolution, the Renaiss 49Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 4 The Purple Palace Game 【紫宸弈】 The new emperor, seventeen-year-old Xiao Che, had barely ascended the throne when the Northern Di cavalry stormed through Yanmen Pass, their fires of war pointing straight toward Chang'an. At court, the wily Grand Tutor Wei Yong held power and watched like a tiger poised to pounce. The fierce and fearless Cavalry General Zhao Chengyu commanded troops of his own and made no effort to hide his ambition. Far away on the northern frontier, General Zhenbei Shen Congyuan appeared loyal and upright, bu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Yuan Clan at the End of the Han: Yuan Gonglu Rises Again 汉末袁氏：袁公路再起 Reborn at the end of the Han dynasty, he becomes Yuan Shu, courtesy name Gonglu. In his previous life, Yuan Shu was born into a family of four generations of Three Excellencies and held the Imperial Seal, ruling over fertile lands. Yet he was arrogant and overconfident, alienated everyone around him, and ultimately died after being defeated in battle. In this life, the peerless Yuan Gonglu rises again. Armed with knowledge of a thousand years of history, he can see through people’s hearts, for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Dusty Road, the Carved Bow Falls 尘途雕弓落 Is Huaxia Huaxia because of the nature of the land beneath our feet, or because of the ideas passed down by our cultural ancestors? If our ancestors had founded a civilization in another corner of the world, how would our history have unfolded? Let us unfurl a brilliant and unrestrained scroll of history, and let our forebears from another time and space tell us: is our people's destiny determined by what lies within us, or by what lies beyond us? When the rumbling drums of fate begin to sound, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Can a Fisherman Without a Way Out Become a True Dragon? 渔夫无路可否做真龙 Lin Yan, a modern college student, transmigrates into Chen Youliang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Oppressed by the imperial court and squeezed by forces from every direction, he refuses to accept his fate. Using his modern knowledge, he builds his wealth step by step, expands his power, wins over Ma Xiuying, defeats Zhang Shicheng, and rewrites his destiny and the injustices of the past. After enduring countless hardships, bloodshed, and deceit, he ultimately enters the struggle for imperial p 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Three Kingdoms: I Reveal I'm a Transmigrator Right in Front of Liu Bei 三国：老刘面前我自爆穿越者 The prefectural seat of Xiapi. Chen Zhe transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms and went straight to Liu Bei, revealing that he was a time traveler. He also told the three men what would happen in the future. “Guan Yunchang, you’ll lose Jingzhou through carelessness, and Sun Quan will have you beheaded.” “And you, Zhang Yide, will grieve over Yunchang’s death, drink yourself senseless, and whip your subordinates every day. In the end, your own men will cut off your head.” “As for you, Lord Liu, you’ 370Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 9 Qin Gao 秦诰 [Transmigration, Warring States, Mohism, political intrigue, war, Chinese identity] He is called Qin Huai, and also Jing Nan: the ninth Grand Master of the Mohists, Director of the Imperial Household of Great Qin, and the minister most trusted by Qin Shi Huang. He and his wife, Xie Ying, were two modern university seniors who transmigrated to the late Warring States period. Through a twist of fate, they ended up in the Shanglin Park of Xianyang in the third year of King Zheng of Qin’s reign. Fro 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Strange Tales of the Five Dynasties 五代异闻録 [Transmigration] + [No System] + [Conquest] + [Taoist Arts] + [Powerful Minister] + [Warlord Rule] Raised in secret for over a decade, the naive young Taoist Qingzhu, armed with a mastery of Taoist arts, is thrust by his master into the chaotic Five Dynasties era. Amid a treacherous court and a blood-soaked frontier, he is forced to navigate one faction after another. He vanquishes evil spirits, subdues monsters, exterminates demons, fights on the battlefield, and conquers far and wide, earning 96Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 11 Two Hearts of the Earth 大地双心 In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out. The following year, the Qing emperor abdicated. In 1917, a young tomb keeper was entrusted with a mission: to come to the emperor’s side and protect him for ten years using a secret technique. The imperial house still remained, and actors were still taking the stage inside the Forbidden City, their voices rising in the opening performance. It seemed like a picture of peace, but with the times in turmoil, how could the heart of the vortex remain untouched 27Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 12 Witness to the Tang Dynasty 大唐的见证者 The Great Sui is on the verge of collapse, and the flames of war are beginning to spread. Reborn as Li Zhiyun, fifth son of the Duke of Tang, he is remembered in the history books as the first casualty of the Jinyang uprising. He awakens to a warning in his ears and an imminent crisis. He must escape the deadly trap in Hedong, find a way to survive amid the chaos, foresee the rise and fall of the warlords, and secretly lay the foundations of a power of his own. As the Li clan rises and the realm 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Historical Scrolls: The Zhou Dynasty 历史卷轴之周王朝 [Chinese history, Xia, Shang and Zhou, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn period, Warring States period, Qin Empire] No wild imagination, no power fantasy, just real historical stories. Why was the emperor’s eldest legitimate son abandoned time and again, only to be forced into farming? Through relentless effort, he and his descendants eventually founded the mighty Zhou dynasty, China’s longest-lasting dynasty. The eight hundred years of Zhou rule gave us one remarkable legend after another. They f 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Great Principles of Spring and Autumn: Imperial Power and Scholarship in Traditional Chinese Thought 春秋大义：中国传统语境下的皇权与学术 For centuries in ancient China, the Spring and Autumn Annals was revered as the supreme canon of political philosophy and regarded as the only Confucian classic personally compiled by Confucius. Yet its subtle wording conceals profound judgments, making it notoriously difficult to understand, and commentaries by generations of scholars only made it more convoluted. So how did the Spring and Autumn Annals and related classics exert real influence over two thousand years of autocratic society, eve 106Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 15 Great Ming: A Commoner, Appointed Governor by the Chongzhen Emperor 大明：一介白身，崇祯封我做总督 [System]+ [Conquest]+ [Farming]+ [Ensemble Cast] In the sixteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the realm is in chaos and rebel bands are everywhere. Wang Xiuyuan arrives in famine-stricken Luzhou with the [Imperial Assistant] System! As long as he gathers people and raises their loyalty, he can buy modern supplies from the System Shop! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Warring States: I’m Going to Beat Up the State of Qin 战国：我要暴打秦国 My new work is out! Come 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! 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Heaven's Mandate Is Everlasting 天命未央 Reborn into a parallel historical universe, he gains a “gacha” System that can summon distinguished ministers and valiant generals such as Zhao Yun and Wei Qing. With their help, he can claim the throne, found a dynasty, build an empire, and unite the realm! 1. How will he unravel the mystery of his birth? With obstacles at every turn, he must overcome them all and ascend the throne. 2. Reform the court, overhaul the system, strengthen the army, and sweep away rival nations! 3. Enact reforms and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Ballad of the Hegemon's Court 霸府长歌 Street-office clerk Mo Xiaofeng accidentally transmigrates a thousand years into the past, taking over the body of the second young master of a powerful house. He gets to experience firsthand a life that soars to the heights of success, only to have dark clouds gather overhead. A poem says: After riding through Luoyang, I sing of the east; each parting and reunion, each joy and sorrow, is different. By the Bronze Sparrow Terrace, I seek the Ice Well; before Li Yuchuan, I savor the Martial Ances 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My Guide to Starting a Rebellion 我的造反说明书 My name is Chen Shuo, an utterly ordinary food deliveryman. My greatest hobby is reading The Way to Revive the Nation. One accident later, I transmigrated into a starving scholar in the war-torn Huaxia. Outside, the iron hooves of the fierce northern tribes trampled the land; inside, corrupt ministers and factional strife hollowed out the nation. The Central Plains were on the verge of falling, and civilization was about to go dark. But I wasn't afraid. Tucked against my chest was The Way to Rev 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Look What I've Done to the Ming Dynasty 瞧我把大明朝都弄成啥样了 Zhou Ning transmigrated into the Tianqi era as a frail young Taoist priest with little learning and no grand ambitions. But fate had other plans: he encountered Ke Shi, the infamous wet nurse to the emperor, and unexpectedly embarked on an unconventional path to save the Great Ming. Taking palace politics as its starting point, the story considers, from the perspective of the villains, how the Great Ming dynasty might be kept alive. 5Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 21 The Biography of Wang Rende 王仁德传记 This is the story of a great minister’s rise, from a low-ranking officer to a renowned statesman. It is also the story of a passionate young man who devotes himself to serving the court and struggles to turn the tide, yet ultimately cannot save the day. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Liu Bei: This Body Isn’t Mine Anymore 刘备：我的身体不是我的了 Modern man Chen Zhe wakes up as the young Liu Bei. His only golden finger is a copy of Records of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi's annotations included, inside his mind. He thought he could coast to victory and take the realm, but at every pivotal moment in history, the original owner of his body forcibly logs in. All Chen Zhe can do is watch history repeat itself and struggle to survive in the cracks. Chen Zhe is in control most of the time, handling government affairs, military campaigns, and 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Southern Song Rises: Transmigrating to Become a Warlord 南宋崛起，穿越当枭雄 Eight hundred years ago, at Yashan, people leapt into the sea, yet their iron resolve never wavered! Eight hundred years later, a son of the Lu clan returns to the Southern Song. How could he not stir up a storm! Volume One: They abducted me to work as a slave. I’ll turn the whole place upside down, or I’m no man! Volume Two: You want to raid the south? Let’s see how many Jin raiders I can kill! Volume Three: Better to divert the disaster eastward and let our nation grow stronger! A man of i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 South of Beiyang: Reviving China 北洋之南：重振华夏 [Turning the Nation’s Fate Around] + [Wild Reimagining] + [A Transformed Late Qing] In the third year of Tongzhi, Na Xi, the Empress Dowager, gives birth to a son in the Imperial Grain Garden outside the Forbidden City. To conceal this shocking scandal, she gives her second son to Prince Chun to raise. Several years later, the Tongzhi Emperor, Aisin-Gioro Zaichun, who frequents the Eight Great Hutongs, contracts a terrible illness and dies. Na Xi’s second son ascends the throne without a hitch, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Transmigrate as Han Xin’s Eldest Legitimate Son! 穿越韩信嫡长子！ Transmigrated as Han Xin’s son, and from the start my entire clan is sentenced to death! Liu Bang, Lü Zhi, since you’ve shown me no mercy, don’t blame me for showing none in return! My dream was once to make the Han dynasty stronger. Now it has become overturning the world and bringing down the Liu dynasty! As I flee, I gather allies, cross mountains and rivers, and travel three thousand miles to this desolate land of the southern tribes! I draw up a five-year plan to develop industry, agricultu 434Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Guide to the South, Book One: The Setting Sun 指南录①斜阳卷 Resisting foreign invaders has never been one person’s duty alone. Just as Wen Tianxiang led his troops in a fierce battle against the Yuan army, the pirate Fang Kui and Su Zhe, a powerful local from Liuqiu (Taiwan), came forward to sound him out. Wen Tianxiang had looked down on these rebel forces, but under the influence of Wen Zhong’s memories, he accepted the Su and Fang families’ offer of mutual support. On the newly reclaimed lands, local notables doubted how long the Fujian Governor-Gener 47Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 27 Chronicles from the Cracks of History 历史缝隙录 Official histories tell of emperors, generals, and ministers. I write about the people they leave out. Coroners, matchmakers, leatherworkers, ferry clerks, and court scribes: these occupations never made it into the official histories, yet their practitioners lived and died in the gaps between eras. Living in the cracks of their times, they relied on skills passed down through generations to stumble upon miscarriages of justice concealed by altered case files and buried by the passage of time. S 143Reads—Score195Shelves
- 28 The Song Dynasty Scholar 宋士 In the final years of the Northern Song, the imperial court was corrupt, and the Jin invaded from the north. Across the realm, bones lay in heaps and corpses piled like mountains. There were scholars in flowing robes and sashes, basking in their own success after being named at the Donghua Gate; patriots seething with fury and passion, with no way to serve their country; fallen talents who had left only faint traces of their names in the pleasure quarters, drinking lightly, singing softly, and l 11Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 29 Transmigrated to the Great Ming, I’ll Defy Fate and Change My Life 穿越大明，我要逆天改命 Build the Great Ming into an empire where the sun never sets, crush the rebel bands, fight the Manchus, and preserve the Ming dynasty. 111Reads6.7Score127Shelves
- 30 The Legend of Han Xuan: Raising an Emperor in Prison 汉宣传奇：狱中天子养成记 Neither transmigration nor rebirth, and no wild flights of fancy: this is a pure historical epic. With sweeping prose, it brings to life the turbulent, legendary story of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Bingyi, the ruler who revived the Han Dynasty. He is the only emperor in China’s five-thousand-year history to have grown up in prison, and the most underrated emperor in the four-hundred-year history of the Han Dynasty. Though raised in prison, he cares for all under Heaven. He puts the people first an 3.2kReads7.9Score210Shelves
- 31 Transmigrating Into a Chaotic Era: My Recruitment System 穿越乱世：我有征兵系统 After transmigrating to another world, Chu Yang finds himself in the body of a Imperial Guard lieutenant with the exact same name. He thinks he can coast through life on the strength of his new identity. Wait, how did the country fall? And why did I escape with the beautiful empress, only to become a refugee? I thought that was bad enough, but now the refugees have been swept up into a rebellion. This is really the end for me! Just then, a chime rings: the System has arrived, and it can even spa 1.6kReads6.1Score—Shelves
- 32 From the Start, I Turned the Tide and Saved the Nation 开局我力挽山河 He has no System and no golden finger. Step by step, he makes his way from a leaky old house into the troubled gap between eras. From the start, he joins the army and leads troops into battle, changing a broken dynasty, rescuing the nation’s fortunes, and trying to open a door to a different future. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 A Scion’s Road to the Throne 纨绔子弟的登基路 An alternate-history novel with no System, no transmigration, and no golden finger. He was born into a distinguished family, yet his misdeeds were notorious, and his ill fame spread across the entire Qin state. He started fighting at three, flirted with the maids at home at five, rode off on horseback at ten and stayed away for half a month, then arrived in the Qin capital at fifteen and became the most popular patron at its brothels and gambling dens within a month. And he was also the one who 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Blood and Iron of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: Liu Jinu's World-Conquering Ambition 铁血南北朝之气吞万里刘寄奴 A history of iron and blood, and the sweeping life of a hero. Liu Yu ushered in the turbulent era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. As a statesman, his policies helped bring about the peaceful and prosperous Yuanjia era. As a military leader, he unified the south for the first time after more than a century of warfare. His two northern campaigns established the Southern Dynasties' largest territory. Liu Yu was an outstanding military commander of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the on 704Reads9.4Score125Shelves
- 35 My Father Is the Emperor, and He Taught Me to Rebel 家父圣上，教我造反 (Six thousand words already written and under contract, so feel free to bookmark.) (No System, no golden finger, and no mastermind behind the scenes. Enter at your own risk.) After transmigrating to the Great Qian Dynasty, Qin Mu discovers that his father’s whereabouts are shrouded in mystery, while the people of Great Qian are suffering terribly. Corrupt officials run rampant, local warlords carve up the realm, and powerful in-laws meddle in government. The dynasty is riddled with corruption an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 1453, but Rome Did Not Fall 1453，但罗马没有灭亡 In 1453, Constantinople fell, and the Byzantine Empire perished. The 2,206-year history of Rome came to an end at that moment. What if Constantine XI, who had ability and ambition but no opportunity, had become Despot of Morea earlier, had won the defense of the Hexamilion Wall, or had helped Hunyadi and Skanderbeg win the Second Battle of Kosovo? How might Rome’s fate have changed? This story explores that possibility. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Great Emperor Reborn: Two Thousand Years Across China 大帝重生，历经华夏两千年 The Emperor’s Soul Returns to China After Two Thousand Years (Protagonist’s new name: Situ Qingwan) A thousand years of immortal cultivation proved her path to becoming an emperor; in a single day, her soul returned in a woman’s body. Old dreams of Blue Star condensed into true energy; across China’s long journey, she witnessed the dust of the mortal world. Her life would not end with the passing of time; her profound achievements secretly aligned with the source of the Dao. After two cycles of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Chronicles of the Cangming War 沧溟战纪 [Farming][Alternate History][Passionate][Rise to Kingship] I am sentimental, but never promiscuous. I have lived two lives, all for the sake of survival. Though I transmigrated, I didn’t awaken any golden finger. The only thing I have is the wisdom and experience accumulated over thousands of years. The winds rise over the vast blue sea, our horses thunder across the northern desert. I roam the seas at will, and in the East, only the Great Han stands supreme. How could the men of our Great Han l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Kaga Saito 加贺齐藤 The Onin War of 1467 ushered in an era of a century-long division among the lords. Overthrowing one’s superiors had become the norm, as had scheming, assassination, and marriage alliances. These became the defining features of what Takeda Shingen called the Sengoku period. Though broadly similar to China’s Warring States period, it also reflected Japan’s distinctive political system. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Tales of Love and Hate in the Qing Dynasty 清朝恩仇录 As China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing weathered 296 turbulent years, rising to glory before falling into decline. The rulers of the dynasty: At the height of its power, Emperor Kangxi had 35 sons and 20 daughters; by its final years, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong had no children at all, leaving no heirs. The women of the imperial harem: Nurhaci’s principal wife, Abahai, was forced to die as a sacrificial offering at just 37; while Cixi, a consort of the Xianfeng Emperor, dominated the Qing —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Consort Mother, He’s My Imperial Father! You’ll Have to Pay Extra! 母妃，他可是我父皇啊，得加钱！ [The System dies from the start] “From now on, your name will be Wu Zhao!” “Yes.” Jiang Li transmigrated to ancient times, where he gained a maid who admired him… Years later, his maid ascended the throne as empress, earning the unquestioning faith of all under heaven. Jiang Li, the man behind the empress, refused any official post or noble title. “There was one less maid by his side then, but the world gained an unparalleled empress!” A year after the empress took the throne, Jiang Li, powerle —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Northern Wei: Starting by Stealing Rich Women for Gao Huan 北魏：从替高欢抢富婆开始 A strategist-kingdom-building story + slow burn + a later rise to dominance. I don't treat readers like fools, so haters, please move along. At the start, two bolts of silk buy a life. In the third year of Yanchang, at Huaishuo in Northern Wei, history professor Song Yan opens his eyes and finds himself a well-known idiot in the Song family. He's serving in his family's place beneath the northern wall of Pingcheng, and the overseer's whip has just finished lashing him. His stepmother has done 1.7kReads—Score180Shelves
- 43 Late Ming: Reborn to Revolt Before Li Zicheng 明末：重生之我比李自成先造反 Liu Xun was an eighteen-year-old who was due to report to university the next day when he transmigrated to the late Ming dynasty and became a squad leader in a frontier army. It was the Little Ice Age. Shaanxi had suffered years of drought, and everywhere he looked was yellow sand. A single dou of rice cost a fortune. The emperor was stubborn and self-willed, ministers formed cliques for personal gain, and landlords and gentry lived in luxury and committed every evil imaginable. Liu Xun rose to 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Burning the Palace 焚阙 [Not a wish-fulfillment story + Live-in son-in-law + Revenge + Court Politics + Martial World + No System + Rise to Power + Multiple Heroines] [No formulaic plot. A frustrating start, subtle writing, and an extremely slow pace. If this isn’t for you, please move along. Give me a break!] A sordid political marriage that uses matrimony as cover for adultery drags Gu Yanqing, a modern young man, into the Great Liang dynasty, where he becomes the Zhang family’s lowly live-in son-in-law, treated like 1.7kReads8.2Score109Shelves
- 45 Late Ming: I Have Two Days to Live, So I’m Flipping the Table 明末：两日寿命，我来掀桌子 Zu Zehong transmigrated. He landed in the dark, bloody, chaotic, gut-churning late Ming, where everyone wore three faces. The moment he opened his eyes, he was swept into the maelstrom of history. A story about a pawn who was supposed to die, turning the whole game upside down. I, Zu Zehong, am here to flip the table. 117Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Transmigrating to the Northern and Southern Dynasties: My Biological Father Is Chen Houzhu 穿越南北朝：我的亲爹陈后主 Sometimes the history in official records really does read like unofficial history: an absolute mess. One day that made it into the official records nearly saw two emperors die. With no golden finger, a journey from the present to the past, the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yang Jian as his rival, the Imperial Seal of Succession in his hands, and the fate of a ruler whose dynasty has fallen, the protagonist Chen Yin relies on knowledge from his past life to face an even tougher c 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Am Emperor Throughout the Dynasties 我在历朝当帝王 The first-ever “emperor experience” historical novel on the internet, with a story that sticks to the historical record 95% of the time An immersive first-person experience. No golden finger, no god’s-eye view, no overpowered protagonist. The protagonist is not all-knowing or all-capable. The ancients were simply people of their time, not fools. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. If you’re looking for cheat-powered comebacks, brainless thrills, or items from the future, you can leave now. No 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Reborn at the End of Qin, I Lay the Foundations of Han 我在秦末重生定汉基 On a snowy day, Xin Yu was delivering takeout when a car hit him and killed him. When he opened his eyes again, he had somehow returned to the twenty-ninth year of Qin Shi Huang’s reign, reborn as an old beggar beside the reeds of Bolangsha. No System. No golden finger. Before he could even get his bearings, they were dragging him off to be beheaded. At the last moment, he drew on what little history he remembered and advised the First Emperor to bring several spare carriages. Sure enough, the i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 A Common Man in the Great Ming 大明匹夫 An indecisive, self-important emperor? Courtiers with their own agendas, hell-bent on bringing about their own ruin; Common folk starving and suffering in dire straits! Are they bandits or rebels? Heroes or do-gooders? He flew into a rage for the sake of a beauty, only to find it no match for fame and fortune. The country fell and the ruler died, leaving the great principles of history buried. He struck back only to give the weary Han people a place to rest. His love for family and country was a 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 50 From Villager to Emperor 从村民开始当皇帝 [Updated regularly, completely free to read] Displaced refugees fled to the frontier because of war, but when the dynasty was unified, they were brought back under the imperial court’s rule. The protagonist only wants to roam the world, yet reality keeps pushing him toward the throne. Is this the collapse of morality, or the distortion of human nature? The protagonist says: “I really don’t want to be emperor.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
