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- 101 Great Tang: The Battle for the Western Regions 大唐之西域争霸 The Anxi Protectorate of the Tang dynasty was established in 640 and came to an end in 808, standing in the Western Regions for 170 years. Nearly two centuries of toil, passed down through more than ten generations! With generations born, intermarrying, and carrying on the legacy, their numbers must have reached well over a million! Yet the history books contain no trace of them! The winds of time have blown by; perhaps there were heroes among them, too. He joins forces with Tang descendants and 1kReads6.5Score10414d adds
- 102 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—14d adds
- 103 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—14d adds
- 104 Saving the Tang Dynasty: I Transmigrated into Prince Wei Li Yi 挽天倾，魂穿魏王李佾救大唐 In 873 AD, Emperor Yizong of Tang died. The eunuchs sealed the palace gates, preparing to depose the eldest son and enthrone the youngest. Li Yi, Prince of Wei and Emperor Yizong’s eldest son, was supposed to be stripped of the throne and die unnoticed six years later. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become a modern soul from the twenty-first century, well versed in power and the rules of organization. No System, no technological cheats. With just three secret letters, two imperial edi 1.6kReads—Score13814d adds
- 105 The Six-Fingered Boy’s Starry Road 六指少年的星光路 The Six-Fingered Boy's Road to Stardom —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Pines’ Song Remains, While Their Sharpest Edge Stays Hidden 松风未改，锋芒自藏 The pines remain unchanged; their sharpness stays hidden —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Belated Moonlight Illuminates My Entire Youth 迟来的月光，照亮我整个青春 The moonlight came late, but it lit up my entire youth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 From Fast-Track Promotion to Forced Resignation: At 24, My Life Was More Thrilling Than a TV Drama 从破格提拔到被迫离职，我24岁这一年，比电视剧还刺激 From an exceptional promotion to being forced to resign, the year I turned 24 was more thrilling than a TV drama 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Peking Opera, Classical Poetry, and Cranberry Cookies: She Once Loved Me Without Hiding It 京剧、古诗词与蔓越莓饼干：我曾被她明目张胆地偏爱 Peking opera, classical poetry, and cranberry biscuits: I was once the one she openly favored —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I Once Had a Place on the List of People You Trusted Most 在最信任的名单里，我曾拥有姓名 I once had a place on the list of people you trusted most 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Summer of Math Olympiad Class and the Missing Number 奥数班的夏天与消失的号码 The Summer of Math Olympiad Class and the Missing Phone Number —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Commendation, Dismissal, Two Job Offers: My Half-Year Was More Thrilling Than a TV Drama 表彰→辞退→双offer：我的半年，比电视剧还刺激 Recognition → Resignation → Two Job Offers: My Past Six Months Have Been More Thrilling Than a TV Drama —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Taizongs of the Dynasties: Winning the World Takes Might, Ruling It Takes Wisdom 历代太宗：能打天下，更要懂天下 The Taizongs of Every Dynasty: You Must Know How to Win the Realm, and How to Rule It —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Drumbeats and Starlight: My Comeback Story in Elementary School 鼓点与星光：我的小学逆袭之路 Drumbeats and Starlight: My Comeback Journey in Elementary School —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 After Injustice, I Became Number One 不公之后，我成了第一 After Being Treated Unfairly, I Became Number One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Double Starlight Through Time: A Boy’s Secret Language of Youth 时光里的双份星光：少年的青春密语 Double Starlight Through Time: A Boy’s Secret Words of Youth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 I, a Modern Naval Officer, Rebuild Maritime Supremacy 我，现代军官，重铸海上霸权 Shen Qianfan, a modern naval special operations officer, transmigrates into the glorious Yongle era. He discovers that although the Ming dynasty has the world’s most powerful fleet, it lacks a true maritime strategy. Now that I’m here, the Ming’s ambitions won’t stop at the Western Ocean. They’ll reach for the stars and beyond! He establishes a naval academy, compiles modern treatises on naval warfare, develops breech-loading steel cannons, and launches an all-metal revolution. He’ll make the Mi 18Reads—Score114d adds
- 118 Teaching in the Tang Dynasty, I Picked Up a Poor Little Bride 穿唐教书，我捡了个苦命小媳妇 This book is a slow burn. There are no wars of conquest, no political scheming, and no ruthless killing. A transmigrator takes a group of widows and orphans and slowly brings a village back from the brink of starvation. He builds waterwheels, clears wasteland, opens a school, writes farming guides, gets married, and has children. The first few dozen chapters are all about everyday life. If you're willing to wait, things get livelier as the story goes on. As the population grows, so do the proble 58.8kReads8.8Score6.5k14d adds
- 119 Beneath Mount Gaomei Is My Home 高嵋山下是侬家 A true-to-life portrayal of history: one country scholar from a mountain village extends the Qing Empire’s fortunes by half a century. The plot is authentic and the details are subtle, unfolding like a television drama before your eyes. Based on private materials provided by descendants of the Zeng family and on the Draft History of Qing, this novel neither praises nor condemns. It faithfully depicts the humble beginnings of Zeng Guofan, the last great Confucian scholar of China, along with the 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Special Forces Imperial Tutor of the Tang Dynasty 大唐之特种国师 Qin Lang transmigrated, and landed in the most popular era of all: the Zhenguan period. With a System at his side, he was a transmigrator who could rule the world, and his life was turned upside down. “State Preceptor, there's been a severe drought in Guannei. Is there anything you can do?” “Your Majesty, allow this humble subject to perform a ritual and pray for sweet rain.” The wind rose, thunder rumbled, and rain fell. “The State Preceptor is truly a divine man!” 63Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 121 My Cousin Is a Huge Help in the Great Tang 大唐之表弟很给力 In the ninth year of Wude, the blood on Xuanwu Gate had yet to dry, and Li Shimin's claim to the throne was still shaky. Then Jieli Khan of the Turks invaded Tang territory with his army. With the empire beset by troubles at home and abroad, a man claiming to be the new emperor's cousin suddenly appeared, declaring that he would save the Tang dynasty from ruin. After an investigation, Wu Zhengyi, the Marquis of Qiongya, who had been fishing in the South China Sea, was revealed to the world, as w 216Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 122 The Tang Dynasty’s First Imperial Son-in-Law 大唐第一驸马 “Princess Gaoyang, I hear you’re quite the haughty one. Come on, dance for your prince consort first!” “Monk Bianji, I hear you’re the one who cuckolded me. Then go to Tianzhu and fetch the scriptures!” “Your Majesty Li Er, I’ve beaten the Turks into submission. They’ve decided to honor you as the Heavenly Qaghan. Sounds good to me. What do you think?!” “Uncles Qin and Yuchi, make your faces look a little fiercer! I’m painting door gods for His Majesty!” “What’s the point of being emperor? B 747Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 123 Legends of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms 东周列国传奇 King You of Zhou lit the beacon towers beneath Mount Li, but the flames brought disaster, and the Western Zhou was wiped from the earth. The Eastern Zhou rose from its ruins. Duke Zhuang of Zheng wounded the Son of Heaven in the shoulder with an arrow, and the world was thrown into turmoil. Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin, and King Zhuang of Chu took turns on history's stage. Wars of conquest, struggles for royal power, political schemes, old grudges and new passions shaped the 2.7kReads8.2Score25314d adds
- 124 He Became Chen Shuda’s Illegitimate Son, Yet Li Er Stripped Him of His Chancellorship 成陈叔达私生子？他却被李二罢相 [No System, defying all convention, farming and rising to the top, power plays and face-slapping, funny and lighthearted, peerless prodigy] My new novel, Transmigrating Between Two Worlds: Becoming a God Through Wilderness Survival, is now updating. Welcome to read it. Chen Qingde transmigrates to the first year of the Zhenguan era. The old and new powers of the Li Tang dynasty are now in the midst of a changing of the guard. His adoptive father, Chen Shuda, has been dismissed alongside Xiao Yu 214Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 125 I Am the Great Tang's Deposed Crown Prince 我是大唐废太子 This book is not about Li Chengqian! Transmigration + farming + lighthearted + technological superiority A failed web novelist is reborn as Li Chongrun, the disgraced crown prince of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian. He tries desperately to escape with his life, only to discover that no matter how hard he works, all he can do is become a strong, fat man. Fine, he'll be fat. But why does everyone keep wanting Fatty to kneel? Fatty's legs don't work right. He can't kneel! Fatty's spear is right 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Tales of the Tang Dynasty: From Imperial Grandson to Ruler of All Nations 大唐风云录：从皇孙到万邦之主 Dear readers, this is a work of pure fiction. The Tang dynasty in this story is not the one from your history textbooks. It is bigger, wilder, and more vibrant. Here, steam-powered battering rams besiege cities, trade routes stretch across two continents, and envoys from every nation come to pay tribute. And here, a young man rises from an emperor’s forgotten grandson to become the “ruler of all under heaven.” This isn’t history. It’s a story about “what if.” If you’re ready, come with me and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Unifying the Six Kingdoms in One Lifetime: A Master Plan for the World 一世统六国：计定天下 Modern-day PhD Liu Jiang dies in an accidental lab explosion and wakes up in the body of Ying Qu Liang, Duke Xiao of Qin! Qin is weak, and its reforms have yet to begin. He recruits Shang Yang and Sun Bin as his right-hand men, uses a lunar eclipse to establish his authority, smelts refined steel, builds counterweighted catapults, and forms a new army that communicates with signal flags. He first repels the raids by the Yiqu, then ambushes Pang Juan’s vanguard, captures the three cities of Shaol 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Great Tang: From the Start, Empress Zhangsun Overhears My Thoughts 大唐：开局被长孙皇后偷我心声 [Historical setting, System, skills, growth, warfare] This is the story of Empress Zhangsun and a transmigrator that had to be told. History buffs, steer clear. Don’t take it seriously. 13Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 129 I Opened a Bookshop in the Great Tang 我在大唐开书店 Su Yun transmigrates to the Tang dynasty and opens a bookstore. He spends his days writing and selling books, living a pretty comfortable life. One day, a customer comes in and keeps asking him about strategies for governing the country. Su Yun casually offers a few answers, and every one of them turns out to be sound advice for ruling. In the end, the customer reveals the truth: “Actually, I’m the emperor. Would you be willing to become an official? A high-ranking one!” —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 130 Great Tang: I Get Stronger by Courting Death 大唐：作死就变强 He transmigrates to the Tang dynasty and becomes Li Ke, Prince of Shu, the least favored son of Li Er. After acquiring a daredevil System, he starts recklessly testing the limits of his own survival. From the start, he squanders Li Er’s private treasury and gives him a stomach ailment from sheer rage. Then he leads thirty cavalrymen to attack the rebel Liang Shidu, leaving the entire court in a panic. One day, during the morning court session, a minister rushes in. “Your Majesty, disaster! The P —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 131 Dreamy Tang Dynasty 梦幻大唐 Also known as Dreamy Tang Dynasty: Raising My Little Sister in the Tang Dynasty, he found himself in the Tang Dynasty by chance. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a little girl with tears in her eyes. All around him was a dilapidated thatched hut, bare of furniture and full of drafts. When the little girl gazed at him pitifully, his heart melted on the spot. She wasn’t just adorable, but clever, sweet, sensible, considerate, and always looking after others... Shen Muchen made up his mind: he 9Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 132 I’m a Tang Dynasty Rebel, Starting by Making the Noble Consort Take Off Her Armor 我！大唐叛军，从让贵妃卸甲开始 During the Tianbao era, Lu Changsheng transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking soldier on the Fan-Yang frontier. When An Lushan enters the palace to meet the emperor, Lu accompanies him as a bodyguard and gets lost, wandering into the Noble Consort’s chambers. Face-to-face with the breathtakingly beautiful Yang Yuhuan, he thinks he is doomed. But the Noble Consort is trying to break through a bottleneck on the path to immortality, and she looks at him like a treasure. “I want to try it too.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Great Tang: I Snatched Li Bai's Wife from the Start 大唐：开局就抢李白老婆 [Power fantasy + transmigrate + comedy + history + Tang Dynasty + no System] That year, Emperor Xuanzong, Li Longji, was enjoying music and dancing at Hegbi Palace. That year, ahem! Lu Jing was in Anlu competing with Li Bai for a wife. 74Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 134 The Prince of Yan's Diary 燕王日记 Lin Mu, a history graduate student, died suddenly and woke up as King Hui of Yan, the “big loser” who fell for a wedge strategy and drove Yue Yi away. As soon as he takes the throne, someone advises him to replace his general. His inner voice says: I know this script. Replace him, and next comes the Fire Ox Formation and the annihilation of the entire army. So he makes his decision on the spot: “Yue Yi stays. I trust him.” Qi's plot to sow discord is over before it even begins. Armed with a h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Great Tang's Medical Sage 大唐医圣 [Invincible in the Tang dynasty + divine physician + advancing the Tang with technology + conquering the world] Li Changhe, a genius traditional Chinese doctor, transmigrates to the ninth year of the Wude era in the Tang dynasty. The moment he opens his eyes, he’s trapped in a deadly predicament. From the start, it’s the hardest difficulty setting. But with his miraculous medical skills, he saves Chancellor Du Ruhui, then stuns Chang’an with the “three transmigration essentials”: glass, soap, an 159Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 136 Back to the Tang Dynasty 回唐 In the dead of night, a butterfly’s wings fluttered in the wind atop a swaying branch. The clatter of a black horse’s hooves passed through Guanghuamen and the Western Market before entering Huaide Ward, heralding something different, something that had never belonged here. Who knew whether the wheels of history would turn because of the arrival of Fang Yan, this extraordinary man? Lying awake at night, I listen to the wind and rain. An iron horse crossing an icy river rides into my dreams. 2.1kReads8.3Score15414d adds
- 137 Transmigrate to the Tang Dynasty: This An Lushan Rebellion Isn’t Quite So Chaotic 穿越大唐：这个安史不太乱 [Transmigrate + survival + painstaking development + no System + no golden finger] Luo Yi unexpectedly transmigrates to Yingzhou, a key northeastern garrison town in the Tang Dynasty during the Tianbao era. All he wants is to live a quiet, peaceful life, but a series of chance mishaps turn him into a border soldier of the Tang Empire. To avoid being swept up in the An Lushan Rebellion, he has no choice but to embark on a struggle to survive and save the Tang Dynasty. He will ensure the Tang Dyna 2.2kReads7.4Score13114d adds
- 138 Chongzhen's Revolution 崇祯要革命 (The only book online that saves the Ming dynasty through revolutionary ideas.) I am Chongzhen: “Rather than have the peasants liberate themselves from the bottom up, I’d rather liberate them from the top down.” I won’t just take the lives of corrupt officials. I’ll take the lives of the scholar-officials, the imperial clan, and the unscrupulous merchants too... Whoever dares obstruct my new policies, I’ll take their life. I am benevolent. I only take the lives of the parasites of China. 42Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 139 The Romance of the Later Three Kingdoms 后三国演义 Three hundred years after the tripartite division of the realm between Wei, Shu, and Wu at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, China once again saw a three-way division lasting several decades, this time between the Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Southern Chen. This book tells the legendary history of this later Three Kingdoms period. Familiar idioms such as “the three religions and nine schools,” “to kill two birds with one stone,” “a jade-like body lying in state,” and “to win the hand of a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Tyrant Tang Dynasty 暴唐 On the night before Li Chengqian is placed under house arrest in the Tang dynasty, he transmigrates into his body. Faced with the fate history has laid out for him, Li Chengqian chooses to kill Li Shimin from the start and usher in a violent golden age for the Tang. 11Reads8.0Score314d adds
- 141 A Thousand Years of Immortality, Forging Great Qin for All Ages 长生千年，缔造万世大秦 [Longevity] + [Great Qin] + [No System] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Political Intrigue] Zhao Zheng is abducted up a mountain by a deranged, disheveled old man. After ten grueling years, all he learns is the tiniest bit of the “art of vertical and horizontal alliances.” From then on, the Warring States gains its greatest wildcard. He debates the law with Shang Yang, who is astonished: “Is this a technique from the mortal realm?” He matches wits with Bai Qi, and even the God of Slaughter takes notice. 69Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 142 Chronicles of the Zhongwu Army: Rivalry Among Eight Clans 忠武军镇录：八族纷争 [Late Tang/Five Dynasties] [Meticulously researched historical novel] [Military strategy and political intrigue] [No System] [No transmigration] In the fifth year of Qianfu under Emperor Xizong of Tang (878), flames of war erupted between the Yellow and Huai Rivers. Huang Chao and Shang Rang once again joined forces, sweeping across the Central Plains, and the age of chaos, with regional military governors carving up the lands east of the Pass, began with a thunderous roar. Under the Zhongwu Arm 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Ming Dynasty: Complete Edition (2020 Edition) 明朝那些事儿·全集（2020版） Ming Dynasty: Those Things takes a look at the history of the Ming dynasty across the three centuries from 1344 to 1644. Drawing on more than twenty sources and collections of notes from the Ming era, including the Veritable Records of the Ming, the Comprehensive Mirror of the Ming, the History of the Ming, and the Outline of Ming History, and reviewed and recommended by Ming history expert Mao Peiqi, it surveys three hundred years of Ming history and reveals a different Ming dynasty: Highlight 3.5kReads9.5Score64314d adds
- 144 Tang Dynasty: I Have an Arms System 大唐之我有个军火系统 (The first ten chapters were written while I was still in school, so they’re a bit slow.) In the third month of Wude 9, Li Chengyou arrived in the Tang dynasty with a System. In the sixth month of Wude 9, Li Chengyou joined his second uncle, Prince of Qin Li Shimin, in rebelling against his great-grandfather, Li Yuan. During the Zhenguan era, Li Chengyou led his new army to punch Eastern Turks in the face and kick Goguryeo in the shins, forcing Yamato (Japan) to join the Tang dynasty. He sailed 2Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 145 The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms: Starting from Weibo to Conquer the Realm 五代十国：从魏博开始争霸天下 In the third year of Tianyou, Zhu Wen slaughtered the eight thousand families of the Weibo Guard overnight. Deputy Commander Li Hu led five hundred survivors, escorting a thousand families as they fought their way out of the encirclement. Three thousand li away, north of Yanmen Pass, beneath a soot-blackened banner bearing the character “Wei,” they established the Li family stronghold. Ten years later, the chieftain’s legitimate son was born, carrying the soul of a man from a thousand years i 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Three Lucky Draws a Day: Living It Up in the Great Tang 天天三次抽奖，我在大唐风流快活 A modern man unexpectedly transmigrates to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, only to discover he has become someone of status. To avoid being murdered, he keeps a low profile for three years. Just when he is faced with having his engagement broken off, he awakens the Daily Lottery System. With three draws every day, he turns his life around from then on... 1.8kReads—Score10514d adds
- 147 Taming Qin 驯秦记 What he intends to tame is not the Six States, but the all-consuming war machine itself. The iron cavalry of Great Qin tramples mountains and rivers, its fearsome army sweeping all before it. In this vast war machine, where heads taken earn merit and destruction fuels its advance, Bai Yan, a young Qin general who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, gives rise to an almost arrogant idea: to tame Qin. Not to rebel, but to bring it to heel. To place the reins of reason on this sa 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Black Quantum: Weapon of Nonaggression Side Story: Young Master Gao 黑量子之械非攻番外：公子高 Black Quantum: Non-Aggression, Extra Story: Young Master Gao —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Fragrant Meal, No Promise 香积无诺 He was a prince, yet he built an invisible prison around her with his coldness. He was a guard, and all he could do was carve a path to safety for her on the battlefield with his Mo Dao. In 757 AD, at Xiangji Temple, a hundred thousand soldiers lay dead in heaps. The person she waited for never came back. Wang Ping, a member of a collateral branch of the Wang clan of Taiyuan, was neither lowborn nor noble. He and Shen Xiangjun had grown up together and loved each other, but fate kept them apart. —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 150 Great Tang: Conquering the World Alongside Li Shimin 大唐：跟着李世民打天下 At the end of the Sui Dynasty, chaos looms and heroes rise from every quarter. A young prince emerges at just the right time, helping the Li Tang dynasty usher in an age of prosperity. Watch as he rises to become a prince and chancellor, then lives out his days in carefree comfort. 652Reads6.6Score—14d adds
