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- 151 Reborn as an Exiled Prince, I Take the Imperial Exam in an Enemy Kingdom 穿成流浪皇子，在敌国考科举 [Light fantasy wuxia + irreverent imperial examinations + political intrigue + decisive killing + princes + golden finger + no romance] Yan Guijin has always been convinced that there's something wrong with him. Yan Shengyong never imagined that the abandoned baby he took in would one day become a radiant beacon in this prison of a world. [One] Taxes and forced labor are fiercer than a tiger, while the yamen runners are as greedy as wolves. How is a landlubber supposed to survive in a sea that s 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 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 12.8kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 153 A Humble Scholar in Commoner's Clothes 布衣小书生 He went up the mountain to look for a sheep, accidentally fell off a cliff, and woke up to find himself reborn as a baby in an unknown dynasty. He looked around and discovered that his family was dirt poor: they had too little to eat, too little to wear, and lived in a mud house where rain poured outside and dripped inside. He had an older sister and a younger sister. He had thought that, with his modern soul, he could surely make a brilliant life for himself, but he never expected fate to deal 908Reads7.4Score114Shelves
- 154 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Still Reached the Pinnacle of Life 穿越古代照样走上人生巅峰 Li Fengnian gets hit by a car and is sent straight to the ancient world to start his life over. In this life, he is born into a peasant family. They are poor, but at least his parents love him and his grandparents dote on him. Along with his own shamelessness, that makes for a pretty decent life. The only problem is that farming is exhausting! He just can’t do it. Luckily, his father is dependable: he divides the family’s property and sends Li Fengnian to school. Hoping to make life easier for h 1.5kReads8.4Score107Shelves
- 155 Transmigrate to a Farming Family, Aim for the Imperial Exams 穿越农家，科举为上 Wang Xi had a heart condition as a child and was abandoned at an orphanage. He worked odd jobs to put himself through college and finally landed a pretty good job. After three years of working diligently, just as he was finally able to give something back to the orphanage where he grew up, he suddenly died while working overtime one night. Reborn into a farming family, Wang Xi is now a little boy named Li Shuanzi. He knows all too well that if he wants a better life, passing the imperial exams i 3.5kReads8.9Score220Shelves
- 156 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 2.8kReads7.8Score301Shelves
- 157 The Hidden Phoenix Sings Clear 隐凤清鸣 In the ancient Great Yu Dynasty, the imperial examinations offered a broad road to power and glory, drawing countless children from humble families to pursue their dreams. Yet behind all that splendor lurked darkness and intrigue unknown to most. She was Su Jinyu, the orphaned daughter of the Great Yu Dynasty's youngest grand secretary. Born with memories of her previous life, she had once been a legal scholar, and from birth she bore the heavy burden of clearing her father's name. Su Moxuan had 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 The Chosen One of an Imperial Exam Novel 科举文里的天之骄子 [New novel! The rating is low for now, so read the bonus chapters first] [Serious historical drama + woman transmigrates into a man + everyone’s darling + no romance + Mary Sue + imperial examinations + household intrigue + struggle for the throne + unifying the realm] [Note: This is a romance story with no CP. The protagonist, Jin Yu (Sun Wei), is a woman transmigrated into a man, adored by everyone, and, so to speak, incapable of falling in love with anyone. It’s perfectly normal for male and 16Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 159 The Imperial Exams: A Country Boy Becomes a Pillar of the Nation 科举：农村娃成了国家顶梁柱 (Imperial examinations + farming + cuisine + infrastructure) Wang Xue'an wakes up in an ancient farming village, forced to chew wild greens day after day. He finally flips the table in a rage: this is no way to live! So he puts the knowledge he learned in another world to use, taking the imperial exams, building infrastructure, and creating delicious food... He cultivates superior seeds, boosts productivity, and builds an agricultural powerhouse. He develops new military technologies, expands th 2kReads7.4Score172Shelves
- 160 A Poor Scholar's Road to the Top Scholar Title 寒门子弟的状元之路 He was an ordinary university student, but a chance encounter transmigrates him to ancient times. Follow his journey as he rises from humble beginnings, studies hard for the imperial examinations, earns the title of top scholar, and sets out on the path to becoming chief minister. 50Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 161 I Was Already Eight When Grandpa Finally Passed the Provincial Exam 我都八岁了爷爷才中举 The transmigrator has a smaller role in the early chapters. The protagonists are Liu Lin and the transmigrator Liu An. I, Liu An, have been transmigrated for eight years, and only now has Grandpa passed the provincial civil service examination! In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era of the Great Ming, forty-two-year-old Liu Lin passes the provincial examination. Years later, Liu Lin gazes at the plaque reading “Four Jinshi from One Family” and falls into deep thought. Follow the protagonist’s g 2.8kReads6.9Score224Shelves
- 162 The Imperial Exam's Oxherd Class: A Young Scholar's Teacher Produces Three Thousand Successful Candidates 科举放牛班，童生夫子教出进士三千 A paradise for exam failures, and a graveyard for renowned scholars. A group of spoiled officials’ sons has become the century-old academy’s newest headache. The old scholar was so furious he suffered a stroke. Chen Fan, a licentiate serving as an assistant instructor, activated the god-tier imperial exam teaching System and was appointed head of the academy in its hour of need. The mischievous magistrate’s son mastered the Five Classics in four months. The unruly prefect’s son became the top sc 1.9kReads8.9Score173Shelves
- 163 Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下 Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p 12.8kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 164 Rising from Poverty: From the Imperial Exams to the Officialdom 寒门崛起，从科举入仕开始 (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be a little low. Don't worry, enjoy!) [Farming + Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Ancient Setting] After an accident, Wang Bo, a farmer's son in ancient times, absorbed the memories of his previous life. The good news: His mind held thousands of books from the twenty-first century, and he had a photographic memory. The bad news: His family was so poor they lived on bran, and they still had to scrape together every last bit to fund hi 2.1kReads8.5Score185Shelves
- 165 I Became the Uncrowned King Through the Imperial Exams, So I Won't Take the Throne 科举卷到无冕之王，老子就不登基 [A reading guide: Imperial examinations + solving cases = a promotion guide to ancient criminal investigation] Huang Dingzhou is reborn in the Jin dynasty as the thirteenth legitimate son of the Duke of Protecting the State's household. Yet as the youngest legitimate son, he is neither loved by his father nor cared for by his mother, and is kept under strict supervision. By a twist of fate, he discovers that he is not truly a legitimate son. After finally passing the imperial examinations, he re 29Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 166 After I Transmigrated, I Turned My Hated, Dog-Cursed Life Around 穿越后，从人嫌狗厌开始逆袭 [Farming + transmigration + business] Shen Nan, the village ne’er-do-well whom everyone in Shenjia Village despised, was struck by lightning! When he woke up, he’d become a different person! Not only did he know how to care for his wife, he also learned to farm, earn money, and support the family! The villagers all wondered: could some mountain spirit have possessed Shen Nan? After being struck by lightning, Shen Nan... Looking at the clean rice jar and his frail wife, Shen Nan could only drag h 875Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 167 The Poor Scholar's Sweetheart 寒门小娇妻 After transmigrating to the Great Sheng Dynasty, Huang Tinghui finds himself dealt a disastrous hand from the start. His parents died young, and this ne'er-do-well, whom even a dog would shake its head at, squandered the entire family fortune, leaving only a dilapidated thatched hut. Some days he can barely manage a meal. Luckily, he picks up a beautiful girl along the way, and somehow they end up married. Well, faced with his utterly destitute home and his pitifully adorable wife, Huang Tinghui 187Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 168 From Humble Official to Mountain Immortal 寒门仕途到山中真人 Water conservancy engineer Wang Zhiming opens his eyes again and finds himself a newborn farmer’s son in Wangjia Village, Li Country. His family has only six mu of poor farmland, owes two dan of autumn grain, and his father has been put on the roster for winter river works. Forget studying for the imperial examinations. It is questionable whether the family can even make it through the winter! He has no System and no pocket dimension. All he can rely on is the knowledge he gained over thirty- 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Life in Ancient Times as a Posthumous Child 遗腹子的古代生活 [No golden finger + farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + court politics in the later stages + everyday family life] He wakes up as the posthumous son of a county deputy in the Great Zhou dynasty. He may not be born into an official family, but surely the assets his father left behind are enough to make this only child rich. So he happily decides that in this life, he’ll coast to success. Things don’t go as he expected. His father died young after only a few years in office, leav 11.3kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 170 My Clan Funded My Exams, So I Won My Dog an Imperial Title 全族供我科举路，我赠族犬诰命身 In her previous life, Fang Ziqi was a PhD in science at one of China’s top five universities. In this life, she transmigrates into a farming family in the Great Liang dynasty! A poor household, a father who secretly studies, a biased grandfather, and an uncle who has failed the exams ten times… In an age when everything is inferior to studying, Fang Ziqi has no choice but to tighten her belt and embark on the imperial examination path! She begins her studies at six! Takes the exams at eight! Pas 22.1kReads7.8Score2.2kShelves
- 171 The Imperial Exams: I Conquered the World with Poetry 科举，我靠诗文名动天下 [Imperial examinations + no romance + alternate world + poetry and prose + fortune-telling by characters + sixfold honors in the imperial examinations + infrastructure + political intrigue] An imperial-examination story. Sheng Yu transmigrates to ancient times as a three-and-a-half-year-old child. He begins his studies right away, enters the finest academy in Jiangnan, then advances through the prefectural school and a tribute recommendation to the Imperial Academy. Step by step, he grows up and 1.2kReads8.4Score106Shelves
- 172 Transmigrating to an Unmanageable Life in Ancient Times 穿越之躺不平的古代生活 [The rating has just been posted and will rise] Ancient life + Slow-burn story + Studying and imperial exams + Devoted love + One heroine + Gradual pacing Chen Wen'an grew up in an orphanage and worked his way through college, graduating while holding down a job. After joining the workforce and becoming one of the office drones, he was walking home from work when he got distracted by a phone call and failed to notice a truck running a red light. Just like that, he became one of the transmigratio 24.8kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves
- 173 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. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 An Ordinary Life for a Workaholic in Ancient Times 卷王在古代的普通人生 Chen Rui, an agriculture student in the modern era, transmigrates to the fictional Great Xia Dynasty and becomes the great-grandson of Chen Wang, a former company commander who has retired from military service to farm. With his family’s help, he enters officialdom through the imperial examinations and uses his knowledge to make sure the people under his jurisdiction have enough to eat. A heads-up: this isn’t a conventional power fantasy. It has a laid-back, slice-of-life feel, and the male lead 1.8kReads8.3Score137Shelves
- 175 I Should Have Topped the Imperial Exams, but Instead I Became a King on the Battlefield 本该金榜提名，我却沙场封王 In his previous life, elite special forces soldier Bai Wei died while carrying out a mission. He was reborn as a baby in the Great Jing Dynasty. The country had only just emerged from years of war, and the Jing Dynasty had signed peace treaties with its neighboring nations. Looking at his poor but loving family, Bai Wei decided to live a peaceful life this time around. He planned to start a business when he was older and improve their living conditions. Five years later, a sudden conscription sh 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 The Ming Dynasty’s Literary Champion 大明文魁 In the third year of the Xuande reign, Lin Wenyuan, a top history student, unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a poor scholar in Kunshan County, South Zhili, Ming China. When he woke, he found himself in a home stripped bare, with a frail body left behind by the original owner's high fever after being caught in the rain. In an era when the imperial examinations were the only path to success, he had neither an illustrious family nor exceptional talent. All he could rely on was knowledge f 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 58.5kReads8.6Score4.4kShelves
- 178 I Bought a Bookboy to Take the Imperial Exam for Me. Now I'm Accused of Stealing His Honors? 买书童替本少科举，告我偷功名？ [Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder + Embroidered Uniform Guard + Imperial Exams + Officialdom + Rooting Out Treacherous Ministers + Fighting the Tartars + Empress] Also known as: The Young Master Strikes Back Against His Fated Bookish Servant, Passes the Imperial Exams, and Saves China After transmigrating into the book as Lin Zhi, a young master destined to be cannon fodder, he finds himself caught in a ridiculous plot where his servant uses the young master as a stepping-stone in th 1.1kReads7.6Score139Shelves
- 179 I Turn My Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举逆袭人生 When Li Jingxing wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. Around him are crude huts and shabby furniture, and the air carries a faint smell of straw. Looking down, he sees that he is wearing ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals. All of it leaves him utterly confused. “How did I end up here?” Li Jingxing wonders. Just then, a burst of noise breaks through his thoughts. 2.9kReads8.8Score219Shelves
- 180 I Transmigrated into a Noble Family, and All I Want Is Power 穿越世家子弟，一心只为谋权夺位 In his previous life, he was an overworked office drone. After a car accident, he transmigrates to a parallel world and is born into a powerful family, becoming the legitimate grandson of the Xiao clan of Li'an. Heaven has given me the chance to be reborn. In this life, I will make it extraordinary, give everything I have, and keep striving toward the sacred ideal in my heart. In the eyes of the world, he is a treacherous minister who spends his life pursuing power over all beneath heaven by day 178Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 181 I Transmigrated into a Debauched Scion Who Had Done Countless Evil Deeds 穿成作恶多端的纨绔子弟 42Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 182 I Had a Fiancée in Ancient Times 在古代有个未婚妻 After three years of high school, Xiao Yansheng sets off on a graduation trip. A tsunami strikes, and a towering wave sends him flying. When he opens his eyes again, he has become an eight-year-old boy in ancient times. And as if that weren't enough, he somehow has a fiancée! And so the story begins... 11.4kReads8.8Score988Shelves
- 183 I Came First in the Imperial Exams and Became a Just Official in Ancient Times 科举成状元，我在古代当青天 An ordinary female college student is reborn in an imaginary ancient dynasty, where she becomes a man. As he struggles to adapt to this era, he sees the hardships of the common people, the extravagance of the powerful elite, the integrity of scholars, and the opportunism of politicians. This is a society ruled by a brutal class system. Unluckily for him, he has been reborn here, and all he wants is to live with dignity. Study, take the imperial examinations, become an official. At first, he only 1.2kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 184 The Top Scholar Becomes a County Magistrate: An Unusual Road to Success 状元当县令，不一样的青云路 [Alternate History + Nation-Building + Farming + Court Politics + No Romance] The main story is complete, and bonus chapters are still being updated~ The rating is low because so few people have rated it. Come give it a look! ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑ Warnings: This is a brainless power fantasy!!! Please don't post opinions like how modern people would act, how ancient people would act, or how the protagonist's actions make no sense. If you think a modern person sent back in time couldn't do anything, feel 14.3kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 185 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 193Reads8.6Score114Shelves
- 186 A Woman Reborn as a Man: I'm a Farmer's Son, and I'm Taking the Imperial Exams 女穿男：穿成农家子，我要考科举 [No CP, no heroine + woman transmigrates into a man's body + born into a new body + farming + imperial exams + a little business + fictional setting] Song Huaiyu dozed off for a moment and transmigrated into the body of someone from a poor family. Fortunately, she grew up in the countryside in her previous life, so farming and foraging in the mountains came naturally to her. Song Huaiyu sold goods from the mountains and raised livestock, but the money she earned went only toward improving her 125Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 187 Su Chen'an's Journey Through the Imperial Exams 苏辰安的科举之路 Su Chen'an, a master of Chinese painting, had finally wrapped up an exhibition. Just as he walked out of the building, a flowerpot full of sunflowers came flying at him. He died on the spot. When he woke up again, he was almost starved to death inside his mother's womb. Every day, he teetered on the brink of starvation. He felt that if he absorbed even a little more nourishment from the amniotic fluid, his mother might die. But if he absorbed even a little less, the embryo that was him would pro 10.5kReads8.3Score912Shelves
- 188 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—Shelves
- 189 A Farming Couple, Building a Better Life Together 农门夫妻，携手奔小康 [Farming + imperial examinations + raising children + everyday family life] Qin Shu transmigrated and suddenly found herself aged up to thirty-eight, with a new identity as the mother of four fine sons. Believing that the strong never complain about their circumstances, Qin Shu rolled up her sleeves and began adjusting to her new life. Wait, why was her original body's husband still here? 16.5kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 190 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 1.9kReads8.1Score155Shelves
- 191 The Farm Boy Prodigy Got Rich, Then Found Out His Scumbag Dad Was a Palace Exam Laureate 农家神童暴富后，发现渣爹是探花 [Farming] [Slow and steady] [Family life] [Imperial examinations] [Father and son love and hate each other] [Officialdom] After a high fever, seven-year-old Lin Qingyan gains the ability to see the unseen. He teaches the villagers to gather snails from foul-smelling ditches, and a pot of spicy stir-fried snails becomes a hit across the county! He takes the children to catch crayfish along the riverbank, and his thirteen-spice recipe makes even the county magistrate drool! He even turns duck part 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全 Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.7kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 193 The Commoner Who Became Chief Minister 寒门首辅 When Gu Changliu wakes up, he has become a country scholar. He has no grand ambitions: he just wants to pass the provincial examination, become a minor official, put down roots, and spend his life in harmony with the woman he loves. But the officialdom is no easy place to get by. He had hoped to be a lazy nobody, but the political infighting leaves him no choice but to press forward with all his might. If he can't be a carefree salted fish, then he will take flight like a great roc, rising ninet 3.1kReads8.6Score215Shelves
- 194 Born into a Farmer's Family as Their Late-Born Son, I Change Our Fortunes Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿农家老来子，靠科举改换门庭 [Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + No Golden Finger] Just after passing the civil service exam, Song Xi was sent by a cement truck trying to meet its quota to an ancient dynasty called Great Qi. He was reborn as a farmer's son, and his mother gave birth to him at an advanced age, drawing plenty of ridicule from those around them. His family owned nothing but four bare walls, and they could afford meat only once or twice a year. Fortunately, his family loved him, and he had something to look f 19.7kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
- 195 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—Shelves
- 196 The Old Country Scholar: Reborn as the Father of Four 农门老童生:穿成了四个娃的爹 One heroine, no System An old book never tires the reader, even after a hundred readings. Read it closely and ponder it, and its meaning will reveal itself. Lin Mingyuan transmigrates to Great Chu, just over a decade after its founding, and becomes an old licentiate in a small mountain village. At the ripe old age of thirty-five, he is the father of four, with a beloved wife he thinks of constantly. The imperial examinations, suspended amid the wars at the end of the previous dynasty, are now be 3.8kReads9.0Score270Shelves
- 197 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 1.4kReads8.7Score166Shelves
- 198 I Made My Way to Prosperity Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举奔小康 There are awful people. No golden finger (Though being a modern person who transmigrates might be the biggest golden finger of all!) After transmigrating, Song Zhixue wants only to change his life of toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk. 20.1kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
- 199 Imperial Exams: Nine Generations of Butchers, and Then One Scholar 科举：九代屠户，出了个读书人 [Imperial Exams + Farming + Ancient History + History + No System + Alternate History + Transmigration] The Lin clan was a family of butchers. For nine generations, every man had slaughtered pigs. They were all so fearsome-looking that they could stop children from crying at night. The Lin family tombs must have had smoke curling up from them, because somehow they produced a delicate little scholar with a head full of knowledge. At first, the villagers all said the murderous aura around Butcher 7.7kReads7.9Score588Shelves
- 200 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
