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- 1 Confucian Dao: Poetry Opened My Literary Aperture from the Start, and I Went on a Plagiarism Spree 儒道：开局诗启文窍，我抄疯了 [Confucian Cultivation + No System + One Heroine + Intelligent Protagonist] In his previous life, he was Peking University's youngest professor. Unluckily, he transmigrated to a Confucian cultivation continent and became the "idiot" of a remote clan. The main branch planned to strip him of his status and make him a slave, so the youth stopped holding back. With "Wind," he stirred wondrous signs across heaven and earth; his poetry awakened his literary acumen and turned a desperate situation arou 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Entering Fantasy Westward Journey: From the Start, I Teach a Dog to Take the Imperial Exams! 穿入梦幻西游，开局教狗考科举！ Wang Teng transmigrated to the mythic Tang dynasty and became a poor scholar who could barely afford to eat. He thought the imperial examinations were his only way forward, until one night in a dilapidated Mountain God temple, he found himself lecturing dozens of dog demons on The Analects. The old dog leading them respectfully offered him a bundle of ceremonial gifts. “Sir, we’ll pay you one string of coins a month. Would you teach us to read?” Other people cultivate immortality with spiritual 182Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Confucian Cultivation: I Became a Half-Saint's Disciple from the Start 儒道:开局我就成了半圣弟子 In this world, literary talent reigns supreme. Words can commune with spirits, and those gifted with literary talent can slay enemies with poetry, wipe out armies with lyrics, and make the heavens collapse, the earth quake, and the sun and moon reverse their courses... Wang Jun accidentally transmigrated into this world. With a casual poem, he left the supremely gifted geniuses speechless. Beautiful women clamored to bear him children, while great scholars fought tooth and nail to take him as th 26Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 4 The Way of the Scholar: From the Start, I'm Taxed for Being Single 儒道：开局被收单身税 Zuo Dao transmigrated to a parallel world where all kinds of schools of thought competed for glory. Here, Confucian scholars were no longer bookish pedants who could only talk the country into ruin; they were the main force on the battlefield. I write a painting to protect humanity, sing a song to uphold its resolve, and set down a game of Go to throw the laws of heaven and earth into disarray... 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Unmatched Confucian Scholar: I Rule the World Through Law 法儒无双，我以律法定乾坤 The Confucian Way flourishes, poetry and prose command the world, and everyone practices Confucianism. I transmigrate into the body of a law student and am ridiculed by the entire Confucian order from the start: “Everyone honors the Confucian Way. Studying the law makes you less useful than a dog!” But no one knows that I awakened the Law System. Solve a case and your scholarly rank rises; uphold justice and you can become a sage. I solve cases in court, clearing the names of the wrongfully accu 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Xuanhuan: Ten Years of Hard Study Made Me a Confucian Sage 玄幻：寒窗苦读十年，已成儒圣 After a thousand years of rule, the Great Qian is at the height of Buddhism, Daoism has withdrawn from the world, and Confucianism has fallen into decline. Li Xiao transmigrates into this era and begins by reciting The Great Learning. [Ding! Host has successfully recited a Confucian classic. Reward: Righteous Qi!] [Ding! Host has successfully recited a Confucian classic. Reward: Words Become Law!] [Ding! Host has successfully recited a Confucian classic. Reward: Primordial Violet Qi!] After ten 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Supreme Confucian: One Character Shatters Ten Thousand Laws, the Dao Slays Gods and Demons 儒道至尊：字破万法，道斩神魔 [Confucian Cultivation]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [Invincible]+ [No System] Every art is in the book, and every word contains the Great Dao. Su Dongshan transmigrates to a world where reading can resonate with Heaven and Earth. Only a very few people of extraordinary talent can cultivate a natal character here. Yet Su Dongshan gains a natal character the moment he transmigrates! One person cultivates the character “Pei,” gaining the divine power to summon abundant rain, command the clouds, and become the God —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Confucian Dao: I Slay Demons with Poetry 儒道：我靠诗词镇杀妖魔 In my previous life, I spent decades immersed in a vast sea of books, only to be dismissed as a scholar with no practical use. Who could have guessed that after transmigrating here, even a scholar like me would have a chance to put my learning to use! This is a world permeated by literary talent. A Tongsheng's talent is as fine as silk, a Xiucai's as thin as a needle, a Juren's as thick as a finger, and a Jinshi's as strong as an arm. A Hanlin scholar's talent is as broad as a person's embrac 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Junior Instructor at the Academy 在书院当小先生 This is an age of strife among four kingdoms, and an age when cultivation is flourishing. East Zhou, North Yan, West Qin, South Liang. Which one will unite the world? “Whether the dynasty thrives or falls, the people suffer either way!” Xu Qiao shouted. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Confucian and Martial Arts Ascension: Just Call My Name and I'll Grow Stronger 儒道齐天：唤我名字就变强 [Confucian cultivation]+ [Invincible]+ [A hundred schools contend]+ [Transmigration] Young Qi Chen transmigrates to a cultivation world after an accident, becoming a farmer's son whose family has never produced a scholar. Unexpectedly, people in this world can cultivate the Confucian Way and attain immortality through poetry and prose. Drawing on memories of his past life, Qi Chen writes poems and essays, using his righteous energy to cultivate his innate characters. Each innate character repres 521Reads6.3Score11414d adds
- 11 The Way of the Confucian Sages: The Power of All Saints 儒道：众圣之力 [Traditional Fantasy + Confucian Cultivation + Transmigration + No System + No Harem + Overpowered] Su Luo transmigrated with nothing but a bowl. After struggling to survive for ten years, he finally discovered that reciting poetry could earn him literary energy, while reading the classics of the sages could cultivate righteous spirit. He began with the line, “The righteous path of mankind is full of hardship,” and awakened the Sacred Temple of the Literary Realm. Confucius, the Sage of Literatu 30Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 12 The Noble Confucian Sage 浩然儒圣 [Confucian Dao + Feel-Good + Lighthearted] Transmigrating into a world that revered the Confucian Dao, Su Haoran looked forward to showing off with poems by the ancients... Wait, from the start, his whole family was sentenced to execution?! Are you kidding me? At the critical moment, Su Haoran drove off the officials who had come to confiscate his family’s property with his silver tongue. Naturally, he also had a righteous aura and a golden finger that was hardly worth mentioning. But this was o 101Reads5.4Score414d adds
- 13 Supreme Confucian Sage 至尊儒圣 The fate of the nation is everyone's responsibility! In this world where Confucianism reigns supreme, I will study to help Great Zhou rise to greatness. Talent can kill, and words can condemn; with a word, I can bend the laws of nature and attain sainthood through literature! 638Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I Become a Sage Through Poetry, Who Dares Call It Useless? 我用诗词成圣，谁敢言它无用 [Poetry + Confucian cultivation + one heroine (a minor part)] Lu An, who had read poetry far and wide, transmigrates to Great Qian, where people cultivate solely through the Confucian Way. The Confucian scholars of Great Qian wield their pens with such brilliance that their writing takes shape, leaping right off the page! A single work by a great Confucian scholar, “A Sword Immortal’s Journey,” conjured a white-robed sword immortal who slaughtered ten thousand demons! Lu An thought he’d be a 63Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 15 The Han Dynasty’s Confucian Sage: One Poem Stuns the Sages and Lives Forever 大汉儒尊，诗成传世惊诸圣 The Great Han Dynasty honors the Way of Letters. Those who study literature can move mountains, fill seas, ascend to heaven, and descend into the earth. The literary path flourishes, with a hundred schools contending. Emperor Gaozu of Han dislikes Confucianism, and the Confucian school falls into decline. In this life, Dong Zhong’s mother has vanished, his father has died, and his beloved has framed and abandoned him. As someone who transmigrated, he is worse off alive than a dog! On the day of 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Becoming a Sage Through Poetry: Who Isn't a Sage These Days? 诗词成圣：谁还不是个圣人 Chen Huaiyi transmigrated. His predecessor had been falsely accused by his clan of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, leaving him on the brink of being cast out, disgraced, and stripped of any future. Fortunately, this was a world that revered literature and sages above all else. In the ancestral hall, Chen Huaiyi wrote a poem declaring his intentions and appealed to the sages to prove his innocence. One poem stunned the sages. His wrongful accusations were cleared. Before long, ac 136Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 17 Sage of the Human Race: I Write to Guard the Realm 人族儒圣，我提笔镇江山 This is a world where the way of letters reigns supreme. What should a scholar do? Read to understand reason, nurture righteous energy within, and let it pour from the lips like a dragon. Cultivate oneself! Put one’s family in order! Govern the state! Bring peace to the world! I need only lift my brush, and my spirit shakes mountains and rivers! 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Sage of the Literary Dao: From the Start, I Enrage the Sages 文道圣尊：开局气炸圣人 [The Analects of Punches + Lighthearted + No System + One Female Lead + Conspiracy Theories] Lin Cao transmigrates to a world governed by the Way of Literature. After obtaining a Stone of Literary Wisdom, he decides to take a different path. First, he adapts “The Charcoal Seller” and strips a corrupt official who framed him of his literary rank. Then he translates the Analects into the “Analects of Punches,” shattering Confucian scholars’ entire worldview. Furious, the Confucian scholars force L 94Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 19 Poetry Emperor 诗皇 A young man arrives through transmigration, carrying in his heart the flourishing Tang dynasty and ten thousand Tang poems. He discovers that the world of Huaxia has already been invaded by the world of wizards. To save Huaxia, and to keep its people from being enslaved by others, the young man founds a clan, unifies Huaxia, and launches an expedition to another world. When swords and magic fill the heavens and earth, and laws and energy permeate the universe, “I will spread the Way of Poetry th 24Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 20 The Brocade-Clad Sage 锦衣儒圣 In the fifth year of Yunhan, a torrential summer storm fell over the northern frontier of Liang, as the Turks invaded from the south. Wherever their curved blades passed, blood ran for miles. Countless people were driven from their homes, the land filled with cries of grief, and unrest spread through all nineteen provinces of Liang, shaking the capital, Beichuan City. The people prayed for Heaven to open its eyes. Beneath the northern frontier's gates stood a scholar in white, one hand holding a 395Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Mastering a Hundred Schools, Revering Confucianism Above All 法通百家，独尊儒术 After the demon race’s struggle for supremacy and the war between the witches and demons, the human race ruled the world. Once-prosperous Great Yu now teeters on the brink of collapse. The various feudal states eye one another hungrily, each seeking to claim dominion over the world, while the witches and demons lie in wait, plotting to seize control of the continent once more! Jiang Yi is reborn into this age. He contends with the Hundred Schools of Thought and battles witches and demons, determ 2.7kReads7.4Score21214d adds
- 22 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I’m Rewarded with Three Hundred Tang Poems 玄幻：开局奖励唐诗三百首 “Moonlight before my bed, like frost upon the ground.” Above the firmament, the full moon appears and vanishes, its divine radiance descending. “Slay one man every ten steps, leave no trace after a thousand miles!” Killing intent, deep as an abyss, envelops all directions, laying waste for tens of thousands of miles! “See that the Five Aggregates are empty, and cross beyond all suffering.” A golden Buddha appears, its palm revealing the Pure Land on the far shore! “The Dao gives rise to One, One 570Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 23 Didn't I Fail the College Entrance Exam? How Did I Become a Sage of the Confucian Dao? 不是高考落榜吗？怎么去儒道成圣 Qin Jian: I've studied hard for years, and finally I made a name for myself in the college entrance exam hall by writing an essay called "Ode to the Great Transformation." I was about to secure a perfect score, so how did I transmigrate at a time like this? And of all things, I get the classic transmigration setup: the moment I open my eyes, I'm a useless illegitimate son of a marquis's household, about to be cast out and left to wander the streets! Fortunately, this is a world where the Way of 857Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Attain Sainthood Through Chinese Poetry 我靠华夏诗词封圣 Gu Yunzhou transmigrates to a wondrous world where humans, demons, devils, ghosts, and monsters coexist. Faced with powerful foreign races, humanity has developed a special path of cultivation: opening the way to Confucian power through literature! He discovers that this world's history resembles that of China, except that it took a different turn after the Warring States period and followed an entirely different path of civilization! What kind of sparks will this young man from modern society, 323Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 25 I Was Caught Cheating from the Start, and Became a Confucian Sage 开局作弊被抓，我成了儒家圣人 Reborn + transmigrate + Confucian cultivation + decisive and ruthless + witty and hilarious. In a world where the Dao is made manifest, written words can communicate with heaven and earth and give rise to literary qi. Literary qi can strengthen the body and help one overcome tribulations and ascend. A single poem can rival a million troops. Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, demons, monsters, and the Hundred Schools all contend in a chaotic age, while Confucianism has fallen into decline. There are 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Teach at an Academy, So Why Are My Disciples Killing Everyone? 我在学堂教书，弟子们杀疯了？ Shangguan Mo transmigrated into the Great Yu Dynasty and became a schoolteacher. He had planned to teach in peace and raise his younger sister until she came of age. But the world fell into chaos, and the jianghu was thrown into turmoil. Then, by chance, he discovered that his sister was destined to become an empress. With no other choice, Shangguan Mo had to enter the chaotic jianghu to protect her. Across the jianghu, factions schemed and fought over resources, as the winds of change swept thr 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Sages of the Confucian Way 儒道圣贤 Zhang Zeyan transmigrates to ancient times, arriving in the Great Sage Dynasty, an age when scholars and poets flourished. Here, Confucian scholars can slay enemies with poetry and advance their cultivation through poems and essays. It is here that Zhang Zeyan embarks on a path to becoming a Confucian Sage who shakes the world. 253Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I'm a Librarian, and I've Become a Saint! 身为图书馆管理员的我，成圣啦！ You’ve heard the line, “Flowers intoxicate three thousand guests, while one sword’s cold light chills the fourteen provinces.” But have you ever seen three thousand sword cultivators dance as one, their blades soaring to pierce the nine netherworlds? You’ve heard the line, “A lonely fortress stands amid towering mountains; the spring breeze never reaches Yumen Pass.” But have you ever seen an invisible wall stretch a thousand miles through the air, holding back a million demon warriors? 224Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 29 I Can't Hide It Anymore: The Princess Asked Me to Write Poetry Late Last Night 瞒不住了：昨晚公主邀我深夜作诗 Li Fei transmigrates and wakes up with a princess beside him. To clear himself of suspicion, he has no choice but to copy a few poems from Three Hundred Tang Poems and shock the enemy nation... 55Reads—Score214d adds
- 30 The Great Chu Confucian Sage 大楚儒圣 [Confucian cultivation + lighthearted adventure + no System] Chu Tianming, a rural teacher, dies unexpectedly and transmigrates to the Great Chu Dynasty. Awakening on the executioner's block, he discovers that this is a world of extraordinary powers. Here, the Hundred Schools of Thought have all merged into Confucianism. Poetry and prose, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting can all be used to slay enemies! Scholars can condemn their foes with words, kill with a poem, and exterminate demons w 319Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 31 Confucian Dao: A Song of the Wandering Hero, I Open Heaven's Gate with Poetry 儒道：一曲侠客行，我以诗开天门 On this day, Zhou Dagu became a Sage. Heaven and earth cheered. Demons and barbarians bowed. Martial artists prostrated themselves, monks built temples, and Daoists erected statues. Everyone wanted to bask in the Sage's aura. A naive child pointed at the statue and asked, “Sages must be good people, right?” The world fell silent. The flies beside the latrine covered their mouths and wept quietly! 237Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 32 I Have a Poem That Can Send the Whole World to Its Death 我有一诗，可请全天下赴死 [Confucian cultivation + regret and redemption + outrageously satisfying + ruthless + invincible] Also known as: “Why Are You Begging Me to Come Back in Tears After Kicking Me Out?”, “You Expelled Me from the Academy, So Why Should I Care If It’s Destroyed?”, and “You Told Me to Leave the Academy. Now I’ve Become a Confucian Sage, So Why Are You Crying?” In his previous life, Lu Yuan was beaten to death by a crowd over a completely fabricated accusation. He gave everything he had, only to be met 5.3kReads5.9Score50914d adds
- 33 Confucian Cultivation: I'm a Prodigy in Every Path 儒道：我是修行全才 I copied a poem, and rose to the first rank in the Confucian Path. I wrote another, and reached the Eighth Realm! I owe my cultivation today entirely to my own brilliance and extraordinary talent! Note: The story starts slowly, and isn’t solely about the Confucian Path. 499Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 34 The Greatest Sage of Letters 第一文圣 Year 723 of the Great Wei dynasty. Martial arts flourished throughout the realm, and Confucianism was experiencing a revival. But after years of warfare, the nation was weak and the people were destitute. The emperor and empress held power and vigorously promoted Confucianism, educating the people and gradually restoring the nation's strength. At this time, there was no Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang poetry, or Song lyrics! Xu Xiaoyue had read widely before transmigrating here. Through poetry and song, he 84Reads7.7Score10914d adds
- 35 The Way of the Confucian Scholars: Writing Poems with My Life, I Bring a Million Scholars to Tears 儒道：拿命写诗，气哭百万儒生 Xiao Ran transmigrates to another world, but before he can celebrate, he discovers that he is a useless invalid on the brink of death. The System tells him that writing a poem will buy him three more days of life. Desperate to survive, he writes poems nonstop, and before he knows it, he has become the Poet Sage! 86Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Great Calamity of the Human Race: I Guard the Mountains and Rivers with Poetry 人族大劫:我以诗词镇山河 This is a world where other races are merciless and treat humanity like cattle. The root of it all is that humans cannot cultivate. Xia Yan transmigrates into this world and, after completing a System mission, successfully awakens the heart of human poetry. From then on, humanity has its own cultivation system. Poems can slay enemies, lyrics can annihilate armies, and poetry can summon divine generals. A flower or blade of grass, a stone or a tree, can all be used to repel foes. 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I've Been Exposed! I Can No Longer Hide My Identity as the Poet Immortal! 曝光了，我诗仙的身份藏不住了！ In the Great Qian Realm, countless paths of cultivation are open: sword cultivators, body cultivators, weapon cultivators... and naturally, Confucian cultivators as well. Their paths differ, but all seek to explore and pursue the Dao's ultimate peak. Ning Ye, however, is born already standing on the shoulders of giants. The countless Daoist classics from his previous life, together with five thousand years of Chinese literary heritage, converge to forge an immortal Great Confucian Sage in this l 610Reads5.1Score10714d adds
- 38 Sage of Letters 文圣 This is a world where scholars wield the power of heaven and earth. A scholar can kill with a stroke of his brush! A Master can govern a nation by writing a biography! A Sage's fury can shake demons and fiends! A Literary Saint can destroy ghosts and gods with a single word! Across the land of Zhongzhou, a hundred kingdoms stand side by side, literary giants emerge in droves, and countless schools of thought contend. But just as this age reaches its zenith, the ancient demon race awakens. Crawli 255Reads—Score11014d adds
- 39 When I Couldn’t Become a Live-in Son-in-Law, I Had to Become a Confucian Sage 当不成赘婿只好去做儒圣了 He transmigrates into a world ruled by Confucian ideals and becomes the son of a duke. Talk about being born at the finish line. The tragedy is that the emperor arranges his marriage, and from the start he has to wed Princess Ning Yue, rumored to “keep male lovers and live a life of debauchery.” Unwilling to become a downtrodden live-in son-in-law, Jiang Han has no choice but to enroll at the academy and earn the rank of scholar. Who knew that he’d end up becoming a Confucian Sage... If the empe 1.5kReads7.6Score13914d adds
- 40 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Build an Empire with Poetry 穿越古代，我凭诗词成霸业 After transmigrating to ancient times, everyone else becomes a prince or a crown prince, but he can only be a humble farmer! He takes the imperial examination from the start! Hey! We don't have a golden finger, but that's no problem. After all, I graduated from a top university in my previous life, and one poem, "Ode to Lime," will stun the world! 432Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 41 The Way of Letters: Chinese Poetry Subdues the Otherworld 文道：华夏诗文镇异界 The Star of Literary Fortune hangs high in the sky, and its power spreads across the Nine Provinces Continent. Thus, scholars can gain the Star of Literary Fortune’s power simply by reading. This power, known as literary energy, allows writers and poets to turn poems and prose from the unreal into the real, slay enemies, and earn glory... Before Yu Xian transmigrated to the Nine Provinces Continent, he was an unknown online writer. Of the ten web novels he wrote, he abandoned six halfway through 3.3kReads7.4Score27114d adds
- 42 Usurping Glory and Decline 僭枯荣 Across thousands of miles of the Nine Provinces, mountains and rivers are shattered and remade. Dynasties contend for supremacy; princes, nobles, generals, and ministers rise and fall; the schools of thought clash, and the tides of power surge. Yet the young man seeks neither banquets and wine nor to stand before a mountain with sword in hand. After death comes life; after life, the ascent to heaven. Heaven bestows sweet rain, And each stalk withers and flourishes in turn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I’m Just a Plagiarist, but Becoming a Confucian Sage Seems Reasonable 我一个文抄公当儒圣很合理吧 This is a world where people possess literary talent, and scholars are no longer helpless in a fight. By reading the classics of the sages or writing outstanding poetry and prose, scholars can earn the sages’ recognition and gain literary talent. They can awaken their literary bones, open the apertures of their writing, and even awaken a literary heart, granting them extraordinary powers. The Great Feng Dynasty faces demons and monsters wreaking havoc beyond its borders, while treachery festers 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Become a Confucian Sage by Writing Poetry 我靠吟诗成儒圣 The Great Chu, the tenth year of the Shaoqing reign. Demons and sinister spirits ravaged the mortal world, while Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism stood as the three great powers. Cultivators roamed the land, seeking to seize Heaven and Earth's fortune and find the path to eternal life. Lu Yanqing's soul transmigrated from another world, only to be told he had just one day to live. Then he unexpectedly discovered that the so-called Confucian arts were actually ancient poems! After narrowly 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Revival of the Way of Letters: Please Stop Reciting Poems 文道复苏：求求你别再念诗了 Spiritual qi revival. The world is changing. The Eastern civilization has suffered a break in its legacy. With no other choice, Dragon Country has had to use Western culture to create a magical world and fight the apocalypse. Ye Tian transmigrates into this world, bringing countless ancient Eastern traditions with him and unleashing a tidal wave of Confucian sages. With one line, “The Kun is so huge, who knows how many thousand li it spans,” thunder fills the sky, and a ten-thousand-meter Kunpen 46Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 46 The Heavenly Path of Poetry 诗道天途 Shen Yan transmigrated. He became someone looked down on by everyone: a merchant's live-in son-in-law. In this world, poetry isn't an art of refinement. It's power! A single poem can summon wonders from heaven and earth and suppress an entire city! Great families monopolize the path of poetry, leaving the poor with no chance to rise. Everyone thought Shen Yan was just a useless live-in son-in-law. Until that day... He casually recited a single line, and a wonder appeared. Heaven and earth trembl 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Confucian Sage: Turning Heaven and Earth Upside Down 儒圣：逆转乾坤 [Transmigration] [Showstopping Moments] [Poetry and Song] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Original Poems Inside] What makes a top student? What makes a genius? With a pen, he can bring peace to the realm; on horseback, he can secure it by force. The Hundred Schools of Thought, poetry and song, Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, and Legalism: all are tools in the hands of scholars. This is a world ruled by scholars. Now, the Nine Provinces are divided, and the states are constantly at war. Corrupt mi 109Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Conferring Gods Through the Way of the Scholars 儒道封神 Within, powerful lords stir with ambition. Without, demons and barbarians watch like tigers on the prowl. The Wu Wei Dynasty has languished for a hundred years. A young man comes from the north, armed with nothing but a brush. He drives back the barbarians, expands the realm, and secures the nation. Zhang Yinian: a Confucian sage enshrined as a god! 870Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 49 The Imperial Exams: Confucian Wisdom Shocks the Sages, Books Reveal Ten Thousand Worlds 科举：儒道惊圣，书演万界 [Confucian cultivation + no System + slow-burn warmth + smart characters] Gu Qingyun, a top graduate in Chinese language and literature, has just graduated when he transmigrates to a Confucian world where literary talent holds divine power. Here, scholars can slay enemies with eloquent words and suppress demons by writing poetry. But Gu Qingyun soon realizes these locals have studied themselves stupid! When they encounter demons, all they can do is shout and attack? I'll fool them senseless with 66.9kReads7.6Score6.1k14d adds
- 50 I Just Want to Lie Flat. I Don't Want to Be a Poet! 只想躺平的我，不想当诗仙啊 After I transmigrated to another world as a rich second-generation heir, I resolved to lie flat and stay away from the rat race. But my poems were masterpieces, and my style shook the capital. The whole world insisted I become the Poet Immortal. This lazy fish could only sigh helplessly: I really don’t want to be famous! 3.2kReads6.9Score18814d adds
