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- 1 Transmigration: From the Imperial Exams to Chief Grand Secretary 穿越：从科举开始的内阁首辅之路 An ordinary university student transmigrates into the son of a small landowner in ancient times. He takes the imperial exams and enters government service under the Great Feng dynasty, rising through the ranks step by step. Of all pursuits, study is supreme. “What? Young Master Wang has passed the county-level scholar exam!” “Young Master Wang really is impressive!” “Scholar Wang has passed the provincial exam and become a juren!” “I hear Wang, the top scholar in the provincial exam, passed the 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Top Scholar and Grand Secretary Keep Carrying Me in the Imperial Exams 科举：状元首辅又带飞朕了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) In his previous life, Shen Zhiyan was an engineering PhD at one of China's top five universities. In this life, he transmigrated to a peasant family in the Great Sheng dynasty. A poor household, a grandmother who played favorites, a taciturn father, and a third uncle who failed the imperial exams time and again... In an era when everything was inferior save for studying, Shen Zhiyan edged out his third uncle and set out on the path of the imperia 170kReads8.7Score14.4k14d adds
- 3 I’ll Lie Flat After Passing the Provincial Exam 考个举人就躺平 Work hard in the early stages, then lie flat later. If you weren't born into a family of nobles, you'll have to work hard to lie flat. Let’s see what our protagonist does to earn the right to lie flat. If you want to succeed, you have to go crazy first. Time to start writing. 1.5kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 4 I Saved the Empress, Then Came First in the Imperial Exams 救下女帝后，我中了状元 Ning Nan transmigrates into a rundown village called Li Jia Village and spends eighteen whole years there. After beating the male lead to the punch and rescuing the amnesiac female lead, he discovers that the male lead has rescued someone too! He forces the male lead to become sworn brothers with that woman, then heads home, satisfied. He checks the fingers of the woman he rescued and, seeing the calluses on her hands, confirms that she really is only the female lead's maid! He sighs and rushes 73.9kReads8.5Score8.7k14d adds
- 5 I Tread Carefully in the Cultivation World, but Throw Punches in the Mortal Realm 修真界唯唯诺诺，人世间重拳出击 In a high-martial-arts cultivation world, An Ping awakened five spiritual roots from the start, but everyone dismissed them as trash and useless. That is, until he awakened the Dual-World Gate System. In the cultivation world, five spiritual roots were a top-tier talent! What was more, cultivation techniques and pills from the cultivation world became ancient secret arts and pill recipes in the modern world. Meanwhile, modern cultivation methods became terrifying, unknown scriptures several eras —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Pulled Chongzhen Down from the Noose Mid-Hanging 崇祯上吊到一半，被我薅下来了 [No System · Gritty late Ming setting · Redemption between ruler and subject · Not a power fantasy] On Coal Hill, Chongzhen has just put his neck in the noose. A pair of hands grabs him by the collar. “Come with me. No arguments.” A battered frontier soldier. A fallen emperor. As for saving the empire, wiping out the rebels, and repelling the Manchus, those are pretty words for the history books. I’m no hero. I’ve got nothing but this worthless life. In a world that turns people into beasts, som 33.9kReads8.6Score3.5k14d adds
- 7 My Dad's Taking the Imperial Exams on My Dime, and Somehow He Became a Grand Chancellor 爹去科举啃我老，不知不觉成阁老 [Imperial Exams + Court Politics + Farming + Alternate History + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Lighthearted + Role Reversal + More Comedy Early On + Political Scheming in the Middle] The early chapters are all about the laughs. After that, the story gradually shifts toward political scheming. Rich kid Fang Yan and his Chinese literature professor father transmigrate together in a two-person package. Fang Yan figures he can coast on his father's vast knowledge and become a successful off 45.7kReads8.4Score5.2k14d adds
- 8 Do Civil Officials Have to Resort to Fistfights? I Throw My Weight Around at Court 文臣尽头是武斗？我在朝堂横着走 The entire household of Minister Wang's family is made up of lean, refined scholars, each elegant and slight, capable of writing thousands of words on statecraft with a single stroke of the brush. Only the second son, Wang Ling, is an oddball: a nine-foot giant with shoulders broad enough to block a doorway, able to hoist a full water jar with one hand. Among a crowd of scholars, he looks like a wild ox barging into an orchid garden. Study? He falls asleep after half a lesson. Memorize? He can't 369.9kReads9.2Score47.4k14d adds
- 9 I Took a Master, Then Rose to the Highest Office Through the Imperial Exams 拜了个师父，我靠科举位极人臣 Ma Chengli was born into the Ma family, a clan of veterinarians, and grew up in the womb before being born into this world. Then, one day, the newly founded Great Ying dynasty suddenly announced that it would resume the imperial examinations, just eight years after its founding. His father, Ma Dawei, suddenly discovered: “Could my son really have the makings of a child prodigy?” His mother, Lady Zhang, declared with confidence: “My son has been clever and bright since he was little. He should ta 404Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 10 The Imperial Examination Path of a Lazybones in Ancient Times 咸鱼古代的科举路 In the modern world, Gu Qin spent every day exhausting himself over work, slaving away for his company until one day he suddenly died at his desk. But what he never expected was that he would be reincarnated. In his new life, his grandparents doted on him, his parents cherished him, and his older sister looked after him. Gu Qin only wanted to lie flat. Luckily, his family was well-off, so he figured he could just take it easy this time. Unfortunately, misfortune can strike at any moment. To avoi 127Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 11 The Real Heiress Was Sent into a Paranormal Dungeon, and Her Family Regretted It Too Late 真千金被送进诡异副本后，全家悔爆了 After the Real Heiress Was Sent into a Horror Instance, Her Whole Family Regretted It 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Marquis's Son Takes the Imperial Exams 侯府子科举 When fortune’s winds are fair, I’ll seize their strength and climb the ladder above the crowd. Before the palace gates, whips crack; the road to the clouds is lined with seven beams of purple jade. I have mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, and trained with blades, spears, swords, bows, and halberds. If I will not give myself to the realm, then what was the point of all my self-cultivation? A single-heroine story. Many thanks to all my readers. 422Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 13 Your Majesty! The Duke's Uncle Passed the Palace Exam in Third Place! 陛下！国舅爷他中了探花！ [Civil Service Exams and Officialdom] [Court Intrigue] [Plenty of Romance] [A Slice-of-Life Leaning] People in the capital say that after taking a thorough beating, the young imperial uncle has finally gotten his old self back, and even passed the exam as a third-place laureate. But no one knows that he has lived two lives, or that he once had a miraculous encounter across time and witnessed the flourishing civilization of a thousand years in the future. Jiang Yan has never understood how he los 46.6kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
- 14 Poor-Born Child Prodigy: At Five and a Half, I Face-Slap My Entire Clan in the Imperial Exams 寒门神童：五岁半科举打脸全族 [Genius child from the start, satisfying comeback, putting every skeptic in their place!] Xu Fei is a five-and-a-half-year-old farm boy who was born into an ancient era, yet is treated as a “nobody” by his family. His biased grandmother makes him work and feed the chickens, while every egg goes to his thirty-year-old uncle, a licentiate who has yet to pass the imperial exams, and his “child prodigy” cousin! Xu Fei is furious: Pretend to be a prodigy? I can do that, too! He recites poetry in publ 4.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds
- 15 Dad! Please Stop Trying to Become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader! We're the Villainous Demon Cult! 爹！求你别当武林盟主了！咱魔教是反派啊！ Dad! Please stop trying to become the leader of the martial arts world! We’re the villains here! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子，我转身科举争光 [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 24.6kReads7.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 17 Rule Horror: The Comic Strip Rules of Room 601 规则怪谈：601室的连环画守则 Rule Horror: The Comic-Strip Rules of Room 601 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 On My Wedding Night, I Discovered My Wife Was a Japanese Spy 新婚夜，我发现妻子是日本间谍 On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered My Wife Was a Japanese Spy 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Top Scholar Is Real, and So Is the Beggar 状元是真的，乞丐也是真的 Shen Mo, a Peking University history professor, wakes up one day as a nameless beggar. No household registration, no food, no shoes, and only a yellow dog so thin its skin clings to its bones. He spent thirty years studying the imperial examinations in his previous life, yet in this one he cannot even get near an exam hall. From a ruined temple to the Golden Throne Hall, from eating tree bark to earning top honors. The top scholar is real, and so is the beggar. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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 1.3kReads8.7Score14914d adds
- 21 A Farm Boy's Road to Turning His Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 农家少年科举翻身路 In his previous life, Hang Yan had always been a top student, but he never managed to make anything of himself. He went from being a beloved prodigy to a wage slave everyone pitied. People said good grades were useless, but then he was reborn in the womb and returned to an era when studying could change your fate. A dilapidated home, a doting family, I, a genius boy, will pass all six imperial examinations and rise to power over the whole court. Go ahead and tell me studying is useless again. I 129Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 22 I, San Mao, Will Take the Imperial Exams 我，三毛，要科举 [Alternate world + farming + imperial examinations + everyday family life] One brick was all it took to turn Chen Ping'an into a poor farmer’s son. Farm the land? The taxes are too high. He shakes his head and gives up. Go into business? He’d still be stuck with corvee labor. No, that won’t work either. That leaves only one path. Fortunately, as he pursues his studies, he has the support of a teacher and several like-minded friends by his side. Along the way, Chen Sanmao overcomes one challenge 1.1kReads7.4Score10014d adds
- 23 Corpse-Driving Rules: The Eighteen Forbidden Charms of Chenzhou 赶尸守则：辰州符十八禁 Corpse-Driving Rules: Eighteen Taboos of the Chenzhou Talismans 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Imperial Examination: Starting by Talking My Parents into Splitting Up the Family 科举，从忽悠爹娘分家开始 Li Yunzhi was born in a province known for its fierce competition in the civil service exams. Millions of people sat the exams every year, and under his parents' urging, he kept taking them year after year. At last, he stood out from the crowd and secured a civil service post. But before he could tell his parents, he was in a car accident and transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Wei. Looking at his family of impoverished peasants, their bare cupboards, and several downright awful relatives, L 3.2kReads7.9Score22414d adds
- 25 Hell's Deliveryman 地狱外卖员 Hell's Deliveryman 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Archrival Turned Out to Be the Perfect Lover 我的死对头竟是满分恋人 My Archrival Turns Out to Be a Perfect Lover 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 A Northern Song Dynasty Guide to Climbing the Official Ladder 北宋升官手册 The ratings just opened. They'll go up later. [Historical Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Officialdom] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] What were the regrets of the Northern Song Dynasty? Was it that Liu Yong's lyrics were sung throughout the land, while he himself spent half his life in disappointment? Was it that Fan Zhongyan cared deeply for the realm, yet his Qingli Reforms were abandoned halfway through? Or was it the unfulfilled ambition to pacify the Rong, amid the nort 1.3kReads7.2Score11714d adds
- 28 My Whole Family Supports My Imperial Exams, and I Rise to Great Heights 全家供我科举，而后青云直上 One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A bird must flap its wings before it can soar; a person must study before they can get ahead. Huang Zhiwen unexpectedly gets another chance at life, bringing the memories of his previous life with him as he slowly adapts to this new world. Here, he finds new people to care about and a new family. The Huang family is warm and close-knit, and they will do everything they can to support Huang Zhiwen in the imperial examinations. That leaves all the pres 783Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 29 Dragging the Salt Kiln God: Ten Rules for the Sedan Chair Bearers 盐灶拖神：扶轿人十不准 The Salt Kiln’s Spirit Escort: Ten Rules for the Palanquin Bearers 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Zhang Juzheng's Unusual Life 张居正的别样人生 Imperial examinations, a soul transmigration, and saving the Ming from collapse. Zhang Juzheng, the six-time examination laureate, will no longer keep his head down in this life. I’ll beat Yan Shifan to a pulp. I’ll raise Longqing well, so the Jiajing Emperor can devote himself to cultivating in peace. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Young Master’s Guide to World Domination 小富即安？不，本公子意在天下 [Slow burn + farming + poetry plagiarism + political intrigue + the martial world and the imperial court + beauties] Chen Xiaofu transmigrates into the Great Zhou Dynasty as an illiterate illegitimate son of the Divine General of Kaiyang's household. He owns the Huaxi estate and a thousand acres of fertile land. More importantly, he has a fiancée who is breathtakingly beautiful and considerate. There is no melodramatic broken engagement, and Chen Xiaofu is perfectly happy with his life. He plans 14.8kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 32 A Ringing Bell: Calling the Dead from the Locust Shade 一声铃：我在槐荫里给死人打电话 A Ringing Bell: I Make Phone Calls to the Dead in Huaiyin Lane 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成，只好科举发家 After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.8kReads7.4Score44814d adds
- 34 The Long Road to the Imperial Exams as a Farmer's Son 穿成农家子的漫漫科举路 He dies unexpectedly, but by Heaven's grace, Zhang Ze is given a new life and born into the womb of a peasant woman. At just five years old, Zhang Ze solemnly tells his parents, “Father, Mother, your little Ze wants to go to school...” Living a decent life in ancient times is incredibly difficult. A simple chill can take your life, not to mention the crushing taxes and forced labor. Zhang Ze understands better than anyone that only earning an official degree can improve his family's life. Even t 2.6kReads7.3Score14214d adds
- 35 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 19.7kReads8.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 36 After Rewriting the Family Tree, Smoke Rose from the Ancestors' Graves: I'm Rich! 重开族谱后祖坟冒青烟，发家啦！ [Business] [Imperial Exams] [Alternate Setting] [Everyday Life] [A Touch of Romance] Modern intangible cultural heritage video editor Li Yanning is in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of Li Yanning, a frail five-year-old boy. His biased grandfather and sharp-tongued step-grandmother are ready to let him die! Luckily, his reliable birth parents go all out to protect him. So touching... But after the family splits up, they're left with nothing. His parents are bullied, and his greedy 3.6kReads8.6Score32714d adds
- 37 Identity in the Mirror 惊悚之镜中身份 A Terrifying Identity in the Mirror —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 1.9kReads7.6Score10114d adds
- 39 Mecha: Starting with the Ultimate Iron Cavalry, I Am a Genius Machine Master 机甲：开局终极铁骑，天才智械师 [Absolutely No AI] [Mecha] [EVA-Inspired Setting] [Mobile Iron Cavalry] [Single Female Lead] [No Mindless Protagonist] [No System] [Ensemble Cast] [Rigorous Logic] [Slightly Slow-Burning] [Alternate Title: Crimson Annihilation] At the end of December, 2025, crimson descended from the sky. The Tree of Life, the Apostles, the Mobile Iron Cavalry… When crimson falls, the world changes, and civilization crumbles, someone must step out of the light and into the shadows, take command of the sacred i 238.1kReads9.0Score35.7k14d adds
- 40 In a Chaotic Age, the Mohists Take Up Arms to Protect the People 乱世墨者持器守苍生 In a chaotic age, a Mohist wields his weapon to protect all living beings. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Top Scholar Rises from a Humble Family 寒门出了个状元郎 A graduate student in finance from a top Chinese university transmigrates overnight. His home is bare, his stomach is empty, and everyone is scheming against everyone else. Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to rule? 2.9kReads8.4Score18814d adds
- 42 On the Imperial Exams, Who Knows Who'll Be the One Sweating? 论科举，谁卷谁还不知道呢 In his previous life, he was visiting Dujiangyan with his mentor to draw up reinforcement plans when one misstep cost him everything. When Zhang Shi’an opened his eyes again, he was holding a little stick, facing a golden field of rice. The rice looked unusually small, though. Before he could figure out what he was doing, he spotted several sparrows feasting on the rice. His hands reacted even faster than his mind. He raised the stick and swung it at them. The thieving sparrows soon flew up into 482Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 43 The Imperial Exam: Top of the Six Tests, Reshaping the Workplace 科举，六元及第整顿职场 (No System, no golden finger, one female lead) (A slow-burn story) In the 21st century, the only person in Tianhai University’s history to earn master’s degrees in both the arts and sciences suddenly transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s son in ancient times. Looking at the bare walls of his home and the family who place all their hopes in him, Wang Ping can only gaze at the heavens in speechless resignation. Since all other pursuits are inferior and only scholarship is esteemed, he wi 943Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 44 Vocational High School's Battle God 职高战神 Vocational School's Battle God 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Woke Up to Find Myself Reciting the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng on a Variety Show 一觉醒来，我在综艺背滕王阁序 Chen Yan opens his eyes and finds himself standing beneath the spotlights. Below the stage is a crowd of frenzied strangers, while beside him an idol dances to street-style choreography with a classical twist. This is a parallel world where history took a turn during the Qin dynasty, and culture withered amid the flames of war. The Dragon Kingdom is powerful, but its soul is hollow. The original owner of this body is an abandoned, washed-up entertainer! Chen Yan, however, carries the memories of 463Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 46 Sky Screen: Ranking the Ten Greatest Emperors of All Time 天幕：盘点十大千古一帝 Zhu Yuanzhang: I started out with nothing but a bowl, drove out the northern invaders, and restored China. Just look at how impressive my achievements are. Ying Zheng: I founded a unified empire, conquered the Six States, standardized vehicles and script. Naturally, I’m number one… 448Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 炒粉摊主是前刑警 The Fried Noodle Stall Owner Is a Former Detective 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Apocalypse: Unbeatable at Home, I Rule Thanks to the System 末世：宅家无敌，我靠系统成霸主 The apocalypse arrives, and zombies overrun the world, turning it into a living hell. While everyone else risks their lives for a piece of moldy bread and struggles to survive amid zombie hordes, Han Dao lounges in his rented apartment, munching on braised snacks, sipping ice-cold cola, and watching zombies slam against his door. He can't even be bothered to move! Just the day before, he was a low-level office drone: his crooked supervisor stole credit for his work and fired him, his greedy land 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Buried the Entire Criminal Underworld with Him 检察官弟弟惨死，我让整个黑恶势力陪葬 My Prosecutor Brother Was Brutally Murdered, So I Made the Entire Criminal Underworld Pay 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Transmigration: The Daily Life of an Ancient Imperial Exam Candidate, Son of a Peddler 穿越：商贩之子的古代科举日常 [Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Everyday Life in Ancient Times + Building Wealth + Slow-Burn + Coming of Age] In his previous life, Lin Xiang’an lost his parents at a young age and grew up dependent on others. After getting into college, he took a leave of absence to serve as a conscript. When he returned from the military and resumed his studies, he started a few businesses and gradually made his fortune. He achieved success at a young age, and his business kept growing. Then, one 2.5kReads7.9Score18314d adds
