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- 1 Max-Level Poetry Immortal: When My Flowers Bloom, All Others Wither 满级诗仙：我花开后百花杀 After transmigrating into the body of a wastrel young heir of a marquis’s mansion, Lin Xiao planned to take it easy, eat his fill, and wait for death. But people with no sense kept popping up to call him an ignoramus? Fine. One “Prelude to Water Melody” will teach you a lesson. They laugh at him for knowing nothing about politics? One “Bring in the Wine” will cow the entire court! In this world, poetry can be power and writing can determine a nation’s fate. Lin Xiao realizes that, as a walking “ 1.9kReads6.9Score131Shelves
- 2 The Great Yin Fate: I Rose from My Coffin to Become the Prefect's Son-in-Law 大殷缘：我揭棺而起成了都府姑爷 Alternate history + showing off with poetry + court intrigue + ancient warfare + face-slapping The youth once boasted of a brush that could touch the clouds. Now spring’s blossoms have fallen, and desolation fills his heart. This is the story of Yang Yi, who returned to the fictional Great Yin Dynasty era because of an ancient ring. It was a colorful age, marked by conflicts between the Great Yin Dynasty and the Turks, and the secret struggle between the great cuckold Emperor Xiao Jingyu and his —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Make Up Catchphrases in Ancient Times, and Literary Greats Can't Handle It 我在古代造梗，文豪们全破防了 Li Mu, a corporate drone, wakes up in a parallel world and transmigrates to the Great Yin Dynasty, where he becomes a destitute scholar with an empty house and starvation looming. He thinks he's gotten the worst possible start, but then he unexpectedly binds to the “Master of Literary Memes” System. As long as he copies books and creates memes that stir up people's emotions, whether shock, laughter, envy, or jealousy, he can earn points to buy works by authors from another world and even skill p 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 That Word, That Melody, That Spoiled Brat 那词，那曲，那纨绔 Li Mu: Formerly a PhD in both arts and sciences at Yanbei University, he transmigrates after an accident to the Great Xuan Dynasty. He becomes the legitimate son of Li Jing, Marquis of Dingnan, and a notorious wastrel in the capital, Xuanjing. He has barely arrived when someone frames him, and the old marquis throws him out of the estate. To clear his name and find the mastermind who framed him, he stays up all night talking with street vendors, bribes tavern servers, and pays off jailers. Visit —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Songs of Wind and Smoke Beneath the Moon 月下风烟歌 Not a power fantasy, but full of memorable moments. There is love for country, love and hate, regrets, and letting go. At court, there are the loyal and the treacherous; in the martial world, there are poetry and swords. The new emperor wants all power in his own hands, employing every scheme, fair or foul. The general dreams of unifying the land, yet finds himself caught between advancing and retreating. A carefree transmigrator wakes one day with a head of white hair; a simple, honest, tacitur —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Road to the Azure Clouds: The Poor Scholar Who Tops the Exams 青云路：寒门状元 [Alternate history + imperial examinations + everyday life in ancient times + a touch of romance early on] College student Xu Luo stayed up all night at an internet cafe playing Valorant, only to wake up the next morning in his mother’s womb. Well, his previous life had ended quite peacefully. In this life, he is reborn into an ordinary farming family in the Great Yu Dynasty. In an era when everything is considered inferior except scholarship, the imperial examinations are the only way forward. 163Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 7 Dumped After Failing the Exams, I Made My Name Across the Land with Song of the Water Tune 落榜被甩，一首水调歌头名扬天下 What is the true meaning of reading? College student Gu Chen transmigrates to an alternate ancient world, where he becomes a notoriously unsuccessful scholar. The rich young master of Jiangcheng tries to kill him and sneers that he was born poor? Then I'll show him that I decide my own fate, not Heaven! The greatest literary mind of the enemy nation writes an unmatched couplet, and no one in the realm can complete it? Then I'll put pen to paper and leave them questioning their entire lives! The 375Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 8 Love Travels to the Peach Blossom Spring of Great Chu 情穿大楚桃花源 An accident during a trip leads to an unexpected transmigration. Li Yunfeng, a special forces soldier and an all-around outstanding young man of the 21st century, finds himself in a strange era where time and space have been twisted. Again and again, he turns the world upside down. Dashing and handsome, with extraordinary martial skills, he uses his wealth of literature from a later age to help advance this era’s literary scene. The twin sisters of the Bai family both fall for him, and even a pr 194Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 Striving in the Great Ming 奋斗于大明 Liu Zibin, a graduate student in history, is thrown by an accident into the thirteenth year of the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty. Even so, he still has the drive to make something of himself. Watch as he rises through the ranks step by step and lives life to the fullest. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Two Worlds: I Became an Apocalypse Overlord and United the Nine Provinces 两界：成为末世大佬我一统九州 [Two-World Portal] + [Otherworldly Continent] + [Apocalypse] + [Beauties] + [Zombies] + [Face-Slapping] + [Emotional Points] + [Gacha] This is the story of someone who levels up and fights monsters in the apocalypse, gradually becomes a big shot, then uses all kinds of modern firearms to sweep across another world. The protagonist, Cao Bin, transmigrates to another world and becomes the ninth prince of the Great Chu Empire. Like most transmigrators, he also gets a golden finger: as long as he co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Legend of Great Chu Xuanming 大楚玄明传 Xiang Xuanming transmigrated. Fortunately, he transmigrated as a prince of Chu. Unfortunately, right after he arrived, his emperor father died, his empress mother died, and his own throne was seized by his uncle. Xiang Xuanming spent seven years pretending to be insane in Chu before finally finding a chance to escape Southern Chu as a hostage and make his way to Northern Sui. As soon as he arrived in Sui, people targeted him. He survived an assassination attempt and was plunged into the power st —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Book Transmigration: Three Hundred Tang Poems, and Even Li Bai and Du Fu Shake Their Heads at Me 穿书：唐诗三百，李杜见我都摇头 [Lighthearted + funny + great Tang Dynasty poets + poetry] Bai Xingjian transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty and, thanks to his skill at roasting sweet potatoes, became the roasted-sweet-potato poet famous throughout the glorious Tang era. He set off a gathering storm of poets across the entire Tang Empire. Wang Bo: “Brother Bai, your talent is outstanding. You’re sure to become famous throughout the land!” Meng Haoran: “I’m dead set on becoming your little brother!” Li Bai: “If he were a few years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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! 3kReads6.9Score180Shelves
- 15 The Emperor Wu Is Stunned from the Start: You Wrote This Poem? 开局惊动武帝：这首诗是你写的？ Chen Ping'an transmigrates from the start and unexpectedly learns the secret shared by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. To save his own skin, he threatens the Crown Princess: "Your Highness, you wouldn't want the secret between you and the Crown Prince getting out, would you?" He thought he could enjoy a peaceful life, but one poem was all it took to stir the Martial Emperor of the realm! 195Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 16 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and All My Subordinates Are Powerful Figures 穿越古代，我的属下全是大佬 After transmigrating to ancient times, he inherits the body and identity of Qian Duoduo, a rich second-generation heir. His subordinates are all famous figures from five thousand years of Chinese history, and together they build him a commercial empire and a military empire. Though the reborn Qian Duoduo has no strength to even truss a chicken, he possesses a unique golden finger that makes him invincible. See how Qian Duoduo makes his mark in the Great Qian era. Join the author on a journey t 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 My Identity as the Poetry Immortal Is Revealed, and Goddesses and Empresses Beg to Get Close 诗仙身份曝光，女神女帝们求贴贴 [Poetry and the Way of Letters] [Multiple Heroines] [Words Become Law] Carry on the legacy of poetic culture and appreciate the beauty of poetry. Cao Da Qi transmigrates to a world without Tang poetry or Song lyrics! Then he awakens the Charismatic Poet System! As long as he writes immortal poems and wins the favor of goddesses, he will grow stronger! He writes the Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River, and Yan Luo Shen, the Confucian Half-Saint who is his master, falls for him! He writes, “An imm 400Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 18 From the Start, I Was Sentenced to Death After My Family Was Seized, but Poetry Let Me Rise to the Top 开局抄家问斩，我靠诗词平步青云 Lin Mobai, a top graduate student in literary studies, dies unexpectedly in a fire at an ancient-text archive. When he opens his eyes again, he has become another Lin Mobai, a poor scholar in the Great Xia dynasty. He is trapped in the Ministry of Justice’s death row, covered in wounds, with his execution set for three days later! The original owner had studied for ten years and just passed the first imperial examination, only to be framed for cheating by Zhao Wenxuan, a powerful local clansman. 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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—Shelves
- 20 The Carefree Young Scholar of Great Xia: From the Start, I Berate My Scumbag Father! 大夏逍遥小书生：开局怒喷渣爹！ A shut-in from Blue Star transmigrates to Great Xia and finds himself saddled with a rotten father. His father abandoned his wife and child to curry favor with the powerful, securing himself a place at court. Watch the protagonist turn the tables, deliver some face-slapping, and tear into his rotten father as he uses Blue Star poetry and inventions to become Great Xia's Poet Immortal and its richest man. 1.9kReads7.8Score162Shelves
- 21 I Sold Myself to a Brothel to Become a Poet, and the Empress Wants Me in Her Cabinet 卖身青楼做诗仙，皇后求我入内阁 After an accident, Lin Ping'an transmigrates to the Great Xia dynasty and becomes a servant who sold himself into a brothel. Every day, he pours tea, carries water, and hand-washes the girls’ embroidered undergarments. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life this way. He may never be rich or powerful, but at least he’ll be surrounded by beautiful women. Three days after transmigrating, however, the God-Tier Wealth System binds itself to him. As long as he makes money, he can draw prizes and e 102Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Transmigrating to Great Xia to Showcase My Poetry 穿越大夏秀诗词 A loser with a technical school diploma from the 21st century transmigrates to an ancient era in a parallel world. He plans to use the poems and various inventions he knows by heart to face-slap the locals, build a harem, and rise to glory. But what he never expected was... 360Reads5.9Score102Shelves
- 23 The Perfect Man: I'll Keep You Safe for Life 顶级好男人：护你一世周全 The emperor said, “Lin Tian, you are in your prime and fully capable of serving the country. How can you speak of stepping down? I still need you to remain at court and assist me.” Lin Tian replied sincerely, “I have no regrets in my life when it comes to fame and achievement. All I wish for is my wife and children to be safe and my family to live in harmony. These are my true feelings.” Zhao Qingyan paused, then looked at him. “Husband, are you worried that your achievements will make the emper —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn as a Handsome Man, Who's Afraid of Whom? 重生之我是帅哥我怕谁 In the third month of spring, peach blossoms blaze in profusion. Deep in the peach grove on the outskirts of the capital, an elegant pleasure boat drifts across the green waters of Biyao Lake. Seeing the peach blossoms stretch for miles, Lin Luoxue, the capital’s most talented young woman, is in high spirits. She has also finally escaped her betrothal to the Nangong family, just days earlier, and has never been happier. Suddenly, a flute rings out, its clear, melodious notes floating across the 435Reads7.3Score103Shelves
- 25 I Woke Up to Find Myself in the Princess’s Bedroom! 一觉醒来：我竟在公主闺房！ (Feel-good story, no tragedy, carefully plotted, slow-burn pacing, no brainless decisions, romance-focused) Lin Yu transmigrated. No System, and he's not a live-in son-in-law, so what is he supposed to do!? Arriving in this unfamiliar world, he planned to sell wine, make money, and lie flat for the rest of his life. But who could have guessed that the Great Qin Dynasty would be on the brink of collapse? He set out with the army to defend the border and earned great merit, only to be framed by co 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Xuanhuan: From the Start, I Awakened the Show-Off System 玄幻：开局觉醒了装逼系统 He transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the useless young master of the Xiao family. Luckily, he awakened the Show-Off System. As long as he lives, he'll keep showing off. The more he shows off, the stronger he gets, until he can crush everyone. 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Deposed Crown Prince: Reading Summons the Great Sages of China 废太子：读书召唤华夏先贤 The former crown prince is exiled to the northern frontier, yet becomes invincible through reading! From the start, he is stripped of his position as crown prince and sent to the bitterly cold north. But then he awakens the River of Civilization: reading makes him stronger! Writing the Analects summons Confucius’s phantom; reciting the Mencius calls forth the manifestations of the sages. His words and ink become a million-strong army, while his poetry drives back countless foes! ✨ He opens acade 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 I'm a Talented Scholar in Another World 我在异世当才子 An impoverished, dull-witted scholar is recruited by a top-tier aristocratic family as a prospective son-in-law. Three years pass, yet he hasn’t even seen what his betrothed looks like, let alone married her. Now, his body has been taken over by a university professor from the future. “Good heavens, why is Rumeng dressed so strangely today?” “Don’t make a fuss. It’s called a qipao, specially designed for Rumeng by Young Master Qin. I hear the dresses and high heels he designed have already beco 1.6kReads8.4Score140Shelves
- 29 Building a Girl Group Empire in a Chinese-Style World 国风世界打造女团盛世 After waking up one night, the male lead finds himself transmigrated into a parallel world, where he is a famous lyricist and composer. His reputation proves undeserved, however, and he cannot simply reproduce songs from his old world. He wants to leave, but the couple cannot bear to part. Once they learn the truth, they end up on different paths. He strives to improve, while love slips away. Unable to settle his feelings, he rebuilds himself, creates a crown, and rises to make waves once more. 303Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 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 5.3kReads5.9Score509Shelves
- 31 Reborn in Great An: The Emperor Begs Me to Rule as Regent 重生大安：皇帝求我来摄政 [Alternate history + political intrigue + lighthearted comedy + no System] Lin Xiao is reborn in the body of an abandoned child who starved to death in the household of a Vice Minister of Revenue in Great An. He originally planned to use modern knowledge to become a wealthy landlord and live a life of luxury, hunting with hawks and hounds and surrounded by wives and concubines. But to survive, he puts down rebellious vassal kings, exterminates the barbarians, kills treacherous ministers, unifies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Transmigration: I Really Just Want to Be an Ordinary Person 穿越：我真的只想当个凡人啊 [Farming + town building + transmigration + lighthearted humor + decisive and ruthless, not a self-righteous saint] Yu Yi, a top medical student, takes on an extreme challenge and transmigrates to a tiny ancient village. A bowel abscess is incurable? Oh, you mean acute appendicitis. Let’s make an incision! Candles are a luxury? I’ll try making a few. I’m no good at writing poetry, but, well, let’s recite some Li Bai today. I really only want to live an ordinary life, but my abilities won’t let m 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 You Are Like a Mirror, I Am but a Shadow 君如镜影人 [Two-way transmigration] + [farming] + [poetry] + [political intrigue] Chen BaiXi, a modern high school student, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Zhenyuan era of the Tang dynasty and discovers that her soul has switched places with that of an ancient girl who looks exactly like her. This is an era in which the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu have never been celebrated. Has history already been rewritten, or is someone secretly pulling strings? Chen BaiXi and her soul-swapped friend Chen BaiXi each be 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Great Poet of Dayin: From the Start, I Made the Entire Literary World Weep 大胤诗圣：开局抄哭整个文坛 (Some readers may not enjoy the early plot. Please be patient and read on. The rating is gradually rising. Thanks for the support, Yan Zu and Yi Fei.) Zhou Mo, a literature PhD, wakes up as an impoverished scholar from a humble family in the Great Yin Dynasty. The original owner has nothing to his name and no hope of passing the imperial exams? Zhou Mo smiles. This world is starved of poetry. Where is the grandeur of the High Tang? Where has the elegance of the Song gone? With the treasury of fi 34Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 35 Concern for the People 忧民 A modern young man named Yu Fu transmigrates into the body of a boy who also happens to be named Yu Fu. What stories will unfold in an ancient dynasty with a strict social order, and among the alluring martial heroes of the jianghu...? With the slaughter of war, the arrival of natural disasters, and the cries of countless people, will Yu Fu stand by and do nothing? What choices will he make...? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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. 193Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 If I Could Transmigrate, I'd Bask in Beauty and Become a Little Poet Sage 若我穿越，倚红偎翠，做个小诗仙 [Literary Plagiarism + Poetic Duels Between Talents + Multiple Heroines + Poetry] Su Qinghuan wakes up to find himself in a bandit stronghold, about to be executed. The absurd part is that he manages to survive by reciting a few poems. To his astonishment, although the Great Qian Empire reveres poetry and prose, there is no Li Bai, no Du Fu, no Yuan Zhen, and no Bai Juyi. Does that mean he can recite their poems whenever he likes? From there, Su Qinghuan becomes a tutor in poetry and prose, atte 381Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 38 The Whole City Mocked Me as a Book Copyist, Yet I Became a Poet of the Poor 全城笑我抄书郎，我却成寒门诗仙 After transmigrating to another world, I find that its literary heritage has been severed. The powerful aristocratic clans sneer at me for copying books as a poor scholar. Never look down on the humble scholar's pen; my heart holds the stars of ages past. At Slender West Lake, I write “Ten Years to Hone a Sword,” and sword energy soars into the heavens; At a roadside pavilion, I compose “The Great Roc,” and a golden roc's phantom streaks across the sky; At Qinhuai, I meet my soulmate, and entrus —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Hundred Schools Contend: Taming Demons 百家争鸣：御妖魔 Chen Hao, a Mission: Impossible agent, dies unexpectedly while on a mission. The Daoist treasure of Blue Star, the Taiji Mirror, takes him to a fantastical and bizarre world! After overcoming countless trials, Chen Hao becomes the giant of the School of Syncretism. Drawing on thousands of years of Chinese culture from Blue Star, he combines Confucianism and Mohism, masters the schools of Names and Law, studies Buddhism and Daoism, and practices military strategy and medicine, cultivating the hun 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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 139Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 41 The Confucian Healer Sage 儒道医圣 Fang Rui, a poor student at a medical university, unexpectedly inherits the medical wisdom of an ancient Confucian sage. From then on, he rises against all odds, saving people with silver needles and sweeping away demons and evil with his righteous spirit. 9Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 42 I'm Just a Poetry Copyist, So How Did I Become the Richest Man? 我一抄诗的，怎么就成首富了 [Alternate World + Farming + Lighthearted + No System + play the pig to eat the tiger] My name is Wang Yi'an, and I transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty. All I wanted was to lie flat and enjoy a comfortable life, with nothing to do but listen to music at the pleasure houses. But wait, the original owner was a poor scholar? His house is bare, and his pockets are even emptier than his face? Fine, I won't play nice. In this otherworldly dynasty, where literary culture flourishes but poetry is so 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 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 563Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 44 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 793Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Confucian Sage Rules the World 儒圣天下 This is a world where scholars command the forces of heaven and earth. Legend has it that Cang Jie, with two pupils in each of his four eyes, created the twenty-eight characters. His invention shook the world, gave writing to humanity, and put an end to the old system of knotted cords. From the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, when a hundred schools of thought contended and sages emerged one after another, to Confucius, the revered teacher of all ages, who gathered the force of tale 120Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 46 The Imperial Exam: Starting from the Womb 科举：从胎穿开始 [Unity + building wealth + no female lead + farming + business + imperial examinations + inventions + infrastructure + opening a hospital + opening a school + natural disasters + war + fighting Japanese pirates] Throughout Chinese history, countless prodigies have emerged. Xiang was hailed by a sage as a genius worthy of becoming a sage at the age of seven. Gan Luo became a chancellor at twelve. Cao Chong weighed an elephant at nine. Gao Cheng persuaded Gao Aocao to surrender at ten. Sun Quan we 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 47 I Transmigrated into a Poor Family and Turned My Fate Around Through the Imperial Exams 穿越寒门，我考科举逆袭 [A clever tale of power and strategy] Su Wen, a university student majoring in Chinese literature, transmigrates to ancient times and is born into a poor family. Relying on the brilliant poetry and literary culture of China, he makes a stunning comeback and passes the imperial examinations as the top scholar. A princess of the imperial family, a chancellor's daughter, a wealthy merchant's daughter, the top courtesan in the pleasure quarters, a charming maid... all admire his peerless talent. “ 17.3kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
- 48 After Eating Poisonous Mushrooms, You All Call Me a Sage of Calligraphy? 吃了毒蘑菇后，你们都叫我书圣？ No System + satisfying wish-fulfillment without dumb decisions + conquering the literary world Li Youjun, an obscure third-year materials science student buried in debt, listened to his classmates' bad advice and traveled thousands of miles to southern Yunnan in search of a rare medicinal mushroom, hoping to find a miracle cure for his mother, who had been sick for years. But after testing the medicine on himself, this devoted son collapsed and never got back up. When he woke, Li Youjun discover —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Humble Scholar-Poet 寒门小诗仙 [Lighthearted + Transmigration + Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Martial Arts + Detective Work] What do you do when your wife goes missing from the start? Help! Urgent! Waiting for replies online. Chen Rong had spent half his life writing novels, but never imagined that the truck he’d used countless times to send his protagonists transmigrating would send him off too. Couldn’t you at least have given me a System? I don’t know how to do a damn thing… That familiar trope of starting ou 21Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 50 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—Shelves
