Novels like An Ordinary World: The Prodigal Son Returns
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as An Ordinary World: The Prodigal Son Returns, best match first.
- 1 Reborn Sun Shaoping 重生的孙少平 Sun Shaoping was reborn. In this life, he would change himself and make up for the regrets left behind in his previous life, bring happiness to his family, and hold on to the deep love he had carried over from that life. 270Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 2 The Ordinary World: A Master Physician Serving the Nation 平凡的世界之大国医匠 Transmigrating into the new China of that era, a country poor but brimming with hope and enthusiasm, he experiences the people and events around him as a doctor. As the saying goes, a mediocre doctor treats people, while a great doctor serves the world. The author will use a doctor, with a touch of fantasy, to do what he wants and help those he wishes to help. The story also changes some of the original’s less satisfying parts. I hope you enjoy it. 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn and Ordinary: From Shuangshui Village to the World's Richest 重生平凡：从双水村走出世界首富 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Sun Yuhou of Ordinary World: Your Hard Work Won’t Be in Vain, Every Step You’ve Taken Counts 《平凡的世界》孙玉厚：你的辛苦不会白费，走过的每一步都算数 Sun Yuhou in A Lifelong Journey: Your hard work won’t be in vain. Every step you’ve taken counts. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating into Ordinary Life: My Big Brother Is Sun Shaoan, the Northwest Hammer King 穿越平凡：我大哥西北锤王孙少安 [Northwest Hammer King Sun Shaoan]+ [Run Ye for a hundred years, Xiao Xia for a thousand, Xiu Lian for ten thousand]+ [Tian Fujun, devoted to serving the people]+ [Jin Bo, a brother through thick and thin]+ [...] After waking up, I found myself in A Ordinary World, as Sun Shaojian, the second son of Sun Yuhou’s family in Shuangshui Village, Shigejie Commune. My older brother, Sun Shaoan, is known as the Northwest Hammer King. If you’re good to him, he’ll hammer you. He’s “loyal to no one, not ev 134Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 6 I Became the Sun Family's Second Dad 我成了孙家二爸 After transmigrating into The Ordinary World as the second uncle, Sun Yuting, with no System to give him cheats, he could only rely on shameless tricks to scrape 100 yuan from the money his nephew Sun Shaoan had set aside to buy livestock. That became his startup fund, and the beginning of his road to wealth... along with a chance to set right all the things that had left him dissatisfied. 799Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 7 Reborn as Sun Shaoan 重生之孙少安 Reborn in 1975, Sun Shaoan jolts awake in a cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau! The hardships of his past life flash before his eyes: his younger brother's education cut short? Xiaoxia's sacrifice? His sister's miserable life? Missing his chance with Runye? In this life, he clings to his memories of the future and vows to change their fates! 23Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 8 Ordinary World: Reborn in 1985 as the Simpleton Niu 平凡的世界之重生85我成了憨牛 First, help Shao'an overcome the brick kiln crisis, then save his admirable sister-in-law, Xiulian. So many people say, “After reading Ordinary World, I thought I was Sun Shao'an, but I didn't have his sense of responsibility and commitment. Then I thought I was Sun Shaoping, but gradually realized I didn't have his faith or willpower. Well, at least I could be Wang Manyin, but I don't have his daring, enterprising spirit, or Lan Hua's unwavering devotion...” You people are all talk. I was truly 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Film and TV: Starting with The Ordinary World 影视：从平凡的世界开始 Zhang Meng graduated from college only to find himself unemployed. He sent out 108 resumes in a row, but none of them got him a job. Downhearted, he was about to put on a delivery uniform and start delivering food when, after a drunken mishap, he gained the ability to transmigrate into TV and film worlds. See how, with the help of the System, he travels through the worlds of various dramas and films, experiencing lives unlike any other. 1.4kReads6.1Score104Shelves
- 10 Transmigrating Across Worlds: Starting with Ordinary World 穿越综影从平凡的世界开始 The winter of 1973 had yet to truly end on the Loess Plateau. The wind swept up from the ravines, past the gray-yellow walls of Yuanxi County, past the low cave dwellings of Shijie Commune, and over the terraced fields stretching across Shuangshui Village and Hejiawan. The snow was light, and so was the rain. On days like these, people on the loess slopes still had to work the fields, haul manure, and worry about putting enough food aside for the year. In the county town, people still had to go 2.1kReads—Score141Shelves
- 11 Ordinary World: Sun Shaoan and I Are Neighbors 平凡的世界之我和孙少安是邻居 Tian Jianjun wins a free cruise ticket, but his trip ends in disaster at sea, and he transmigrates to the world of The Ordinary World. He even becomes neighbors with Sun Shaoan. When Tian Jianjun realizes he has transmigrated into The Ordinary World, he vows to change the tragic ending of the original story. Tian Runye, gentle, considerate, kind, and beautiful, who in the end marries someone else for various reasons. Tian Xiaoxia, who loves passionately and hates passionately, but tragically die 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 An Ordinary World, Starting with Crow Brother 平凡的世界从乌鸦哥开始 [Period setting, slow-burn, with a golden finger, slice-of-life focus] In 1974, he transmigrates into Tian Qinghe of Shuangshui Village. From the start, he can only watch helplessly as his father collapses on the struggle platform. The chains of fate bind every farmer. Tian Qinghe refuses to accept his lot. With the help of Xiao Mo the crow, he schemes at every turn to survive and thrive, determined to escape the constraints the land places on him. First, he’ll drive one person mad. The rest can 149Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: An Ordinary World 四合院之平凡世界 A quiet life is just fine. This isn't an era in which an ordinary transmigrator can make waves. Without a good background, all you can do is keep your head down. Wait... now I have connections? Still, keep my head down. Only by keeping it down to the very end can I succeed. Wait a little longer... a System? All right, then. But I still need to keep a low profile. That said, I have to take control of this little courtyard and establish its own order. Shang Peng, an ordinary man who transmigrated 817Reads6.2Score100Shelves
- 14 Ordinary World: I Became Sun Shaoan's Younger Brother 平凡的世界：我成了孙少安的弟弟 Modern programmer Lin Mo transmigrates into Sun Shaochuan, the twin younger brother of Sun Shaoan and Sun Shaoping, in the Sun family of impoverished Shuangshui Village in northern Shaanxi in 1975. His transmigrator perk, the System, activates. Using modern knowledge and the System's skills, Sun Shaochuan proposes growing cash crops to change his family's fortunes. Despite doubts from his father and brothers, he stands firm. With modern goods, Runye's help, and an unexpected discovery, he will g 204Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Wang Manyin: A Sequel to Ordinary World 平凡的世界后续之王满银 This sequel takes Wang Manyin as its main viewpoint character, while encompassing all the major characters from A Ordinary World. Across a span of thirty-five years, it seeks to portray the shifting fortunes of ordinary Chinese people during the deepening period of reform and opening up. Key themes: a prodigal's return and the rebuilding of dignity; the wild rise of small-time merchants; the endurance and awakening of rural women; the loosening of the divide between urban and rural life; and the 3.9kReads—Score261Shelves
- 16 Reborn in the 1970s, Starting with Ordinary World 重生70年代，从平凡的世界开始 Reborn in an ordinary world, Sun Shaoping is the second son of the Sun family, a poor young man in northern Shaanxi in the 1970s. After transmigrating, he finds himself in the dead of winter, eating coarse black buns made from sorghum and wearing only a thin shirt, cold and hungry. Fortunately, he gets a portable pocket dimension. 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 17 The World Beyond the Plains: The Story of Tian Runye 平凡的世界后续之田润叶 Run Ye has always felt a sense of duty, pity, and tenderness toward Xiang Qian, but never love. The place in her heart reserved for love has always belonged to Shao An, the boy she loved when she was young. Run Ye: spiritual desolation beneath a calm exterior. Xiang Qian: insecurity and careful restraint born of gratitude. A kind woman keeps a family together out of duty; a grateful man devotes his whole life to protecting the person to whom he owes everything. How can Run Ye find a balance betw 3.1kReads6.4Score228Shelves
- 18 A Mundane World: One-Yuan Instant Kills, Three Sun Brothers 平凡的世界：一元秒杀，孙家三娃 Sun Shaofeng transmigrates to A Plain World and becomes the third child of the Sun family. With a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System, he can instantly buy three items each day. Day One: 1. A carton of Daqianmen cigarettes. 2. Ten bills of the Great Unity, worth ten yuan each. 3. 100% favorability from the commune director. Day Two: 1. Two bottles of Moutai. 2. Five kilograms of pork. 3. Half a kilogram of White Rabbit candies. With a one-yuan instant purchase every day, all kinds of good t —Reads—Score10.1kShelves
- 19 The Ordinary World: Wang Manyin's Happy Life 平凡的世界之王满银幸福生活 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 442Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 20 The Ordinary World: Part Two 平凡的世界后续一 A continuation of Ordinary World, set between 1985 and 2025, following the novel’s protagonists through nearly forty years of change. In this version, Sun Shaoping remains true to his first love, Runye is still the same Runye as before, but Sun Shaoan has changed completely. 24kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
- 21 Transmigrating into TV Dramas: Getting into the World of The Ordinary World 穿越影视之入戏平凡的世界 Life is like a play, and a play is like life. A young man from a modern world of highly advanced technology unexpectedly obtains a supreme treasure and transmigrates into parallel TV and film worlds, where he experiences the pulse of a unique era. With a cheat at his disposal, can he change the story's course, leave fewer regrets, and bring about a happier ending? 695Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 22 Ordinary World: Falling for Sister Runye 平凡的世界：爱上润叶姐 Lin Feng transmigrates into The Ordinary World. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a drafty, dilapidated cave dwelling. His hands are calloused, and survival looms over him like the most imposing mountain of all. He knows what this land is about to go through: the resumption of the college entrance examinations, the introduction of the household responsibility system, and the people whose names he has read countless times in the book: Sun Shaoping, Tian Xiaoxia, Tian Fujun, and Tian Run 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Period: My Brother-in-Law Is Amazing 年代：厉害了我的姐夫 Wang Manyin, an unmarried, infertile man well past his prime, had no children in his life. By chance, he ended up in A Plain World and became another Wang Manyin, complete with a son and a daughter. “Dad, I want some meat.” Wang Manyin: “Get the meat coupons. We’re buying some!” “Dad, why don’t we have a bicycle?” Wang Manyin: “Get the bicycle coupon. We’re buying one!” “Dad, I want to watch TV, too.” Wang Manyin: “Get the TV coupon. We’re buying one!” “Dad, I don’t want to live in an earthen ca 10Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 24 Ordinary World: From the Start, I Married Tian Runye 平凡的世界：开局娶了田润叶 Sun Shaoning is reborn as Sun Shaoning, the second son of the Sun family in the TV adaptation of The Ordinary World. He's just returned home after leaving the army and serving on the southern battlefield, thinking of all the things in the show that left him unsatisfied. Fortunately, it's all just beginning. His eldest brother has just finished meeting his future sister-in-law, He Xiulian. Then let's start by saving Sister Runye. Li Xiangqian, go play in the dirt. Sister Runye is mine. It's not t 6.6kReads7.6Score481Shelves
- 25 Ordinary World: Faking It as a Returned Tycoon in the Eighties 平凡的世界：在八零伪装归国神豪 [Period Setting + Returnee Tycoon + Film and TV + Entertainment + System] Modern-day corporate drone Jin Junfeng wakes up one morning to find he has transmigrated into the novel The Ordinary World. Right beside him is Wang Manyin, a notorious drifter. Luckily, he’s bound to a Reputation System that lets him exchange reputation for all sorts of things. So he pretends to be a wealthy returnee, helps Shuangshui Village prosper, invests in factories in Yuanxi County and becomes an honored guest, the 2.3kReads6.9Score100Shelves
- 26 Afterword to Ordinary World 平凡的世界后记 Two female leads, sweet romance, and hilarious, heartwarming doting. This book is dedicated to Mr. Lu Yao, the great author and winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. Tian Xiaoxia’s return to life is like a miracle descending upon this ordinary world. The moment Sun Shaoping hears the news, the light in his eyes rekindles, and flowers of hope bloom once more in the barren land of his heart. This book serves as an epilogue to Ordinary World, telling the story of Sun Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia’s d 905Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 27 Transmigrating to an Ordinary Life: Sun Shaoping’s Journey Home 穿越平凡：孙少平的年代归途 [Slow Burn] [Farming] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] In the height of summer in 1976, a rainstorm on the Loess Plateau triggers a flash flood. Sun Shaoping returns from the freezing river, breaking free of the regret-filled fate he had in the original story. In his past life, he was insecure and sensitive, struggling through half a lifetime, trapped by poverty and confined to an ordinary existence. He could only watch Tian Xiaoxia drown in the floodwaters, watch Tian Runye waste away in an 1.2kReads—Score151Shelves
- 28 A Divine Journey Through the Heavens: Starting with The Ordinary World 诸天神旅：从平凡的世界开始 [Myriad Worlds + System + Spatial Powers + Pocket Paradise + Return to the Original World + Multiple Female Leads + Taking Every Advantage] Zhao Dongchuan gets incredibly lucky and embarks on his journey through the myriad worlds. He travels through countless worlds, gains all kinds of abilities and magical treasures, and ventures across them all... In A Bright Future, he is an educated youth in Shuangshui Village. He does everything he can to transfer back to the city, takes the college entranc 10.2kReads7.2Score578Shelves
- 29 Ordinary World: I Become Sun Shaoan’s Third Younger Brother 平凡的世界：我成了孙少安的三弟 [A Ordinary World]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Transmigration] He wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into A Ordinary World, becoming Sun Shaokang, the third son of Sun Yuhou, an honest, hard-working farmer! His eldest brother is Sun Shaoan, known as the “Northwest Hammer King.” His catchphrase is: “Xiulian, listen, you can’t be this good to me. I have to hammer you too.” His second brother, Sun Shaoping, is a young intellectual with a deeply romantic streak. He has broken fr 1.2kReads7.8Score104Shelves
- 30 Li Kuiyong: A Different Kind of Bloody Romance! 李奎勇：不一样的血色浪漫！ [Passionate Years + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension with Immortal Spring + Educated Youth + Multiple Female Leads] He wakes up to find himself back in 1968, an era of upheaval, passion, and madness. Somehow, he has become Li Kuiyong, the short, ugly, and poor character from Passionate Years. Good heavens, isn't this the tragic figure people in later generations describe when they say: Everyone wants to be Zhong Yuemin, but they all end up living like Li Kuiyong. Surely the heavens aren't playi 5kReads8.3Score198Shelves
- 31 An Ordinary World, Where I Am Anything but Ordinary 平凡的世界之我不平凡 They all look down on me, and I’m just not good enough! No one will help me reach for the clouds, but I wouldn’t get there anyway! The strong never blame their circumstances, but I’m weak! I don’t just complain about my circumstances, I complain about the strong, too! Gold always shines, but I’m just an old pal! No one can take advantage of me, because I’m useless! Everyone laughs at me, and I’m the funniest one of all! Rather than push myself, I might as well give myself a break...! 45.1kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves
- 32 A Lifelong Journey: Zhou Bingkun’s Comeback 人世间：周秉昆逆袭人生 [Making Up for Regrets, Cozy Everyday Life, Building Wealth, Major Twists] Did watching A Lifelong Journey leave you feeling deeply dissatisfied? Zhou Bingkun lived a life of kindness and integrity, yet suffered hardship and ended up in prison. Zheng Juan was virtuous and resilient all her life, yet endured one hardship after another. Cai Xiaoguang never had children, spending his whole life waiting for Zhou Rong. The love Zhou Rong gave up everything to pursue still lost to the struggles of eve 4.2kReads8.7Score229Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: The Road of Life 四合院之人生之路 This book has no System and no angst. The first volume mainly follows the protagonist as he quietly watches the drama unfold in the courtyard, sticking to the original plot. If that’s not your cup of tea, don’t read it. The second volume tells the story of going to the countryside in Shuangshui Village, from A Ordinary World. If you don’t want to read the first volume, you can start with the second. It also reveals what happens to the protagonist and the other residents of the courtyard. Startin 408Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 34 Wen Tianxiang, the Great Song’s Lone Loyalist 大宋孤忠文天祥 As the Southern Song teeters on the brink, its lands lie shattered beneath the ravages of the Yuan army. The Loyal Son of the Great Song: Wen Tianxiang tells the tumultuous story of Wen Tianxiang’s life. He excelled in the imperial examinations at a young age and was determined to serve his country. Though faced with corruption at court, he never wavered from his original ideals. When the Yuan army advanced, he stepped forward, gave away his entire fortune to recruit volunteer troops, and went t 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Blood-Colored Romance: I, the Big Rascal, Zhong Yuemin! 血色浪漫：我，大顽主，钟跃民！ [Transmigration] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Sent-Down Youth] + [Beijing Neighborhood Toughs] He wakes up in a time of burning passion, having transmigrated into the body of Zhong Yuemin, a tough from one of Beijing’s military compounds. Characters from A Romantic Life come one after another: Zhou Xiaobai, born into a military family, young, beautiful, romantic, and a little haughty. Qin Ling, a sent-down youth who excels at singing and dancing but has fallen on hard times and been sent to the count 25.8kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
- 36 The Guanshan Saber 关山刀 On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: I Arrived in 1947 四合院之1947我来了 Li Tianyou woke up one morning to find that he had gone from being a college student about to graduate to an orphan in Beiping in 1947, hunted by the black-uniformed police. The original owner of his body was the orphan of a fallen revolutionary, and three starving, sickly children depended on him: a younger brother and two younger sisters. Their six eyes gazed at him, filled with despair. The portable storage space bound to him was his only trump card. And so, a peddler appeared in Beiping: sel 393Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 38 Reborn in 1988: From Longcheng Hunter to World's Richest Man 重生1988龙城猎户到世界巨富 Su Tianci was a web novelist. After struggling to write a hit novel, he finally earned 30,000 yuan in royalties and planned to go to Hong Langman for a roujiamo. But who could have guessed that, for no apparent reason, he would open his eyes and find himself in 1988? Two vast eras suddenly lay before him. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 471Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 40 Two-Way Travel to Republican-Era China: Rich Enough to Rival a Nation 双穿民国之富可敌国 Su Tianci is sent back to the Republican era by a hundred-ton truck while saving a little girl who is about to be hit by a car. The moment he opens his eyes, he sees the Japanese invaders swaggering around. His patriotic blood boils, and he takes them on with a brick. What’s even more amazing is that he can return to 2025. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 561Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After Games Invade, I Settle the Score with Campus Loan Sharks 游戏入侵后，我清算了校园贷 Set in a modern city, with Sun Yat-sen University’s three campuses and five schools as its central setting, an immersive game called "Era Invasion" suddenly overlays reality without distinction. Its rules become deeply entwined with the real world: completing missions can awaken supernatural abilities and grant supplies, while failure triggers real-world penalties such as ruined credit, physical injuries, or doubled debts. The campus loan platforms that once operated as usual mutate into the rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 My Wonderful Life in the World of Film and Television 我在影视世界的精彩人生 Film and TV transmigration: The protagonist gains a special talent in every Film and TV world. For example, in the courtyard houses, he gets a talent called “Daily Pay, Monthly Gains”: every day, he receives one person's monthly salary. But if that person doesn't have a salary, he gets nothing. Each month, the talent is linked to a different person. I'm still thinking up the other abilities, so feel free to leave suggestions. For now, the plan is for each appearance to take place in a single Fil 31.5kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangtian, and I Won't Be a Foolishly Obedient Son! 四合院：我刘光天不做糊涂孝子！ Liu Guangtian woke up one day and found that he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had become Liu Guangtian, the second son of Liu Haizhong, the Second Master. Liu Guangtian was a little panicked! So his beloved eldest son, Liu Guangqi, could date a leader's daughter, his callous father, Liu Haizhong, had poured all the family's resources into supporting Liu Guangqi! The second son, Liu Guangtian, couldn't even afford food at school. He was so hungry that he suffered f 10.6kReads7.1Score410Shelves
- 44 Quick Transmigration: A Screen-and-Page Odyssey Beginning with Parents' Love 快穿从父母爱情开始的影视漫游行 [TV dramas + System + one heroine + changing the plot] Told from the male lead's perspective, the story transmigrates him into television dramas. He rescues characters whose tragic endings left viewers dissatisfied. Romance plots may break up canon couples. Modern urban and period settings feature one heroine, while ancient settings may have multiple heroines depending on the characters. The first world was written as practice and isn't very good, so feel free to skip it. You can pick any world 14.6kReads7.9Score504Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Good Person 四合院：我只想做个好人 Xu Chen unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard complex and becomes a technician at a steel mill. At this point, Jia Dongxu is still alive, and He Yuzhu is still a good-hearted cook who looks after his younger sister. The courtyard seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents are stirring. Yi Zhonghai, the paragon of morality; Liu Haizhong, devoted to the public good; Yan Bugui, generous to a fault; Xu Damao, the nicest man in the world... To make sure he 12kReads8.1Score446Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院：从供销社开始，横推众禽 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 47 Traveling Between Two Worlds in Republican-Era China: Hunting Down the Japanese 双穿民国之专杀小鬼子 Drop all pretenses of decency and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to overthink things; when trouble comes, just go crazy. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He'd only joined a cycling club because he wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he'd somehow fall off a cliff? When he came to, he'd transmigrated to Shanghai in 1937... 1.1kReads—Score159Shelves
- 48 The Ming Dynasty’s Talented Scholar, Jie Jin 大明才子解缙 Jie Jin, a gifted scholar of the Ming Dynasty, lived a turbulent and legendary life. Brilliant from childhood and endowed with extraordinary talent, he was hailed as a “child prodigy.” He made his mark at a young age, sailed through the imperial examinations on the strength of his vast learning, passed the highest-level exam, and embarked on an official career. Quick-witted and inspired in his writing, Jie Jin oversaw the compilation of the "Yongle Encyclopedia", bringing books from across the 6Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 49 Transmigrating Into The Mustang: Stealing Xiuzhi as My Wife 穿越牧马人，截胡秀芝做老婆 (Pure Romance + Everyday Life in a Bygone Era + One Female Lead + A Touch of System Storage Space) Just finished! The simple, ordinary life is the best! “Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?” “If you do, I’ll send one over!” It was an era of poverty, with extremely scarce supplies. People had too little to wear and too little to eat. It was an innocent era, when love, friendship, and family bonds had nothing to do with money or self-interest. 13.7kReads8.9Score898Shelves
- 50 The Primordial Sword Sovereign 太古剑尊 A finger points toward the azure clouds, while one’s spirit swallows the netherworld. The Great Dao intertwines, and the sword reigns supreme. This is the story of a man and a sword! Three thousand feet of mortal dust, glazed light dyed with heavenly fragrance. Heroes contend for the throne, while the Sword Venerable commands the world. The truth of the sword, a secret hidden for ten thousand years: forge a path to heaven anew through a boundless sea of blood, and refine the scriptures of the Sw 165.7kReads9.1Score18.3kShelves
