Novels like Emperor Wu of Han: A Game of Power
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- 151 Yang Lin, the Prince Who Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor 一字并肩王杨林 Yang Lin, Prince Kaoshan, courtesy name Huchen, was the youngest son of Emperor Wu of Sui, Yang Zhong, and the younger half-brother of Yang Jian, founding emperor of the Sui dynasty. When Yang Lin was six, his parents died, and his elder brother and sister-in-law raised him. He especially regarded Empress Dugu as a mother, believing that “a sister-in-law is like a mother.” Yet, before he could repay them for raising him, Prince Kaoshan spent his whole life on the battlefield. His iron hooves tra 2.7kReads8.9Score18014d adds
- 152 My Father Is Liu Bingyi 家父刘病已 Reborn in the Western Han, my father is Liu Bingyi, Emperor Xuan of Han. He rose from prison, grew up among the common people, and bided his time until he held Huo Guang in check. Governing through both Confucian and Legalist principles, he brought integrity to the bureaucracy, secured the Western Regions, and subdued the Xiongnu. He built the Western Han’s golden age with his own hands, and is rightly hailed as one of history’s greatest virtuous emperors. And I am Liu Shi, son of Xu Pingjun, t 14.5kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 153 I Transmigrated as Hu Hai, and You Call This a Thousand-Mile Horse? 穿越成胡亥，你说这是千里马？ The moment I opened my eyes, I was in Xianyang Palace, where the courtiers stood as silent as cicadas in winter. The eunuch Zhao Gao led in a deer and asked with a beaming smile, “Your Majesty, this is a thousand-mile steed. Isn't that right?” I was Hu Hai, the ruler who lost his kingdom, a puppet emperor in the history books. At that very moment, the soul of Li Yue, a graduate student in history, entered this body! A horse? To hell with that! As everyone watched in horror, I drew the Son of Hea 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 The Romance of the Western Han 西汉演义 Zhen Wei’s version of The Romance of the Western Han is a sweeping epic of the Chu-Han conflict, taking you back to the war-torn chaos at the end of the Qin dynasty. From the power struggles in Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s later years and Zhao Gao’s corruption of the court, to the rise of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang as rival heroes battling for supremacy, and onward to the fateful Feast at Hongmen and the tragic songs of Gaixia, this book vividly paints a grand tableau woven with political intrigue, ambiti 12Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 155 Spring Peak, Jade Dew 春峰玉露 Welcome, everyone, to my story. Wang Chunfeng transmigrates to an unfamiliar world after an accident. Court intrigue, martial world rivalries, everyday life, love and hatred, and wars between nations! There is no such thing as too over-the-top, only more over-the-top. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 I Am Hongwu, Rebuilding the Great Ming at the End of Chongzhen’s Reign! 我乃洪武，在崇祯末年重开大明！ In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he was “standing” in the shadows of the Qianqing Palace. Before him stood a gaunt emperor, trembling as he faced a map. Liaodong was stained red, and fires of war blazed across the Central Plains. “Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting… is still being held in the imperial prison,” the old eunuch stammered. Chongzhen said nothing. He simply traced the characters for “Kaifeng” over and over with his finger. Zhu Yua 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Emperor Tianqi and the Eighteen Beauties of Yanyun 天启大帝之燕云十八姬 In the Tianqi era, he seldom stops to admire the flowers, seizing both the realm and its beauties in his hands. The warm waters of Nanyang nurture dragons and serpents; the lush grasslands of Mobei let cattle and horses roam. The western mountains teem with cinnabar mines; the eastern fields are planted far and wide with cotton and hemp. Who says borders divide the civilized from the barbarian? The peoples of every nation come dressed in their finest to honor Zhonghua. The story begins when Tian 48Reads—Score10214d adds
- 158 If My Master Weren’t Always Causing Trouble, Why Would I Fight for the Throne? 要不是师父总作妖，我何苦争帝位 A scorching ache in his heart and body: a fallen immortal lord is forced into love. [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, a solid growth arc] A fallen beauty immortal lord, cast aside by the Heavenly Bureaucracy VS a wild, delinquent wolf cub, a hostage trapped far from home A mad dog versus a vicious hound For every inch his abstinent master’s hair grows, he loses a year of his life. The unlucky immortal lord, fallen into the mortal world and struggling amid political schemes, foun 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Iron-Blooded Qin: The Eternal Emperor Conquers the World 铁血大秦，千古一帝，征服世界 Alternate history + politics + farming + technological advancement + economics + conquest + colonization + three thousand beauties This novel is also titled The Great Qin: My Industrial Revolution. Overnight, Lin Yi transmigrates and becomes the founding emperor of Great Qin, waking to a nightmare from the start. Behind him are the starving people of the north, corpses littering the land. Before him stand centuries-old aristocratic clans entrenched in Jiangnan, with money and grain at their comm —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Late Ming: Laying Low in the Mountains as a Rebel King 明末：苟在山里当反王 “Jiexi Province, Baliu Prefecture, Xuelin District, Chiban County: in Shangbao stands a Golden Throne Hall...” This folk song has been passed down for more than four hundred years in the remote mountains of Suining, Hunan, and the ruins of the ancient Shangbao Kingdom are still there today. This story grew out of that real folk song. A fake jade pendant bought for ten yuan, a faulty outlet, and when Wang Dabao opens his eyes again, 108 gaunt refugees have pinned him to a heated earthen bed and a 16Reads—Score12514d adds
- 161 Three Layers of Shadows Beneath the Cardamom Blossoms 豆蔻花重三叠影 [Transmigration, household intrigue, historical romance, no alternate history, slice of life, respect for history, searching for true love] This is a story about growing up. A modern, independent soul transmigrates to ancient times, where she protects her mother, supports her brother, and outwits her scoundrel father… In this life, which of three men does she truly love? And will she ultimately find a way to change everyone’s fate? 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Tales of the Han Dynasty: From Liu Bang to Liu Shan 汉朝那些事：从刘邦到刘禅 When talking about the Han Dynasty, it's impossible not to mention what an interesting and fascinating era it was. We people of later generations call ourselves “Han people,” and our ethnic group is known as the “Han Chinese.” These names are inseparable from the Han Dynasty. It can be said that the Han Dynasty not only established China's unified political order, but also shaped the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chinese people. This sense of identity took deep root in the hearts of the pe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Bloodbath at Jingkang 浴血靖康 In the Xuanhe era, the balance of power shifted. Song and Liao had drawn a border, put an end to hostilities, and maintained friendly relations for over a hundred years. In the lands of the White Mountains and Black Waters lived the Jurchen Wanyan clan, a people of hunters and fishers who had long suffered under the Liao and harbored deep resentment. Wanyan Aguda campaigned east and west, united the tribes, and rose swiftly to challenge the Liao. The balance of power was about to be turned upsid 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Libertine Emperor: His Empire and His Beauties 风流皇帝之江山美人 [Transmigration + Emperor + Multiple Heroines + Conquest] A modern special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a disgraced prince confined to the Cold Palace, only to discover a strange Imperial Heart Sutra hidden within him. It came from another transmigrator 400 years ago, and its previous owner is waiting to seize his body. Using special forces tactics, he sweeps away the schemes of the court. With the knowledge of a transmigrator, he outwits treacherous officials across the ages. H 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Legend of Han Xin, Master of Arms 驭兵匠韩信传奇 Want to experience a different side of Han Xin, the peerless master of war? The Legend of Han Xin, the Artificer of Armies delivers! Based on Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of the Marquis of Huaiyin, this novel delves into the truth of human nature to present a Han Xin unlike any you’ve seen before. Here, Han Xin is no longer the man who simply endures. When handling everyday affairs, he seems shrouded in fog, so slow to react that it is exasperating, three beats behind even the s 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 166 The Iron Cavalry of Liaodong 辽东铁骑 In the winter of 1580, when Nurhaci scattered his grandfather’s ashes into the Hun River with his own hands, Li Chengliang was at a training ground a hundred miles away, shooting a rebel general through the throat with a single arrow. The frigid land of Liaodong had always believed in one law: the strong prey on the weak. Li Chengliang, a descendant of a military family who had yet to make his mark even as he approached forty, finally saw his fortunes turn while his wife and children went hungry 392Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 167 The Iron-Blooded Bandit King 铁血闯王 He was once the most ordinary stable hand at Yinchuan Post Station, spending every day among relay horses and official documents. Then, in the first year of the Chongzhen reign, the order to abolish the post stations took away his last means of putting food on the table. He remembered the torn straw mat beneath his mother when she starved to death. He remembered the landlord's cruel face as he demanded payment. He remembered the numbing shock in his palm when he raised his hoe and smashed it aga 691Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Emperor Yongle, Complete in Three Volumes 永乐大帝（全三册） The novel opens with the death of Emperor Taizu of Ming and Zhu Di leading troops to attend the funeral. It tells how Zhu Di kept a low profile and bided his time, enduring hardship as he seized the opportunity to defend the frontier and campaign against the northern tribes, earning merit for the state while secretly gathering civil and military officials who would later risk their lives to help him seize the throne, until he ultimately unified the realm. With a deft hand, the author vividly por 4.1kReads9.6Score67314d adds
- 169 A History of China's War of Resistance Against Japan (Four-Volume Set) 中国抗日战争史（共4册） The four-volume History of China's War of Resistance Against Japan was led by Professor Zhang Xianwen, a renowned authority on the history of the War of Resistance, and written collectively by the Center for Republican History. Spanning a million characters, it offers a comprehensive account of the flames of war from 1931 to 1945, the fourteen years of resistance. It paints a vivid picture of the Chinese people fighting bravely and is a monumental, comprehensive, systematic, objective, and schol 31Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 170 Great Han: I Follow Bangzi and Earn Myself a Marquisate 大汉：我跟着邦子混个封侯 When Xiao Xi woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to the Qin dynasty and become a low-ranking clerk in the Pei County government office. He had failed to pass the civil service exam in his previous life, so he never expected to make it this time. Wait, his uncle was Xiao He? And his former self used to run around with a notorious rogue named Liu Ji? Well, Xiao Xi would just have to live well. Once the Han dynasty was founded, surely he could at least earn himself a noble title, right 907Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 171 Surviving the End of the Song Dynasty: From Frontier Soldier to Living Yama 苟在宋末：从边军活阎王开始 [No System + ruthless and bloodthirsty + farming + transmigration to the Song Dynasty + driving out the Mongols] I transmigrated to the end of the Song Dynasty. How did I end up becoming the biggest villain? Wasn't the idea to govern the military through civil officials? So how can a military commander like me carry a sword into the palace? The Mongol cavalry is sweeping across the world. Well, my lord, I'm here to raid them. I, no, this official, have come all this way. There's no way I'm going 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 An Assassination in Xianyang 咸阳一刺 The tragedy of an individual's will standing against the tide of history; the heroism of doing what you know cannot be done; the Six Kingdoms fell because of their own failings, and because of the greater forces at play. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Strong Korea 劲韩 An alternate history that begins with the Battle of Zhuoze. South Korea is the first to enact reforms, and the story explores whether it can defeat Qin, become the ruler of all under heaven, and bring an end to the era of chaos. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Secret History of the Republic of China (2-Book Set) 民国秘史（全两册） How did Shanghai’s “Big Three” of the old days make their fortunes? Where did the saying “Huang Jinrong loved money, Zhang Xiaolin was good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng knew how to handle people” come from? Was there really an invincible Mizong boxing style in Xiaonanhe Village, Tianjin? Between Huo Yuanjia, the grandmaster of his generation, and Ye Wen, the gentleman of Wing Chun, who was the true martial arts master of the Republic of China era? How did Shandong bandits plan the notorious trai 114Reads9.2Score12514d adds
- 175 Emperor Yongzheng (3 Volumes) 雍正皇帝（全三册） 2.2kReads9.6Score31514d adds
- 176 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part Two 满洲秘史（中部） [Bandits + Northeast China + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance + Collaborators] A woman's turbulent journey through a chaotic age, a blood-soaked epic of Northeast China. From bandit chieftain's wife to a secret pawn of the Japanese, she witnesses every secret behind Manchuria's birth, caught between love and hate, home and country… Manchurian Secret History, Part Two continues the first volume. Set against the real historical background of Northeast China from late 193 3.1kReads9.5Score44914d adds
- 177 Liu Yu: Finding My Way at 35 刘裕：35岁不迷茫 The toughest emperor in Chinese history: Liu Yu. He founded his dynasty through a hundred battles, rising from an impoverished gambler to become an emperor. He shattered the rigid class system of the Jin Dynasty and founded the Song, where men of humble birth could rise and take charge. Liu Yu's story has war, political intrigue, beautiful women, and great ambition, but no made-up history. Xie Lingyun, Tao Yuanming, Pei Songzhi, Wang Zhen'e, Tan Daoji, Liu Muzhi, Shen Yue, and many others appear 239Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 178 The Han Dynasty's Turbulent Times: Liu Bang's Venture into the Seas 大汉风云之刘邦下海创业录 War engulfed the vast lands of the Qin Empire. Tyranny crushed the people, and the chaos at the end of the Qin dynasty began in earnest. The First Emperor's lingering influence remained. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised the banner of rebellion, the Western Chu Hegemon was unmatched in battle, and Zhang Han's iron cavalry swept across the rebel forces. Heroes and ambitious warlords such as Xiang Liang, Ying Bu, Peng Yue, and Han Xin each wielded their own strengths. The remnants of the Six Kingdoms 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 A Close Reading of Three Hundred Years of the Ming Dynasty 细读明朝三百年 This book offers a detailed account of more than three centuries of Ming dynasty history, covering politics, economics, military affairs, and culture. It closely examines pivotal events, influential figures, and important institutions that shaped the course of the dynasty. It also sets the record straight about historical figures who have been misrepresented and provides balanced accounts of events that have been exaggerated or glossed over. This is a historical feast for Ming dynasty enthusiast 522Reads9.4Score12014d adds
- 180 The Founding Hero 开国功贼 “The dark night gave me black eyes, but I used them to seek the light.”, Gu Cheng A dockworker who carried sacks for a living only wanted enough to eat and a wife to care for his mother. Yet fate kept hurling him into the air, then smashing him back down, leaving him battered and bruised. Though he endured hardship after hardship, his dreams still burned within him. He was a low-ranking officer under the great bandit Zhang Jinchen. He was Dou Jiande’s capable minister who brought order to chaos. 788Reads—Score11514d adds
- 181 A Tiger Swallowing Ten Thousand Miles: The Life of Liu Yu 气吞万里如虎：刘裕大传 In a turbulent age, heroes rose one after another, and Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Southern Song, was the most dazzling legend of the period from the late Eastern Jin to the early Southern Dynasties. Born into a humble family in Jingkou, he was driven by the bold spirit of a chaotic age. Armored and armed, he rode through war and upheaval, crushing Huan Xuan and suppressing Lu Xun, then destroying Southern Yan, Qiao Shu, and Later Qin. With iron resolve and strategic brilliance, he brought the cha 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Immortality Begins in the Shang Dynasty 长生从商朝开始 This is primarily a work of historical fiction, not a cultivation novel. If you’re looking for cultivation, please look elsewhere. A sweeping and wondrous historical novel told in the first person. The protagonist, Qin Hongtao, was once a diviner and ritual officiant during the reign of Di Xin, the last Shang emperor. During a crucial ceremony at Lutai, a strange event struck him: he was hit by the mysterious power of Guixu. From then on, his body could not die, but he was also burdened with a c 1.7kReads—Score26514d adds
- 183 Ming Dynasty, 1641 大明1641 In 1641, the Battle of Songjin rages, and the Great Ming stands on the edge of ruin. After a crushing defeat at Songjin, the Ming armies retreat across the front, and the dynasty's fall seems inevitable. A soul from a later age transmigrates into Cao Bianjiao's body. Trapped in a desperate situation, he refuses to sit back and watch the realm collapse. He infiltrates Huang Taiji's camp at night and kills three princes and a duke in battle. Leading a lone army on a thousand-mile raid deep into L 95Reads—Score19414d adds
- 184 After I Transmigrated to the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians, Yue Fei Cut Through the Barbarians 穿越五胡乱华后，岳飞杀穿了胡人 Killing the Jin people is killing, and killing the Hu people is killing too! In 1142, after Marshal Yue Fei was unjustly executed, he unexpectedly transmigrated to the era of the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians and became Chen Qingyuan, a young officer in the active northern Qihuo Army. From then on, the devastated northern lands gained a guardian deity. First, he killed Shi Hu, then beheaded Shi Le. In the end, he even adopted Ran Min, the Heavenly King of Martial Valor, as his sworn son, leadi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Great Ming's First Female Marshal 大明第一女军侯 She was the peerless woman warrior of the Great Ming, riding a thousand miles along the road of loyal souls. Standing six feet one inch tall, she defeated the Qing armies and crushed the bandit rebels, earning great renown for her loyalty and courage to the Wei family and the state. She was the only woman in history to be honored with a separate biography as a celebrated general of a dynasty in the official histories. She humbled Dorgon and fought bloody battles against Hong Taiji. Her beauty wa 332Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Qin Qi: Raising Horses and Founding a Nation 秦启：牧马立国 An Early Qin Epic: Book One [Great Qin + Qin Feizi + Founder of Qin + First Lord of Qin] During the turbulent final years of the Western Zhou, Qin Feizi, raised on the grasslands of Longxi, saves King Xiao of Zhou from danger with his extraordinary skill at horse training and is granted fifty li of land in Qin. From then on, the young herdsman embarks on a thorny path of founding a state. He builds cities and settlements, unites the Zhou and Rong peoples, and lays the foundations of a kingdom am 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Sui-Tang: My Client Is Yang Guang 隋唐：我的甲方是杨广 I transmigrated to the Sui and Tang era, and my client is the tyrant Yang Guang! And I’m the ultimate contractor, the only one who can make his mad dreams a reality! He builds the Grand Canal, a boon for generations to come, but at the cost of public outrage? I establish the Canal Bureau, making bonds a runaway hit as merchants across the land scramble to become shareholders in the empire! He invades Goguryeo with boundless ambition, but at the cost of mountains of corpses? I build an Iron Fortr 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 188 In the First Year of Jingkang, He Survived the Flames of War 靖康元年，他从战火中活了下来 After an accident, Wang Xun is thrown into the most brutal meat grinder of the Northern Song: the siege of Bianjing. Outside the gates, a hundred thousand foreign troops seethe with bloodlust. Inside, the absurd court tries to defend the city with "magic spells." He has no System or cheat, knows no peerless martial arts, and can barely make sense of the local dialect. His only bargaining chip is the vivid memory in his mind of the cataclysm about to unfold. The day the city falls, wails fill 1.2kReads—Score13014d adds
- 189 The Sixtieth Year of Kangxi 康熙六十年 The Kangxi Emperor, Qing Shengzu, was one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. He ascended the throne at the age of eight, eliminated Oboi, put down the Three Feudatories, recovered Taiwan, signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, and personally led campaigns against Galdan. His civil and military achievements made him a ruler for the ages. This story follows the Emperor Kangxi through his 61-year reign, from his accession to his death, exploring the many tensions between the Manchus and Han Chin 26.8kReads9.1Score63114d adds
- 190 Looking North to Yan and Yun 北望燕云 He transmigrates to the Five Dynasties with nothing but a rusty blade from the start. No System, no old master in his head, just a thousand years of historical knowledge added to his mind. Shi Jingtang betrays his people and becomes the Khitan’s lackey, the Khitan eye the land hungrily, and the Later Jin court is utterly corrupt. He fights bandits, seizes territory, opens border markets, and trains elite troops. From squad leader to military commissioner, from military commissioner to... emperor 235Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Transmigrating as Liu Bei: A Storm Rises in Hexi 穿越刘备，风起河西 I transmigrated into Liu Bei. I once thought I could only drift along in Liu Bei’s footsteps, until I discovered that I carried a weather System with me. Everyone said Liangzhou was a dead end, but there I built Liu Hong an economic artery that could support the empire. Together with the Qiang and Xianbei peoples, I built a desert defense line at the northern foot of the Yin Mountains, transforming the Hexi Corridor into a trade route connecting east and west. I brought moisture from the Seven R 11Reads—Score14314d adds
- 192 The Splendor of the Jiajing Era 嘉靖风华时 He enters the capital, ascends the throne, and takes power over all under heaven. He battles powerful ministers, breaks up factional struggles, reforms officialdom, boosts farming and commerce, strengthens border defenses, and pacifies the Japanese threat. He roots out a century of entrenched abuses and recruits talented people from across the realm. With the strategic vision of another world, he governs the four seas; with decisive force, he brings peace to the Nine Provinces. He reverses the M 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 1620 America: The Whole Town Arrives in the New World 1620美洲：全镇降临新大陆 A county town is unexpectedly plunged into a strange new continent. Starting with farming, its people embark on a vast new frontier, preserving the roots of farming and learning while keeping the flame of Chinese civilization alive, until its spark spreads across this unfamiliar land like a prairie fire. 52Reads—Score714d adds
- 194 The Seven Faces of the Ming Dynasty 大明王朝的七张面孔 This book focuses on seven figures whose lives reveal the workings of the Ming dynasty: An emperor: Zhu Yuanzhang; a usurper: Zhu Di; an upright official: Hai Rui; a eunuch: Wei Zhongxian; a rebel: Zhang Xianzhong; a traitor: Wu Sangui; and a loyal minister: Zheng Chenggong. Through literary portrayals of these seven figures in their historical and cultural settings, it examines the little-known hardships, anxieties, and difficult choices behind their lives, presenting the Ming dynasty in all it 417Reads9.2Score12714d adds
- 195 Slaughter, Despair, and Redemption on the Spanish Battlefield 西班牙战场的杀戮、无奈和救赎 The slaughter, helplessness, and redemption of the Spanish battlefield 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Blazing Phoenix of Zhaoyang 昭阳烈凰 The final years of the Sui dynasty were a time of chaos, with war raging everywhere. When Li Xiuning opened her eyes, she had returned to the age of fifteen. In her previous life, she was a heroine who helped found the Tang dynasty, fighting alongside her father and brothers to conquer the land, yet the history books devoted only a few scant lines to her. In this life, she swears to rewrite her fate. She will not only protect her family, but also claim a place of her own amid the turmoil. Under 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Real Three Kingdoms Is Even More Exciting 真实的三国更精彩 [Authentic Three Kingdoms history | No transmigration, no System, no golden finger] Stop letting Romance of the Three Kingdoms mislead you! Based on Records of the Three Kingdoms, this novel reconstructs the late Han truths that have long been obscured. He Jin’s foolishness brings Dong Zhuo’s chaos upon the land, while Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan struggle to establish themselves. Zhuge Liang excels at governing, but his northern campaigns conceal a weakness. Sima Yi patiently plots, outlastin 1.6kReads7.3Score10214d adds
- 198 A Grand History of the Ming Dynasty 明朝大历史 This book is the culmination of Mr. Meng Sen's research on Qing history. It is also a representative and foundational work on the subject. Drawing on the Veritable Records of the Qing, the Draft History of the Qing, archival records of the Qing court, and rarely used sources such as the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, Meng Sen reveals and analyzes many of the central issues in Qing history. He offers a comprehensive account and assessment of more than two hundred years of Qing politics, 8Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 199 The Complete Story of the Tang Dynasty: A Definitive Edition 说唐全传-精编完整版 The definitive account of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties. From Qin Qiong rescuing the emperor at Lintong to Li Shimin’s Xuanwu Gate Incident, it establishes Li Yuanba’s legend as the mightiest hero of the Sui and Tang. Classic episodes such as the oath of brotherhood at Wagang Stronghold and Cheng Yaojin proclaiming himself emperor fuse historical fiction with the traditions of folk storytelling, laying the framework for later narratives about the Sui and Tang. 65Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 200 The Biography of Liu E 刘娥传 The Story of Liu E, Part One: Springtime in Bianjing A creative take on history + the growth of an ordinary person. ☆Not a wish-fulfillment story☆Slow burn☆A rewarding read☆Humorous prose☆Remember! The politics of this dog-eat-dog dynasty have nothing to do with women, so the heroine often disappears from the story in the early chapters! Emperor Taizong of Song really couldn't appoint a crown prince. His eldest son, Zhao Yuanzuo, was made crown prince: he went mad. His second son, Zhao Yuanyou, 104Reads6.9Score—14d adds
