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- 51 Cao Song: Cao Cao Arrives in the Great Song and Talks Fall Apart with the Jin Dynasty! 曹宋：曹操穿大宋，和金朝谈崩了！ In the first year of the Jingkang era, Cao Cao transmigrates into the body of Zhao Huan, Emperor Huizong of Song, the last doomed ruler of the Northern Song? The Jin envoys demand that Cao Cao submit a surrender document, call them father, and sue for peace. Court officials collude with the Jin to kill him. He has not a single capable minister at his side, and his younger brother Zhao Gou is preparing to seize power and rebel? With a catastrophic start, how will Cao Cao launch a new Wei dynasty? 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 53 The Republic of Great Song 大宋共和国 Zeng Shouyi, a modern materials engineer, is transported back to the Northern Song dynasty after a laboratory accident. He becomes the unknown illegitimate son of Zeng Gongliang, the famed chancellor of Quanzhou. With his ability to improve technologies already available in the Song dynasty, his foresight into the course of history, and the introduction of modern management ideas, he rises from a son marginalized by his family. He develops overseas trade in Quanzhou and builds a commercial empir 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Crown Prince Zhaoming 昭明太子 A historical biographical novel centered on Crown Prince Xiao Tong of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Blending court intrigue, the smoke of war, the bond between father and son, and literary ideals, it breathes vivid life into the framework of historical fact and captures both the warmth and the tragedy of a crown prince who seemed perfect in every way. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Secret History of Manchuria, Part One 满洲秘史（上部） [Bandits + Northeast China + Local life + War + Japanese spies + Manchukuo + Republican era + Romance] 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… The story takes place in Northeast China in the early twentieth century, spanning the period from the Russo-Japanese War to the establishment 14.7kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 56 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Reborn in the Great Song: He Becomes Emperor in Place of the Wrongfully Executed Di Qing 魂穿大宋：他替冤死的狄青当帝君 In the second year of Jiayou under the Northern Song (1057), the court official faction frames General Di Qing, the tattoo-faced warrior. He dies with his name in disgrace, and the Song loses its great northwestern bulwark! Di Qing, a twenty-first-century military engineer, transmigrates back to the start of his frontier service at Qingjian, returning with the power of modern military engineering! No System, no cheat abilities: he takes on the world with nothing but hard-earned strategy! Refuge 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Heavenly Khan of Northern Qi 北齐天可汗 The story of a normal person gradually going mad. [Historical power struggles] [Northern and Southern Dynasties] [Madmen] [Coming-of-age protagonist] Also known as The Strange Tales of Northern Qi, The Prince of Lanling Is My Little Brother, and Why Is There Another Lunatic? My Great Qi Is Doomed. Absurd version: Gao Yin: Father! Uncle is so handsome. I like him so much. Can you peel off his face and give it to me? Gao Yang: The Crown Prince is right! Little brother, you wouldn't be so stingy, w 87.8kReads9.1Score12.8k14d adds
- 67 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 The Heavenly Master's Fate-Changing Water Margin: A Side Story 天师改命水浒别传 With a casual divination, he foresaw the Jingkang Disaster, the Southern Song retreating to the south, and even the hundred thousand soldiers and civilians at Yashan leaping into the sea to die for their country. He saw the fate of the Great Song a hundred years later in its entirety. So he gave up being an immortal and transmigrated into the body of the wastrel Yan Qing, taking matters into his own hands to change the course of history. He saves Pang Wanchun at the martial arts arena, becomes 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Common People Beneath the Prosperous Tang 盛唐下的百姓 No transmigration, no System. See the High Tang from the perspective of an ordinary person at the bottom of society. In his later years, Emperor Xuanzong was obsessed with grand achievements and indulgence. Warfare grew ever more frequent, greatly increasing the people’s corvée and military service, until the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 125Reads—Score1014d adds
- 72 Eastern Jin: Heir to the Gongsun Line, Seizing Murong’s Liaodong 东晋：公孙遗脉，截胡慕容辽东 In 370 AD, Wang Meng led the Great Qin iron cavalry to destroy Former Yan, leaving Liaodong ripe for the taking. After transmigrating as a descendant of Gongsun Du, he finds that his ancestors’ legacy has been occupied by the Sima and Murong clans for a century. Armed with knowledge from a later age, he secretly builds up his strength and seizes Wang Meng’s victory at the height of the Qin-Yan war! Murong Chui is left fuming, Wang Meng regrets his loss, and Liaodong, wrested away so long ago, re 2.5kReads—Score17214d adds
- 73 Five Dynasties: Iron Cavalry Unstoppable 五代：铁骑纵横 Wang Yanting, an ordinary man, transmigrated to the chaotic late Tang dynasty. He had no golden finger and no powerful patron to rely on. He could only survive through his own efforts. In this age, rites and music had crumbled, and moral principles had been cast aside. Whoever had soldiers could do as they pleased. But in this same age, the soldiers under your command could turn their weapons on you at any moment. Li Keju, military governor of Lulong, had a subordinate general, Li Quanzhong, who 1.6kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 74 Water Margin: Starting a Bid for Supremacy with More Children, More Blessings 水浒从多子多福开始争霸 Multiple heroines, no System, leading troops to resist the Jin, and keeping things grounded Zhang Zhenniang: Meeting you is a gift from Heaven! Zhao Fujin: I am a princess of the Great Song! Pan Jinlian: My lord, I could ask for nothing more in this life! Lin Chong: My lord, I am willing to join the army and wipe out those bandits! Emperor Huizong of Song: I can't beat him, and I'm not allowed to reward him. He's my son-in-law! Golden Crow Pig: This guy never plays by the rules! Zonghan: Wait, 1kReads8.1Score11314d adds
- 75 Jingkang: Besieged City from the Start? I Refuse to Be a King Who Loses His Country 靖康：开局围城？朕绝不当亡国君 He opened his eyes and found himself in the body of Zhao Huan, Emperor Qinzong of Song, the most unfortunate emperor in history! From the start, he faced hellish difficulty: Jin troops surrounded Bianjing, his father fled and left him to take the blame, and the court was full of either incompetents or treacherous ministers, all weeping and begging to surrender territory. And soon, 1.3kReads8.0Score10414d adds
- 76 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Emperor 崇祯实录 The Veritable Records of the Chongzhen Reign 89Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 77 Notes on Dragon Hunting with Strange Stones 奇石寻龙笔记 A seal breaks on a strange stone from the Yellow River flats. Ancient forces surge, and dark matter quietly emerges. Wealth is thrown at the door, beauties are used as bait, and factions fight tooth and nail over the Dragon Stone. Is it an omen of good fortune or the root of disaster? With seven coins to determine my path and eight guardians to escort me, I, an ordinary stone enthusiast, am forced to embark on a perilous journey to return the stone to the sky screen. Does the source of these 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Reincarnating in Anxi: A Million Deaths in the Great Tang 轮回安西：我在大唐的百万次赴死 New title: The Tang Dynasty: I Became Invincible After Dying a Million Times [Alone Against All Odds | Ironclad Resolve | Strategy | Reborn] The seventh year of the Zhenyuan era, Tang Dynasty. Beiting has fallen, and the Anxi Protectorate has been cut off from the Central Plains for nearly thirty years. Across the vast Western Regions, white-haired soldiers fill the city. When Yang Shuo awakens, he finds himself the son of Yang Riyou, a garrison commander in Beiting. He has gained the ability to 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Soul of Lyrics, the Spirit of Poetry 词之魂诗之灵 This is a song of the soul, written for myself. If you like it, feel free to listen too. I posted it here first as a keepsake, and second so I can listen to it every day, as often as I like. It rolls off the tongue when read and sounds very pleasant when heard. Of course, it sounds even better when sung. I am grateful to the Tomato platform for giving me this corner of the soul. 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 80 Raising the Song Dynasty to Greatness 扶摇大宋 After a final farewell on a rainy night, Cai Tiao leaped from the twenty-seventh floor. When he opened his eyes again, he had become Cai Tiao, the fifth young master of the Cai family in Bianjing, during the third year of Yuanfu in the Great Song. A soul from the modern age, reborn by the will of Heaven. He began his studies at three under the eminent Daoist Xu Zhichang, outshone the literary world with his poetry and calligraphy at five, and was hailed by the entire Daoist community as the "hei 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 An Lushan, Rebel Minister of the Tang Dynasty 唐朝叛臣安禄山 He was an obscure Hu tribesman from Yingzhou, born into lowly circumstances and tossed about by the chaos of the age from childhood. With patience, ruthless resolve, and fluency in six languages, he clawed his way up from the bottom, surviving as a trader at the frontier markets. Amid the blood and steel of the northern borderlands, he fought his way onto the road to power. People saw only his belly hanging down past his knees and his affable, foolish air, how he fawned over everyone he met and 1.6kReads8.8Score8014d adds
- 82 So What If I’m the Deposed Crown Prince? I, Yinreng, Will Ascend the Throne! 废太子又怎样？我胤礽要登基！ A struggling Hengdian movie extra had an accident while on a wire rig. When he opened his eyes, his soul had transmigrated into the body of Yinreng, Crown Prince of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He had only just woken up, with Zheng Chunhua lying beside him, when Kangxi stormed through the palace gates in a fury. The fate of the deposed crown prince seemed about to repeat itself. Fortunately, he awakened a strange power! Kangxi wants to depose me? The First Prince wants to use witchcraft against m 1.4kReads—Score10214d adds
- 83 Late Ming: I Told You to Pass on the Throne, Not Revive the Ming Dynasty 晚明：让你传位，没让你中兴大明 The sun and moon do not lose their true forms, so though they may be obscured, they shine again. The Jiang and Han rivers do not lose their sources, so though their courses may run dry, they flow again. Zhu Fuming transmigrated into the body of the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, and had only half a life left when he opened his eyes. At court and beyond, the eunuch faction, the civil officials, and the imperial clan all hoped he would die soon, waiting for him to pass the throne to his younger brot 28.3kReads8.6Score2.4k14d adds
- 84 The Real Story of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 这才是太平天国 With humor, extensive knowledge, and original insights, this book presents the most detailed, informative, compelling, perceptive, distinctive, and realistic account of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It follows official historical records strictly, prioritizing accuracy and rigor. Logical analysis and comparisons across multiple sources are used to distinguish fact from fiction, with no fabrication or made-up claims to mislead readers. 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Reborn in a Desperate World, I Save Lives with Medicine! 胎穿绝境求生，我靠医术济苍生！ [Reborn in the womb] [Master physician] [Ancient setting] [Slow burn] In his previous life, Tang Wenxu was an unfulfilled veteran of traditional Chinese medicine. Handsome and talented, with superb medical skills, he refused to curry favor with the powerful and was always generous to others, yet lived in poverty all his life. His mother and younger brother died of tuberculosis. Though he had the medical skills to help them, he was powerless to save them. At the age of eighty-six, he closed his e 266Reads9.1Score4514d adds
- 86 Transmigrated into Water Margin as Fang La, I Sweep Across the World 穿越水浒之方腊横扫天下 (Water Margin + Fanfiction + History + Transmigration + Multiple Heroines + No Mythology) Transmigrating as Fang La, one of the four great bandit leaders in Water Margin, he establishes his rule over six prefectures in the southeast from the start and sweeps across Jiangnan. He fractures Liangshan Marsh, executes villains, and recruits true heroes and able generals. He wages war on the Song, allies with Wang Qing, and dominates the realm. After a series of bloody battles against the Jin, he dest 502Reads—Score11014d adds
- 87 The Old Grandmother of Yue Family Village 岳家庄的老祖母 [A grandmother builds a business + Yue Fei's family teachings + brotherhood] A mother's love makes her strong, and she becomes the soul of her clan. One mother's thirty-year flight lays the foundation for her family's six-hundred-year legacy. During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, Yue Guangyong, the thirteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei, dies young in Tangyin County, Henan Province, where his family has lived for generations. He leaves behind his widowed wife, Yue Yushi, and their tw 610Reads9.3Score10414d adds
- 88 Li Qingzhao, Your Husband Xia Ren Really Isn't a Good Man 李清照，你夫君虾仁真不是好人啊 [Bold and spirited Li Qingzhao] [A bittersweet Song Zhezong] [Loyal and affectionate Song Huizong] [Imperial physician and secret agent Shen Zhiwei] (The rating just came out, but it'll go up later!) A lighthearted, hilarious story filled with heartfelt emotion, court intrigue, heated battles, and cultural revival... “What kind of person do you take me for?!” Li Qingzhao slammed her palm on the table and glared at the grinning man across from her. “A woman of the demimonde,” Song Xiaren replied 151Reads6.9Score1614d adds
- 89 The Seventh Choice Beyond the Six Paths of Reincarnation 六道轮回外的第七种选择 Disclaimer: I wrote this book on a whim during the Qingming Festival. If you scare easily, don’t read it. The story follows Lao Li through his final days in the hospital. His condition is critical, and his children fight to save him as doctors insert tubes all over his body. Meanwhile, his comrade Lao Zhou chooses to forgo treatment, leaving Lao Li deeply envious. After his death, Lao Li faces judgment in the underworld and ultimately chooses to be reborn as an albatross carrying the cancer viru 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 From the Start, I Rely on Reading Qi to Unite the Realm 开局落草，我靠望气统一天下 [Historical what-if]+ [Compete for supremacy]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Well-paced wish fulfillment] Zhou Sheng transmigrates into the Great Zhou dynasty, only to be rejected by Heaven itself and doomed to a life of endless calamity! Other transmigrators become lords and ministers. He becomes a bandit and a fugitive. Others enjoy Heaven’s favor and the blessings of fortune. His life is worth less than grass, and each day could be his last. After enduring the chaos for over a decade, just as 73.2kReads8.2Score7.6k14d adds
- 91 The Great Song Dynasty: Reforging the Realm 大宋之重铸山河 That was the year of the Jingkang Humiliation: the land was lost, the two emperors were taken captive, and the princesses fell into enemy hands. Zhao Gou fled in panic, Zong Ze cried out for the army to cross the river, and Yue Fei began to make a name for himself. Outside Youzhou, the north wind howled, and a transmigrated young man shouted, “I swear to defeat the Jin invaders, reclaim our land, and restore our nation!” 2.5kReads8.4Score18814d adds
- 92 Northern Song: I Take on Water Margin with Technology 北宋：我凭科技闯水浒 (A slice of Northern Song history + Water Margin + war + political scheming + conflict + fantasy + technology. No System golden finger that hands out random prizes or anything like that.) They had set out to find a new home for humanity and keep its flame alive, never expecting an accident with a wormhole to send them transmigrating. Since ancient times, in times of chaos, the capable have claimed the realm for themselves. The rise and fall of dynasties is no different. With technology at my sid 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Unbelievable! I Was Just Trying to Rescue My Brother, but They Forced Me to Start a Rebellion 离谱，埋头捞哥哥的我被逼造反了 [More children, more blessings, ten-thousandfold returns] + [Scummy older brother sets up younger brother] + [Younger brother sets up older brother] + [Ancient battlefield of Xiongzhou] + [Song-Liao border] + [Xiao Guanyin is my older brother’s concubine] 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 150Reads—Score3014d adds
- 95 A Tale of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 戏说魏晋南北朝 Telling real history in a playful voice, this book paints a sweeping portrait of the turbulent years of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. This period of history was practically a real-life, large-scale farce worthy of Game of Thrones. Not long after Sima Yan, who had unified the country, died, a foolish emperor and his ugly empress turned the realm into a slaughterhouse during the War of the Eight Princes. Liu Yuan, Shi Le, and others invaded the Central Plains, plunging the north 7.5kReads7.2Score37014d adds
- 96 The Sixteen Kingdoms in Turmoil: A Heavenly King’s Hegemony 笔下乱世十六国之天王霸业 A classical Chinese historical novel. They are lord and subject, yet also kindred spirits. Amid the chaos, they support each other and entrust their lives to one another. From ruling their own territory to taking control of Guanzhong, from carefree young noblemen to pillars of the court, they tread side by side through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, rising together to the summit of power. One becomes a wise ruler who brings peace to the land; the other, a worthy minister who serves th 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Tomb Raiding: My Life in the Underground Palace Underworld 摸金：我的地宫江湖生涯 Told in the first person, the story follows Chen Chang'an, a down-on-his-luck young man from the suburbs of Xi'an, born into a family of traditional architecture experts. In the early twenty-first century, to pay for a seriously ill family member's medical treatment and restore his family's reputation, he is forced into the unfathomable world of tomb raiding in the Guanzhong region. 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 A Popular History of the Song Dynasty 宋史通俗演义 [Classical historical fiction based on official history | A popular history of the Song dynasty | Cai Dongfan's Historical Romances of the Dynasties] Read one volume and discover the full rise and fall of the Song dynasty across 320 years. Told in a complete narrative spanning one hundred chapters, this popular history of the Song begins with Zhao Kuangyin's Chenqiao Mutiny and his ascension to the throne, then follows the founding of the Northern Song, the Alliance of Chanyuan, Wang Anshi's ref 22Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 99 Passing as a Langya Native: I Read 165 Chapters, Then Transmigrated 冒姓琅琊：读了165章我穿越了 He was reading Chapter 165 of The Usurper of Langya when he transmigrated. The trouble was, he had only read as far as Chapter 165. The peach blossoms of the Southern Dynasties had come and gone, and he knew nothing of them. The blizzards of the Northern Dynasties were sweeping down, and he had stepped right into them. In Jiangnan, there was Wang Yang, dressed in white, holding a folding fan, passing himself off as a member of the Langya Wang clan and disrupting a game of strategy in Jiangling. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Transmigrating to Water Margin: The Hero Who Crushes the Bandits 穿越水浒之荡寇枭雄 A modern young man transmigrates to the Li family estate on Dulong Ridge in the world of Water Margin. By a stroke of fate, he saves Li Qingzhao, the greatest female poet in history. Later, he enters the imperial court through Li Qingzhao’s vast network of connections... He serves in the court, but his heart belongs to the outlaw world. At court, he is a brazen, domineering traitor who brings ruin to the country and misery to its people. In the martial world, he is a great hero who champions the 3.7kReads8.6Score20914d adds
