Novels like Bright Moon Over the Warring States
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- 1 The Great Liang Han Cavalry 大凉汉骑 In the final years of the Western Jin, the War of the Eight Princes erupted. The Yongjia upheaval drove the court south, and the Five Barbarians ravaged China. As the realm crumbled and the land was overrun, Zhang Jun transmigrated into the body of the fourth ruler of Former Liang. At the time, treachery brewed within the palace, while northern horsemen stirred beyond the frontier. Rebellion flared on three fronts, and the Jie barbarians occupied the imperial capital. Watch as he pacifies the We 0Votes11.1kRecs8.2kFans
- 2 The Elegant Ways of the Great Clans 门阀风流 Born into an illustrious family, yet helpless as society declined and the flames of war spread. Watch as Wei Jie is slain, as he meets Wang and Ma, and as he gently takes the fair one's hand to her home. Hire mighty retainers, build estates, study the classics, and dance with flying swords beneath the Five Willow Trees. You were born a beauty, yet with a touch to your cap you ascend to the summit. Ask the world beneath heaven: who can contend with you? 0Votes38.8kRecs13.6kFans
- 3 A Liangzhou Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms 三国纵横之凉州辞 (The new book, The Tale of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, is now being serialized. Your recommendations and support are welcome!) This was a dark age when parents traded children for food and bones lay exposed in the wilderness. It was also a passionate age of clashing swords and warhorses, when men rode thousands of miles in search of noble titles. In this best and worst of times, Yan Xing, reborn into the past, was destined to climb step by bloody step over mountains of corpses to the thron 0Votes108.8kRecs34.2kFans
- 4 The Southern Kingdom 南国江山 The soul of a modern man transmigrates to the end of the Tang Dynasty, becoming Yang Wo, the eldest son of Yang Xingmi, Military Governor of Huainan. In this turbulent and treacherous age, how will he change his fate, select worthy officials and govern a territory, command an army of thousands, launch a northern expedition into the Central Plains, and bring the chaotic era to an end... Everything is in Southern Kingdom and Mountains. 0Votes35.5kRecs41.3kFans
- 5 History's Greatest Headhunter 史上最强猎头 What does it take to be the greatest headhunter in history? While you're still thrilled to have found a CEO, I've already signed Zhuge Liang. While you're celebrating landing a Fortune 500 client, I've traveled through time and signed contracts with emperors from every dynasty. The best talent at rock-bottom prices: civil officials, military generals, heroes, beauties. There's someone for everyone. I'll sell Zhao Yun to Emperor Yang of Sui and Xun Yu to Chongzhen. Whether you're short on staff o 0Votes9kRecs14kFans
- 6 Drunk on the Pillow of the Realm 醉枕山河 Holding a high government post was never my intention. I’m just doing it casually. Becoming a martial arts grandmaster came naturally, and few in the world can rival me. A story about an idle prince who tutors the emperor! (QQ group 317142845. Join to see the author cross-dress.) (I’ve put my heart into this and already have more than a dozen photos, unlike authors who only post one =.=) 0Votes29.8kRecs45.9kFans
- 7 The Tang Dynasty's Elegant Ways 天宝风流 Thunder roared through the rainy night, and Tang Li transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty during the Tianbao era, becoming a penniless young man from the streets. Watch him take the Tang Dynasty by storm! 0Votes546.6kRecs77.1kFans
- 8 The New Song Dynasty 今宋 The national humiliation of Jingkang: corpses piled high across the land, white bones strewn in the wilderness. Dynasties rise and fall, the heavens collapse and the earth is overturned. The west wind. The red banner. With a long spear in hand, can we bind the dragon lurking beneath the sea? See whose realm rules the Great Song today. 0Votes22.5kRecs15.6kFans
- 9 The Empire Rises Again 帝国再起 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, smoke from war rose across the northern lands, while the south basked in song and dance. In the East, maritime trade flourished, and the first shoots of mercantilism broke through the soil beneath mountains of silver. The Jiashen Catastrophe came, and the Qing army broke through the passes, tearing China apart. Wherever their iron hooves trod, misty pavilions and towers all turned to ash. The future of the Huaxia people sank through darkness and bloodshed. 1Votes192.6kRecs43.5kFans
- 10 The Fierce Tang Dynasty General 大唐将军烈 Title: The Fierce General of the Tang Dynasty “A drawn sword, enemies slain, their blood to drink. Ziliang fights for the Tang Dynasty. To die on the battlefield, wrapped in a horse’s hide, is the highest honor. I would die a hundred times without regret!” “I am a general. I must defend the Tang realm and serve my country faithfully. I must win the greatest victory at the lowest cost!” Zhao Ziliang, a border patrol cavalryman who had dreamed of becoming a general since childhood, was killed in a 0Votes36.5kRecs48.9kFans
- 11 A Total War Gone Wrong 被玩坏的全面战争 After countless twists and turns, Qin Chuan finds himself in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli era. Japanese pirates are sharpening their blades in the East China Sea. This is a different Ming, where the flutter of a butterfly's wings has already brought an even more powerful enemy to the nation. To the north, Russia is arming itself, preparing to seize the richest lands in 0Votes14.8kRecs26.3kFans
- 12 The Great French Literary Master 法国大文豪 Paris, 1860: the heart of Europe's literary and artistic world. This was the best of times. Hugo, Alexandre Dumas fils, Maupassant, and Flaubert were among the literary giants who appeared one after another, transforming Paris into a flourishing center of the arts. An impulsive transmigrator arrives in this age. With no other talents to his name, he puts his youthful literary enthusiasm to use by copying books. His fellow writers resent him for taking work away from them, publishers compete to s 0Votes47.4kRecs40kFans
- 13 Back in the Ming Dynasty as a Frontier Prince 回到明朝做塞王 The Nine Frontier Princes wield immense power. They honor the king and drive out the barbarians, their might shaking the borderlands. The Prince of Yan is a skilled warrior, the Prince of Ning a master strategist, the Prince of Qin arrogant and overbearing, and the Prince of Jin domineering. Yet the Prince of Su, who guards what is widely considered the most dangerous region of all, the Hexi Corridor, is rarely mentioned. A geography teacher from a later age accidentally dreams his way back to t 0Votes22.7kRecs94.1kFans
- 14 The Great Song's First Good-for-Nothing Prodigy 大宋第一废柴神童 A well-known poem, “Song of Zhong Yong,” made the unfortunate Fang Zhongyong famous throughout the land. After transmigrating through the mists of history and taking over Fang Zhongyong's body, he finds joy in life during the Song dynasty. Drawing on deep historical research, the story reveals the origins and development of the Northern Song's child prodigy culture. Song Shou, Lü Yijian, Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang... Follow Fang Zhongyong as he uncovers the power plays 0Votes30.9kRecs37kFans
- 15 The Ideal Son-in-Law of the Late Ming 明末好女婿 “Chongzhen, don't rush to hang yourself. Just give me your daughter, and I'll fight my way out of Beijing with you!” “Li Zicheng, I'll leave this city of Beijing to you. Take care of yourself!” “Dorgon, one day I'll, Chen Yue, march into the Northeast and drive you Manchus all the way to the Arctic Ocean, where you'll live beside the Eskimos!” He transmigrates to the final years of the Chongzhen reign and meets Chongzhen's daughter, Princess Kunxing. He falls for a girl, but ends up shouldering 0Votes155.1kRecs130.6kFans
- 16 I Rule in the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋我为王 Reborn in the Spring and Autumn period as an illegitimate son of a noble clan, I was sent to live with the cattle and horses in the stables. Little did anyone know that this would lay the foundation for my hegemony. What does the partition of Jin matter? Watch as my Zhao clan takes its place! Laozi rides west on an ox, Confucius is full of ambition, and Wu and 7Votes688.3kRecs389.2kFans
- 17 A Han Dynasty Imperial Kinsman 汉末皇戚 Without warning, he transmigrates into the cousin of Empress Fu. To keep his family from being wiped out, where should Fu Quan turn... Book club: 486161946 0Votes19.5kRecs30.5kFans
- 18 The Fourth Year of Yongli 永历四年 In the ninth month of the fourth year of the Yongli reign, the Qing army launched an advance campaign against the anti-Qing forces in the Siming Mountains, which stood in mutual support with the Ming forces of Prince Lu entrenched in the Zhoushan Archipelago. After defeating the main local Ming forces, the Qing army carried out a bloody campaign to purge the mountains. From then on, the Siming Mountain region, whose population had once surged because of the ethnic oppression imposed by the Manc 0Votes147.9kRecs67kFans
- 19 The Dashing Young Master 公子风流 He transmigrated into the body of a dissolute young master who knew all about romance and the ways of love. He couldn't play an instrument, but he knew how to woo a woman. Unfortunately, he ended up in the emperor's personal guard, the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Well, the pressure was immense. He'd have to put his conscience aside for now. His real job was to pick up a weapon and call a deer a horse. “The day I don the flying-fish robe and wield the embroidered spring saber will be the day I ris 0Votes148.4kRecs353.3kFans
- 20 The Hu Horse 勒胡马 The Battle of Ningping City marked the final chapter of the Western Jin regime. According to the history books, from princes and ministers down to officers and soldiers, all were slaughtered by the Hu army, and “not a single person escaped death”… No. Amid the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a young man still managed to rise to his feet. Gripping a ruyi scepter, he smashed it hard against the Hu commander's forehead! As the Central Plains fell and the people fled south, in this hellscape 0Votes333.6kRecs115.3kFans
- 21 The Late Tang Dynasty 晚唐 The fourteenth year of the Xiantong reign of the Tang Dynasty, 873 AD. Emperor Yizong, the Tang Dynasty's seventeenth ruler, has died. As the empire basks in the setting sun, its new emperor, twelve-year-old Li Xuan, takes the throne as the eighteenth ruler, Emperor Xizong. At this point, only a few months remain before the private salt trader Wang Xianzhi raises an army against the Tang with ten commanders at his side. Another private salt trader, Huang Chao, who loves writing poems about chrys 0Votes113.7kRecs118.7kFans
- 22 Footprints in the Wilderness 蛮荒的足迹 If the mass extinction 65 million years ago had never happened, and the river of time had branched off from that point, where would the world have gone? Would humanity still exist? Would giant beasts still roam the earth? After an accident, Wang Lang arrives in this strange world, on an unfamiliar Earth. Reader group: 558328338 0Votes20kRecs36.9kFans
- 23 King Huai of Chu 大楚怀王 Just after transmigrating and becoming King Huai of Chu, Xiong Huai is visited by Zhang Yi of Qin, who comes bearing a gift: six hundred li of Shangyu land. Xiong Huai says he will rewrite history. He won't be the foolish King Huai of Chu, and he certainly won't break with Qi and ally with Qin. But the next day, after discussing the matter with all his ministers and exchanging arguments through several rounds, the state of Chu reaches a unanimous decision. Full of confidence, Xiong Huai tells Zh 0Votes109.2kRecs88.6kFans
- 24 Fan Jin's Ordinary Life 范进的平凡生活 Transported into the world of The Scholars, I become Fan Jin in his younger days. Ha, I passed! 0Votes151.9kRecs83kFans
- 25 Conquering the Warring States 战国霸天下 Bai Qi emerged like a thunderbolt, outshining all the other famed generals beneath heaven. The strategists Zhang Yi, Su Qin, and Gongsun Yan could make the feudal lords tremble with a single burst of anger, and bring peace to the world simply by living in comfort. When a soul from a later age transmigrates to the Warring States period, the seven great powers change: Wei becomes Wei, and there are still seven powers. But with the difference of a single character, the wheels of history turn in a n 0Votes48.9kRecs33.7kFans
- 26 The Art of Ruling the World 明谋天下 In the twenty-first year of the Wanli era, Zhu Changluo left the imperial palace with his mother. No one cared about the fallen prince! He marches north to Liaodong, south to Jiangnan, pacifies the Mongols, and puts an end to factional strife. In the final golden age of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changluo arrives with a song on his lips, vowing to make the Han realm endure for ten thousand generations! This realm is mine! No one will take it from me! 0Votes37kRecs68.8kFans
- 27 Northern Ming, Never Heading South 北明不南渡 On the third day of the third month in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Ci’s soul transmigrated into the body of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. Facing Li Zicheng and the constant attacks of the Manchus, Zhu Ci shouted, “Come on! Let’s hurt each other! Whoever backs down is a coward!” 0Votes49.7kRecs52.3kFans
- 28 Restoring the Han Dynasty 匡扶汉室 In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, at Changban Slope in Dangyang, the Liu Bei faction faced its darkest hour. Cao Cao’s army had won a great victory, Liu Bei had suffered a crushing defeat, and he fled, leaving his wife and children behind. But A Dou was not the only child left behind. A transmigrator, reborn for a second life, became Zhang Shao, Zhang Fei’s second son, only to find himself imprisoned in Cao Cao’s camp. Ten thousand cavalry thundered by the river as fierce tigers roared; a thous 0Votes67.7kRecs104kFans
- 29 Autumn of the Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen 崇祯十七年秋 In the Jiashen upheaval, the emperor died for his country, and Wu Sangui led Qing troops through the pass. As the realm descended into chaos and the barbarians sought to seize the imperial throne, could the land of Huaxia truly have no loyal subjects? Beneath the walls of Qingzhou, enemy troops laid siege to the city. He Tuo urged Wang Shiheng to surrender: “Wang Shiheng, give in! You’ve fought your hardest, and there’s nothing more you can do!” In the isolated city of Yangzhou, Dodo shot a surr 0Votes114.7kRecs41.4kFans
- 30 Conquering Heaven at the Dawn of an Era 征服天国之曙光时代 That year, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa had yet to reveal her captivating smile. That year, Michelangelo's David had yet to stand before Florence's town hall. That year, Martin Luther's earthshaking Ninety-Five Theses had yet to shock the papacy. That year, the Ottoman sultan who had conquered Constantinople was eyeing all of Europe. That year, the distant New World had only just begun to unveil its mysterious face. It was the moment when the lon 2Votes239.7kRecs53.2kFans
- 31 The Bright Moon over Song 大宋明月 New book, The Jin Campaign Conquers the World, coming soon. Stay tuned! [Runner-up in the New Historical Era Writing Contest] “Had the world not been blessed with a young lord, all ages would have been shrouded in endless night.”, Yue Fei. With fine horses and costly furs, Zhao Hao, a prince of the Northern Song dynasty, possesses a Merit System. He could have lived a life of carefree luxury, yet he is willing to make the whole world his enemy and vows to contend with Heaven itself. He seeks to 0Votes61.6kRecs49.6kFans
- 32 The Han Legacy and the Noble Houses 汉祚高门 Shen Zhezhi arrives in the early Eastern Jin dynasty and takes over the body of a son from a powerful family in Jiangnan. He has ten thousand mu of fertile land, a fortune in wealth, and servants by the dozen. It’s an exceptionally privileged start for someone who transmigrates, but unfortunately, his father is a habitual rebel. The aristocracy flees south, the Five Barbarians wreak havoc across China: a dirge for the land of Hua Xia, a lament for the Han dynasty. The great clans can’t be truste 0Votes825.6kRecs424.6kFans
- 33 Reforming the Song Dynasty 革宋 The realm belongs not to the Zhao clan, but to all of Huaxia. I raise an army not to reclaim the Zhao clan’s throne, but to restore Huaxia’s realm. 2Votes701.4kRecs178.3kFans
- 34 Ming Dynasty 1630 大明1630 Heroes rise from humble beginnings, turn the tide when all seems lost, shore up a tottering realm, and save the people from disaster. 0Votes155.2kRecs56.4kFans
- 35 The Commoner Chancellor 寒门首辅 (This book was shortlisted for the 2016 Xingchuang Award in the Historical Fiction category!) In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Xu Pu was riding high as chief grand secretary, while Li Dongyang had just begun his career as an examiner for the metropolitan examination. Liu Jian had risen to become a Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion, while Xie Qian had yet to join the cabinet and earn a reputation as a worthy minister. Yang Tinghe was ordered to help compile the Veritable Records of Emperor Xia 0Votes229kRecs98.1kFans
- 36 An Age of Great Strife 大争之世 Reborn as a young lord, Zhongni is still full of ambition, while Yanzi has grown old. Sun Wu has yet to finish his treatise on war, and the powerful Jin is on the verge of collapse amid the rivalries of its ministers... As a son, peerless in courage, he takes his revenge in a single stroke, shaking the world. What more could a great man ask for? Living in this age, gazing upon the vast reeds: where is the maiden by the autumn waters? In the mulberry grove by the city walls, the lovely girl waits 0Votes1.4MRecs485.8kFans
- 37 An Official of the Tang Dynasty 大唐官 For the mighty Tang dynasty, the An Lushan Rebellion was not the shameful end, but the beginning of its transformation. The middle and late Tang period ushered in a new era for China that would last five hundred years, yet it is also one of the most rigidly misunderstood periods in history. A corrupt court? Powerful regional governors carving up the realm? Foreign enemies bullying the empire? Bitter factional strife? Is that really all there was? No. Suzong returned, and Consort Yang died; Thoug 0Votes395.7kRecs71.5kFans
- 38 The Power 权柄 A man among men, through a joke played by fate, is transformed into a young hostage prince, thus raising the curtain on an imperial saga of conquest and glory: Countless loyal ministers and brilliant generals perform a stirring tale worthy of song and tears; Many beautiful women, bound by deep affection, complete a poignant and entwined romance; A measure of pure-hearted innocence preserves a magnificent celestial dynasty! To ensure everyone's reading enjoyment, I solemnly promise: 2Votes231kRecs692.4kFans
- 39 The Carefree Marquis 逍遥侯 Li Zhongyi was once the greatest traditional Chinese doctor alive. After a car accident, he found himself in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, inhabiting the body of a good-for-nothing who was too inept to pass the civil service exams or wield a blade! At the time, the child emperor Shi Jingtang had only recently sold the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Meng Chang, ruler of Later Shu, was enjoying himself with Lady Huarui. Li Yu, the last ruler of Southern Tang, was still singing “Song 0Votes246kRecs146.1kFans
- 40 The Struggle for the Throne of Chu and Han 楚汉争鼎 A veteran of the People's Liberation Army nicknamed “The Butcher” dies in a border conflict. His soul transmigrates to the era of the Chu-Han contention, where he becomes Xiang Zhuang, cousin of Xiang Yu. By then, the struggle between Chu and Han is nearing its end, and Xiang Yu is already backed into a corner. At the Battle of Gaixia, a hundred thousand Chu troops are wiped out, and Xiang Yu takes his own life at the Wu River. Xiang Zhuang is entrusted with command in this desperate moment, b 0Votes213.5kRecs140.2kFans
- 41 Make My Name Known Across the Land 明扬天下 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, the land was truly in chaos: hooves fell like rain, shouts rolled like thunder, and blood poured in torrents. The Central Plains’ mothers grayed with worry; in the spring boudoirs of Jiangnan, women gazed into the distance; in Hunan, children wept through the night. Farewells beneath the willows of their hometowns, generals’ eyes blazing with fury, and war banners snapping in the northern wind. Clouds of dust rose one after another as the land of Huaxi 0Votes463kRecs230.9kFans
- 42 Song Shixing 宋时行 In the sixth year of the Xuanhe era, he arrived in Tokyo, the city of Bianliang! With two years still to go before the Jingkang Incident, Yu Yin stood by the Wuzhang River, bewildered and at a loss. Was the splendor of Tokyo real, or just an illusion? As the great empire tottered on the brink of collapse, people drowned themselves in pleasure, while the streets brimmed with prosperity... Yu Yin stumbled through this world on the verge of ruin. When he suddenly looked back, he discovered that his 0Votes536.6kRecs278kFans
- 43 The Sinister Hero of the Late Sui Dynasty 隋末阴雄 The son of a Sui dynasty merchant wore his legs out traveling to buy stock and shouted himself hoarse selling goods. He ran into officials and bandits while doing business, and after losing money gambling, got beaten until he regretted it. He tried the honest path and walked the crooked one. Since this damned world wouldn’t let him get ahead, he would conquer it and usher in an age of chaos. From then on, he was calculating and dark-hearted, a master of schemes who killed without hesitation: a s 0Votes123.8kRecs150.3kFans
- 44 The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece 古希腊之地中海霸主 This is an age of rising powers: the vast Persian Empire, Sparta, a nation founded on military might, Athens, dominant in trade, up-and-coming Thebes, ambitious Macedon, the twin powers of the western Mediterranean, and the newly risen Rome... This is an age of brilliant generals: Agesilaus, Sparta's last great king; Epaminondas, the famed general behind Thebes' rise; Philip, the founding king who laid the foundations of Macedon's hegemony; Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse; and Camillus, the di 1Votes281.7kRecs123.1kFans
- 45 The Iron Bones of the Ming Dynasty 大明铁骨 “Throughout the 315 years of the Ming Dynasty, we never sent princesses to marry foreign powers, paid indemnities, ceded territory, or paid tribute. The emperor guarded the nation's gates, and the ruler died for his country.” Unyielding and iron-willed, only the Ming! The cataclysm of 1644 brought the Central Plains to ruin; our great lands were stained by foreign filth; the sons of Han swore they would never be slaves! In the thirteenth year of the Yongli reign, Zheng Chenggong launched his nor 0Votes195.8kRecs147kFans
- 46 Destroying the Ming Dynasty 诛明 His surname is Zhu. He lives during the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming. He thinks this is a peaceful era. He is wrong. He discovers that the only thing he can rely on is the blade in his hand. 0Votes245.3kRecs75.8kFans
- 47 The Eagle of Humble Origins 寒门枭士 Splendor is about to take its final bow, while a poor-born youth quietly rises. Striding across time and space, a brilliant strategist plots for the realm. 0Votes1.1MRecs270.4kFans
- 48 The Son of Heaven at the End of the Han Dynasty 汉末天子 He travels through time and space, returning in spirit to the end of the Han Dynasty. Waking up as an emperor sounds pretty good, except his circumstances are nothing like what he was promised. Outside, warlords have carved up the realm, and the land lies in ruins. Inside, treacherous ministers hold him hostage, leaving him no freedom. Liu Xie feels the pressure. To change his tragic fate and enjoy the 0Votes349.9kRecs234.8kFans
- 49 The Yu-Song Dynasty 余宋 Let’s try a new blurb, one that’s easier to understand. This is a story about a local boy, Little Gao Yanei, who gets a golden finger and runs riot in the final years of the Northern Song. It’s all one person’s wish fulfillment. If you like it, come explore the world with me. If you don’t, do whatever you want. You can even say I’ve run out of ideas. I’m no banknote, after all. That’ll do. Writing a blurb is exhausting… 0Votes138.8kRecs55.8kFans
- 50 Wanli 1592 万历1592 There are too many mysteries in this world that remain unsolved, and are destined to stay that way. For instance, Xiao Ruxun has no idea how he traveled back from the apocalypse to the Great Ming dynasty, five hundred years earlier. The twentieth year of the Wanli reign was the best of times and the worst of times. With just sixty years left until the empire falls, the final chance to set things right is within reach. Conquer the northwest, Korea, and Mongolia. The three great campaigns of the W 3Votes167.3kRecs196.2kFans
