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- 1 The Road to Augustus 奥古斯都之路 All roads lead to Rome, but not everyone who arrives is what Rome wants. The Colosseum is a small Rome, and Rome is a great Colosseum. He, Li Bida, is merely an ordinary university student with a gift for languages. By a stroke of luck, he transmigrates to Rome in the year 678 since its founding, 66 years before the birth of Jesus. But he doesn’t become a nobleman, because that’s impossible; nor does he become some supposed inventor, because that’s impossible too. His first identity is that of a 0Votes61.8kRecs46kFans
- 2 Heavenly Official 天官 In the thirteenth year of the Zhengde era, the Zhengde Emperor of the capital personally leads a border inspection tour, Prince Ning of Nanchang plots rebellion, and the Prince of Anlu is obsessed with alchemy. At Xishan Temple outside Anlu Prefecture, a young monk appears. Returning to drift through the sea of desire, he begins to recite a scripture of illusion. The mortal world is a ferry crossing. Who is the player on the stage? Simply put, this is the story of a young monk who rises to be 0Votes144.9kRecs74.2kFans
- 3 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
- 4 The Anglo-Saxon Rose 盎格鲁玫瑰 A young Navy ensign who graduated from the United States Naval Academy is swept by a devastating tornado into the Kingdom of England in the mid-sixteenth century, where she begins an unknown medieval adventure... 0Votes14.9kRecs8kFans
- 5 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
- 6 The Song of Rainbow Robes and Iron Armor 霓裳铁衣曲 In the fifth year of Xianqing under Emperor Gaozong of Tang (660 AD), Su Dingfang, commander-in-chief of the Tang army on the Shenqiu route, led his troops across the sea to destroy Baekje and capture King Uija. He established the Tang Protectorate of Ungjin on Baekje’s former territory, putting Goguryeo under pressure from north and south. The campaigns against Liaodong, which had dragged on intermi 0Votes125kRecs119kFans
- 7 The Young Emperor’s Growth Plan 少帝成长计划 In people's minds, emperors are born sacred, worshipped by all, and supreme above everyone else. But there are always a few unlucky emperors who have no power to shape their own fate. Liu Hong was one of them. At this very moment, he sat on the imperial couch in a rear hall of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, in 180 BC, looking helplessly and bitterly at the wine cup before him, unsure what to do. Just one wall away, in Weiyang Palac 0Votes54.7kRecs67.4kFans
- 8 The Illustrious Scholar 明士 +++++ With literature, one can govern a nation; with martial might, one can expand its borders. This is a golden age for scholars, and Luo Xin is writing his own legend in it. 0Votes65.9kRecs75.4kFans
- 9 The Ming Dynasty Behind the Mask 脸谱下的大明 After arriving in this era, I want to get drunk with Qingteng in Shaoxing, leaf through the lost Yongle Encyclopedia, meet Qi Yuanjing, who never suffered a defeat in his life, and even find out who Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng really was. But Qian Yuan discovered that even staying alive was no easy feat. In the turbulent and utterly strange Jiajing era, as one great figure after another appeared, some destined to be remembered in the history books, some to stink for all eternity, and some to stand un 2Votes98.9kRecs97kFans
- 10 The Azure Lotus Way of Honghuang 洪荒青莲道 At the dawn of creation, a Five Elements spirit root fell in the East, leaving endless legends in the primordial world. It was called the Primordial Azure Lotus Dao. 0Votes44.7kRecs60.8kFans
- 11 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
- 12 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 13 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
- 14 Starting a Business in Late Tang 创业在晚唐 Two hundred and fifty-seven years after the Mandate of Heaven passed to the Li clan. The once-glorious Great Tang, to which all nations had paid homage, stumbled into the winter of the first year of the Qianfu era. That winter, only three months remained before Wang and Huang raised their banners, and just thirty-three years before the fall of the Tang. That same winter, Chang’an’s nobles remained lost in the fading glow of a golden age, while in the southwest of the empire, the petty kingdom of 697Votes162.9kRecs411.9kFans
- 15 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
- 16 The Greatest Traitor of the Li Dynasty 李朝万古一逆贼 The Veritable Records of the Li Dynasty, Chronicle of Sunjong runs to tens of thousands of words, yet leaves behind just one phrase: Traitor for the ages! 0Votes266.5kRecs17.6kFans
- 17 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
- 18 The Great Merchants of the World 天下豪商 During the Yuanyou era of the Great Song, the painter Wu Hao arrived in the prosperous realm of the Zhao dynasty. As he walked the bustling streets of Bianliang, as vivid as a scene from Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Wu Hao thought of what would happen 29 years later: the Jurchen cavalry would sweep south and utterly destroy this flourishing age, ablaze with prosperity. But what could an ordinary commoner do to save a collapsing empire, even if he knew disaster was coming? Wu 0Votes456.4kRecs111.6kFans
- 19 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial economy and smallholder farming economy that coexisted under the dynasty were both struck by deflation. The effects of the Little Ice Age piled on, and one domino after another fell into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, roving rebels crossed south over the Mianc 789Votes375.3kRecs378.2kFans
- 20 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
- 21 The Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦医卫 A forensic doctor returns to the Ming Dynasty, takes charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, solves cases and hunts criminals, and judges the living and the dead. With a single hand, he supports the realm of four hundred prefectures and sets sail across ten thousand li of ocean... His eyes shine like lightning, seeing through the underworld. His treasured sword flashes as he slays every demon and fiend! 0Votes255.5kRecs242.2kFans
- 22 The Ming Dynasty's Chief Grand Secretary 明王首辅 In the winter of the twelfth year of the Zhengde era, Xu Jin transmigrates into the body of an impoverished Confucian student in Shangrao County, Jiangxi. That year, the Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao is touring the border garrison at Xuanfu. That year, Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning in Jiangxi, is secretly plotting a rebellion. That year, Xu Jin, with nothing but bare walls at home, searches for a way forward and ultimately decides to pursue an official career through the imperial examinations. He conqu 13Votes297.2kRecs241.8kFans
- 23 The Ming Dynasty, 1627 大明王朝1627 In 1627, in the Ming Dynasty, pig iron cost 9 wen per jin, wheat cost 0.7 taels per shi, and millet cost 0.5 taels per shi. In 1627, the Ming central government collected roughly 10 million taels of silver and 4 million shi of grain tax. Local revenues from corvee levies, militia levies, community levies, and relay-station levies amounted to around 10,000 to 20,000 taels of silver per county. In 1627, the population was around 150 to 200 million, still far short of the 400 million it would reach 32Votes223kRecs810.3kFans
- 24 Three Kingdoms: I Am Yuan Shu 三国之我是袁术 Born a rich second-generation heir, he dies as the scion of an aristocratic clan. A modern rich kid with no ambitions and no regrets, he transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms for no reason at all and became Yuan Shu, that hapless fool. Yuan Shu says he’s under a mountain of pressure. But since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it. How could a noble scion like him lose to nobodies like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan? Watch me beat Cao Cao with my fists and kick Liu Bei around. As for Sun 0Votes90.8kRecs101.2kFans
- 25 The Great Realm Fruit 大界果 Tens of thousands of years ago, a great calamity completely changed and disrupted all the laws. In this world where cultivation can only rely on various spirit plants, Chen Mo, a young man who emerged from a poor village ravaged by war, entered the immortal path through a fortuitous opportunity and obtained a Heavenly-Cast Treasure containing a mysterious cultivation space… A sincere farming novel in the ordinary mortal style. 0Votes154.5kRecs84.5kFans
- 26 A Wife as Lovely as the Clouds 娇妻如云 The most artistically gifted thief in history transmigrates to the fourth year of Emperor Huizong's reign in the Northern Song dynasty. As a servant in the Duke of Qi's household, Shen Ao is having a grand time. Knowledge changes your fate, intelligence determines your future, and everything else is just so much fluff. Watch me rule it all with one hand. It's all about art and good taste: forge the world's finest paintings, write the most beautiful calligraphy, take the road less traveled. The r 0Votes146.2kRecs391.7kFans
- 27 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
- 28 A Villainous Hero Rules the World 奸雄天下 "Craftiness" means wicked cunning, while "hero" means a bold and formidable man. In an age of peace, he is a powerful schemer; in an age of chaos, he is a ruthless warlord. In the world's final days, he becomes the object of all under Heaven's hopes. Such is a crafty hero. Because of an accident, Chen Guodong, the second mate of a large ocean-going ship, abandons his bright future and transmigrates across a thousand years, arriving in the final years of the Southern Song, when the empire is on t 0Votes159.4kRecs67.3kFans
- 29 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
- 30 The Royal Entertainment Guide 皇家娱乐指南 [A work signed by Qidian’s Fourth Editorial Team] The five great pleasures in life: To see all the world’s beauty, hear its wondrous music, dress in fine and colorful clothes, and enjoy clever, delightful conversation: this is the first pleasure. To feast in a grand hall, listen to music in the rooms behind it, and welcome a house full of guests amid drifting shadows of flowers and flowing robes: this is the second pleasure. To have a tower filled with books, gather more than ten kindred friends 0Votes285.8kRecs370.1kFans
- 31 I Never Meant to Become a Movie Star 我没想当影帝 Shen Ming had planned to save up thirty thousand yuan and return to his hometown, but then he inherited the legacy of Kominski, an award-winning actor from the future... A story set in the Chinese entertainment industry. The timeline is all over the place, so don’t read if that bothers you... 0Votes238kRecs137.8kFans
- 32 The Great Entertainment Industry Bluffer 娱乐大忽悠 If life deceives you, Do not grieve, do not weep, Because tomorrow, life will continue deceiving you. … This is the story of a little con artist who relies on bluffing and deception to become a major star, one step at a time… (PS: The author has already completed a million-word premium entertainment novel~~ A guarantee of good character!) 0Votes37.1kRecs35.2kFans
- 33 The World 天下 Return to the Tang dynasty and contend for supremacy. In the fifth year of the Tianbao era, the Tang dynasty had been established for more than a century. After decades of governing the country, Li Longji, now an old man who had lived long enough to know the will of Heaven, had grown weary. Ever since he made Yang his noble consort, his attention had gradually drifted away from the dull, tedious affairs of state. “Music and dancing fill the air, and the emperor can never get enough of the show.” 0Votes447.2kRecs454.9kFans
- 34 EN Superman's Doomsday Future 超人末日未来 Six years ago, the invaders from Apokolips brought a cloud of despair. Heroes fell, and the entire world was on the brink of destruction, when the invaders suddenly withdrew without warning. Earth survived its hardest battle, but at a terrible cost. Some superheroes died, while others vanished into the shadows. People said the age of heroes was over, and its glory would never return. Now, six years later, as people gazed up at the stars, the deepest prayers in their hearts seemed at last to have 0Votes67.1kRecs67.2kFans
- 35 A Common Soldier of the Northern Army of Eastern Jin 东晋北府一丘八 The wheels of history rolled past the magnificent era of the Three Kingdoms, and the Central Plains entered a peace unseen in a century. Everyone thought a golden age was about to arrive, but no one could have imagined that what awaited them would be a thousand-year nightmare the Han people would never wish to face. The Yongjia Disaster plunged the Central Plains into chaos, with tigers and wolves running rampant! The children of Huaxia wailed in pools of blood. Unwilling to live as slaves, the 0Votes1.1MRecs1.9MFans
- 36 Long Live the Comeback 逆袭万岁 Lin Dong had a dream. He dreamed that he had transmigrated and spent ten years wandering through a wondrous cultivation world. When he woke, he was shocked to discover it was all real. Lin Dong had struggled in the cultivation world, where he was always a nobody, barely able to fight. But in the modern city, he found he could do practically anything. Making a comeback and winning the heart of a beautiful, wealthy woman was ridiculously easy! Comebac 0Votes480.4kRecs146.7kFans
- 37 Start by Taking a Swing 先砍一刀 On the seventh day of the seventh month, magpies came, forming a bridge; the fairy crossed over, descended to the mortal realm, and entered the lake. A warning was given to the foolish Cowherd: do not be curious, return home early, your mother is there, waiting anxiously. Before dark, the son returned home. Quickly, close the door, steam the mooncakes, worship the Moon God, and sleep in happiness. Darkness fell, but the son had not returned. The old mother grieved, her face covered in tears. Bla 0Votes71.1kRecs91.2kFans
- 38 The Crowned Emperor of Tang 冠冕唐皇 In the fourth year of Chuigong in the Tang dynasty, Li Tong arrived in this world. A noble young master, handsome as jade, yet unfortunate enough to be born into the imperial family. A woman rules from the throne, and the Zhou revolution is underway. Either you are the meat on the chopping block, or you hold the knife. I will not let others claim the throne. I will shape a golden age with my own hands. A tale of remarkable figures and unrestrained verse, recounting sixty years of tumult from the 1Votes608.9kRecs298.1kFans
- 39 An Emperor's Cultivation Diary in the Age of Wuxia 武侠时代的皇帝修炼日记 The young emperor sits enthroned in the great hall, foxes on either side. The sinister wear gold and purple; the arrogant wield royal seals and claim their titles as kings. Above him, the dignified Empress Dowager raises her young ministers; below, the kneeling noble clans conceal their true intentions. Blood and tears stain the hall of loyal subjects. How many tears have fallen like those on the mottled green bamboo? White-haired warriors on the battlefield gaze toward the Heavenly Wolf. Lost a 0Votes164.7kRecs90kFans
- 40 The Struggle for the Throne in the Jiajing Era 夺嫡在嘉靖朝 In the twenty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Crown Prince died, leaving the succession vacant. The struggle between Prince Yu and Prince Jing would determine countless lives, fortunes, and reputations. On one side stood Zhu Zaiji, Prince Yu, first in line by age. Backed by the court’s upright officials and invoking ancestral precedent, he was regarded by the scholarly world as the obvious choice for Crown Prince. On the other stood Zhu Zaizhen, Prince Jing. With Grand Se 887Votes132.3kRecs446.7kFans
- 41 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 42 Chronicles of the Warring States' Lucky Star 战国福星大事记 A bowl of cold leftovers fried countless times has been put back on the stove by Old Bear. An ordinary Beijing high school student has arrived in Japan's Warring States period, maneuvering among such gaming celebrities as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and so on. It is certain that he will change this era, but how much will this era change him? Let us wait and see! 1Votes1.3MRecs52.8kFans
- 43 The Green-Skinned Savior 绿皮救世主 The world of Warhammer Fantasy in the Old World. The End Times will arrive in a hundred years. Chaos will invade, daemons will descend, nations will fall, and gods will perish. Who can save it all? "Humies? Not a single one of 'em can fight." "Pointy ears? A bunch of effeminate weirdos with complicated family lives." "Shorties? Shut-ins who never leave the house." A Greenskin orc sneered. Behind him stood hordes of Black Orc brutes, feral Night Goblin fanatics with murderous eyes, a gigantic que 0Votes64.8kRecs55.5kFans
- 44 The Han Songs of the Boundless Wind 长风万里尽汉歌 0Votes247.2kRecs120.5kFans
- 45 The Little Lord of the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋小领主 The Spring and Autumn period was the root of Chinese civilization. More than half of China's surnames took shape during this era, as did more than half of its idioms. The origins of our culture lie in the Spring and Autumn period... This history left us with one of the most magnificent legacies in human history. By chance, a man transmigrates to the Spring and Autumn period, becoming a minor feudal lord. He is lucky, for he has arrived in this great era... in the hegemon state, where he becomes 0Votes231.8kRecs146.9kFans
- 46 Seizing Wei 执魏 The division between Hu and Han, the national grudges and family feuds from before the Jin dynasty: north and south made no distinction. The Hu and Han peoples mingled, ushering in the great age of the Tang. The Northern and Southern Dynasties: did they begin with the Hu and end with the Han? No! Did they begin with the Hu and end with the Hu? Not that either! They began with the Hu and ended with a man who was neither Hu nor Han, yet both Hu and Han: Yang Jian. In 424 AD, a man from a later age 0Votes10.7kRecs20.2kFans
- 47 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
- 48 My New Ming Empire 我的大明新帝国 Transmigrate to the Ming dynasty at the height of its glory, transmigrate as its most fortunate heir, but my gaze pierces six hundred years of history. The glory of today is no true glory. Come with me, and let's build a truly glorious dynasty anew. 0Votes282.6kRecs354.4kFans
- 49 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
- 50 The King of Completed Novels 完本之王 The nobody author Yue Qingyan worked himself to death rushing to meet a deadline. But even for an author, dying from overwork for a mediocre book is exceedingly rare. And so, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came his way. He was reborn, and gained a strange ability: Every time he finished writing a story, he would gain a skill, either from one of its characters or from the story’s original author. It was as if the world was finally going to start being kind to this nobody… 0Votes46kRecs33kFans
