Novels like A Journey to the Ming
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Journey to the Ming, best match first.
- 1 The Americas in Turmoil: Vancouver, 1619 美洲风云：温哥华1619 In the height of summer, 1619, a passenger ship carrying 905 crew members and passengers ran aground at Victoria, on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island. What changes will people from more than four centuries in the future bring to this era? 0Votes18.3kRecs27kFans
- 2 Late Ming: All Under Heaven, 1639 明末天下1639 In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, or 1639, Zhang Shouyan opened a space-time wormhole leading to Suzhou in the Great Ming. In Suzhou, there are the beautiful and devoted Dong Xiaowan, and the once peerless Chen Yuanyuan. But Zhang Shouyan has his eye on more than beauties: he also covets the most precious thing of this age. Rebel bandits and the Later Jin, the deserts and the Western Regions, Looking across the globe, Tokugawa Iemochi has just completed the great work of closing Japan to the out 0Votes8.1kRecs37.2kFans
- 3 1255: Recasting the Cauldrons 1255再铸鼎 What should have been an ordinary class reunion was thrown into chaos by an accident, and they transmigrated back to the year 1255. All they had was a single ship and more than two hundred mouths to feed… It was a turbulent age. The mighty Mongol Empire was conquering lands far and wide, and was about to bare its fangs at the Southern Song. While the Southern Song teetered on the brink, an enormous crisis was also lurking within the Mongol Empire. In this chaotic age, how will the transmigrators 0Votes109.5kRecs58.8kFans
- 4 The Record of Supporting the Ming 扶明录 So what if you transmigrate into the body of a eunuch at the end of the Ming dynasty? From battlefields piled with corpses and blood, to a treacherous court and a turbulent martial world, witness the full splendor of the Great Ming. 15Votes58kRecs23.5kFans
- 5 I Have a House in Late Ming 我在明末有套房 In the chaotic final years of the Ming, natural disasters and man-made calamities abound. Flames of war rage everywhere, and rivers of blood flow. This is an age of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, interwoven with the fires of war. This is an age when human life is worth less than an ant's. Yet for Quan Xu, the late Ming is paradise. See how Quan Xu, who can transmigrate between two eras, builds a super-empire spanning the present day and the late Ming. New book: The Grassroots Emperor of 1Votes104.3kRecs221.4kFans
- 6 Raising the Ming in Troubled Times 乱世扬明 In the third year of Chongzhen, Later Jin launches its first major invasion through the passes, tearing away the Great Ming's last shred of dignity. At the same time, peasant uprisings erupt in northern Shaanxi, and Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng rise one after another, heralding the beginning of the dynasty's collapse. Beset by internal and external crises, the rulers are at a loss. Barbarism is on the verge of defeating civilization, and darkness is about to engulf the land of China for centur 0Votes21.5kRecs29.5kFans
- 7 The Winds Rise in North America, 1625 风起北美1625 A group of Chinese people from the future accidentally arrive on the west coast of North America in the seventeenth century. They go on to change the course of world history, embedding the mark of Chinese civilization deep into one land after another. “The entire continent of the New World, the Americas, is the land chosen for us Chinese!” “The vast Pacific Ocean is our Chinese inland sea!” “The Caribbean Sea is our Chinese washbasin!” “The continent of Australia is our Chinese mining ground!” “ 411Votes120.3kRecs105.8kFans
- 8 He Changed the Ming Dynasty 他改变了大明 Has My Cheat Power Finally Come Online? Then let’s make some big news first! And help him achieve one more small goal: make the Ming the king of all dogs. 0Votes24.4kRecs14kFans
- 9 The Frozen Empire of 1625 1625冰封帝国 This is a vast, boundless land. Birch, cedar, and fir trees stand row upon row. Grasslands, forests, and tundra are scattered across it like stars. Great rivers, lakes, and marshes lie wherever people dwell. Sables, gray wolves, and black bears roam its reaches. Black oil, iron, and coal lie thick beneath the earth. Dogs, reindeer, and horses are all at your command. Hunting, fishing, and nomadic life: what could be more delightful? The Evenki, Or 0Votes45.4kRecs64.9kFans
- 10 The Celestial Serpent of the City 都市天蛇 The primordial spirit spans the sun and moon; a single breath proclaims the Heavenly Serpent! This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who inherits the legacy of the Heavenly Serpent. 0Votes96.4kRecs32.5kFans
- 11 Welcome to the Lost World 欢迎来到失落世界 [The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, not a bleeding heart or an idiot. Read at your own discretion.] Chu Feng enters the Lost Ark by accident. The dead, wandering between life and death, will one day return from the fires of purgatory as avengers who set the world ablaze. The Ark carries humanity’s hopes as it journeys through countless strange and wondrous lost worlds. In the dark cosmos, the shadows of gods and demons shimmer. Welcome to the Lost Ark. 0Votes158.5kRecs9.5kFans
- 12 The Soul of Han in the Late Ming 明末汉之魂 Huang Han, a modern man, transmigrates into the body of a Ming cavalryman who fought bravely and died during the Ji-Si Incident in the second year of the Chongzhen reign. With the robust physique and mounted archery skills of a warrior trained in cold weapons, along with a modern man's intelligence and knowledge nearly four centuries ahead of the people of the Ming dynasty, Huang Han is reborn with the resolve to rewrite history. The Han people, proud and self-reliant, will never bow to anyone. 0Votes90.4kRecs93.5kFans
- 13 The Great Wuyi 大武夷 I spent my whole life living as a lowly nobody. How could I continue being miserable after being reborn? Showing off is only momentary, but shamelessness is eternal. Even if I am a worthless nobody in my next life, I will still work hard to block other people's paths. If that does not work, then even as a dog, I will bite them until they have nowhere to go and fall into a well... I firmly refuse to be the kind of person who kicks others when they are down. I must extend a helping hand to thos 0Votes6.1kRecs2Fans
- 14 The Eighth Year of Chongzhen 崇祯八年 If you transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor, what would you do? Beyond suppressing bandits and repelling invaders, how would you change the Ming dynasty? Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish. You can't rush things with a blazing fire. Move forward step by step, follow the broader course of history, and let the Ming dynasty slowly regain its vitality. 0Votes127.5kRecs163.7kFans
- 15 Storm at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末风暴 The fifth year of the Chongzhen reign. Yu Guozhen draws his blade: Whoever stands in the way of Huaxia’s advance will be shown no mercy! 0Votes149.7kRecs116.7kFans
- 16 You Were Supposed to Make Everyone Feel Good, Not Depress Them 让你带来情绪价值，你带大家致郁 Mu Yan was reborn. In this parallel world where entertainment was exploding, he decided to become an unassuming plagiarist, borrowing works from his past life to improve his lot. His first manga, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, began serializing online. Before reading it, readers dismissed it out of hand. “What’s wrong with the manga industry? Since when does an old-fashioned genre like magical girls get such high ratings? How can something with no plot, just girls getting cozy with each other, deser 0Votes458Recs5kFans
- 17 It's Just a Spell 这只是个咒语 The Buddhas have fallen, and Buddhism has declined; Immortals abound, and the Dao flourishes; Three thousand great worlds, nine thousand minor worlds; Countless billions of living beings, all confined to a tiny pond; I cultivate the Dao, while he practices Buddhism; When the Dao can’t win, Buddhism comes to the rescue; Before using a killer move, start with a mantra: Amitabha; If that’s not enough, try another mantra: Namo Amitabha; What? You say I’m cursing? Fellow cultivator, it’s just a mantr 0Votes181.7kRecs195.4kFans
- 18 Wasteland Specialty Supplier 废土特产供应商 Nicolas Biao is a human man whose every drop of blood is steeped in the deepest wickedness, along with things utterly filthy and depraved. He is a jumble of contradictions: He is selfless, the savior of countless scavengers; he is penny-pinching, the nightmare of every caravan and enemy faction. He shattered the world's old order. Countless people died in the wars he set in motion. Even the legendary Evil Demon King never claimed so many lives. In short! Countless people in the Wasteland hate an 0Votes119.8kRecs127.7kFans
- 19 The Outcast: I’m Really Not a Seat of Oblivion Disciple 一人之下：我真不是坐忘道 [The Outcast, Strange Tales of Daoist Immortals, the Zou Wang Dao, Zhang Zhiwei, Wu Gensheng] “Boss, wake up! The Old Celestial Master has come down the mountain again. This time he says he’ll wipe out the entire Zou Wang Dao, every last one of them!” Ma Xianhong wailed through his Red Center mask. “Dice Bro, Red Center’s telling the truth. Those guys from Quanxing have joined forces with Nadutong. We have nowhere left to run,” Wang Ye said lazily through his Wealth mask. “You’re not really dead 0Votes1.1kRecs34kFans
- 20 Life Restart Simulator 人生重开模拟游戏 “I can’t stand another second of this trash life.” The dejected young man opens the Life Restart Simulator and begins a new life. “Choose your talents and allocate your attributes.” Will he become a handsome, carefree ladies’ man who lives for pleasure, a mastermind who maneuvers behind the scenes and stirs up the world, an immortal who plucks stars from the sky, twists fate, and lives forever, or a tycoon who throws money around and enjoys a life of unbridled freedom? Looks, intelligence, physi 0Votes12.9kRecs39Fans
- 21 The Rise of Liu Shan, an Internet-Addicted Teen 网瘾少年刘禅之崛起 In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Shan discovered a strange door in his bedroom. From then on, he lived the life of a chuunibyou shut-in, guzzling Coke, slurping instant noodles, munching spicy strips, and spending his days glued to the internet. From now on, don't call me A Dou. Call me Emperor Dou, Liu Shan! 0Votes107.9kRecs133kFans
- 22 The Rise of Chenxing 辰星崛起 Somewhere in the vast universe lies another world, a continent known as the Shendou Continent. It has existed for countless years. Historical records tell of more than eight hundred nations rising and falling there, but only the Shendou Empire ever managed to unite them all. After the empire collapsed, years of warfare followed. Now the continent is divided between eight great empires and the Church, and its era bears many similarities to the Song and Ming dynasties of Huaxia. In the twenty-seve 0Votes230.6kRecs0Fans
- 23 Colonizing Otherworlds 殖民异位面 An accident during a trial run of a massive controlled nuclear fusion reactor unexpectedly opened a doorway to a magical plane. And so began a war between technology and magic. Join group 646713733 if you're interested. 0Votes28.7kRecs25.6kFans
- 24 A Commoner in the Late Ming 明末小平民 In the chaotic final years of the Ming, nine out of ten commoners perish, and the traditions of the Han people are on the verge of extinction. A modern small-business owner transmigrates into this era. To survive, to protect his loved ones, and to pursue the conviction in his heart, he must defy f 0Votes31.3kRecs39kFans
- 25 Heroes of the Ages Storm the Three Kingdoms 千古群雄闯三国 “I am Liu Bei.” “I am Guan Yu.” “I am Zhang Fei.” “I am Qin Qiong.” “I am Xu Da.” “I am Xue Li.” “I am Yue Fei.” “Though the seven of us are not related by blood, now that we have sworn brotherhood, we shall unite as one and aid the helpless in times of need. We shall serve our country above and bring peace to its people below. We do not ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, only to die on the same day, month, and year. Heaven and Earth bear witness to our vow. If we betray our brothe 0Votes1.2MRecs42.1kFans
- 26 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
- 27 The Immortal and Demon of Fate 宿命之仙魔 According to prophecy, the Holy Son of the Immortal Realm and the Demon Prince of the Demon Realm will break through space and time and descend into the world together... The Demon Prince will destroy the world! The Holy Son will save it! The struggle between immortals and demons, the battle between good and evil, begins now... This is fate, and it will also send them traveling through time and space, into the past and the future... 0Votes2.5kRecs0Fans
- 28 1635: The Han Wind Rises Again 1635汉风再起 A soul from the future merges with the mind of a young man from the late Ming dynasty. Leading a band of scattered pirates, he washes up in Australia and makes it his base, building a brand-new world and sending the spirit of Han culture sweeping across the globe once more. 0Votes105.6kRecs155kFans
- 29 Becoming a Noble in the Spring and Autumn Period 我在春秋做贵族 His soul traveled to an era when Laozi, Confucius, and Sun Tzu were still alive, and he became the second son of the Zhi clan, one of the noble families of Jin. At present, the six high-ranking families of Jin are locked in fierce internal power struggles, while the neighboring states are in turmoil. Jin's hegemony is already on the verge of collapse. Wu is on the rise, and Fuchai is unstoppable. Goujian is busy enduring hardship and planning for the day when three thousand Yue soldiers will con 0Votes68kRecs171kFans
- 30 Remaking the Entire Universe 改造全宇宙 [A new beginning at Chapter 33: The Fourth Calamity arrives] “Stellar-class warship detected.” “Damage: 99%.” “Energy required for repairs: 13.99 million.” What? Not enough energy? Lu Feng casually posted a quest: Find ore. Deep in the Martian mines, countless “basic” players shivered as their fingers froze, fought rats the size of lions, and dodged the pursuit of ferocious “monsters.” They happily offered precious ore after precious ore to their “mine owner,” Lu Feng... 0Votes607Recs18Fans
- 31 Setting Sail Across the Seas in 1640 1640四海扬帆 History is more exciting than fiction. That’s why I gathered a mountain of source material and wrote a military history of the Southern Ming. 0Votes104.4kRecs31.2kFans
- 32 Three Kingdoms: Mount and Blade 三国骑砍 Tian Xin arrives in Jingcheng in the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Jian’an. The impending Battle of Xiangfan will determine whether the realm truly becomes tripartite, or whether one power will dominate while two remain weak. After hearing that Cao Ren has massacred Wan City, Tian Xin resolutely answers the Jingzhou army’s call to arms. He fights not only to fill his stomach, but also for his own sense of justice, conscience, and courage. 0Votes159.5kRecs115kFans
- 33 The New World 1620 新世界1620 One day in the 21st century, a bizarre disaster struck a dock at a certain port, sending hundreds of men and women from all walks of life to the North American continent of the 1620s. At the same time, the historical Mayflower had just set sail. A bunch of artsy losers roam the world; five hundred migrant workers take over America. A bewildered group of modern-day wannabe intellectuals and losers, a wild new continent, and a gaggle of greedy European bumpkin colonizers: a new age quietly begins. 0Votes166.3kRecs52.3kFans
- 34 The Strongest Chongzhen in History 史上最强崇祯 He transmigrates as the Chongzhen Emperor. Li Zicheng is closing in from the south, ready to force him to hang himself, while the Qing hordes glare hungrily from the north. Watch how I fight poison with poison, send the entire Donglin faction to its death, and become a foolish ruler in these chaotic times! Donglin officials: What we fear most is an emperor with no shame! 0Votes84.4kRecs103kFans
- 35 A Guide to Rising Through the Ranks at Hogwarts 霍格沃兹上位指南 Hela Nicholas Lestrange considered himself a truly outstanding wizard, at least before Dumbledore rejected him twice. In the summer of 1991, after Dumbledore once again rejected his application for a position, Hela sat in the Hog's Head pub, deep in thought. Could it be that he still was not good enough? No! How was that possible?! But when he saw the latest report in the Daily Prophet, Hela fell silent. “Shocking! Hogwarts outstanding graduate Quirinus Quirrell has actually been hired as the pr 0Votes11.7kRecs49.6kFans
- 36 The Rise of an Empire 帝国崛起 Chen Xie, a third-rate doctor, is suddenly struck by a mysterious time machine and transported to the final years of the Ming Dynasty. Using his medical skills and modern knowledge, he helps a crumbling empire rise again! 0Votes261.3kRecs276.4kFans
- 37 The Ming Empire Never Sets 大明帝国日不落 Huang Sheng is a small-business owner and engineering graduate with a wealth of experience. Over the past decade, he started several small factories, with both successes and failures. By chance, he transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. He doesn't know how to write formal essays, compose poetry, or ride and shoot. But he has nearly four centuries' worth of knowledge ahead of the people of the Ming. Riding animals into battle? Far too dangerous. We'll take arm 0Votes95.7kRecs135.2kFans
- 38 The Main God Is Dead from the Start 开局主神挂了 The story of reincarnators roaming the myriad heavens after the Main God explodes on the spot. The first world is a Republican-era crossover collection: The Swordsman in Double Flag Town, A Chinese Odyssey, Let the Bullets Fly, The Grandmaster, and Fist of Fury. P.S. I don't like following the original plot. 0Votes55.3kRecs98.2kFans
- 39 Back to the Song Dynasty: The Rise of an Empire 回到宋朝之帝国崛起 If the Tang Empire won a war, it would tell its defeated opponent, “You’d better behave from now on. Watch it, or I’ll wipe out your entire clan. And make sure you pay tribute every year!” If the weak Song dynasty won, it would say, “Oh, look, I won! Does that mean I’m allowed to negotiate peace now? Am I allowed to pay tribute? What? I am? Wow, that’s wonderful!” I will change all of this! Anyone who dares suggest negotiating peace will have their entire clan executed! 0Votes66.3kRecs93.3kFans
- 40 After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess 被夺一切后她封神回归 The moment Si Fuqing opened her eyes, not only had her luck been stolen, but everyone was also telling her to get out of the entertainment industry. After living again, she only wanted to lie flat. Who could have known that everyone in the industry now only knew how to promote themselves by putting others down, with no real skills and no willingness to hone their acting? Could this continue? Someone 1Votes131.6kRecs144.3kFans
- 41 The Liaodong Holdout 辽东钉子户 There are fields and pastures, a river in front of the door, mountains behind, coal beneath the ground, and gold hidden in the valleys... The richest land, in the worst of times! The Qing, the Mongols, Emperor Zhu... None of them are taking my home! I'll be the toughest holdout and defend my homeland to the bitter end! (The author has completed several novels. Trustworthy and reliable, so feel free to add this to your collection.) 3Votes101.5kRecs85.9kFans
- 42 Taking Charge of Great Ming 承包大明 After an accident, a trading analyst transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli era and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy ivory merchant. He thinks he’ll be able to thrive in ancient times just like the protagonists in transmigration novels, becoming richer than a king and surrounded by wives and concubines. That is, until he meets the Wanli Emperor, the famous emperor known for his “one-book Wanli”... “Your Majesty, about my commission...?” “Don’t worry, you’ll get every bit o 0Votes504kRecs189kFans
- 43 The Hammer of Technology 科技之锤 “We’ll go first and kill ourselves. Who’s brave enough to follow?” The Earth’s surface is locked in a nuclear winter. A magnificent city stands on Mars, yet a group of Chinese scientists have chosen to blow themselves up, all to send a biological computer back... Ning Wei has just received the biological computer from the future, but all he can think about is how to use the rules of academia to get rich by churning out SCI papers... “Forty swings with the small hammer, eighty with the big one.” 0Votes128.8kRecs373.8kFans
- 44 A True Hero of Southern Ming 南明大丈夫 In the eyes of his subordinates, he was a brilliant and mighty general. To his colleagues, he was a shrewd, mercenary little landlord. To Li Zicheng, he was an outsider from another province who might prove useful. To the Chongzhen Emperor, he was a bandit who had seized an imperial fief. To Dorgon, he was a shameless southerner. To Zheng Chenggong, he was a trustworthy ally. At this moment, history’s turning points shifted, and the tides of change surged. Welcome to The Great Husband of Souther 0Votes154.8kRecs27.5kFans
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 The Leftover Woman's Road to a Comeback 剩斗士的逆袭之路 A middle-aged bachelor in the city, a loser who has never accomplished anything, unexpectedly gains a stroke of fortune and begins his journey to turn his life around... 0Votes853Recs0Fans
- 48 The Great Shun 顺明 A discharged soldier arrives in the Ming dynasty. While he was in the military, he was merely a noncommissioned officer. After leaving the service, he became an employee of a financial courier company. What can he do? Will he drift with the currents of history, or defy heaven, change his fate, and alter the destiny of this age... 0Votes562.7kRecs548.4kFans
- 49 EN I Have a Grand World 我有一个大世界 Gao Jing unexpectedly obtains a copper anchor. This miraculous copper anchor can transport him to another world. A world ten times larger than his own! His life changes dramatically from that moment on! 15Votes351.7kRecs311.6kFans
- 50 Northern Tang 北唐 A dark age where people devour one another. An unlucky transmigrator. A new era in human history. The tale of the Regent King of Beitang, a story of struggle, legends, and dreams at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 13Votes279kRecs85.6kFans
