Novels like Building the Flourishing Tang
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Building the Flourishing Tang, best match first.
- 1 Spring in the Great Wei 大魏春 The most chaotic era was the Northern and Southern Dynasties: people were worth less than dogs, and life was as cheap as grass. Morality had collapsed, and ethics lay in ruins... No other dynasty in all twenty-four can compare! Li Chengzhi looks up at the sky and sighs: “Heavens, could you send me to a different dynasty for once?” 0Votes68.2kRecs139.4kFans
- 2 Emperor Taizu of Song 宋成祖 Emperor Taizu of Song rose from the ranks of the military and took the imperial throne. He ruled for seventeen years, yet the Nine Provinces remained unconquered. Emperor Taizong was a brilliant strategist with a resolute mind, and he vowed to bring all under heaven to heel. He took Taiyuan and marched against the Khitan, only for his dreams to come to an end at Gaoliang River, riding in a donkey cart. Then came Zhao Huan of the Jingkang era. He cast off the decline of the six generations before 0Votes64.9kRecs140.9kFans
- 3 The Northern Song Dynasty's Young Literary Prodigy 北宋小文豪 Su Lu is in the Northern Song dynasty, and his hometown is Meishan. Born into a wealthy official's family, Su Lu has lived in luxury since childhood. Spoiled and pampered, he has no lofty ambitions and is only cut out to live off someone else. He is actively looking for a partner to take him on so he can spend the rest of his life as an unambitious couch potato. He's already made a thorough plan for his future: if he really can't find a wife who can support him, he doesn't mind staying home and 0Votes114.6kRecs66.3kFans
- 4 Reaching for Supremacy in the Ten Kingdoms 问鼎十国 At the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Chai Rong has just ascended the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin is beginning to make his mark. Luo Youdu, a petty official driven to take his own life, becomes a stock transmigrator. From the start, he kicks the legendary charioteer of Gaoliang River, dominates the Ten Kingdoms, expands his influence in every direction, and restores the splendor of the Han and Tang dynasties. 3Votes122.1kRecs305.4kFans
- 5 The Sword Saint of the Flourishing Tang 盛唐剑圣 The Three Wonders of the High Tang: Li Bai’s poetry, Zhang Xu’s cursive calligraphy, and Pei Min’s swordsmanship. A Chinese literature student transmigrates into the one and only Pei Min, the sword saint officially recognized by the state. With a three-foot green blade, he is invincible beneath heaven. He reaches up to the highest heavens and the vast universe, and forges the poetry of the High Tang anew. 0Votes300.2kRecs255.8kFans
- 6 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
- 7 The Ming Dynasty's Literary Champion 大明文魁 Before the Forbidden City stand nine gates in succession. Officials in their caps and finery arrive from the southern gate. With palace flowers tucked in their hats, they face the emperor; in the Golden Hall, their names are announced for all to hear. They ride through the imperial avenue for ten miles, hailed as the Ming dynasty’s top scholar. 10Votes1.6MRecs544.3kFans
- 8 Restoring the Song Dynasty 绍宋 To inherit is to continue; to guide is to lead. In 1127, the Northern Song fell. Soon afterward, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amid great expectations, inheriting the Song dynasty and adopting the Jianyan era name. Yet within three months, Li Gang was dismissed as chancellor, Chen Dong was executed, Yue Fei was driven out of the army, Zong Ze was abandoned in the capital, and the plans to resist the Jin in Hebei were scrapped wholesale... After all that eff 1.4kVotes3.6MRecs20.9MFans
- 9 The Qin Empire's Bailiff 秦吏 At the end of the Warring States period, China faced an upheaval unlike any in a thousand years. Some were born into hereditary nobility. Some were princes of noble rank. But he was reborn as Heifu, a lowly Qin soldier and an obscure figure in the Qin bamboo slips from Yunmeng. To avoid dying in a ditch and take control of his own fate, he fought his way up. Fortunately 131Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 10 Mythical Version of Three Kingdom 神话版三国 Chen Xi watched a soldier toss aside a boulder weighing hundreds of pounds and stared speechlessly at the heavens. Is this really the late Eastern Han? Lu Bu single-handedly tore through an army of ten thousand. There’s no way that’s scientifically possible. Zhao Zilong really seems to have a dragon’s soul possessing him. He split a mountain with one sword. Is he even human? Dian Wei protected Cao Cao by himself as they fought their way out of the enemy camp, casually slaughtering thousands of e 2.3kVotes11.9MRecs2.8MFans
