Novels like Contending for Wei
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Contending for Wei, best match first.
- 1 Wielding the Blade Across the Sixteen Kingdoms 横刀十六国 When the Five Barbarians ravaged China, the Chinese court and gentry fled south, and the northern lands fell into ruin, even barbarians and beasts like you dared to call themselves emperors. How much more, then, should the heroes of the Central Plains be entitled to become emperors! 5Votes50.2kRecs147.8kFans
- 2 The Mao Jin Dao of the Jin Dynasty's Final Years 晋末的卯金刀 The Five Barbarians ravage China, the cultured elite flee south, and the barbarians bring disaster upon the land... Oh, I played a part in it, too... Then I’ll fulfill the prophecy of the Golden Saber and give the world the peace it deserves. 0Votes7.6kRecs27.9kFans
- 3 Lü Bu in Water Margin: Breaking Out of the Liao Kingdom 吕布穿水浒,从辽国突围开始 New Book: The Crooked Tale of Lü Bu: Ramblings from the End of the Han Dynasty The heroes of Water Margin are all gone, yet the grand dream of overthrowing the Song and driving out the Liao remains. He swallows gold and declares himself emperor, uniting the realm, then fights across the four seas with unmatched courage. A bewildered soul from the end of the Han Dynasty enters the world of Water Margin. At this point, the Liangshan stronghold has yet to be founded, and the heroes are all living t 0Votes78kRecs104.2kFans
- 4 In Search of the Avici Hell 寻找无间地狱 In theory, this new book should be called Finding the Source of the Curse 2. You may not see how the two books are connected at first, but before long, you'll realize this is the second installment of Inferno. Here: Thank you for enjoying Finding the Source of Inferno. I hope you'll enjoy Finding the Source of the Curse too. Thank you!!! 4Votes26.4kRecs896.5kFans
- 5 The Lantern-Lighting Judge 掌灯判官 In the Department of Punishment, a group of evildoers angrily accused a judge. Evildoer A, looking aggrieved: “I’m an honest man! I just wanted a little money to win back what I’d lost at the gambling house. My wife wouldn’t give it to me, insisting we save it for our child’s education. In a fit of anger, I chopped off her arm. I didn’t mean to!” The judge was just as aggrieved: “I’m an honest man too! I only wanted your life so I could trade it for some merit in the underworld. You wouldn’t giv 5Votes44kRecs275kFans
- 6 Pokémon, Who Made Him the Gym Leader? 精灵,谁让他做道馆馆主的 “Champion Lance, I hear you challenged the Rota Gym yesterday. Is that true?” a reporter asked the Johto Champion, Lance. “I refuse to answer,” Lance replied curtly. “I hear you battled the Rota Gym Leader with your full team, and got shut out. Is that true?” “I refuse to answer,” Lance said with a cold expression. “I hear that after your defeat, the Rota Gym Leader made you ch 0Votes47kRecs241kFans
- 7 Grand Marshal of Ji Han 季汉大司马 Also known as Three Kingdoms: From the Start, He Thwarts Sun Wu and Brings the Northern and Southern Dynasties Forward. After transmigrating into the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, he makes a name for himself with his knowledge of the Three Kingdoms. When Liu Bei moves south to Xinye, Huo Jun bravely heads north to Xiangyang and throws himself into the great tides of history. He establishes his legacy through both scholarship and warfare, wins fame across the land, enters the Temple of Mil 1Votes77.6kRecs232.8kFans
- 8 The Rivers, Mountains, Wind, and Moon of the Five Dynasties 五代河山风月 When autumn comes, on the eighth day of the ninth month, my flowers bloom and all others die; their fragrance pierces Chang'an, and the city is clad in golden armor. Huang Chao raises his arm, and the Tang Dynasty, once famed throughout the ages, crumbles. The chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms begins, when battles are commonplace and victory and defeat vanish like smoke. At the tail end and height of this turbulent tide, in the years between the Later Zhou and Northern Song, Shi 1Votes104.1kRecs146.2kFans
- 9 Reborn in the Final Years of Northern Wei 重生北魏末年 Gao Cheng believes his success comes from his own tireless efforts, and has little to do with the fact that his father is named Gao Huan. This story is packed with jokes and has a humorous style. Please bear with it. 0Votes49.3kRecs163.2kFans
- 10 Marquis Jing'an 靖安侯 Pacify the realm and bring peace to the people: that is Jing'an. At Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu Prefecture, student Chen Qing was beaten to death. His classmate Shen Yi was inexplicably framed and convicted, then beaten with clubs by the county yamen's runners until he was on the verge of death. In the cold, damp jail, the young Shen Yi died unjustly. Another, unfamiliar soul awoke in his body. The two souls fused, becoming a brand-new Shen Y 14Votes135.8kRecs433.4kFans
- 11 The Decaying Han 糜汉 In the rainy season of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu flooded Cao Wei's seven armies, captured the Cao Wei generals Yu Jin and Pang De, and besieged Cao Ren at Fan Castle, shaking all of China with his might. At this moment, King of Wei Cao Cao was terrified and intended to return to Xu and move the emperor. Meanwhile, those across the land who held the Han dynasty dear believed its revival was within reach. At the same time, Sun Quan, jealous of Liu Bei, was plotting against Guan Yu 1Votes86.6kRecs255.8kFans
- 12 Rising Above the Rivers and Mountains 扶摇河山 [Ten Thousand Subscriptions] [Dream of the Red Chamber] [Alternate History] Reborn as an illegitimate son of a noble family, he rises from humble beginnings through hardship and makes his way to the top. Time and space fall into chaos, and history branches into an obscure new path; Countless heroes and great figures who once made their mark on history are buried in the dust of time; A new realm rises from the ashes, its road stretching skyward as the old order is swept away; What of fated love a 407Votes234.9kRecs484.3kFans
- 13 A New Order in the Water Margin 水浒新秩序 This Water Margin: Shi Jin isn't tricked by Zhu Wu and the others, Lin Chong no longer has to storm the White Tiger Hall, Wu Yong has schemes but doesn't dare think recklessly, Pan Jinlian doesn't marry Wu Dalang, Iron Ox actually refuses to recognize Black Song Jiang, Li Jun becomes a king early on. “Grandfather Danfu of Gu came to court on horseback, leading the people west a 0Votes83.2kRecs72.2kFans
- 14 Shu Minister 蜀臣 O heavens above, why have you treated me so cruelly…. This is a story about a chancellor finally fulfilling his lifelong wish. 0Votes101.5kRecs158.8kFans
- 15 My Big Brother Is Zhu Youxiao 家兄朱由校 In 1620, the Ming Dynasty changed emperors three times, while the iron-headed Nurhaci was still locked in a fierce struggle with Xiong Tingbi over Shenyang. The finest troops on the East Asian battlefield, the White-Pole Soldiers and Qi Family Army, had only just set off north. The situation was still favorable. Lu Xiangsheng was buried in his books, while Sun Chuanting was still a humble county magis 6Votes82.5kRecs383.3kFans
- 16 The Water Margin: A Tale of Conquest 水浒逐鹿传 Transmigrate into Water Margin and contend for supremacy! Chat group: 294684407 (fan verification required; readers of both old and new books are welcome). 0Votes218.9kRecs108.1kFans
- 17 The Instant Noodle Tycoon 泡面首富 Jia Yapeng, a former game-company artist, was surprised to discover that he was actually a rich second-generation heir. His parents had left him an instant-noodle factory, a pair of twin younger sisters, and a group of workers who hadn’t been paid in six months. Determined to make his son a third-generation rich heir, Jia Yapeng decided to bring Little Raccoon instant noodles and the Water Margin hero cards, which wouldn’t launch until 1999, to the turbulent year of 1990 ahead of schedule. That 0Votes239.8kRecs218.7kFans
- 18 The Age of the Yellow Sky 黄天之世 The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise. In the year of Jiazi, all under heaven shall prosper! “Hardship, corruption, oppression!” “We common folk have suffered hardship, while corrupt officials run rampant and oppress us at will. We're nothing but peddlers, laborers, farmers, and soldiers. We have no place to call our own, and the Han emperor doesn't even know we exist. To the lofty emperor of the Han, we're nothing but ants!” “The government troops call us the Yellow Turbans!” “ 0Votes123kRecs303.6kFans
- 19 The Rise of the Middle Ages 中世纪崛起 His soul travels back to the Middle Ages, where he plots his rise once more. A medieval setting, a quasi-historical world, a slow burn, and satisfying wish fulfillment. From a forest hunter struggling to survive to a humble official carving out a place in troubled times; from a trainee knight sent as cannon fodder to a celebrated military upstart; from regaining a baron's title through war to being granted a viscount's rank thr 1Votes139.7kRecs155.3kFans
- 20 Dawn Trails in the Marvel Universe 美漫世界黎明轨迹 Reborn as a Gotham goon, he accidentally stumbles into an evil organization. Though his heart is set on the light, he sinks ever deeper into darkness. The whole world, and countless others, are trying to convince Mason, a good man, that becoming a supervillain is clearly the more promising path in this age of disaster. But Mason doesn’t think convincing himself will be easy, so he might as well do something simple 1Votes173.9kRecs485.3kFans
- 21 The Hardy Empire, 1945 哈迪帝国1945 After transmigrating and being reborn in the world of movies and television in 1945, he starts from the bottom and builds an empire of his own. He is a renowned kingpin, the man who built Las Vegas. He establishes private enterprises, and not a single criminal dares cross him. One day, you'll end up in his hands. He can send you to heaven or condemn you to hell. The Hardy Mercenary Corps has the fighting strength of an entire nation. An Yi uses it to protect his businesses around the globe. No o 0Votes245.4kRecs204.3kFans
- 22 Buried Origin 葬元 A policewoman pursues a fugitive, and the two of them end up in the early Yuan dynasty. By then, the Battle of Yashan is over, the Song dynasty has fallen for good, and Mongol cavalry rules the land. The Yuan Empire’s power is at its peak, and Kublai Khan has secured his throne as king of kings. Who in the world would dare defy him? Start a rebellion? First, try to survive. 0Votes389.2kRecs330.1kFans
- 23 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
- 24 This Movie Star Wants More Money 这个影帝要加钱 Transmigrating from the Ming dynasty to the year 2000, Ding Xiu can only live a different kind of life this time around. Director: I hear you're good in a fight. I have a role I'd like you to take. It's very difficult. Ding Xiu: Pay me more and it's fine. Director: Actually, I'm hiring you just as insurance. We may not even need you. Ding Xiu: That's not my concern. If you hire me, you have to pay me. Not a single penny less... P.S. New book: The Unscientific Movie Emperor. Feel free to check it 0Votes226kRecs851.8kFans
- 25 EN The Bottom-Tier Trainer of the Elf World 精灵世界的底层训练家 Thank the Alliance for restoring peace and quiet to the world of elves, because I, a “lowly” Trainer, switched sides. From the “Memoir” of Xia Yan, a “lowly” Trainer and Breeder 7Votes236.4kRecs664.4kFans
- 26 The Rogue 顽贼 The second year of Chongzhen, Great Ming Empire. The once-powerful empire stood on the verge of collapse. Within its borders, a courier from Yinchuan raised his arm and took up arms, splintering the realm. Beyond them, the new ruler of Jianzhou waged war in every direction, leading his forces through the passes. Amid the drought that swept across Shaanxi, Liu Chengzong strode across the parched, thousand-mile wasteland, head held high. 20Votes465.9kRecs258.7kFans
- 27 The Los Angeles Detective 洛杉矶神探 A detective transmigrates to America and becomes an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. After getting over his initial confusion, he solves one baffling case after another and earns international renown, becoming known as the most legendary detective in history... 2Votes289.6kRecs397kFans
- 28 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 29 Xuande 玄德 Before you stands a scion of the Han imperial house, descendant of Emperor Jing, street brawler of Zhuo County, personally taught by the great Confucian Lu Zhi, romantic poet of the Eastern Han, the man directly responsible for making paper dear in Luoyang, master debater of the Old Text School, young leader of its reformist faction, founding ancestor of the Liu clan of Zhuo County, Zhuo Commandery, the seventh generation to inherit the Zuo Tradition of the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Old 0Votes223.7kRecs724.5kFans
- 30 EN No Retreat South 衣冠不南渡 The ancient empire has fallen, and jackals watch hungrily from the sidelines. Cao Mao never wanted to become an emperor. It is just that the Wei and Jin dynasties know no elegance, and white bones lie everywhere. Thinking of the great catastrophe that will befall Huaxia fifty years from now, Cao Mao can only mount the war chariot once more and launch a final charge. The Han and its traitors cannot coexist! The cultured people must not flee south! Sima clan, aristocratic families, Five Barbarian 6Votes403.4kRecs3.4MFans
- 31 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
- 32 The Han Songs of the Boundless Wind 长风万里尽汉歌 0Votes247.2kRecs120.5kFans
- 33 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 34 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 35 A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南 If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach. 55Votes1.4MRecs2.6MFans
- 36 A Floating Life in the Late Tang 晚唐浮生 In 878, the fifth year of Emperor Xizong’s Qianfu era. That year, Wang Xianzhi died in battle at Huangmei. His followers chose Huang Chao as their leader, gave him the title of Grand General Who Reaches the Sky, and campaigned across the south. That year, Li Keyong killed Duan Wenchu, the military commissioner of Datong. He and his father launched a rebellion, and Shatuo troops pillaged Hedong. That year, bandits rose throughout Jiangnan, capturing prefectures one after another. That year, Henan 72Votes938.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 37 Soft, Melt, Things 软,化,物 All kinds of wild ideas in a collection of short stories. The Light, Short, and Scattered Trilogy: Light, Short, and Scattered; Soft, Transformed, and Things; Turn, Leave, and Depart. Part science fiction, all about wild ideas. Soft science fiction, chemistry, and physics. Everything comes down to people’s hearts; even the rarest things are strange. Take things as they come. It all begins in the heart. 0Votes83.8kRecs145.5kFans
- 38 The Immortal Qin Multiverse Empire 仙秦多元宇宙帝国 Long live Brother Zheng! This is the story of Brother Zheng, who chances upon a fragment of the Great Luo Heaven, bringing Qin law to the Myriad Worlds, restoring order across the heavens, standardizing written language and axle widths, and unifying currency, weights, and measures. One day, I shall plant the black-water dragon banners of Great Qin in every corner of the Myriad Worlds: Ancestral Dragon, First Emperor, Lord of Immortal Qin, Ying Zheng of the Zhao clan. Your Majesty, your infamy is 0Votes289.8kRecs1.6MFans
- 39 The Ambitious Hero of the Late Eastern Han 东汉末年枭雄志 The late Eastern Han dynasty in Romance of the Three Kingdoms was a tumultuous age of grand drama. There were valiant generals, brilliant strategists, cunning warlords, benevolent rulers, and alluring beauties. It was a world to dream of. But the late Eastern Han in Guo Peng’s eyes was cold. It was neither kind nor just, much less civilized. Danger lurked everywhere. He saw hunger, poverty, war, and plague. He saw bones strewn across the fields and not a cock crowing for a thousand miles. He saw 5Votes408.9kRecs519.5kFans
- 40 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
- 41 Firepower Is King 火力为王 In most lines of work, some people don’t get a meal from Heaven, some are blessed with a meal, and some have Heaven chasing after them to feed them. In the field of private military contracting, Heaven is shoving food down Gao Guang’s throat. Kidnapped from the start, Gao Guang is forced to become a member of a private military contractor just to stay alive. Until one day, in the world of private military contracting, he turns “Gao Guang moment” into a professional term. He specializes in war-re 23Votes1.2MRecs2.1MFans
- 42 Becoming a Fox Immortal in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 从聊斋开始做狐仙 Being human is hard; being a fox is even harder. Gong Mengbi has no choice but to cling to Lady Mount Tai's coattails and become an immortal official first. For a fox, making connections far and wide is the way to cultivate immortality. Only later do people realize that this fox seems to be everywhere, no matter how vast the world is. 166Votes458.9kRecs508.8kFans
- 43 EN Building a Thousand-Year Dynasty: From King Wu’s Conquest of Shang 从武王伐纣开始建立千年世家 Ji Zhao transmigrated and found himself in the Zhou dynasty, three thousand years in the past. His elder brother, King Wu Ji Fa, had just overthrown the Shang dynasty and was now gravely ill, on the brink of death. Ji Zhao was enfeoffed as a marquis and tasked with assisting the young ruler. Looking at the eight-year-old Son of Heaven and the eight hundred feudal lords of the Ji and Jiang clans, Ji Zhao was full of ambition. Through hardship, he would open up the wilderness and usher in a new ag 1Votes604.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 44 EN Chicago 1990 芝加哥1990 Transmigration, the 1990s, Chicago, American entertainment, composing, screenwriting, producing, media conglomerate 66Votes2.7MRecs896kFans
- 45 I Found a Book of the Three Kingdoms 捡到一本三国志 In the ninth year of Yanxi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, nine-year-old Liu Hong caught a goldfish in the river. When he cut it open, he found a heavenly book inside, titled Records of the Three Kingdoms! And so, the Han Dynasty gained an entirely different Emperor Ling, and the world took a different turn. 6Votes242.6kRecs491.5kFans
- 46 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
- 47 Lü Bu's Life Simulator 吕布的人生模拟器 Do you believe it? A person’s life is already set from the moment their personality takes shape. Life may offer many opportunities and choices, but when you face them, your personality and understanding have already determined what you will choose. As someone destined to fail, are you willing to reshape your life starting now? The Life Simulator: change the future, change your life. You deserve to have one. Outside Luoyang, Lü Bu sat astride the Red Hare, riding with the procession along a broad 9Votes328.1kRecs787.5kFans
- 48 EN The Forensic Officer of Conan 柯学验尸官 [A Detective Conan fanfic] Full title: The Moment I Transmigrated to the World of Detective Conan, the Famous Detective Named Me the Prime Suspect. As a Coroner, I'm Not Panicking at All 5Votes847.6kRecs954.2kFans
- 49 My Girlfriend Is a Bratty Rich Heiress 我的女友是恶劣大小姐 [Then become more handsome, if you can win the heart of a beautiful girl] [If you can make your sweet talk sound even better, say it to her too] [But remember, don't make the first move] [Let the beautiful girl say it herself: “Handsome Tokyo guy with a silver tongue, I have to make you mine. You're mine.”] This is the story of a boy from Iwate Prefecture who becomes a handsome Tokyo guy. 147Votes832.1kRecs2.3MFans
- 50 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans

















































