Novels like The Ming Dynasty's Spokesman
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- 1 The Ming Dynasty's First Tribute Scholar 大明第一贡生 A student at Nanyong Imperial College, starting with the imperial examination in Nan Zhili in the eleventh year of Hongzhi. This was the age most revered by Ming scholars. Beneath the prosperous revival lay hidden currents of danger. Dayan Khan’s ambition to unite the steppe was plain to see, as he eyed the Central Plains with the fangs of his ancestors. The entire court was full of officials who prided themselves on being upright men, yet preached ritual, music, benevolence, filial piety, and r 0Votes24.3kRecs98.2kFans
- 2 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
- 3 Hong Yun: Becoming a Saint by Founding Mahayana Buddhism 红云：立大乘佛教成圣 New book: "I Am Kunpeng: Establishing the Heavenly Court from the Start and Cutting Off the Sages’ Holy Destinies". “Above heaven and below heaven, I alone am supreme!” “Seeing the chaos and ceaseless killing in the world, I, Hongyun, vow to redeem all beings and establish the ‘Mahayana Buddhist School.’ I shall teach and transform all living things under heaven. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness!” Hongyun, Sage of the Mahayana Buddhist School, stood atop Spirit Mountai 0Votes22.5kRecs147.6kFans
- 4 Strange Phenomena Descend? Fortunately, I'm One of the Ten Yama Kings 诡异降临？还好我是十殿阎王 A supernatural horror game descends upon the world. Players are randomly chosen to enter eerie instances. Everyone is consumed by fear, struggling to survive in the cracks. Then the game selects Shen Jian, who has been fretting over rebuilding the Underworld... While players struggle to survive in the horror world, Shen Jian watches The Ring with Sadako. While players flee for their lives, Shen Jian has a heart-to-heart with the eerie Buddha Mother. While players search for a way to survive, Sh 1Votes48.8kRecs406.1kFans
- 5 The Rebel Son of Heaven 贼天子 “Chief, you're awake!” “You killed that Blackhide with a single stroke! That was amazing!” Li Yun rubbed his eyes and stared at the bald man before him in disbelief. “You said... what did I kill?” “A Blackhide!” The bald man scratched his head and helpfully explained: “A government runner!” Hearing this, Chief Li, who had transmigrated here, felt the world go dark. This... I swear to damn heaven, I didn't do it!! But... what's done is done. With no way back, Chief Li decided... To see this bandi 0Votes149.9kRecs533.8kFans
- 6 Reincarnated in Another World: Villager by Day, Demon Lord by Night 转生异世界，主业村民，副业魔王 Xia Mi transmigrates into a classic JRPG and spends two and a half years as a villager in the starting village. His greatest wish is to save up enough money to marry a girl from another race and live out his days in peace. Then one day, the heroes defeat the Demon King. [Name: Xia Mi] [Class: Villager] Added: [Class: Heir to the New Demon King] [Demon King, get moving! Kill all the heroes! Restore the glory of the demon race!] Wait, has there been some kind of mistake? Xia Mi, who spends every d 0Votes35.8kRecs245.9kFans
- 7 The Great Song’s Literary Giant 大宋文豪 Jiayou Year One. The fighting between the Song and Xia was dying down, and the Qingli era was already a thing of the past. Lu Beigu, a professor of Chinese language and literature, awoke beside Anle Creek. Before his eyes lay an age of flourishing culture and brilliant talents. That year, Su Shi cried, “A wind from a thousand miles, how exhilarating!” as he traveled from Shu to the capital. Zeng Gong failed the exams time and again, disheartened and destitute, while Zhang Heng waited confidently 805Votes207.8kRecs645.5kFans
- 8 We All Have Absurd Fates, Yet You’re an Emperor for the Ages 都是抽象天命，你千古一帝 Liu Ke transmigrates into an alternate world where the Han Dynasty is on the brink of collapse and the imperial house is about to flee into exile. Fortunately, he awakens a System. As long as he earns imperial prestige, he can draw a ruler's destiny. Liu Ke figures he's got this in the bag! But the skills he draws leave him on the verge of a breakdown. Wala Student Abroad [Fluent in foreign languages, able to fit in quickly among other peoples] God of the Gaoling River [Drifts a donkey cart; eve 0Votes338.9kRecs516.3kFans
- 9 EN Konoha: Rise of the Land of Grass 木叶：从成为草之国首领开始 Because of its theft of kekkei genkai, sale of intelligence, neglect of its duties, and constant fence-sitting, the Land of Grass was condemned by the entire shinobi world. The leader of the Land of Grass, Mang, stepped forward and sneered: “You think you’re so great! So high and mighty! Your village is the strongest, and you have two Tailed Beasts, while Kusagakure has nothing! Now you can look down on Kusagakure all you want! Let me tell you, the Land of Grass will never change! Do you know ho 0Votes36.6kRecs163.7kFans
- 10 The Life Role-Playing Game 人生扮演游戏 “As a top-tier game designer, I am skilled at gathering material from real life through role-playing. “Before making a game, I seriously play the role first. Even if the target is a blade of grass, a tree, or a stone, I immerse myself wholeheartedly and complete the role without compromise. “And recently, I have been making a game and film centered on explorers.” Facing the interview camera, Lu Zhixing, hailed as the god of game design in the VR era, spoke with complete seriousness. The host was 0Votes77.8kRecs147.2kFans
- 11 The First Emperor's Beloved Grandson 始皇家的好圣孙 His father abandoned him for the throne. His mother, the one who had depended on him, wanted him dead. His own brothers rebelled against him. His only close friend sent assassins to kill him. His eldest son rejected his beliefs, and his youngest son brought down his empire. As the First Emperor, betrayal had become an ordinary part of life. Of course, none of it mattered anymore. After a lifetime of toil, the First Emperor only wanted to enjoy his old age, cared for by his beloved grandson. He a 2Votes70.1kRecs595.4kFans
- 12 The Tang Crown Prince's Leisurely Life 大唐太子的悠闲生活 New book out: "The Ming Dynasty Crown Prince’s Entrepreneurial Journey" (Farming + Family + Reform) This is the age when the Tang Empire is rising, just about to stride forward. Everything is only beginning. It is like a child who has just learned to walk, knowing nothing of storms and feeling no fear. If the Tang Empire takes a wrong turn on the road ahead, so what? Then let it take a few more steps in the wrong direction. Li Chengqian told everyone, “It’s all right. Things will work out e 0Votes91.8kRecs602.9kFans
- 13 The Imperial Enterprise of the Northern Dynasties 北朝帝业 The end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the age of the Later Three Kingdoms. He Liuhun rules the roost in Hebei, Yuwen Tai dominates Guanzhong, and Xiao Pusa devotes himself to Buddhism in Jiangdong. Ambitious heroes are fired with purpose, while the people shed blood and tears! The fires of war flare up again at Mount Mang, and heaps of bones lie strewn across the River Bridge! In an age of chaos, division must eventually give way to unity. Cross the Taihang Mountains, ford the Yangtze, 5Votes304.6kRecs289.8kFans
- 14 Cultivating a Male Star: I Took Advice and Became a Top-Tier Star 养成系男神：听劝后，我成了顶流 “With my looks and circumstances, how can I find a girlfriend?” After coming from a parallel world and giving up on his new appearance, Li Youzhi posted this question online. “Try getting a different head.” “Best to be reborn.” “Lose weight. Run ten kilometers a day, do a hundred push-ups, a hundred squats, and a hundred sit-ups.” Reading the comments, some sincere and some mocking, Li Youzhi took the first step toward changing himself. Years later, when a reporter asked Li Youzhi's fans how the 0Votes222.6kRecs824.1kFans
- 15 One Breath, Rising Sun 一气朝阳 Demons peer through the eaves at night, while a Daoist sleeps before the deity in a tiny temple. … That day, after the sun set, it never rose again. 0Votes247.7kRecs476.2kFans
- 16 Sir, You'll Have to Pay More 大人，得加钱 Lord Jia, whose family has served the Qing loyally for generations, truly loves the Great Qing. For the Great Qing, he would even abandon his ancestors! This is not a serious historical novel. Lord Jia’s shamelessness may not be second to none, but it certainly doesn’t come in second. Completed masterpieces include The Great Bandit, The Directorate of Ceremonial, A Han Should Never Be a Slave, The Ming Wolf Cavalry, and The Evil Slave. 2Votes197.6kRecs444.6kFans
- 17 Strange Tales of Northern Qi 北齐怪谈 In the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Yang, the heroic emperor, began playing a pipa made from a human thigh bone. He sang along to his own accompaniment, and the tune was grotesque, absurd, terrifying, despairing, and agonizing. That year, Liu Taozi, who lived by the Zhang River, caught a few fish, and the story began. 51Votes476.8kRecs942.9kFans
- 18 Jingming 靖明 The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of ruin. The Forbidden City, completed just a hundred years earlier, welcomed a new master, while Yang Tinghe often reflected through tears: What kind of monster did I choose? Once Jiajing stopped wasting his intelligence on cultivating immortality, a wise ruler took the throne and fierce ministers filled the court. The might of the sovereign and father spread far across the seas! 0Votes183.3kRecs621.2kFans
- 19 EN My Management Game is Me?! 经营游戏竟是我自己 “Why do I have to rely on this farming and management game to trade blows with a bunch of martial artists and immortals?” Faced with the old masters emerging from seclusion after the world’s energies revived, and gods and immortals returning, Lü Xingshi deftly pressed the tilde key to open the game console and edited himself a Boss template. … The good news: I transmigrated with a game. The bad news: The game is unfinished. The better news: The unfinished game can be edited. The worse news: I am 4Votes109.6kRecs386.4kFans
- 20 EN Clearing Jin 廓晋 To clear the way means, first, to open it up, and second, to sweep it clean. Having arrived in the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms era, one should strike out into the current, set one’s heart on the Northern Expeditions, drive the Five Hu tribes from the Central Plains, and then sweep away the aristocratic clans from the imperial court. Such is the way to clear the realm, build a new enterprise, and carry on Chinese civilization. That is the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5, AD 349, when a 15.7kVotes911.1kRecs1.1MFans
- 21 The Young Eagle’s Glory 雏鹰的荣耀 On the day disaster struck at Waterloo, a transmigrator arrived in this world and became its unfortunate heir. He will change the course of fate and history, break free of his cage and overcome every obstacle, ultimately ascending the throne as Napoleon II. What drives him is not his father's name, but a glory that belongs to him alone! 0Votes289.2kRecs243.3kFans
- 22 The Chancellor from a Poor Family 寒门宰相 Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once said, “A prime minister must be a scholar.” Put simply, this is the story of a poor student who rises to become prime minister. P.S. The author has completed three novels of several million words each. You can count on my integrity. 0Votes623.1kRecs366.9kFans
- 23 Splendor Across the Tang Dynasty 满唐华彩 The Tang Dynasty flourishes in all its splendor, but a cataclysmic upheaval is imminent. In the fifth year of Tianbao, he opens his eyes to the majestic prosperity of “radiant Tang, favored by Heaven, with all nations beneath its sway.” Famous generals abound, its borders stretch far and wide; capable ministers are plentiful, its granaries overflowing; poetry shines brilliantly, its culture dazzles; beauties take your breath away, and song and dance fill the land. He also sees a court utterly in 39Votes987.8kRecs2.5MFans
- 24 The Ming Dynasty's Young Student 大明小学生 In Nanjing, beside the Qinhuai River, a lowly young man stands at a crossroads in history. His impoverished life takes a turn when he meets a rich older woman. The common folk of the Ming Dynasty have no right to call themselves students, so they might as well start out as elementary school pupils. 1Votes634.9kRecs637kFans
- 25 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
- 26 The White-Robed Chancellor 白衣卿相 Clad in white, he entered Bianliang; half a lifetime as a minister, and he shaped the realm. 3.9kVotes302kRecs573.4kFans
- 27 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
- 28 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
- 29 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 30 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
- 31 EN Tales of the Mortal World 细说红尘 At a teahouse by the road, silhouettes drift in and out. A couple of cries ring out along the street. Before the crowd, a fan flutters; a wooden clapper strikes the table. Ladies and gentlemen, lend an ear as I tell my tale. The fan opens, and all things blend into the Dao. The heavenly stars and earthly fiends reveal their wondrous transformations. The clapper strikes, and waves rise a thousandfold. All living beings, with their passions, roll on through the mortal world. 8Votes271.6kRecs610.5kFans
- 32 EN 10,000 Ways to Eliminate Players 一万种清除玩家的方法 The world I transmigrated to was crawling with players, making survival difficult enough as it was. But the System had latched onto me, turning me into the most conspicuous NPC of them all... The natives couldn’t stand me, and the players saw me as a thorn in their side. To enjoy a good life in this other world and avoid being bullied by players, I had no choice but to do everything I could to turn my own hardships into everyone else’s, keep every gain for myself, and grow stronger until I becam 2Votes190.9kRecs372.9kFans
- 33 Peninsula Prosecutor 半岛检察官 Xu Jingwen transmigrates into South Korea and, from the start, kills his twin brother, who was plotting to murder him. With their identical faces, he assumes his dead brother's identity and takes his job as a prosecutor, his house, and his fiancée. Having taken the place of one man with another, he decides to be a good person and wipe out every corrupt official and criminal. But on his very first day at work, he discovers that the corrupt official is... himself. PS: The protagonist is a playboy 0Votes184.4kRecs800.1kFans
- 34 Hidden Dead Ends 隐秘死角 New book: The Desperate Night: I Alone Am Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you're interested. Have you heard? If, late at night when all is quiet, you open a music player, put on your headphones, curl up under the covers with your head tucked in, and listen to the same song on repeat, then fall asleep after the forty-fourth play, you might wake up somewhere other than your own bed. You will have entered a strange space completely cut off from reality. That space... at first glance, 11Votes812kRecs2MFans
- 35 EN I Was Told to Make Bad Games, So What's This Titanfall Nonsense? 说好制作烂游戏，泰坦陨落什么鬼 New book: You Were Told to Cultivate Immortality, So How Did You Become the Ancestor of Gaming? Now available! [I’m Shen Miaomiao, and from the start, I’m forced to take over a game company.] Luckily, the Rebate System awakens just in time. Whenever the company loses money, the System reimburses me tenfold! So this young chairwoman’s goal is to run the company into the ground and achieve financial freedom! [I’m Gu Sheng, and from the start, I transmigrate into the body of a game designer.] Lucki 8Votes190kRecs1.4MFans
- 36 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
- 37 The Tang People's Dining Table 唐人的餐桌 The author's previous works, Tang Bricks, The Wisdom of Great Song, Silver Fox, Han Village, The World Under Heaven, and I'm Not a Savage, are all classics. Welcome to read them. The people of the world and all its affairs are nothing more than dishes served at the tables of the people of Great Tang. Though raw ingredients have their own rustic charm, Yun Chu believes that the most delicious food must be cut, cooked, prepared, and finally served at the table. Only then is it truly suited to the 66Votes3.4MRecs2.4MFans
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 The End of the Song Dynasty 终宋 The Song Dynasty never recovered Yan and Yun, and throughout its reign it was bullied by foreign enemies… As the Southern Song nears its fall, he will accomplish the great deeds that eluded the dynasty from beginning to end. 81Votes996.2kRecs2.3MFans
- 41 Banishing the Dragon 黜龙 There are dragons in this world. Dragons take countless forms: some roam rivers and seas, some soar over mountains, some hide in the deepest abysses, and some race among the clouds. When roused, they can swallow the wind and summon snow, divert rivers and carve waterways, summon lightning and breathe fire, split mountains and part seas. There are dragons among mankind, too. The greatest among men have lofty ambitions and brilliant plans. They hold the secrets of the universe within them and aspi 111Votes1.9MRecs1.6MFans
- 42 The British Civil Servant 大英公务员 The Second World War, which engulfed the entire world, was entering its final stages, but the decline of the British Empire had only just begun. The United States and the Soviet Union looked forward to a glorious future, knowing that the fallen aristocracy was no longer an obstacle. “I do not agree with their ideas, but dismantling British India first is not entirely a bad thing.” 0Votes566.4kRecs426.2kFans
- 43 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
- 44 EN Doomsday: My Keyword is One More Than Everyone Else's 末世：我的关键词比别人多一个 Brave, cowardly, kind, cunning, generous, greedy, elegant, cruel, cheerful, perverse, upright, a shameless hypocrite... In this apocalyptic world, resources can only be obtained by winning on alien battlefields, ensuring the survival of civilization. Every warrior entering an alien battlefield is randomly assigned a keyword of their own. When their words and actions match that keyword, their attributes grow rapidly and they gain superhuman abilities. But if they break character, their abilities 11Votes285.2kRecs854.6kFans
- 45 My Father Is Emperor Gaozu of Han 家父汉高祖 The new book The Court Does Not Move South is now being serialized. Your support is appreciated! A great empire has just been born, and a new era is about to begin. Liu Chang once wondered whether he should compete for the throne and lead this brand-new empire himself. But then he looked at the people around him: Liu Bang, Empress Lu, Liu Ying, Liu Heng... Well, isn’t it better to stay alive? And so Liu Chang earned himself the title of the most shameful transmigrator and settled into 160Votes1.1MRecs3.9MFans
- 46 The Ming Dynasty's Imperial Preceptor 大明国师 After witnessing the end of the Jingnan Campaign, Jiang Xinghuo, marked for extermination of his entire clan and nine relations, finally breathed a sigh of relief. As a veteran transmigrator, he would return to the modern era and gain immortality after transmigrating nine times. Certain he was about to finish the job, Jiang Xinghuo grew so bored that he began giving lectures in prison. But things gradually started to feel off… Ma Sanbao: “What is the Age of Exploration in The Sea Power Doctrine? 29Votes427.7kRecs6.2MFans
- 47 EN Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as Success 成为怪谈就算成功 Urban legends are uncanny things that feed on cognition, wield information as weapons, and use data as currency. They are neither living nor dead, existing in human rumors and dwelling in the shadows of the world. “So this means I’ll become an urban legend?” In ancient times, they were worshipped as gods, growing stronger through faith. “Then I’ll be a god!” In more recent times, they were feared as demons, nourished by fear. “I’ll become the Lord of Urban Legends!” But swept along by the tides 0Votes212.8kRecs675.3kFans
- 48 New Book 新书 At the end of the Xin dynasty, Wang Mang's reforms had failed and the realm was on the brink of chaos. The Red Eyebrows and Green Forest rebels raised their banners, while the Liu brothers set out to restore the Han. What should one do after being reborn in such an era? The Xin dynasty is rotten. Nothing can be built without first tearing the old down. Only those who come after can write the story in bold strokes! P.S. This is a story about a transmigrator battling the chosen one of the world. 25Votes989.2kRecs571.8kFans
- 49 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 50 Usurping the Qing 篡清 This is a pretty satisfying alternate-history novel... Well, it should be, anyway. 0Votes836.7kRecs938.3kFans
