Novels like Striving in the New Ming Dynasty
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- 51 Chronicles of the Great Han Empire 大汉帝国风云录 Guided by the principle of “delving into history while stepping beyond it,” this novel depicts the intricate historical developments and grand wars of conquest that took place more than 1,800 years ago. The story follows Li Hong, nicknamed Leopard, who rescues a Xianbei commander while still a slave and escapes back to the Han. Starting as an ordinary soldier, he repeatedly distinguishes himself in battle and rises to become a general, ultimately influencing the course of history at the end of t 0Votes1.4MRecs546.4kFans
- 52 Where Did the Daoist Go? 道长去哪了 If you’re willing to cast a monthly vote, I’d be grateful if you could spare one for my new book, "A First-Class Pill Immortal". Thank you, esteemed readers! Holding up the sect’s signboard, Gu Zuo beamed warmly, his eyebrows curving like crescent moons. “Excuse me, brother, would you be willing to join the Huai Xian Hall?” In this world, cultivating immortality is hard, and recruiting people is even harder! 1Votes738.5kRecs482.2kFans
- 53 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
- 54 Food Immortal 食仙 With a cleaver in hand, he commands life and death, chopping down demons and severing ghosts. The secrets within a crock can even lead one to the Dao. The universe rests in his palm, with two worlds at his command. Wealth, companions, arts, and sacred lands: he has them all. Su Ze, a master chef with a thousand-year-old lineage, is a modern-day cultivator. At a gathering with online friends, he somehow stumbled upon an entire other world! From then on, cultivation is a breeze. With a world in ha 0Votes222.8kRecs68.1kFans
- 55 A Doctor's Journey in Tokyo 东京医途 After being reborn in a parallel version of Tokyo, Kiryu Kazusuke struggled for ages to write just one sentence: “My high school grades weren’t great.” With no other choice, he gave up writing and went into medicine. Luckily, he could see the girls’ timelines. Every choice he made earned him a corresponding reward, such as surgical skills, medical papers, or an extra sum in his bank account. Before long, he had figured out three things: First, someone who truly likes you won’t care what color Po 406Votes140.3kRecs565.3kFans
- 56 Reborn as an Electronics Empire 重生电子帝国 Li Xuan, a Chinese returnee, has an accident after failing to fasten his seat belt as his plane lands at Hong Kong International Airport. To his surprise, he transmigrates and is reborn as a Hong Kong teenager with the same name in 1979. In 1979, the computer age is just beginning, while the video game era is reaching its peak. Pac-Man, an unassuming arcade game, sells a staggering 100,000 units in a single year and takes 0Votes126.3kRecs85.7kFans
- 57 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
- 58 A Father Can Rival a Nation 父可敌国 A broken bowl from the start, and a whole empire won through battle. That's my dad. The steadiest crown prince in history. That's my big brother. The only vassal prince in history to pull off a successful rebellion, the General-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition, and living happily ever after. That's still my big brother. The only emperor in history to be overthrown by a rebellious vassal prince. Your Majesty, I'll show you just once how you can lose when the enemy's already in your face. That' 5Votes348.7kRecs1.5MFans
- 59 Moonlight Over the Song Dynasty 宋时明月 This is a story about transmigrating into the life of an ordinary man. By sheer chance, Zhao Xing became a man of the Song Dynasty. Among the people he met were poets whose names would live forever, corrupt officials notorious for all time, outlaws driven to join the bandits of Liangshan, and peerless beauties whose fame for their charms spread far and wide. This was an age of “the moon rising above the willow branches, two lovers meeting after dusk.” It was home to true-hearted, romantic men re 0Votes269.8kRecs192.4kFans
- 60 Literary Luminary of the Han and Wei Dynasties 汉魏文魁 2Votes107kRecs81kFans
- 61 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
- 62 Rampant and Unrestrained 横行霸道 The Six Paths surge, gods and ghosts rage, The Nine Heavens tremble, wind and thunder clash. I hold fast to my true heart, free from worry, doubt, and fear. I stride across the Nine Heavens and reign supreme over the Six Paths. The author has completed three novels: Online Gaming: Nerve Disorder, Infinite Killing Road, and Wielding a Sword, Singing High. Rest assured, you can count on the author. 0Votes244.8kRecs89.4kFans
- 63 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
- 64 Beastly Tale 猛兽记 Games are fun. They get your blood pumping, and you can trade gear for cash. But sometimes games are a headache, especially when you have to rely on them to make a living. Life can be frustrating: you have to eat, find a wife, and pay rent. But life can be fun, too: you can have food on the table, marry a wife, and have a place to live together. This is life in a game, and a game in real life. 0Votes268.6kRecs39.3kFans
- 65 The Wheel of Time, the Wheel of Fate 时轮，命轮 Want to save people? I can barely take care of myself! Besides, you're at one end of time and I'm at the other. How am I supposed to save you? Better to save yourself! You're on your own. But I can offer a little help. 0Votes176.1kRecs29.9kFans
- 66 Online Game Judgment 网游审判 My new book, Breath of the Undead, has plenty of chapters now. I hope you'll show it lots of support! 0Votes530.9kRecs73.8kFans
- 67 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
- 68 The Waning Moon and the Parasol Tree 缺月梧桐 What is faith? What is loyalty? What is authority? What is right? A place that does not believe in hell is hell itself. Everyone will fall, and no one can escape. 2Votes318.7kRecs73.3kFans
- 69 The True Immortal of Bright Jade 皓玉真仙 (A feel-good power fantasy with a single male lead, not an ensemble cast. The protagonist has already attained the final great realm, True Immortal, so the slaughter can begin.) Heaven and earth are a chessboard, and all things are its pieces. When I take up the pieces, I’ll sweep them all off the board with a single stroke of my sleeve! A mighty cultivator with a false core seizes a spirit and starts cultivating anew. Armed with a supreme treasure, he becomes the greatest True Immortal in the h 29Votes14.4MRecs1.3MFans
- 70 A Good Husband in the Ming Dynasty 明朝好丈夫 I know things, I'm cultured, I can heal, and I can kill. I'm passionate, wicked, powerful, and damn impressive. I'm a Brocade Guard, a live-in son-in-law, an imperial bodyguard, and the crown prince's mentor. I'm just me: a good husband and a powerful minister. I made the Zhengde era more colorful and more exciting. 0Votes165.3kRecs317.5kFans
- 71 The Search for Immortality 仙道求索 At death's door, he encounters an immortal opportunity, but the path to immortality proves even more perilous! Because a dying cultivator needs someone to test a flawed cultivation method, Xu Fan, a man of poor aptitude, is taken on as a disciple. Yet the Daoist arts produced by this incomplete method are only half as powerful as normal. A blessing or a curse? When he opens his eyes, the world is already a wasteland. Deception, betrayal, schemes, concealment, hypocrites, and outright villains. T 1Votes487.2kRecs113.9kFans
- 72 The Lord Beyond the Mountains 山那边的领主 Soldiers in gleaming armor, fields of green wheat seedlings, nettles covering stone walls, roses beside farmhouses. This is the Middle Ages. When the horn sounded at dawn across the fields; when warriors raised the shattered battle standard; when farmers watched in tears as their land went up in flames. An age of chaos had begun. This was an age of suffering, and an age of heroes. Having witnessed the horrors of war, the first lord chose to settle in a valley and build a paradise far remove 1Votes48.4kRecs47.7kFans
- 73 The Confucian Path: Overlord of the World 儒道之天下霸主 Eight hundred years ago, the great Confucian Dong Tianshu achieved sainthood atop Mount Tai, ushering in eight centuries of Confucian rule. Now barbarians invade, the land lies shattered, the Demon Emperor Yuan plots in secret, and Asura from another world watch hungrily. Ning Jiang transmigrates and is reborn in order to save his younger sister. In the chaos that follows the collapse of the Confucian Way, how will he rise to power step by step and save Huaxia? What truth lies behind the Confuci 0Votes385kRecs115.2kFans
- 74 A Ming Dynasty Warrior 大明武夫 Zhao Jin had lived an ordinary life, never imagining that he would get a new beginning at the end of the Ming dynasty. He is determined to make a name for himself in history. With the spear in his hand, he will pacify a realm stretching ten thousand li. This is the Ming Dynasty Warrior. 0Votes181.3kRecs132.5kFans
- 75 Moving Mountains 搬山 Liang Xin was born into a family of convicts and thought he would never amount to anything in this life. Unexpectedly, when he was eight, a ghost servant who had once served his ancestor came to pledge his loyalty to him... To cultivate heaven's way and comprehend the Dao, one must sever mortal attachments. In a cultivator's eyes, only the Heavenly Dao matters; external things cannot move them, and worldly honors and disgrace mean nothing. The Daoist heart is not the human heart. Liang Xin, howe 0Votes202.6kRecs156kFans
- 76 Battle Armor 斗铠 In the eighth year of Taichang under the Northern Wei, Meng Ju, a young military officer with extraordinary skills, was demoted from Luojing to the frontier. There he met Ye Jianan, his beautiful superior, and his meteoric rise began. A sweeping tale of a turbulent age, it weaves together a lifetime of joy and sorrow, unforgettable love and revenge, epic battles in battle armor, and the tangled grievances of family and country. Thank you for your support! (After Zichuan, this is Lao Zhu’s new Ch 0Votes707.9kRecs153.6kFans
- 77 The Cultured Guest 清客 Fine calligraphy, but no more than ordinary; second-rate talent, kept under wraps; three jin of liquor, yet never drunk; clothes for all four seasons, but never quite right; five stones at Go, without regret; six performances of Kunqu, never turned down; a crooked seven-character poem, written without delay; eight rounds of the card game ma diao, with nothing left unchecked; a rank of ninth grade, never sought; and a full ten parts of geniality, without a trace of vulgarity Travel five hundred y 14Votes99.7kRecs282.2kFans
- 78 The Red-Gated Manor 朱门风流 The rich feast on meat and wine, while frozen corpses lie by the roadside. Reborn into a prestigious Ming family, Zhang Yue is still just a boy no one pays much attention to. The upheaval of the Jingnan Campaign has passed, Zheng He's fleet is sailing the seas, and high-ranking nobles abound in his family... Is all he can do really eat, drink, and wait to die? Amid the splendor of the age, he seeks a life of refinement; even in wealth, one must proceed with care. With the affairs of family and r 0Votes660.2kRecs236.5kFans
- 79 The Great Official 大官人 In the ninth year of Yongle, the realm prospered. The nation was mighty, its people proud, and envoys from every corner of the world came to pay tribute! At a time like this, let me ask: who wouldn’t want to become a great official? 1Votes240.4kRecs232.7kFans
- 80 The Commercial Three Kingdoms 商业三国 Preface (serving as the blurb): A merchant who used to be a teacher and three of his teacher friends travel through time to the Three Kingdoms era while exploring Shennongjia. (Yes, it’s a cliché. Nothing I can do about that. If you’re unhappy, throw your votes at me. -_-) Dissatisfied with the state of China at the time, they are deeply worried about the coming era of the Five Barbarians ravaging China. To spare the Han people 300 years of suffering, they rise amid the chaos and establish a nat 0Votes1.3MRecs376.4kFans
- 81 A First-Rank Empire 一品江山 In the spring of the fifth year of Qingli, Fan Wenzheng's reform of the New Policies had failed, and Fu Bi was demoted along with him. Teng Zijing rebuilt Yueyang Tower, Ouyang Xiu drank himself into a stupor, Han Xianggong remained tall, handsome, and rich, and Wen Yanbo had become thoroughly extraordinary. Di Qing became the idol of the Great Song's underclass, while the Obstinate Chancellor and Sima Niu had only just entered the workforce. Justice Bao was not yet qualified to preside over Kai 1Votes634.5kRecs337.9kFans
- 82 Make My Name Known Across the Land 明扬天下 In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, the land was truly in chaos: hooves fell like rain, shouts rolled like thunder, and blood poured in torrents. The Central Plains’ mothers grayed with worry; in the spring boudoirs of Jiangnan, women gazed into the distance; in Hunan, children wept through the night. Farewells beneath the willows of their hometowns, generals’ eyes blazing with fury, and war banners snapping in the northern wind. Clouds of dust rose one after another as the land of Huaxi 0Votes463kRecs230.9kFans
- 83 The Spring and Autumn of the Chu Clan 楚氏春秋 Dragons devour the world, and winds and clouds surge. The Central Plains had enjoyed a hundred years of peace, but the Northern Zhao's Chu clan was rising, the young ruler of the Western Qin was being restored to power, Southern Qi and Eastern Wu were forming an alliance, and the northern barbarians were stirring... In this chaotic age of heroes, who can stand against whom? 1Votes1.8MRecs171.9kFans
- 84 The Southern Song Dynasty Never Coughs 南宋不咳嗽 The protagonist, Hong Tao, is a seasoned professional who has transmigrated and been reborn three times. This time, he has arrived in the Southern Song. Can a modern man who can neither do physical labor nor tell the grains apart survive in the Song Dynasty? Can he repeat the success of his first two transmigrations and rebirths? That is the story this book tells. Let us see how he will find a new way to live well while also lending the Southern Song court a hand, helping it withstand a disaster 0Votes422.8kRecs136.6kFans
- 85 King Huai of Chu 大楚怀王 Just after transmigrating and becoming King Huai of Chu, Xiong Huai is visited by Zhang Yi of Qin, who comes bearing a gift: six hundred li of Shangyu land. Xiong Huai says he will rewrite history. He won't be the foolish King Huai of Chu, and he certainly won't break with Qi and ally with Qin. But the next day, after discussing the matter with all his ministers and exchanging arguments through several rounds, the state of Chu reaches a unanimous decision. Full of confidence, Xiong Huai tells Zh 0Votes109.2kRecs88.6kFans
- 86 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
- 87 A Journey to the Ming 旅明 Cao Chuan used to shuttle local goods back and forth between the late Ming Dynasty and the modern era all by himself. Then one day, he discovered that even living people could be transported! It’s time to gather a team of ace soldiers, top students, CEOs, and miracle doctors, and head to the late Ming to conquer the world! After that, a bunch of good-for-nothings, unemployed drifters, construction contractors, and even slipper sellers are sent away in succession. There’s no choice. These people 0Votes302.6kRecs75.8kFans
- 88 The Splendor of the High Tang 盛唐风月 I recall the glorious days of Kaiyuan, when even small towns held thousands of households. Rice gleamed with fat, millet was white, and public and private granaries alike were full. In the fourth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Empire stood at the height of its power, and the capital, Chang'an, was the world's most prosperous city, bar none. Yao Chong, Song Jing, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi, Yan Zhenqing, Gongsun Daniang, Pei Min, Guo Ziyi... The skies of the High Tang were bright with stars. 0Votes50.6kRecs80.3kFans
- 89 The New Shun, 1730 新顺1730 What would it be like if the dynasty that followed the fall of the Ming were a Han Chinese dynasty? After transmigrating, Liu Yu discovers that he has arrived in Dashun, a dynasty at a turning point in history. He starts out as the son of a duke, with parents, maids, plenty of money, plenty of people, and plenty of connections. With life growing dull, Liu Yu has to find something to do. And so... 14Votes297.3kRecs300.8kFans
- 90 Heaven's Choice 天择 Heaven chose me to live this life, so I will seize every moment! In this chaotic age where a hundred schools contend, an age where a hundred powers vie for supremacy as well! With the fate of the Breaker, I must lead a vast army and charge into battle... With the fate of the Purple Emperor, I must bring blessings to all living things and command the rise and fall of the land... With the fate of the Assistants, I must govern the world, standing above all people, yet beneath only one: The Outcast! 0Votes873.7kRecs393.4kFans
- 91 Late Ming 晚明 In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p 116Votes768kRecs830.3kFans
- 92 A Good Man in the Tang Dynasty 唐朝好男人 [A celebrated title signed by Qidian’s First Editorial Group] Our ancestors passed down the things they considered most precious. They meant well, but their descendants didn’t seem to appreciate it, and so transmigration happened. People who set out to correct their forebears’ mistakes, presume they can become turning points in history, or arrogantly join those pushing the wheels of history onward appeared one after another, and alternate history was born. Wang Zihao is no exception. But what is 0Votes1.2MRecs94.3kFans
- 93 My Wife Is a Great General 妻乃上将军 title: My Wife Is the Great General---- 0Votes134.2kRecs125.4kFans
- 94 The Rise of the High Tang 盛唐崛起 In the first year of the Shengli era, outside Changping County in Youzhou, the young Yang Shouwen is struck by lightning and the memories sealed away for seventeen years awaken. The sun and moon shine together. The Kaiyuan golden age is still a distant dream. Though the empress rules a seemingly peaceful land, turbulent undercurrents appear to be stirring beneath the surface. Chen Zi’ang, who climbed Youzhou Terrace and reflected on the vastness of heaven and earth; the brave and formidable, cle 3Votes1.2MRecs298.2kFans
- 95 A Prestigious Ming Clan 大明望族 Xiao Jiu's new book, My Father-in-Law Is Kangxi, launches on Qidian on May 1, 2022. As the saying goes, the Shen clan of the world comes from Wuxing. The Shen clan of Wuxing, the Zhou clan of Runan, the Gu clan of Kuaiji, the Li clan of Longxi, the Chen clan of Donghai, and the Zhang clan of Zhongshan are known as China's Six Great Clans. By the mid-Ming dynasty, the prestige of the great clans had long since faded. A branch of the Shen clan made i 0Votes234.6kRecs126.3kFans
- 96 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
- 97 My Sword Saint Wife from Another World 我的异世界剑圣老婆 May I find one heart to call my own, and stay by their side until our hair turns white. In the heavy early-winter snow, a strange girl wielding a greatsword abducted me. I was terrified, yet somehow couldn’t stop my heart from racing. Is this what they call love at first sight? Xu Fei’s simple life under one roof with a beautiful swordswoman from another world begins. “Did that count as me saving a beauty just now?” “No... you saved them...” A gentle breeze lifted the ends of the girl’s hair. Sh 1Votes26.7kRecs171.3kFans
- 98 The Elemental Tower 元素高塔 The tale of a first-charge player in a browser game struggling to survive in another world. "Survival, my ass!" This is the anguished roar of a bunch of miserable souls treated as stepping stones beneath someone else's feet. Really, it's just the story of someone who brings a fortress from a game, summons a group of girls, and simply wants to make a life here, only to rise step by step to heights no one else can reach. New book: My Home Has a World of Immortal Heroes 0Votes88.5kRecs91.5kFans
- 99 The Clan Leader Has a Lot on His Plate 族长压力大 Some debts always have to be repaid. The sins committed by the first generation of transmigrators, for instance, can only be borne by the second. Gui Chongyang, a second-generation transmigrator, returns to Mu Family Village and sets out on the path to becoming clan head. Where are the legendary main and collateral branches, the clan elders, and the clan lands? There is a house: three thatched rooms. There is land: two mu of saline-alkali flats. And there are people: a houseful of old and young, 0Votes231.4kRecs86.8kFans
- 100 The Three Kingdoms: Starting by Bluffing Liu Bei 三国从忽悠刘备开始 The new book, The Younger Brother Zhuge Liang, is now underway. It is also a Three Kingdoms story of strategy, and could be considered a spiritual successor. New and returning readers alike are welcome to check it out. Emperor Ling of Han is leasing out official positions at Xiyuan. Should you rent one? Rent it! Of course rent it! Because as long as you happen to rent the final term before Emperor Ling's death, it is equivalent to renting a house until you become the landlord! Rent an official 3Votes391.9kRecs409.2kFans
