Novels like The Hypocrite of the Ming Dynasty
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- 1 The Ming Dynasty's Prince 大明王侯 Is a live-in son-in-law from a merchant family destined to be a failure? The transmigrator Xiao Fan is a clear counterexample. In the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was old, the Crown Prince's heir was frail, and the Prince of Yan was making his move. That was the year Xiao Fan arrived. The tides of the world began to surge because of him. 0Votes125.1kRecs198.7kFans
- 2 The Legendary Playboy Young Master 传奇纨绔少爷 Fang Zheng, an ordinary college student, transmigrated into the body of a wealthy young wastrel in ancient times. He had no desire to change the world. He only wanted to enjoy life as a rich young master, but being too exceptional was a crime in itself. With his arrival, the world was quietly changing. See how the protagonist embarks on an uproariously funny life in ancient times, in a transmigration story unlike any other. This book has a lighthearted style (you could also call it humorous). It 0Votes126.5kRecs242.9kFans
- 3 Where Are the Magical Plants? 神奇植物在哪里？ [Transmigrate and Farm], [Plants vs. Zombies] As an idealistic transmigrated engineer who is not exactly overflowing with morality, Dai Lin chooses to face every challenge in this otherworld with plants and fungi! The bashful Ancient Tree of Wisdom said, "Stop staring at my flowers all the time! You're making me embarrassed..." 0Votes68.7kRecs134.4kFans
- 4 The Imperial Clan 皇族 He is a lowborn son, a youth of mysterious origins, a veteran of ten years of commercial warfare, and a man indifferent to fame and fortune. In his previous life, he was utterly alone, with no one to rely on. In this life, he is a member of a prestigious imperial clan, surrounded by beautiful wives. With the dynasty in turmoil, five dragons vying for the throne, and the court locked in a sinister and hair-raising struggle, where should a lazy man like him go from here? Another brill 0Votes142.1kRecs132.8kFans
- 5 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Trickster 明朝第一弄臣 Xie Hong, a modern master of handicrafts, transmigrates to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. Xie Hong is lucky, because the man who loves having fun most has met the emperor who loves having fun most. Xie Hong is unlucky, because those who amuse the emperor have a bad reputation and are called court jesters! Grand Secretary Li Dongyang (heartbroken): “What a treacher 0Votes73.7kRecs61.2kFans
- 6 The All-Around Alchemist 全能炼金师 Xiu Yigelai arrives on Purgatory Island, only to discover that an endless string of dangers awaits him. To survive, he must fight for his life. My new book, "The Hall of a Thousand Mechanisms", is out! It’s the story of a avenger, a true avenger who needs tremendous perseverance to see things through. (A must-read for fans of xianxia, espionage, mind games, and brain-teasing plots.) 0Votes1.4kRecs10.9kFans
- 7 The Grand Academician 大学士 The romance and intrigue of the Ming dynasty. The appetites and passions of people in ancient times. The workings of the official world four hundred years ago. A young man who transmigrates to the Jiajing era. 0Votes97.2kRecs454.5kFans
- 8 From Peasant to Court Official 朝为田舍郎 A farmer in the morning, seated in the emperor’s court by night. In the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty, Gu Qing strides out of the dust in commoner’s clothes. On the broad avenues of Chang’an’s imperial city, he gazes at the rows of magnificent palaces and takes one step, then another, each step bringing a lotus into bloom. Gradually, he gets a feel for the pulse of this powerful dynasty. He also sees the ashen, gloomy face of Li Longji, worn down by setback after setback. Bending down, Gu Qing 6Votes377.8kRecs147.7kFans
- 9 The Late Tang Dynasty 晚唐 The fourteenth year of the Xiantong reign of the Tang Dynasty, 873 AD. Emperor Yizong, the Tang Dynasty's seventeenth ruler, has died. As the empire basks in the setting sun, its new emperor, twelve-year-old Li Xuan, takes the throne as the eighteenth ruler, Emperor Xizong. At this point, only a few months remain before the private salt trader Wang Xianzhi raises an army against the Tang with ten commanders at his side. Another private salt trader, Huang Chao, who loves writing poems about chrys 0Votes113.7kRecs118.7kFans
- 10 The Prestigious Clan 名门 This is a Tang Empire that has taken a wrong turn, with imperial power in decline and the empire nearing its end. It is also an age when the empire and the great clans coexist. Fifteen years ago, the An Lushan Rebellion was finally put down. But the Uyghurs, seeing the Tang’s weakness, eyed the Central Plains, bringing their horses to its rivers and laying waste to its people. As the empire teetered on the brink, seven great clans joined forces to drive out the northern invaders and restore the 0Votes424.8kRecs363.5kFans
- 11 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
- 12 The Embroidered Uniform Guard 锦医卫 A forensic doctor returns to the Ming Dynasty, takes charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, solves cases and hunts criminals, and judges the living and the dead. With a single hand, he supports the realm of four hundred prefectures and sets sail across ten thousand li of ocean... His eyes shine like lightning, seeing through the underworld. His treasured sword flashes as he slays every demon and fiend! 0Votes255.5kRecs242.2kFans
- 13 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
- 14 The Treacherous Minister 奸臣 After a ridiculous misstep, Xu Xun, who had finally avenged his old grudge, found himself in the golden age of the Ming dynasty, five hundred years in the past. The realm was at peace. Jinling was enchanting, the capital imposing. The songs of Qinhuai and the dances of Huaiyang went on without end. Beneath the harmony of this prosperous age, loyal officials were everywhere, while ordinary people were treated worse than dogs. An orphan like him could barely take a single step, let alone find a wa 0Votes257.5kRecs148.6kFans
- 15 The Dashing Scholar 士子风流 Having pored over the sages' books, one may ascend to the emperor's court by dusk. This is the golden age of scholars. With the emperor's sword in hand and a beauty at his side, Xu Qian enters an age of romance and adventure. Songs and dances fill the air; fortunes are squandered in a single night. Along both banks of the Qinhuai River, there is no end to the tales of romance. Success in the imperial examinations, a heart soaring with ambition, and a chance to shape the realm: there is no end to 0Votes155kRecs130.5kFans
- 16 I Rule the Yuan Clan in the Three Kingdoms 三国之袁家我做主 I’ve started a new book, A Gentleman in the Three Kingdoms. It’s currently under review, so please show it lots of support by adding it to your library! Though it’s been N years, I’m not sure anyone still remembers me. Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I became Yuan Shao’s third son, Yuan Shang. And wouldn’t you know it, I arrived right in the middle of the Battle of Guandu! By now, the battle is almost over. Xu You has defected from Yuan Shao, the supplies at Wuc 0Votes76kRecs103.5kFans
- 17 A Martial Guide to the Tang Dynasty 武唐攻略 Damn you, Heavens! You actually made me Wu Zetian's son! Bah! I've got a strategy guide, so why should I fear the Wu-Tang dynasty? Reclining in drunken abandon, I sing aloud, laughing as I admire beauties with their red sleeves. How many heroes of the age have all fallen into my trap? Fine horses and robes worth a thousand gold: all I ask is to scheme at Zhangtai and drink my fill, sword in hand as I point toward the distant Penglai Palace. 0Votes247.7kRecs57.3kFans
- 18 The Foolish Emperor 昏君 Life putting too much pressure on you? Then come be a foolish emperor! Getting sneered at when looking for a job? Then come be a foolish emperor! Your boss exploiting you mercilessly? Then come be a foolish emperor! Housing prices too high to afford? Then come be a foolish emperor! No money to date your girlfriend? Then come be a foolish emperor! Stocks plunging all the way down? Then come be a foolish emperor! Your wife won't let you smoke? Then come be a foolish emperor! Our slogan is this: if 0Votes336.2kRecs161.2kFans
- 19 The Dashing Young Master 公子风流 He transmigrated into the body of a dissolute young master who knew all about romance and the ways of love. He couldn't play an instrument, but he knew how to woo a woman. Unfortunately, he ended up in the emperor's personal guard, the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Well, the pressure was immense. He'd have to put his conscience aside for now. His real job was to pick up a weapon and call a deer a horse. “The day I don the flying-fish robe and wield the embroidered spring saber will be the day I ris 0Votes148.4kRecs353.3kFans
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 Song Shixing 宋时行 In the sixth year of the Xuanhe era, he arrived in Tokyo, the city of Bianliang! With two years still to go before the Jingkang Incident, Yu Yin stood by the Wuzhang River, bewildered and at a loss. Was the splendor of Tokyo real, or just an illusion? As the great empire tottered on the brink of collapse, people drowned themselves in pleasure, while the streets brimmed with prosperity... Yu Yin stumbled through this world on the verge of ruin. When he suddenly looked back, he discovered that his 0Votes536.6kRecs278kFans
- 24 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
- 25 Drunk on the Pillow of the Realm 醉枕山河 Holding a high government post was never my intention. I’m just doing it casually. Becoming a martial arts grandmaster came naturally, and few in the world can rival me. A story about an idle prince who tutors the emperor! (QQ group 317142845. Join to see the author cross-dress.) (I’ve put my heart into this and already have more than a dozen photos, unlike authors who only post one =.=) 0Votes29.8kRecs45.9kFans
- 26 The Power 权柄 A man among men, through a joke played by fate, is transformed into a young hostage prince, thus raising the curtain on an imperial saga of conquest and glory: Countless loyal ministers and brilliant generals perform a stirring tale worthy of song and tears; Many beautiful women, bound by deep affection, complete a poignant and entwined romance; A measure of pure-hearted innocence preserves a magnificent celestial dynasty! To ensure everyone's reading enjoyment, I solemnly promise: 2Votes231kRecs692.4kFans
- 27 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
- 28 Usurping the Tang 篡唐 Born into a world in turmoil, with a mysterious past. I never sought wealth and power, but wealth and power came looking for me... Come see a modern man’s tale set in the Sui and Tang dynasties! There will be grudges and romance, warhorses and weapons, and countless tales of passion... Geng Xin’s new novel for 2010, Usurping Tang, makes its grand debut. I hope you’ll enjoy it. 0Votes383.2kRecs379.6kFans
- 29 The Embroidered Uniform Guards Rule the Realm 锦衣当国 Wang Tong, a modern office worker, dies of illness and arrives in the early years of the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. This is the Ming's finest age, and also the last of its glory. As the son of a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, what can Wang Tong do? What can he change? The moment he appears, the river of time changes course… 0Votes570.5kRecs655.4kFans
- 30 The World 天下 Return to the Tang dynasty and contend for supremacy. In the fifth year of the Tianbao era, the Tang dynasty had been established for more than a century. After decades of governing the country, Li Longji, now an old man who had lived long enough to know the will of Heaven, had grown weary. Ever since he made Yang his noble consort, his attention had gradually drifted away from the dull, tedious affairs of state. “Music and dancing fill the air, and the emperor can never get enough of the show.” 0Votes447.2kRecs454.9kFans
- 31 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
- 32 The Convict 刑徒 The Chu-Han Contention. Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to rule? 0Votes384.6kRecs502.8kFans
- 33 The Leisurely Prince of the Northern Song 北宋闲王 An idle prince is no virtuous prince. Zhao Yan transmigrates into the body of the third son of Emperor Yingzong of the Northern Song. He already has a terrible reputation, and has no desire to fight for fame or power. All he wants is to be a carefree prince, sipping wine and savoring fine food, with a few beauties by his side to make life perfect. But as a man from a later age, Zhao Yan sticks out among the people of ancient times like a searchlight in the night, shining with a blinding glow. Ev 0Votes113.7kRecs241.7kFans
- 34 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
- 35 A Wife as Lovely as the Clouds 娇妻如云 The most artistically gifted thief in history transmigrates to the fourth year of Emperor Huizong's reign in the Northern Song dynasty. As a servant in the Duke of Qi's household, Shen Ao is having a grand time. Knowledge changes your fate, intelligence determines your future, and everything else is just so much fluff. Watch me rule it all with one hand. It's all about art and good taste: forge the world's finest paintings, write the most beautiful calligraphy, take the road less traveled. The r 0Votes146.2kRecs391.7kFans
- 36 The Divine Child's Homecoming 神子回乡记 Witness the second prince of the Divine Realm, Wudi, as he stars in an unconventional, invincible, laugh-out-loud urban cultivation story. Quotes from the Second Prince: “What are the Apocalypse Realm, the Sage Realm, and the Ancestral Return Realm? What are the Ghost King, Ghost Emperor, and Ghost Saint? So what if the heavens are packed with gods and Buddhas? What difference does it make if demons roam everywhere? In my eyes, there are only three kinds: those who can take one slap from me, tho 0Votes995.9kRecs45Fans
- 37 A Good Kid in the Three Kingdoms 三国好孩子 Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun You, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Yue Jin, Li Dian, Yu Jin, Dian Wei! They're here to kill me. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and it seems Chen Dao too, that ferocious warrior who never made a name for himself in Romance of the Three Kingdoms but was every bit as formidable as Zhao Yun! They're here to take my territory. Heavens! I'm not Boss Dong. I don't have Lü Bu to deal with these mighty warriors. I'm just a good kid, an honest kid: Tao 0Votes191.7kRecs116.4kFans
- 38 The Great Idle Man of the Zhenguan Era 贞观大闲人 In the Zhenguan era of the Tang, the realm was at peace and the land was magnificent, all under the Li clan’s special favor. Li Jing struck north against the Turks, while Emperor Taizong campaigned east against Goguryeo. Their armies were so mighty that they commanded the respect of the four seas. Now, let us set out anew and restore the old realm. Before the portraits of the meritorious officials, Li Yuan plucked his pipa and sighed alone. In the towers of Lingyan Pavilion, Li Shimin, drunk, da 0Votes1.4MRecs787.4kFans
- 39 I Awakened the Naruto World 我让火影世界觉醒 Naruto × Reincarnation Paradise: A Mixed-Blood Fanfiction There are two kinds of Hokage worlds: one is the fake world of anime, and the other is a real world of supernatural powers. When the fates of transmigrators and contractors converge; When the System and the Paradise clash across higher dimensions; When the native world and the derivative world merge; When the characters from the story fully awaken! Is this finally the Hokage world you wanted? 0Votes13.7kRecs6.7kFans
- 40 The Ming Dynasty Official 大明官 In the thirteenth year of the Chenghua era of the Great Ming, history graduate student Fang Yingwu transmigrates into the body of a scholar. It is an age when an otaku takes the throne and rules without much interest. It is an age without authority. It is also an age when loyalty and treachery, righteousness and evil, black and white are clearly distinguished. It is an age when the nation faces no major troubles and is governed with a light touch. It is also an age of lax laws and lazy officials 0Votes488.8kRecs288.8kFans
- 41 Traitors and Rebels at the End of the Song Dynasty 宋末之乱臣贼子 The story is just as the title says. It's already signed with a publisher, so jump in! The style is the same as before. 0Votes162.4kRecs92.4kFans
- 42 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
- 43 Striving in the New Ming Dynasty 奋斗在新明朝 A geeky humanities student transmigrates to a baffling version of the Ming Dynasty. He starts at the very bottom as a crude little yamen runner, with no hope of passing the imperial examinations. Let’s see how our protagonist happily carves out an unconventional path to success from the bustling streets. Along the way, we’ll uncover all sorts of rules governing the Ming bureaucracy! New blurb: This is a serious work grounded in history and fact, with rigorous logic and precise details. Well, mor 0Votes225.8kRecs288.8kFans
- 44 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
- 45 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
- 46 The Hegemony of Shu 霸蜀 Reborn as Wei Yan's son, he will dominate the Three Kingdoms era's final chapter! Within, there is Zhuge Liang, so clever he seems almost demonic. Without, there is Sima Yi, the greatest schemer of the Three Kingdoms, as well as the emperor of Eastern Wu, sometimes friend and sometimes foe. A surprise attack through the Ziwu Valley, three battles to seize Jingzhou, a lone horse to pacify Jiangnan, a thousand cavalry sweeping across Hebei, subduing Wu, destroying Wei, and making Shu supreme. Watc 0Votes218.8kRecs137.2kFans
- 47 Drunk on a Pillow Beneath the River and Mountains 醉枕江山 Empress Wu Zhao rules beneath the sun and moon, while Shangguan Wan'er weighs the affairs of the realm. Li Guo'er is more beautiful than any flower, and the Five Great Clans scheme against one another. Princess Taiping can find no peace, while the third son of the Li family is none other than Longji. Di Renjie, Zhang Yizhi, Feng Xiaobao... Talented men, lovely women, and rough-and-ready sorts! Red sleeves beckon, and wandering heroes roam beneath the skies of the Great Tang, Drunk, they rest the 0Votes2.9MRecs598.9kFans
- 48 A Warlord in the Three Kingdoms 混在三国当军阀 The hero gives himself a mighty shake, unleashes his kingly aura, recruits a whole host of famous generals and scholars, finds a territory, develops it, and ultimately unifies the realm. Aren't you tired of this plot yet? Then let's try something fresh. This is a Three Kingdoms novel unlike any other, written for the guys! Reader Group 1: 51623648 (Full) Reader Group 2: 40377763 (Full) Reader Group 3: 34530213 (Full) Reader Group 4: 52587373 (Full) Reader Group 6: 266 0Votes1MRecs371.1kFans
- 49 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
- 50 Cao Thief 曹贼 Set in 2011, a story about a little Cao thief, brought to you with all the author Geng Xin’s effort. 0Votes806.7kRecs337.2kFans
