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- 1 The Bright Moon over Song 大宋明月 New book, The Jin Campaign Conquers the World, coming soon. Stay tuned! [Runner-up in the New Historical Era Writing Contest] “Had the world not been blessed with a young lord, all ages would have been shrouded in endless night.”, Yue Fei. With fine horses and costly furs, Zhao Hao, a prince of the Northern Song dynasty, possesses a Merit System. He could have lived a life of carefree luxury, yet he is willing to make the whole world his enemy and vows to contend with Heaven itself. He seeks to 0Votes61.6kRecs49.6kFans
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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
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- 3 The Three Kingdoms' Greatest Strategist 三国之最强谋士 New book: Three Kingdoms: I Found a Copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It's an experimental writing style, so interested readers are welcome to check it out. Golden armor and iron steeds are a general's dream! Cunning schemes and brilliant plans are a strategist's pursuit! Building a dynasty is a warlord's ambition! The Three Kingdoms was an extraordinary and glorious era. Follow Chen Xiu, a humble commoner reborn in the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, as he rises from obscurity, ser 0Votes7.3kRecs15.1kFans
- 4 The Hu Horse 勒胡马 The Battle of Ningping City marked the final chapter of the Western Jin regime. According to the history books, from princes and ministers down to officers and soldiers, all were slaughtered by the Hu army, and “not a single person escaped death”… No. Amid the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a young man still managed to rise to his feet. Gripping a ruyi scepter, he smashed it hard against the Hu commander's forehead! As the Central Plains fell and the people fled south, in this hellscape 0Votes333.6kRecs115.3kFans
- 5 The Great Wei Palace 大魏宫廷 New book, Zhao's Tiger Son. Born a prince of Great Wei, I would rather be an idle lord in an age of peace. My ambitions lie in wine, women, and song, but my heart holds the fate of my country and its people. If my elder brother is worthy, if my younger brother is wise, you can rule while I take it easy. But if you cannot make the nation strong, then I’ll ascend the throne and become emperor! Hongrun, You Can’t Do It, So I’ll Take Over 1Votes2.1MRecs1.1MFans
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Crowned Above the New Han Dynasty 冠绝新汉朝
Of all the talent under heaven, Chen Zhi claims eight tenths, leaving the other two tenths for everyone else. He transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms, served the Liu clan, swept away the warlords, and had the tide of events firmly in hand. With the restoration of the Han just around the corner, he died. Fortunately, Chen Zhi was armed with the finest teachings of a hundred schools and all manner of extraordinary objects. Nearly a century after his death, he was reborn. But this time, he faced an
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The Han Legacy and the Noble Houses 汉祚高门
Shen Zhezhi arrives in the early Eastern Jin dynasty and takes over the body of a son from a powerful family in Jiangnan. He has ten thousand mu of fertile land, a fortune in wealth, and servants by the dozen. It’s an exceptionally privileged start for someone who transmigrates, but unfortunately, his father is a habitual rebel. The aristocracy flees south, the Five Barbarians wreak havoc across China: a dirge for the land of Hua Xia, a lament for the Han dynasty. The great clans can’t be truste
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Striving in Dream of the Red Chamber 奋斗在红楼
In the winter of the seventh year of the Yongzhi reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the beautiful, haughty little girl Lin Daiyu has just entered the Jia household. A modern science graduate transmigrates into the body of Jia Huan, a bastard son in the Jia household from Dream of the Red Chamber. If he doesn’t want to be dragged down by his useless Jia relatives and have his family confiscated and his head chopped off, he needs to prepare early. This is the story of a bastard son making a comeback
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Rise of the Poor Scholar 寒门崛起
This is the story of a graduate student in Classical Chinese who, after being battered again and again while searching for work, returns to the middle of the Ming dynasty and enters the body of a young child in a mountain village. His father is stiff and taciturn, his mother is fiery, and his relatives are all a troublesome lot. There's no shortage of squabbles in the little farmyard. Luckily, I have several thousand years of accumulated history behind me, and the Four Books, Five Classics, and
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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
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Carefree Scholar 逍遥小书生
A 21st-century engineering graduate transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a poor scholar. A whole library is somehow stored in his brain, packed with every kind of knowledge! He isn't expecting to become a noble or a minister, but surely he can at least land a high-ranking post and have some fun, right? Facing the rising sun, Li Yi makes a grand vow and bravely takes his first step in this world. “Stop!” On a tall horse sits a stunning woman in riding clothes. After giving him a careful onc
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- 12 A First-Rank Official 官居一品 Count the heroes, weigh their triumphs and defeats: a century passes like a dream, yet their hearts burn with purpose. They strive to govern wisely and save a crumbling realm, even if a flood of infamy follows them beyond the grave. They scorn death and cherish the rise and fall of nations, traveling alone through storms and tempests. Who wouldn't wish the Great Wall to stand forever? Yet none can know if the River of Sorrow will flow eastward, back into the sea. 17Votes1.4MRecs891.9kFans
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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
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The Three Kingdoms: Sweeping Across the Land 三国之席卷天下
Qin Feng, courtesy name Zijin, came alone from a later age, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was thrown into turmoil...! Yuan Shao fell into a pit! Why did he shout for Zijin to save him? Cao Cao was kicked off a cliff by Qin Feng! Why, then, was he so grateful to him? A million Yellow Turbans! How did the three Zhang brothers end up dead one after another? What on earth happened? Qin Feng beat Emperor Ling of Han to death with his own hands! And in full view of everyone, what method did he use to sw
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Drifting with the Tide: A Great Military Strategist 随波逐流之一代军师
I have long since hidden away the gold at my waist; such matters are nothing unusual. If the world wishes to know the guest of the humble garden, he is merely a scholar from Jiangnan. Jiang Zhe, courtesy name Suiyun, was born poor. After ten years of arduous study, he finally passed the imperial examinations and entered the Hanlin Academy. But by chance, he was drawn into the struggle over the crown prince of the Great Yong dynasty. Faced with schemes and machinations, he had to match wits and p
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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
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The Reclusive Life in the Three Kingdoms 三国之宅行天下
“If I had known I was going to transmigrate, I would definitely have looked up how to make things like gunpowder and glass...” Jiang Zhe gazed at the large tree in front of the door and sighed. “Glass, hmm, that should be made by firing sand, right? But what about gunpowder? Saltpeter, charcoal, and what else was it? Sulfuric acid or sulfur?” “Husband...” Xiu Er walked over to Jiang Zhe and asked curiously, “Aren’t you going to work yet?” “I’m going, I’m going...” Jiang Zhe shook his head and
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Planning the Three Kingdoms 谋定三国
With either Wolong or Fengchu, one can bring peace to the realm; a single Guihu can throw the world into chaos. He studied under Guigu and inherited the teachings of Marquis Liu. Now he will overturn this chaotic age and rewrite the Three Kingdoms! One man is loyal and devoted, the other keeps his promises. They should have been the best of brothers, but in this chaotic age, their ambitions differ, and they can meet only on the battlefield. One is benevolent and cares for the people; the other s
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I Rule in the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋我为王
Reborn in the Spring and Autumn period as an illegitimate son of a noble clan, I was sent to live with the cattle and horses in the stables. Little did anyone know that this would lay the foundation for my hegemony. What does the partition of Jin matter? Watch as my Zhao clan takes its place! Laozi rides west on an ox, Confucius is full of ambition, and Wu and
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- 20 The Dashing Illegitimate Son 庶子风流 He was an ordinary young man until an accident gave him an AI supercomputer and sent him back to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty, where he became the illegitimate son of a gentry family. A wife is formally brought home, while a concubine is taken in secretly. His father had eloped with his mother, and that was how he was born. His mother came from humble origins, but as a son born outside the main line, Ye Chunqiu vows to make a remarkable life for himself. His family looks down on him? He'l 0Votes850.5kRecs535.2kFans
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A Top-Rank Scholar of Humble Birth 上品寒士
A seasoned modern-day backpacker transmigrates to the Eastern Jin dynasty, inhabiting the body of Chen Caozhi, a poor young man. His family’s farmland is about to be seized, and his virtuous widowed sister-in-law is being forced to remarry. How can Chen Caozhi overcome prejudice against his low-born status and change his fate, while protecting the interests of himself and his clan? Watch as this young man rises step by step through the rigid hierarchy of the Nine-Rank Official System, befriends
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- 22 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
- 23 Literary Luminary of the Han and Wei Dynasties 汉魏文魁 2Votes107kRecs81kFans
- 24 Elegant Dissipation 雅骚 He transmigrates to the forty-first year of the Wanli reign, hoping both to eat, drink, and be merry and to save the country by taking the most direct route. That’s right: this is a story full of zest and contradictions. The late Ming, Jiangnan, and the splendor of a world on the brink; the refinement of "The Roots of Wisdom" and the vulgarity of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; an old monk in business and a famous courtesan worshipping Buddha. Yuan Hongdao savors tea and arranges flowers to expre 16Votes688.7kRecs361.8kFans
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