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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
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Turning the Tang Dynasty Upside Down 挽唐倾
A true hero turns the tide when all seems lost, holds up a crumbling realm, and brings peace to a chaotic age. The year is 877 CE, the fourth year of Emperor Xizong's Qianfu era in the Tang dynasty. Eunuchs sow chaos in the court by manipulating the emperor, while regional warlords plunge the land into disorder from beyond the capital. The Li Tang dynasty, which has ruled for 261 years, teeters on the brink of collapse. The people suffer terribly, and famine leaves corpses strewn across the land
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The Military Governor of Weibo? Not Even a Dog Would Take the Job 魏博节度使，狗都不当
The Son of Heaven in Chang'an, the Wei warband! This was a mad age, an age that took nothing seriously! In 888, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the prelude to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms began. A mad military governor crossed paths with an even madder one! The head of the Xiangzhou governor hanging above the city gate, and the woman who had been lying in another man’s bed, constantly reminded Duan De just how insane this era was. In the Weibo garrison, where human life was cheap and repl
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A Last Stronghold of the Late Tang 残唐重镇
Could an ordinary person transmigrate to the late Tang dynasty, survive, and achieve great things? Probably not. It was an age of warlords carving up the realm, when soldiers and bandits were indistinguishable. Sons murdered their fathers, generals killed their commanders; a man might call himself king today and have his head hung from the city walls tomorrow. Corpses of the starving lined the roads, and people devoured one another. Those too weak to restrain a chicken could be dead by nightfall
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I Will Revive the Tang Dynasty! 朕要中兴大唐！
“Fourteen years have passed since I ascended the throne, a trapped dragon lying forgotten in the abyss.” “One day I’ll break through the dust and fetters, and let the Tang house endure for all eternity!” “I, Li Ye, twelfth-generation descendant of Emperor Taizong, younger brother of the late Emperor Xizong, and Son of Heaven of the Great Tang, have sought ways to restore the realm every day since taking the throne. But the Mandate of Heaven is fickle, and no man can command it!” “Today, that vil
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Late Tang and Five Dynasties: Taking Charge of Guiyi and Setting My Sights on the Throne 唐末五代：执掌归义开始问鼎
In the first year of the Wende era, Emperor Xizong died and Emperor Zhaozong ascended the throne. The Tang court was on the verge of collapse. In Hexi, foreign tribes ravaged the land, and fewer than one in ten survived. Zhu Wen had yet to usurp the Tang, and the various regions had not yet declared independence. Far away in the western frontier, a seventeen-year-old boy suddenly rose to prominence. He conquered the four prefectures of Xi, Yi, Su, and Gan, then crossed the Yumen Pass with his gr
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Late Tang: A Guide to Winning Over Your Father-in-Law 晚唐：岳父攻略指南
The year 902 AD, the second year of Emperor Zhaozong's Tianfu era. That year, the Tang dynasty was like a centipede that could still twitch after death. That year, Liang and Jin faced off as they vied for supremacy and plotted to conquer the realm. It was also the year fifty-year-old Qian Liu finally obtained the position of King of Yue. And it was that same year that a sixteen-year-old boy boarded the great ship of a political marriage, beginning his lifelong "campaign" against his fathers-in-l
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A Fierce Soldier in Jinyang at the End of the Tang 唐末晋阳一悍卒
[A historically grounded account of ancient warfare with conventional weapons. This is not a brainless steamroll powered by the protagonist’s plot armor. The war is depicted realistically, with setbacks as the protagonist rises from the bottom early on, followed by the authentic sensory experience of battle as later campaigns loom.] In the fourth year of Tianyou under the Tang Dynasty, an age of chaos began, with warlords vying for supremacy across the land. Li Jiyan transmigrated into the body
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Late Tang: The Last Scion of the Imperial Clan 晚唐：宗室末裔
I am a descendant of Prince Zheng Yuan Yi, a great-grandson of Emperor Gaozu, a great-nephew of Emperor Taizong, a grandson of Li Kuangyi, and a son of Li Yihuai.
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I Am Tang Guangzong 在下唐光宗
Hello, my name is Li Zhu, and I’m a transmigrator. Although everyone calls me the emperor and hails me as the Son of Heaven of the Great Tang, I know that, as Zhu Wen’s puppet and a tool for overthrowing the Tang, my life is now counting down. But it’s no big deal. I’ve read the Book of Tang. My posthumous title is Emperor Guangwu. “Guang” means carrying on the work of those who came before, and “Wu” means bringing chaos to heel. The last person with that sort of posthumous title was surnamed Li
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I Will Command All the Armies Under Heaven 我要节制天下兵马
Su Donglin transmigrates to the late Tang Dynasty. The world is in chaos, with all order and propriety collapsing. People kill one another and eat one another. To avoid becoming someone else's next meal, he has no choice but to raise his butcher's knife and fight his way to the top. "Two hundred years ago, Prince Li Shimin commanded the armies of the realm. Two hundred years later, I, Su Donglin, can do the same!"
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Late Tang: I Am Heaven's Mandate 晚唐：吾即天命
He transmigrated to the late Tang dynasty, born a household slave. He broke his chains with sword and blade, and chose his path with every step. When he went south to Guangzhou, he was a foot soldier in the rebel army. When he marched on the two capitals, he was one of its finest generals. Fighting in Guanzhong, he stood like a pillar holding up the sky and turned the tide of defeat. But their paths diverged, and in the end they could no longer pursue their great cause together. Leaving Chang'an
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Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty: Starting from Scratch as a Rebel 穿越大唐，从零开始做反贼
[Historical expansion] + [Transmigrating to the late Tang] + [A focus on farming and development] + [The protagonist’s growth] The protagonist transmigrates to become Huang Chao, shouldering the mission of raising the Huang family’s status. “I already know how it ends. Why would I keep taking the imperial exams?” Huang Chao stares at the Four Books and Five Classics on his desk and shouts, “Father, let’s rebel!” This story takes its time. Huang Chao advances one step at a time, growing from an
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I Play Cao Cao in the Late Tang 我在晚唐当曹操
In the tenth year of the Xiantong era (869), Chen Zhao transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar in Chengdu, Xichuan. From then on, the wheels of history turn in a new direction. In the first year of the Guangming era (880), Huang Chao's army captures Chang'an, and Emperor Xizong flees to Shu. Chen Zhao, then military governor of Xichuan, takes the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords, leads his army out of Sichuan, and sweeps across the land. The feudal lords: “Great commanders and f
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Making the Tang Dynasty Great Again 让唐朝再次伟大
A modern wage slave accidentally transmigrates into Li Zhan, the fourteenth emperor of the Tang dynasty. At this time, the Tang faces turmoil within and threats from without. Regional warlords carve up the realm and rebellions rage without end, while the Uyghurs and Tibetans eye the Central Plains hungrily. Within the imperial city, the Niu-Li factional rivalry grows fiercer by the day, while the eunuch faction led by Liu Keming and Wang Shoucheng manipulates the court from the shadows. In the c
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Rising to Power in Shu at the End of the Tang Dynasty 唐末，从蜀地开始崛起
In troubled times, human lives are as worthless as grass. This is a bloody, chaotic, and brutal age! Huang Chao’s uprising has seized Chang’an and brought the Tang realm to collapse. Meanwhile, forces large and small, including Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, and Qin Zongquan, carve up the land. In an age when rites and music have collapsed and the realm lies in ruins, anyone hoping to struggle on and become a local power is destined to make their way over mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
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The Ashes of Tang 烬唐
In 911 AD, four years after the fall of the Tang dynasty, the prelude to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has begun. That year, I transmigrated to Helong, a western region that had once again been lost by the Central Plains. During a ritual performed by a Uyghur shaman, I completed a political marriage with a sheep. The Guiyi Army had been defeated, and all the Han people in Helong had become two-legged sheep. I am the young lord of the Guiyi Army, the great-grandson of Zhang Yichao, and the
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At the End of the Tang Dynasty, I Become Emperor Zhaowu 人在唐末，做昭武帝
In the fifth year of the Qianfu era, the realm is in turmoil, and the Tang dynasty is on the verge of collapse! The regional governors divide the realm among themselves, eunuchs hold power, and aristocratic clans rule the court. The grandeur of the Han and Tang dynasties gives way to the Southern Song’s retreat, and a vast territory becomes a land drenched in blood and tears. Liu Kezhi has come to this world to sweep across ten thousand miles! After all, nothing is more compelling than tying the
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Late Tang: Starting with the Assassination of Huang Chao! 晚唐：从杀黄巢开始！
In the fourth year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao was defeated at Wolf-Tiger Valley. Great Qi was on the verge of falling, and the Late Tang was in decline. Liu Ye awoke to find himself a lowly squad leader in the Xuzhou Army, with only a handful of fierce soldiers under his command, in an age of warlords and rising heroes. He knew that before long, Huang Chao, who had once stormed Chang’an and shattered the last vestiges of the Tang dynasty’s dignity, would flee into Wolf-Tiger Valley. So Liu Ye led si
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Rising to Power in Huainan at the End of the Tang Dynasty 唐末，从淮南开始崛起
The Huang Chao Rebellion was crushed sixteen years ago! The once-mighty Tang Empire now teeters on the brink beneath the iron hooves of the regional warlords. This is an age of chaos, when rites and music have crumbled. An age that gives rise to heroes. Liu Jin transmigrates and becomes an ordinary man living by the Huai River. All he wants is to keep himself and his younger brother alive. But with the world in turmoil, he has no choice but to take up his blade, mount his horse, and ride across
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Late Tang: I, Huang Chao, Claim Chang’an 唐末：我，黄巢，问鼎长安
In 838 AD, the third year of the Kaicheng era under Emperor Wenzong of Tang. The aftermath of the Sweet Dew Incident still cast a shadow over the court. Qiu Shiliang wielded unchecked power, wreaking havoc in government, murdering princes and ministers alike while the court fell silent. Exam fraud was rampant, and Pei Siqian used a letter from a powerful eunuch to claim the top spot. Talented scholars from humble families had no way to serve their country. The regional military governors ruled a
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Playing It Safe in the Late Tang Dynasty 苟安晚唐
In these troubled times, I have no grand ambitions. Fame and fortune vanish in the blink of an eye, so don’t make me empty promises. Bandits are running rampant? Go ahead and fight among yourselves. Warlords are vying for supremacy? Go ahead and battle it out. I don’t want to be an official, start a rebellion, carve out a territory, or overthrow the dynasty. I can’t save the Tang Dynasty, and I can’t become emperor. I just want to keep my head down, make a little money, and find somewhere quiet
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Late Tang: I Bring Peace Through the Sword 晚唐：我以杀伐证太平
In 875, during the late Tang dynasty, Su Xiao transmigrated into an era marked by the uprisings of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao. Rebels were everywhere, and the people were suffering! Su Xiao was trapped by bandits in a small Taoist temple from the start. In this era, human life was as fragile as grass, flattened by the wind and turned to mud by the rain, adrift in a world torn apart by war. Those alive today might be nothing but bones tomorrow! If everyone dies in the end, why should I be the on
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My Third Brother Was Born Rebellious 我家老三，天生反骨
With a sigh, a warlord of a chaotic age meets an abrupt end; with a touch of scorn, one wonders why he did not think of that sooner; a little character assassination cannot reveal the whole picture; a lifetime of infamy, and all for nothing after thirty years of maneuvering and ambition. This is Zhu Wen, the third son of the Zhu family of Songzhou, and the biggest headache in the family: born rebellious and impossible to control. His father and elder brother were at their wits' end. They urged h
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From Military Governor of Guiyi to Augustus of Rome 从归义军节度使到罗马奥古斯都
In 892 CE, the Guiyi Army. The Tang dynasty's last standard in the Western Regions. Faced with a besieged city at Shazhou, Uighur forces at the gates, internal division, and the impending fall of the Tang, transmigrator Zhang Chengfeng resolutely takes up the battered banner of the Guiyi Army. Years later... From garrison commander at Shazhou to military governor of Hexi. From Grand Protector of Anxi to Heavenly Khan of the Western Regions. From Shahanshah of Persia to co-emperor of Rome. With g
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A Late Tang Dynasty Entrepreneur's Tale in Lingnan 晚唐岭南创业史
“Lingnan could never succeed?” Liu Tai, who transmigrated to Lingnan in the late Tang dynasty, scoffed at the idea. Just wait, I’ll prove you wrong! Setting out from Fengzhou, Liu Tai takes control of Lingnan, develops maritime trade, builds firearms, conquers Annam, swallows Jingxiang, destroys Bashu, seizes Jiangzhe, and sweeps across everything south of the Yangtze. He trains his troops and prepares to march on Wan and Luo. Who in the realm can stand against him? Zhu Wen? Nothing but dr
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I Joined the Xuanming Sect at the End of the Tang Dynasty, and I’m Actually Yingou’s Ex-Husband 唐末拜入玄冥教，我竟是萤勾前夫
Official history: In the final years of the Tang Dynasty, warlords devoured one another’s territory, warfare raged without end, and the roads were lined with starving corpses. With the realm on the brink of chaos, all I wanted was to protect my family. Yet fate was bound to me, driving me ever onward. I would cut through every obstacle, becoming the one variable in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In the end, I would be the wise ruler who quelled the chaos and brought the realm under one ban
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Huang Chao Saves the Crumbling Empire 黄巢挽天倾
Huang Jutian transmigrates to the Tang dynasty, inhabiting the body of Huang Chao, the famous failed candidate. He keeps in mind that “it’s easier to march into Chang'an than to pass the exam and enter it,” and quietly lays his plans from childhood, making careful preparations. His original plan was to follow the usual path through the imperial exams and first experience the pain of failing. Then, drawing on his profound understanding of official corruption, he would recite the line “When my flo
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Hegemon of the Late Tang 晚唐霸主
The Li-Tang realm is on the verge of collapse. Huang Chao, Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Qin Zongquan, Liu Rengong, Li Maozhen, Li Cunxu, Yang Xingmi, Yelü Abaoji... Heroes and warlords from every corner take turns seizing the stage. With the Tang having lost its realm, all under Heaven races to claim it! Zhu Jin, a private salt smuggler burdened with the infamy of deceiving his mother, taking his sister-in-law, murdering his brother, and assassinating his sovereign, climbs step by step to the pinnacle of
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The Mandate of Heaven Shines on Tang 上命昭唐
(A top-quality book, with over 10,000 premium subscribers, so you can count on the quality. If anything seems confusing or makes you think the author doesn't understand something, keep reading before jumping to conclusions.) The eunuch politics of the Tang dynasty defy belief. From the mid-Tang onward, the eunuchs were always divided into two or more factions, endlessly fighting one another. This was determined by the system of divided power and shaped by the reality that military men could not
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Great Tang: The Revival of Emperor Guangwu, and a Loyal Champion Here! 大唐：光武中兴，此间有全忠！
Li Gao transmigrates to the final years of the Tang Dynasty and becomes a descendant of Emperor Wuzong. He originally thought his imperial blood would let him enjoy decades of wealth and privilege. He never imagined, though, that the internal power struggles, bloody vendettas, and political scheming within the Li imperial clan would be far worse than he could have imagined. In little more than a decade, all five sons and seventeen grandsons in Wuzong’s line perish, leaving him the sole survivor.
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The Guiyi Army: Reviving the Great Tang from Dunhuang 归义军：从敦煌开始兴复大唐
In 907, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang throne. Zhang Chengfeng, military governor of the Guiyi Army in the northwest, declared the founding of the Western Han Jinshan Kingdom. Though his country was small and weak, he launched attacks in every direction. The last heroic spirit of the Han men of the northwest should have been spent in his reckless warmongering. But when Guiyi Army artisans carved a new cave into the cliffs at Dunhuang, they unexpectedly unearthed a fully armed Tang officer. He was stil
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The Great Warlords of the Late Tang Dynasty 唐末大军阀
My new book, Water Margin: The River Dragon, is now available. In these chaotic times, human lives are as fragile as candles in the wind. It is a bloody, disorderly, and brutal age. Worse still, the most murderous time and place in this troubled era is where he finds himself, and at first he can only struggle to survive alone, taking his chances in danger. In this age of collapsing order and shattered lands, anyone hoping to survive and become a local hero is destined to advance over mountains o
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In Search of the Tang Dynasty 寻唐
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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
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Reviving the Tang Dynasty, Starting with the Sweet Dew Incident 从甘露之变开始振兴大唐
There are no loyal ministers in an age like this. On his first day as emperor, Li Ang summed up his first rule for survival. A young man from the new century opened his eyes and found himself transformed into Li Ang, Emperor Wenzong of Tang, whose reign is regarded as the dividing line between the middle and late Tang dynasty. In just one hour, the infamous Sweet Dew Incident would unfold. At his side stood a pack of ravenous eunuchs; before him were weak and incompetent ministers. Under th
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Transmigrate to the Late Tang: I Rule the World 穿越晚唐：我雄霸天下
Li Zhu tragically becomes a good-for-nothing emperor in the late Tang dynasty. From the start, he is reduced to a figurehead by powerful ministers, and the Great Tang's realm teeters on the brink of collapse! But through strategy, he swiftly turns the tables, rises against all odds, cuts his way through the chaotic age, and dominates the lands in every direction. Packed with satisfying moments and high-energy action from beginning to end!
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Returning to Righteousness, Not to Tang 归义非唐
In the fourth year of the Dazhong era, the Niu-Li factional struggle came to a complete end, and the Dazhong reign entered a period of vigorous prosperity. In Hexi and Longyou, rival peoples fought for supremacy. The victors became kings, and the losers were forgotten. Wang Xianzhi in Qilu was still trafficking in illicit salt, while Huang Chao was still proving how easy it was to pass the exams and make it to Chang'an. That year, in the forgotten lands of the far west, an army seized its chance
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