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- The Imperial Exam's Oxherd Class: A Young Scholar's Teacher Produces Three Thousand Successful Candidates 科举放牛班，童生夫子教出进士三千 A paradise for exam flunkies, a graveyard for great teachers and scholars. A group of officials' spoiled brats have become the century-old academy's newest headache. When an old scholar suffers a stroke from sheer frustration, Chen Fan, a young licentiate and assistant lecturer, activates the God-Tier Imperial Examination Teaching System. Taking over in a moment of crisis, he assumes the post of head of the academy. The mischievous, stubborn prefect's son masters the Five Classics in four months 1.4MClicks46Favorites0Recs
- Oh No! The Goddess of War Is Now a Delicate White Lotus, Beating Up the Whiny Brats 要命！女战神穿成小白莲，拳打嘤嘤怪啦 [A violent female war goddess who throws punches at the slightest provocation vs. a doting, scheming young scholar; one-on-one romance, fleeing famine, farming, imperial examinations, feel-good fiction] What do you do when someone pretends to be weak but is actually full of schemes? Lin Xiaoniang’s answer: Beat her up! What do you do when someone seems quiet and gentle but is actually rotten to the core? Lin Xiaoniang’s answer: Beat her up! There are countless good women in the world: some excel 760.3kClicks21Favorites0Recs
- The Max-Level Expert Dotes on the Villainous Minister 满级大佬娇养了反派权臣 Jiang Xueqing, a powerhouse from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book and finds herself in an era where people can barely afford to eat! The house is bare. Her father has a crippled leg, her mother is frail and sick, and her three younger siblings are still too young to fend for themselves. Luckily, she has an all-purpose storage space stocked with anything she could need! So Jiang Xueqing rolls up her sleeves: she hunts, gathers herbs, irrigates crops, opens an eatery, and starts side busi 537kClicks61Favorites300Recs
- She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？ [Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief! 30kClicks51Favorites0Recs
- I Was the Top Liberal Arts Student in the College Entrance Exams, So Taking Three Top Honors Is Only Natural 我高考文科状元，连中三元很合理 Shen Ping, the top liberal arts student in the national college entrance exam, accidentally transmigrates and becomes the wastrel heir of a marquis's estate. His elder sister is a favored consort of Great Chu, wielding power throughout the imperial harem. His father is the Marquis of Pingyang, a high-ranking official serving as Vice Minister of Revenue. His status and background could hardly be more illustrious, and Shen Ping is perfectly content with his life. He had planned to spend his days a 25.9kClicks9Favorites0Recs
- Great Ming: An Official Worthy of the Son of Heaven 大明：官居天子 In 1630, a renowned general who had fought the Qing was brutally killed. Rebellion spread through the mountains of Shanxi and Shaanxi, while natural and man-made disasters left the empire teetering in the storm. Well, the Qing army hadn't crossed the pass yet, so there was still time! In Changning County, Zhao Yu buried himself in the imperial examinations, built up businesses, laid careful plans, and climbed the official ladder... One day, the emperor hanged himself on Coal Hill, the Son of Hea 25.9kClicks112Favorites267Recs
- Reborn as a Little Girl, I Use Three Years of Exam Prep and Five Years of Mock Tests to Teach Dad the Imperial Exams 穿成小奶团后，用三年高考五年模拟教爹考科举 Ning Xin, a veteran high school homeroom teacher, transmigrates into the body of an adorable six-year-old girl in ancient times. At home, the family has nothing; outside, they’re surrounded by hungry wolves. The only way out is to push her father to take the imperial examinations. Bad grades? Then do a mountain of practice problems! Hates studying? Then it’s time for counseling! Young love?? No way! Anyone who lays a hand on my dad will have to go through me! At last, with her guidance in every 17kClicks19Favorites18Recs
- The Female Top Scholar of the Imperial Exams: I Stir Up a Storm at Court 科举女状元，我搅乱朝堂风 Lin Shiya disguises herself as a man to sit for the imperial examinations. Talented, brilliant, and bold, she navigates one challenge after another in the court of an imaginary ancient dynasty, maneuvering among competing factions. Determined to investigate the injustice done to her family, Lin Shiya, now the top scorer in the imperial examinations, crosses paths with Emperor Murong Fu, who is traveling incognito. Guided by a sense of justice and without a golden finger, she relies on her own 15.4kClicks5Favorites0Recs
- After Becoming the Foil to the Beloved Lucky Star, I Only Want to Raise the Chief Minister 穿成团宠小福星对照组后，我只想养首辅 Mu Xiwen transmigrated into a book, landing in the most popular farming novel about a beloved darling and becoming the foil to the little lucky star adored by everyone. A pitiful girl codenamed Calamity Star and nicknamed Little Beast. To make matters worse, she was found by an unscrupulous Calamity Star System called 444 and bound to it! System: A Calamity Star paired with a System. The two of us are a match made in heaven. Mu Xiwen: ... Thanks, but I don't feel any better. Other people's Syste 14.1kClicks16Favorites46Recs
- A Poor Scholar in Troubled Times: One Divination a Day Takes Me to the Top 乱世寒门，我每日一卦平步青云 Transmigrated as a poor scholar's abandoned son, Ye Guan is mocked by his clan for being too stupid to even pass the lowest imperial exam? No problem. I draw a fortune every day, and breeze through the provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams to claim the title of top scholar. Princes, chancellors, and generals all owe me their lives. They call me a weak scholar? I'll train an invincible cavalry in response. They say I'm too young? Before long, my new policies will earn the praise of the peopl 13.7kClicks14Favorites0Recs
- The Whole Family Transmigrates: I Take the Imperial Exams with Dad and Become a Rich Heiress 全家穿：随爹科考后，我成了白富美 [The Whole Family Transmigrates + Imperial Exams + Business + An Adorable, Silly Male Lead] Other people transmigrate alone. The whole Liu family comes along, and even their big yellow dog makes the trip, becoming a talking parrot. As soon as the Liu family arrives, they waste no time splitting up the household! Liu Zhizhi also kicks her cheating scumbag of a fiancé to the curb! After the split, the house is drafty on every side and they have nothing. They’ll have to start from scratch. But don’ 13.1kClicks12Favorites0Recs
- After I Transmigrated, I Farmed Under a Secret Identity 穿越后我靠马甲种田 Forced to wear a secret identity as a man, she becomes a diligent, hardworking doer. From the start, she has to flee famine, and she's so poor that all she wants is to make a fortune. So she takes the seeds she traded for and leads everyone in farming, embracing the spirit of a hearty eater and putting food first. Soybeans have so many uses: make soy milk and tofu, all in one pot. Greenhouses are hard to build, so she plants row upon row of crops. You say she can't sell them? What a joke! She's 11.9kClicks24Favorites1Recs
- Farming: My Pampered Son-in-Law and Chief Minister Wants a Third Baby 种田：娇养的赘婿首辅想要三胎了 [Sweet Romance] [Devoted Husband] [Adorable Baby] [Affectionate Hero] Tang the Elder is one of the wealthiest men in Su Village. His wife died young, leaving him with only one daughter, Tang Wan. "What's the point of earning so much money if you only have a girl?" "Once she gets married, won't all that money go to her husband's family?" Angry, Tang the Elder decided to take a son-in-law into the family. "Our family offers a generous bride price. Look around all the nearby villages and take yo 11.7kClicks36Favorites103Recs
- The Fool of the Su Family Takes the Imperial Exams 苏家傻子的科举日常 Su Xinji, a PhD in classical literature, worked himself to death after staying up all night, then woke up as a foolish young master who was bullied by everyone in a prominent family in Shanyin. The moment he opened his eyes, his wicked cousin shoved him down a well and forced a “jinx” of a convicted criminal's daughter on him as a wife, vowing to ruin his future. Faced with a clan eager to devour his inheritance, Su Xinji simply smiled. The eight-legged essay? Right up my alley. Poetry? I can re 9.7kClicks12Favorites0Recs
- I Just Want to Keep a Low Profile and Enjoy Retirement, but You Keep Forcing Me to Top the Imperial Exams 想苟着养老，你们偏逼我科举题名 [Imperial Exams] [Meme-Worthy Humor] [Farming] [Top of Five Exams in a Row] Though my name is Lin Xian, I can't sit still. I'm a workaholic through and through. After transmigrating into the body of an elderly man with poor academic skills, I planned to try a different way of life. But just as I was about to lie flat, I was oppressed at every turn. I sighed and was forced back into the grind! You think my education is lacking? I'll ace the exams instead, blazing through the scholar, provincial g 9kClicks14Favorites59Recs
- A Son-in-Law for Good Luck? I Pass the Imperial Exams Six Times in a Row 入赘冲喜？我科举连中六元 [Imperial examinations + farming + alternate history + everyday life] Lin Yan had just passed the civil service exam when he somehow transmigrated. The bad news: he had become a live-in son-in-law, married into a family to bring good fortune. The good news: he got himself an adorable, clingy little wife for free. What? In ancient times, a live-in son-in-law was treated worse than a dog? Then how did Lin Yan, a poor kid who’d lost both parents and been sold off for two taels of silver to marry in 5.6kClicks9Favorites0Recs
- The Imperial Examination Road for Ancient Poor Scholars 古代寒门科举路 I went up the mountain to look for a sheep, then accidentally fell off a cliff. When I woke up, I found I had been reborn as a baby in an unknown dynasty. Looking around, I saw that this family had next to nothing: not enough food, not enough warm clothes, and a mud house where the rain poured through the roof and dripped inside. I had an older sister and a younger one. I thought that, with the soul of a modern person, I could surely make an extraordinary life for myself, but I never expected fa 5kClicks17Favorites0Recs
- The Han Dynasty’s Confucian Sage: One Poem Stuns the Sages and Lives Forever 大汉儒尊，诗成传世惊诸圣 In the Han Empire, the Way of Letters reigns supreme. Those who cultivate literature can move mountains, fill seas, ascend to heaven, and descend into the earth. The Way of Letters flourishes, and a hundred schools contend. Emperor Gaozu of Han dislikes Confucianism, and the Confucian school falls into decline. In this life, Dong Zhong's mother disappears, his father dies, and the woman he loves betrays and abandons him. As someone who transmigrated, he lives worse than a dog! On the day of the 4.4kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- My Top Scholar Title Was Stolen, So I Turned to the Empress with a Plan to Kill the Hu 状元被抢，反手向女帝献计杀胡令 After transmigrating, Jiang Yang studies the classics diligently, convinced he can place among the top three in the imperial examinations and bring honor to his family. Who could have guessed that he would encounter exam fraud, with his essay stolen from him? From destined top scholar to a name missing from the list! Just then, the Xiongnu march south and barbarian tribes invade from every direction. The Great Zhou Dynasty clings to a corner of the realm, on the verge of collapse. To reclaim the 3.9kClicks1Favorites0Recs
- My Ancestor Was an Executioner, but I Became the Pillar of My Clan Through the Imperial Exams 祖上刽子手，我靠科举成九族靠山 Xu Qingliu, a boy of low status in the Great Liang dynasty, is ostracized because his ancestors were executioners. Just as a malicious neighbor shoves him into a river and he drowns, a modern prodigy with dual degrees in engineering and Chinese literature transmigrates into his body. The seven-year-old child survives against all odds, with a mind far beyond his years. Using peerless wit, he deftly foils the clan elders' attempts to bully him. Without drawing a blade, he makes the neighbor who se 2.6kClicks3Favorites0Recs
- A Dream Beyond the Red Chamber: Baoyu's Tale of Resolve 红楼别梦：宝玉立志传 The Dream of the Red Chamber is a broken dream, but it can also be a perfect one. If Baoyu were no longer an incorrigible troublemaker, but instead learned to feel shame and strive for improvement, could that splendor, as precarious as boiling oil over a blazing fire, endure? What changes would a man from the 21st century bring after stumbling into the Dream of the Red Chamber? He won't become a monk or a Daoist priest. He'll revel in all the splendor of this mortal world. A different Baoyu, a d 2.4kClicks5Favorites0Recs
- A Scholar's Road to Success 书生青云路 Wei Sanlang was talented and well-read, but fate had it in for him. After years of hard study, he always failed just before the exams. The time before last, he burned with fever until he was out of his mind. The last time, someone knocked him down and injured his arm before he even reached the exam hall. Wei Sanlang’s mother had planned to find him a city bride once he passed the county-level civil service exam, but he fell for Tian Mi from a neighboring village at first sight. Tian Mi had suffe 2.2kClicks2Favorites0Recs
- My Family Has Been Commoners for Generations, Yet I Made the Imperial Roll?! 咱家世代贱民，我却金榜题名？！ Alternate History + Imperial Exams + An Absolutely Addictive Power Fantasy + Farming + Political Intrigue The Lin family served as soldiers under the previous dynasty. As a result, they were branded as lowly commoners and condemned to a life of servitude for generations, suffering discrimination and humiliation. They were forbidden from studying for the imperial exams or marrying ordinary people. Lin Xiu transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty. In his previous life, he had been clever from a y 2.1kClicks4Favorites1Recs
- I Have a Museum in Great Jing 我在大靖有座博物馆 Shen Fang transmigrated, bringing along a museum and a 2,000-square-meter warehouse. And two lovely wives... He arrives in the leisurely, pleasant Great Jing Dynasty. After being worn down by the 996 work schedule, all Shen Fang wants is to grow crops, tend flowers, hold his lovely wives close, and watch the clouds drift across the sky. But things rarely go as one wishes... 269Clicks4Favorites0Recs
- A PhD from a Top University Transmigrates to Ancient Times to Become the Top Scholar 985博士穿越古代考状元 Lu Zhao, a PhD in psychometrics from a top university, transmigrates into the body of a poor scholar and makes it through the metropolitan exam on the strength of his own abilities. He thinks the imperial examinations are a test of knowledge, until he discovers that rankings don't depend on whether an answer is correct, but on whether the chief examiner can "interpret" it. His true opponent is Pei Su, a veteran of three reigns, imperial tutor, and Minister of Rites, a guardian of the system who 91Clicks0Favorites0Recs
- The Son of Heaven Invests the Wei's Third-Place Scholar! You Say He's a Lowly Son-in-Law? 天子册封大魏探花郎！你说他是卑微赘婿？ Also known as: The Emperor names him Wei's top third-place graduate, and you say he's a lowly live-in son-in-law! In an age of fierce competition, some are born into nobility and enjoy power and status, while others come from humble families and drift with the tide. Xiao Jingyun transmigrates to the Wei Dynasty and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy merchant family, trapped in dire straits. To escape his predicament, he finds a way to reinvent himself. In an era when all pursuits are in 85Clicks4Favorites0Recs
- The Great Qian Strategist 大乾枭士 Given another chance at life, he opens his eyes to find himself in the bed of his late classmate's widow. He may be nothing more than a penniless scholar from a poor family, but danger lurks all around him! Generational feuds, cutthroat imperial exams, and conflicts in the martial world! Zhao Yuanqing can only climb his way up, one step at a time! Provincial exam, metropolitan exam, palace exam: a poor scholar's name rings out at the Donghua Gate! He enters the court as an official, becomes the —Clicks0Favorites0Recs
