Chinese Historical Fiction

This rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China follows a Chinese girl's path to enlightenment. At the midpoint of the Manchus' long sway over the largest empire in China's history, a young girl stands reluctantly on the brink of womanhood. Lotus, the Empress Dowager's servant, decides to follow a spiritual path through the Forbidden City. She travels down routes of erotic fancy in search of a place called Mandala, where life's troubles are left behind.

San Kuo: Or Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong, set during the turbulent final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period (circa 184–280 AD). Widely regarded as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it combines history, legend, and myth to depict the power struggles and heroic exploits of the era.

《红楼梦》，中国古代四大名著之一，是一部具有高度思想性和高度艺术性的伟大作品。…… 《紅樓夢》，中國古代四大名著之一，是一部具有高度思想性和高度藝術性的偉大作品。

An enchanting literary debut—already an international best-seller. At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for “re-education.” The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find...

《三国演义》中国古典四大名著之一，反映了三国时代的政治军事斗争和三国时代各类社会矛盾的渗透与转化，概括了这一时代的历史巨变，塑造了一批咤叱风云的英雄人物。…… 《三國演義》中國古典四大名著之一。反映了三國時代的政治軍事鬥爭和三國時代各類社會矛盾的滲透與轉化，概括了這一時代的歷史巨變，塑造了一批吒叱風雲的英雄人物。

Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the Japanese invade she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents. Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen-year-old Charles, who is half Chinese, and they give their hearts to each other under the orchid tree. Meanwhile, forty miles away in Portuguese Macau, thirteen-year-old Sofia’s suspicions are aroused when her father invites a Japanese family to dinner.

In 1931, young English-born missionary Jakob Kellner brings all the crusading passion of his untried Christian faith to a China racked by famine and bloody civil war. He burns to save the world's largest nation from Communism. But when he is swept along on the cold, unforgiving Long March, Jakob becomes entangled with Mei-ling, a beautiful and fervent revolutionary. Soon, powerful new emotions challenge and reshape his faith—and entrap him forever in the vast country's tortured destiny.

Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works that chronicled the cases of important district magistrates. One of the most celebrated of these was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century.

乱世十八好汉，看孰真孰假？灭隋建唐伟业，谁一统天下？那个时代，是暴君、英雄、枭雄、豪杰、谋士辈出的时代，是中国历史上最崇尚“力”的时代……亂世十八好漢，看孰真孰假？滅隋建唐偉業，誰一統天下？那個時代，是暴君、英雄、梟雄、豪傑、謀士輩出的時代，是中國歷史上最崇尚「力」的時代……

胡雪岩以贫贱的钱庄学徒出身，在短时间内事业崛起，创造了近代中国金融事业中的一个奇迹，后世称其为红顶商圣……胡雪巖以貧賤的錢莊學徒出身，在短時間內事業崛起，創造了近代中國金融事業中的一個奇蹟，後世稱其為紅頂商聖……

小小美容编辑沐雨瞳遭遇车祸竟然穿越到了大明朝！她现代人的思维做派，在宫中掀起一轮又一轮的风潮……小小美容編輯沐雨瞳遭遇車禍竟然穿越到了大明朝！她現代人的思維做派，在宮中掀起一輪又一輪的風潮……

In The Limehouse Text, Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery, containing lethal martial arts techniques forbidden in the West.

首卷《木兰歌》主要讲述张居正与首辅高拱两位权臣之间的政治斗争，通过演播的倾心演绎，为听众更加鲜活的展现这位为后世褒贬的历史人物。…… 首卷《木蘭歌》主要講述張居正與首輔高拱兩位權臣之間的政治鬥爭，通過演播的傾心演繹，為聽眾更加鮮活的展現這位為後世褒貶的歷史人物。

Gail Tsukiyama's A Hundred Flowers is powerful novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend." Many...

Als sich die brutale Mordserie in der Hauptstadt von Chonghua dem Ende zuneigt, nimmt Mo Xi den Mann in Gewahrsam, der einst seine große Liebe war: den Verräter Gu Mang. Mo Xi hofft, Gu Mang endlich all die dunklen Geheimnisse entlocken zu können, die in seinen verlorenen Erinnerungen verborgen sind. Dabei lässt ihm eine Frage keine Ruhe: Hat Gu Mang wirklich alles vergessen – oder ist sein Gedächtnisverlust nichts weiter als eine grausame Täuschung? Während Mo Xi von den Geistern der Vergangenheit gequält wird, zerren gleichzeitig seine Verpflichtungen als Oberbefehlshaber unerbittlich an ihm.

在经历了宫廷争权夺利的纷争之后，回忆过去悲欢离合，时过境迁之后的慨叹总是那么的让人心痛……在經歷了宮廷爭權奪利的紛爭之後，回憶過去悲歡離合，時過境遷之後的慨嘆總是那麼的讓人心痛……

Every year on the day of the Ghost Festival, creatures from the underworld roam city streets freely when the gate of hell is opened. The owner of the House of Life set out a lavish banquet to entertain and appease these hungry ghosts. This year, however, foul creatures led by a long-dead Manchurian nobleman came down from the Devil's Peak on horseback and stormed the banquet hall. They harassed the guests and wrecked havoc to the festivity, demanding the House of Life to hand over something it has been safe-keeping for centuries.

王阳明，本名王守仁，自号阳明子，学者称之为“阳明先生”，后世亦多以“王阳明”称之，他是明代著名的思想家、文学家、哲学家、军事家……王陽明，本名王守仁，自號陽明子，學者稱之為「陽明先生」，後世亦多以「王陽明」稱之，他是明代著名的思想家、文學家、哲學家、軍事家……

Spring 1939 - Dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong. Connie is intrigued by Will’s talent for writing poetry, and as romance blossoms she offers to give him Cantonese lessons to help him with his new job — a cadet in the colonial service. But once in Hong Kong, Connie is constrained by filial duty towards her Eurasian parents, and their wish for her to marry someone from her own background.

张居正去世仅三个多月，骸骨未寒，政争纷起，万历裁撤其生前干臣，赶走冯保，尽否其生前一应改革措施，历时数年的万历新政从此夭折…… 張居正去世僅三個多月，骸骨未寒，政爭紛起，萬曆裁撤其生前幹臣，趕走馮保，盡否其生前一應改革措施，歷時數年的萬曆新政從此夭折……