Chinese Historical Fiction

This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family's fortune in gambling dens and brothels, the young, deeply penitent Fugui settles down to do the honest work of a farmer. Forced by the Nationalist Army to leave behind his family, he witnesses the horrors and privations of the Civil War, only to return years later to face a string of hardships brought on by the ravages of the Cultural Revolution.

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

他集立德、立功、立言于一身而成为“真三不朽”，实现了古今圣贤的最高人格理想。他，就是王阳明……他集立德、立功、立言於一身而成為「真三不朽」，實現了古今聖賢的最高人格理想。他，就是王陽明……

故事以清朝嘉庆十年的一段真实的历史事件开篇，描写了抓帽胡同闲居作废、生活拮据的八旗子弟的不同遭遇…… 故事以清朝嘉慶十年的一段真實的歷史事件開篇，描寫了抓帽胡同閒居作廢、生活拮据的八旗子弟的不同遭遇……

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and forced across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her.

“Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is regarded as a masterpiece representing Chinese historical culture, yet few know that initially, it was merely a construction diagram. Emperor Huizong the artist, the silly Liangshan bandits, the kind courtesan Li Shishi, the handsome Zhang Ze, the gambling addict Li Qingzhao... their fates and the imperial court and jianghu world they inhabited were completely transformed by this painting....

Leaving behind the Divine Beast World, Hui Yue embarks upon the life of an immortal in the vast outside world. To resurrect his loved one, he will go to hell and back. Follow Hui Yue as he enters a world unlike any he has ever seen before and adapts to the many changes that surrounds him on his quest to become the strongest person alive.

胡雪岩白手起家，从一介布衣到富可敌国的“大清首富”，他凭借的是“做天下人生意”的眼光和野心，其经商绝学、处世韬略是留给后人的一笔宝贵财富，为世人所称道……胡雪巖白手起家，從一介布衣到富可敵國的「大清首富」，他憑藉的是「做天下人生意」的眼光和野心，其經商絕學、處世韜略是留給後人的一筆寶貴財富，為世人所稱道……

人不但无法选择家庭出身，更无法选择所处的时代，但无论这两点对人多么不利，人仍有选择自己人性坐标的可能，哪怕选择余地很小很小……人不但無法選擇家庭出身，更無法選擇所處的時代，但無論這兩點對人多麼不利，人仍有選擇自己人性坐標的可能，哪怕選擇餘地很小很小……

《金瓶梅》借《水浒传》中武松杀嫂一段故事为引子，通过对兼有官僚、恶霸、富商三种身份的封建时代市侩势力的代表人物西门庆及其家庭罪恶生活的描述，揭露了明代中叶社会的黑暗和腐败…… 《金瓶梅》借《水滸傳》中武松殺嫂一段故事為引子，通過對兼有官僚、惡霸、富商三種身份的封建時代市儈勢力的代表人物西門慶及其家庭罪惡生活的描述，揭露了明代中葉社會的黑暗和腐敗……

人不但无法选择家庭出身，更无法选择所处的时代，但无论这两点对人多么不利，人仍有选择自己人性坐标的可能，哪怕选择余地很小很小……人不但無法選擇家庭出身，更無法選擇所處的時代，但無論這兩點對人多麼不利，人仍有選擇自己人性坐標的可能，哪怕選擇餘地很小很小……

中国远征军英勇的第5军第N师的殿后部队第3团第2营只剩下十一人！他们的命运该何去何从？……中國遠征軍英勇的第5軍第N師的殿後部隊第3團第2營只剩下十一人！他們的命運該何去何從？

她的一生波澜壮阔、纵情恣意，她在至高处把持朝政呼风唤雨，太后专权自她而始，太后称谓亦始见于她。她就是千古太后第一人……她的一生波瀾壯闊、縱情恣意，她在至高處把持朝政呼風喚雨，太后專權自她而始，太后稱謂亦始見於她。她就是千古太后第一人……

At thirteen, investigative prodigy Huang Zixia had already proved herself by aiding her father in solving confounding crimes. At seventeen, she's on the run, accused of murdering her family to escape an arranged marriage. Driven by a single-minded pursuit, she must use her skills to unmask the real killer...and clear her name.

九王夺嫡，雍正险胜，紫禁城新桃换旧符。但树欲静而风未止，皇城内外，大江南北，仍杀机四伏。八爷党死而未僵，取代之心，咄咄逼人；专间将军年羹尧倨功自傲，拥军干政；连托孤重臣隆科多也脚踏两只船，擅派兵丁入禁苑…… 九王奪嫡，雍正險勝，紫禁城新桃換舊符。但樹欲靜而風未止，皇城內外，大江南北，仍殺機四伏。八爺黨死而未僵，取代之心，咄咄逼人；專間將軍年羹堯倨功自傲，擁軍干政；連託孤重臣隆科多也腳踏兩隻船，擅派兵丁入禁苑……

Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai, competing ruthlessly to charm wealthy patrons. To cap off her shifts, she runs money for her grandmother, the exclusive surgeon to the most powerful gang in the city. A position her grandmother is pressuring her to inherit. When a series of dancers are targeted—the attacker stealing their faces—Jingwen fears she could be next. And as the faces of the dancers start appearing on wealthy foreign socialites, she realizes Shanghai's mirage of carefree luxury comes at a terrible price.

慈禧垂帘听政的清末，即同治、光绪之交，曾发生无数的奇情冤案，其中以杨乃武与小白菜案、名伶杨月楼冤案、太原奇案、张汶祥刺马案最为轰动，统称为清末四大奇案。…… 慈禧垂簾聽政的清末，即同治、光緒之交，曾發生無數的奇情冤案，其中以楊乃武與小白菜案、名伶楊月樓冤案、太原奇案、張汶祥刺馬案最為轟動，統稱為清末四大奇案。

Victor Chin’s life is turned upside down at the tender age of 15. Diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, otherwise known as leprosy, he’s forced to leave the familiar confines of his father’s laundry business in the Bronx–the only home he’s known since emigrating from China with his older brother—to quarantine alongside patients from all over the country at a federal institution in Carville. At first, Victor is scared not only of the disease, but of the confinement, and wants nothing more than to flee.

Nainai has lived in Shanghai for many years, and the time has come to find a wife for her adopted grandson. But when the bride she has chosen arrives from the countryside, it soon becomes clear that the orphaned girl has ideas of her own. Her name is Fu Ping, and the more she explores the residential lanes and courtyards behind Shanghai’s busy shopping streets, the less she wants to return to the country as a dutiful wife. As Fu Ping wavers over her future, she learns the city through the stories of the nannies, handymen, and garbage collectors of postwar Shanghai....