Chinese Historical Fiction

战国时期，在清溪鬼谷山上隐居着一位被尊称为鬼谷子的老人，他不和人来往，过着与世隔绝的生活……戰國時期，在清溪鬼谷山上隱居著一位被尊稱為鬼谷子的老人，他不和人來往，過著與世隔絕的生活……

岳飞，是我国宋金时代的汉民族英雄，他从小奋发努力，勤学苦练，在校场比试中一枪成名，却因为朝廷腐败而反遭追杀……岳飛，是我國宋金時代的漢民族英雄，他從小奮發努力，勤學苦練，在校場比試中一槍成名，卻因為朝廷腐敗而反遭追殺……

曾国藩仕途初期，九年内连升十级、这其中有着怎样的机遇，隐忍和智慧？……曾國藩仕途初期，九年內連升十級、這其中有著怎樣的機遇，隱忍和智慧？

《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……

《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……

《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……

《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……

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。

一千万年前，凤凰玄凤与金龙苍华出世，被定为天命之身，旨在除魔卫道。一次巧合，玄凤却与蛟龙赤颜在清池相遇，一见钟情…… 一千萬年前，鳳凰玄鳳與金龍蒼華出世，被定為天命之身，旨在除魔衛道。一次巧合，玄鳳卻與蛟龍赤顏在清池相遇，一見鍾情……

梅花宴下，她勾魂摄魄，未央宫中，她辗转缠绵。是勾心，还是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步惊心，成为至高之人！…… 梅花宴下，她勾魂攝魄，未央宮中，她輾轉纏綿。是勾心，還是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步驚心，成為至高之人！

梅花宴下，她勾魂摄魄，未央宫中，她辗转缠绵。是勾心，还是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步惊心，成为至高之人！…… 梅花宴下，她勾魂攝魄，未央宮中，她輾轉纏綿。是勾心，還是失魂，而立君王，少年太子，肱骨大臣，且看一代庶女如何步步驚心，成為至高之人！

刚被任命为正二品浙江巡抚的福崧，在处理甘肃大贪案时铁面无私，官场闻之色变，有“黑脸”之称……剛被任命為正二品浙江巡撫的福崧，在處理甘肅大貪案時鐵面無私，官場聞之色變，有「黑臉」之稱……

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.

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.

Shanghai in the 20s was a fabulous place, a gaudy, immoral, violent, unjust, optimistic free-for-all where rickshaws competed with Rolls-Royces and a wealthy Englishman, American, or Japanese who spent an afternoon at the dog races might be inconvenienced by the sight of a public beheading on his way to the club for cocktails. It was also an improbable model for the future where racial barriers were rigid in certain neighborhoods and completely lacking in others only a few blocks away.

Chinese Yankee by Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. Only sixteen at the outbreak of war, Thomas ran north, joined the Freedom Army, and was blinded in the first major campaign. He failed to fully recover his sight and, deemed incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, was discharged.

As the Civil War rages, 15-year-old Thomas Beck longs to fight for his country. He's underage, but his brother, Robert, claims there's another reason he can't fight: There's no such thing as a Chinese Yankee. Assumed a slave because of his odd appearance - including his traditional Chinese queue (long braid) - Thomas soon discovers that giving battle with his regiment isn't enough to shed the Chinese label from his Yankee status.

The life of migrant workers is richly diverse and ever-changing. The stories told in this book are but a drop in the ocean compared to real life, yet they accurately capture and reflect the real experiences of young migrant workers.

San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty of Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare’s School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare’s is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong—until disaster strikes.

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....