" Those Things in the Ming Dynasty " was an excellent historical novel that covered the history of the Ming Dynasty. It depicted the lives, struggles, and contradictions of people from all walks of life during the Ming Dynasty. If you want to read a historical novel of the same level as those things in the Ming Dynasty, I recommend reading Records of the Historian. " Records of the Historian " was a historical novel written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty. It covered all the historical events from the Xia Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty. It was a very classic Chinese historical novel.