Qingdi
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Summary
Qingdi is a classical xianxia novel by the web author Jing Kesou, serialized on Chuangshi Chinese Network starting August 1, 2013. The complete work spans approximately 6.35 million characters across 2,058 chapters and concluded in June 2016. The protagonist, Ye Qing, is a graduate student of archaeology on Earth who transmigrates into the world of Qingdi, becoming a lowly concubine-born son of the Ye clan whose family resources are managed by others and who is treated with cold neglect. After perishing during a great calamity that overturns heaven and earth, he is reborn fifteen years before the catastrophe. Guided by memories of his past life and instructed by a Confucian classic, Ye Qing retreads the path of cultivation: he studies Daoist arts, forges alliances with mountain gods, ventures into the Dragon Palace, and engages in open and covert struggles with various factions for innate opportunities and qi fortune. He participates in the imperial examinations and court politics, rising from a commoner to gradually build his own power base and blessed domain. The novel integrates the Daoist system of the Five Elements and Five Virtues with the examination system and the celestial bureaucracy's order of enfeoffment, constructing a world where Daoist arts manifest, the Heavenly Court and the imperial court govern jointly, and the Five Emperors rotate in succession. The story encompasses clan infighting, contests over qi fortune, and feudal lords' state-building, as well as planar warfare and civilizational rivalry against invading otherworldly civilizations. The main thread follows Ye Qing's step-by-step rise to ultimately attain the Dao and become one of the Five Emperors—the Qing Emperor. Known for its energy-conservation-style cultivation worldview and the premise that "whoever gains qi fortune gains the world," the work is a representative of the qi-fortune and dynastic-cultivation subgenres of xianxia, and in 2017 it was selected for the 2016 China Online Novel Rankings in the completed works category.
Editor's review
如果你对仙侠的“设定”有执念，荆柯守的《青帝》大概绕不过去。这本书把道家五德轮转、气运争夺、朝廷科举、天庭封神、位面战争几条线拧成一股，造出一个与常见修真文迥然不同的秩序世界：修行不是一人独登山顶，而要借着气运去争、去布局、去借势。主角叶青重活一次，比的不是蛮力，而是谁更早看清大局，于是家族、朝堂、龙宫、异域处处都是他的棋盘。作者被读者称为“教主”，确有把私货写进小说的本事，书中对道、对气运、对制度的议论密度很高，喜欢听人“讲道理”的读者会觉得过瘾。全书六百余万字，规模宏大，前中期的家族斗争、科举与诸侯种田节奏扎实，后期跨度拉到文明之争，格局明显放大。当然，长篇难免枝蔓，后半程评价分歧较大，这属于见仁见智。对于想读一部有脑子、有体系、能反复琢磨设定的仙侠大作的老书虫，这一本值得排进书单。
Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢气运流、运朝流与智斗布局的仙侠读者
- 对修仙体系、世界观设定有研究的设定党
- 偏好宏大篇幅、能连续追更数百万字的老书虫
- 对传统道家、儒家与制度推演话题感兴趣的读者
Not a good fit for
- 只想看短篇轻快、单线爽文的读者
- 不喜欢大段议论与作者“私货”的读者
- 对后宫情节、种田与长篇支线耐受度低的读者
Reading tips
- 先读前一百章，熟悉科举、山神与气运的基本设定，再决定是否投入长篇
- 把三国副本与位面战争当作理解作者世界观的关键节点，不要跳过
- 准备一份人物与势力笔记，多方博弈关系繁杂，随手记会更省力
- 阅读节奏宜分段进行，长篇中途放缓，反而更易体会后期格局变化
FAQ
《青帝》有正式出版的纸质书吗？
据现有公开资料，《青帝》是连载于创世中文网的网络小说，未见正式出版信息，也没有可核实的出版社、出版年与 ISBN。市面所见多为网络文本及其整理本，非正规出版物。
《青帝》全书字数和章数是多少？
根据公开的作品资料，《青帝》总字数约635万字，最后一章为第2058章《无怨无悔》，2013年8月开始连载，2016年6月完结。
主角叶青是什么身份设定？
叶青本是地球的考古学研究生，穿越为叶族庶生子，地位低、资源被代管。他经历大劫殒命后重生回十五年前，借前世记忆与儒家宝典重修道法，争夺气运，最终证道成为五帝之一的青帝。
没读过荆柯守其他书，能直接读《青帝》吗？
可以。《青帝》虽然与《易鼎》《纯阳》共享气运与神道体系的一些思考，但故事自成一体，不需要前置阅读，直接从头开始即可。
“气运流”是什么意思？
指这类小说中个人修为与气运、势力、地位紧密绑定，得气运者得机缘与力量。主角往往靠布局、争夺与经营势力上位，而非单纯闭关，因此常见朝堂、科举、诸侯种田等情节。
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