Hui Ming: Fenghuo San Yue

Zheng Shaopeng, a high school student, dozed off during a history lesson. When he awoke, he discovered that he had changed into the impoverished scholar Yang Lin and had traveled to the Danzhu Dynasty in the history textbook. Initially, Yang Lin struggled to adjust to life in the past, but when he applied contemporary ideas to create a few modest innovations, he won the villagers' affection and eventually discovered a feeling of identity of his own.

Yang Lin lived through a time of both internal and exterior unrest, experiencing battles and seeing the agony of the populace. By relying on his knowledge and abilities to acquire access to the court, he eventually oversaw the Danzhu Dynasty's efforts to combat internal corruption and repel formidable adversaries.

(Source: bilibili)

Yang, Lin Main

Ma, Lianer Supporting

Han, Youniang Supporting

Li, Ni Planning

Yue Guan Original Creator

Wang, Yuren Planning

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Apr 23, 2025

TasRook

Recommended

A very good donghua. It's about a modern day man who likes to study Chinese history being transposed to the ancient times he enjoys so much. His person occupied the recently deceased body of a village scholar with no family except for an adorable teenage sister.
Given this opportunity he challenges himself to change the fate of this specific era's empire to avert it's looming destruction. Through cleverness, modern knowledge and benevolence he faces and resolves tough situations, helps the less fortunate and advances himself through the ranks of officials.

The story also includes a kind of a romantic relationship with his sister who plays ... a major role throughout. She supports her brother no matter what and only wants what's best for him. Her behaviour is a mix of childish innocence and firm resolve. Also, as I already mentioned, she is adorable as heck.

The story is decent but progresses rather fast. I would have liked more time with the characters as they are what really makes this anime so enjoyable. Their personalities are very distinct and none of them detract from the quality of the series. They are all very well written and portrayed.

As for the animation I was awed at times at how good it looked. I mistook it for real life on numerous occasions. It's one of the best 3D animations in an anime I've seen. The environments and interiors are stunning. The characters though can look a bit unnatural, sometimes their skin looks like fabric and their animations can look very unnatural, especially in combat, but overall they still perform fantastically.

Music is there. Nothing exceptional in my opinion.

Overall I enjoyed it very much. It's a very idealistic anime, with attempts at injecting modern day "equality" into ancient times. I just wish it gave more time to character development and didn't rush through the plot to the end goal so much.

7/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 17, 2024

ST63LTH

Recommended

Preliminary (7/16 eps)

Back to the Great Ming is a Chinese CGI Isekai where MC is reincarnated into a poor village scholar by the name Yang Lin. Along with his adopted sister he begins trying to better his living situation and finds himself in Ming dynasty's Wuming Post where he quickly rises up the ranks of society using the knowledge of his past life. Along his journey Yang Lin encounters struggles relating to politics, war and love interests where he tries his best diligently.

Story & Character: 7/10
The story is your average isekai reincarnation from a modern world to ancient world but the main character uses his knowledge ... of modern medicine, politics and strategy in order to improve his living situation and the people close to him. So far the story is enjoyable with its fair share of obstacles and triumphs. The story scale is kept minimal with a small but concentrated amount of characters and a story that occurs by situations where Yang Lin is required to solve them. It is surface level but very digestible without the heavy plot focus on Chinese Wuxia elements like cultivation or martial arts.

Art & Sound: 8/10 & 6/10
The art is one of the better ones I've seen in terms of CGI Chinese animation with its detailed characters and environments.

Sound design is decent by modern standards but nothing extraordinary.

Overall & Enjoyment: 7/10
Yang Lin isn't an overpowered powerhouse with cheat skills but he does have the power of modern knowledge which he uses regularly and when he does, it ends with satisfying results. It's not a masterpiece with its very shallow plot focus but it is one of the better Chinese Animation story, character and art wise I've seen in a while. Overall, good watch I don't usually make reviews for in-progress anime but I am compelled to write one given how criminally low members this series has.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 8, 2025

Ricesteam

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (9/16 eps)

It had a great start, pacing and it used real historical facts...but I had to drop it because I was cringing for 2 major reasons:

1. Romance with his sister.
2. Romance with his sister WHO IS ALSO 15!

Ok I originally thought the MC was 20+, still he looks like an 18 year old high school student. Even though they are not blood related, they keep referring to each other as brother and sister. Just use other terms if they are not related...

MC had a connection with, IMO, the perfect girl but in the end he still goes for his "sister." Cringe.

I feel like this is ... wish fulfilment for the author or something.

Anyways, I can't finish the series as I puke a little in my mouth each time I see the MC and the sister in the same scene together.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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