Bretthart Aquino, peenoise how? While u peenoise was never found... Just like ur own fvcking self-label named after ur BREITBASTARD WHITE SUPREMACIST MASTER.. Philippines... Filipinos an Anglo name when u have ur own TAGALOG language ffs! Now That is truly divided. Split personality.
@@annihilateyutube2365 I don't know where is the hate came frone but I am stating the fact that China (Mainland China and Taiwan) is still divided and I don't really care about West. I Agree about USA doing many mischief in Many countries.
I'm glad people are starting to make china's awesome history into more presentable videos...Rarely can you get all this information with out an hour long documentary...Well done!
One common mistake made by Western historian is to claim the “temple title” of the Chinese emperor after his death was a title he made for himself. In reality, the temple title such as “Gaozhu” was a title the ministers of the next emperor gave to the past emperor. This Confucian tradition gives ministers a chance to evaluate the past emperor. In a way, it gave the emperor some worries that if he is not performing well, he will get a bad “temple title”. When the emperor was alive, he was often referred to as “superior” (in Chinese words, “Shang” or “Huang Shang”). He would not know what Temple Title he will get. Some emperors we later think deserving a better appraisal was not given a good temple title immediately after his death. For example, Wudi of Han defeated the Huns and expanded Chinese territory greatly. He was also the person made Confucianism the official ideology of China. Despite his great impact and all the praises he got in modern China, his temple title Wudi was not a good one. Wu had the meaning of too aggressive in using military forces, and thus not liked that much by the Confucians. Only 200 years later, realizing how much a beneficial impact he did in conquering the Hun empire, the Confucians added another better temple title to him. But too late, Wudi’s title lives forever in history....
@@BlackFlashDrive temple title is one of the emperor title for the descendants to worship in the temple. Normal start the "dynasty name" and end with "Di" (Emperor). the middle name is for the evaluation. For example Hau Wu Di means "Emperor of Great Forces of the Han Dynasty"
@@BlackFlashDrive Think of it as a title like “Mother of dragons” “the breaker of chains” or something, but only given to the emperor by scholars who judge him after his death
@@lucifergames9936 chin shi huang is a bit different tho, he gave himself the title because after conquering the other warring states, he proclaim himself to be the 秦Qin (The name of his State), 始Shi (Means Beginning in Chinese), 皇帝Huang Di. Also the first king to use the title Huang Di, in the past they only use 王Wang (King) , but since Qin Shi Huang conquered all the other Kings, he decided that the King title is beneath him, and uses 皇帝HuangDi (Emperor) instead
Wow. I'm Chinese, & I'm very impressed by your succinct summary of the Han Dynasty. Truly one of the more detailed lectures of the Han than any middle or high school teacher of Chinese history. I'm sure you did hours upon hours of research. Thank you for teaching the world. 9 kowtows.
The Han dynasty was one of the more stable of the Chinese dynasties. A lot of what defined a Chinese dynasty (seen in the last 2000 years of the dynastic cycle) all crystalized around it. Arguably it's the 1st true imperial dynasty bc Qin collapsed so rapidly. But what the Qin figured out- the Han excelled and made more humane. I also am rather fond of the motion that the Han and the Roman Empire were nearly contemporaneous with each other.
@joi_is _love333 compared to the Tang, the Chinese still prefer the Han. The Han was essentially China's first golden era with a pretty long history of China didn't broke apart in pieces. That's why Chinese people calls themselves "Han people" and Chinese characters as "Han characters". In southern China, ethnic Han people there called themselves "Tang people", referencing the Tang dynasty. This is the Cantonese, Hakka, and Minnan people. They're the people group who later emigrated and formed diasporas in Southeast Asia, where they carry the name "Tang people" as well. At least that was the case in my homeland Indonesia.
@joi_is _love333 all han still price their heritage as han. In fact we don't even care about the new defination and pretty much still think Chinese = han. Go figure.
The successor states of Han and Qin managed to unify everything again which Eastern Rome was not able to achieve. If the Eastern Romans succeeded at the Renovatio Impirii then we could've seen a western counterpart to the Chinese dynasties.
The meritocracy of the imperial exam is an interesting alternative to the Roman Republican system of elected representative rule. In practice, the sons of peasants could not afford to devote to years of study when they were needed to manage the farm. The imperial exam eventually recruited its candidates mostly from the nobility and merchant class. It's interesting to see how the early successes of the Han Dynasty and it's Roman counterpart were undermined by the same class of corrupt, power-hungry nobles.
Perseus Wong the romans empires was most corupted empires the han empires was most beatiful empires comercial with orient damasc and orient india and iran . Roman empires crash economy of others.
Imperial exam (科舉) was introduced during Sui / Tang era. During Han era, candidates were endorsed by local & regional officials, who were then recruited and assigned for entry level jobs. Public civil exam would have to wait for few more centuries.
The exam started by Liu Bang has lasted till today. Despite unavoidable corruption and family connection like anywhere else in the world, any ordinary citizen still stand a great chance to become an official in China by passing the exam. Actually many leaders of China today were once peasants or ordinary civilians.
And funny thing is that both the most politically ambitious guys and the least ambitious people want to pass this exam, because the govt treat their own employees really well, although usually the salary is not as high as in most private companies, the welfare is extraordinary, and much less stressful. A job within the governmental system is what we call "Iron rice bowl".
One main contributor was the increasing concentration of land ownership, which led to the impoverishment of the peasant class and the weakening of imperial control over local land owners. Then natural disasters exposed the weakness of the imperial government, which had to rely on private armies organized by local land owners to suppress the peasant rebellions.
Xue Li , nice! I love this series and have been a fan of it since its inception. I don’t own a PS4 but still play up until ROTK 11 on PS2. The game itself inspired me to read the novel as well. So good.
One mistake: Red Eyebrows were not the only rebel army against Wang Mang. They did not crown Liu Xuan as the emperor. Instead, Liu Xuan was supported by another uprising army called Green Forest, who overthrew Wang Mang and planned to restore Han Dynasty. However, they broke due to internal conflicts and were defeated by Red Eyebrows. Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu) used to be a member of Green Forest but became independent when the regime lost control of the empire.
one very notable features of hanfu (traditional Chinese clothing) is that people wore the left side OVER the right side, as left signifies yang and covers the right yin because live people are yang, only dead people wore their clothings with the right side up (so yes, inverting a Chinese clothing means that the dude is wearing burial clothings).
idk, i think chinese people, perhaps only han chinese, are kinda confused on what to wear traditionally.. most will prob say qing clothing, but a handful want to bring back hanfu.. europeans see manchu clothing as traditional chinese, and the ccp fully supports manchu-qing outfits, so I don't see hanfu making a major comeback..
@HANLARHAKANI PADİŞAHLARPADİŞAHI Actually anlushan rebellion was mixed of Turks and Chinese, many competent generals and soldiers under An Lushan were ethnic Chinese, included Xue Rengui's grandson Xue Song. On the other side the Tang empire also threw in high rank turkish generals to battle An Lushan, one of them was Geshu Han. So basically it was not really an ethnically state contlict, they were just fighting over the control of the empire.
it's funny because during the rise of Han, it shows how strong the cultural legacies of the long conquered States still were. Many such as Chu had operated as distinct nations for almost a millennia. Xiang Yu and many liked him felt alienated by a unified China, and wanted to restore their nations and cultures the same way as an occupied European nation did. It took centuries for the former identities to fully fade away.
@@anasevi9456 If without Qinshihuang, or if Xiang Yu wins the Chu_Han contention, China now would probably be like Europe with many cultural independent states.
ÖLÜMLÜHAYATBUGÜNVARSINYARINYOKSUN 2 “Great Yan” is seen as a illegitimate foreign rebel dynasty by the Chinese, so there’s nothing to be proud of here.
There was the Roman Crisis of the Third Cent which may have been influenced by Han collapse, but Western Rome lasted another Cent and a half, and the East till 1450s.
trade with india, depleting gold and silver, affected their economy adversely a lot more...the chinese and romans were too far removed, and the chinese had little use for roman gold and silver; rather they were more interested in glassware and textiles
I heard somewhere that the rich and elite of Rome loved Chinese silk so much that they eventually had to ban it, because of too much outflow of money from Rome.
Actually there were two major branches of the uprising at that time, the Red Eyebrows and the Green Woods. The later is more famous, since till nowadays, morden Chinese still refer those large scale anti-government bandits as 'the Green Woods'. Something like Robin Hood, who happened to live in green woods as well.
His name is Huhai, but very few people call him dad. He's commonly known as Er Shi (Second Generation), much like Yingzheng was known as Shihuangdi (Starting Emperor).
@@JerryExploresHistoryanecdotally, in Hasidic Jewish rabbinic dynasties, it is also extremely common to refer to past "leading Rebbe"s by chronology rather than name
These are just titles. There family name was Yin. Qin Shi Huang means the first emperor of Qin, his real name was Yin Zheng. Er Shi means the 2nd emperor, his name was Yin HuHai.
@@EpimetheusHistory Thank you for making Chinese history in YT. Most of the videos about China are so full of political prejudices that they forget to learn 5,000 years of cultural history.
Not really independence. Just less power to the central government to control those warlords. I say it's the eunuchs that contributed most to the fall of the Han and the fact there were child emperors who didn't know how to control the warlords.
Thank you for this video. I’m ethnically Chinese and born in Malaysia. I’d love to know more about the Minyue and Nanyue section of this video if you ever find time to venture into it. ;) Thanks again!
I'm sure they were a powerful force, but I can't help cracking up picturing the scene... "What's that racket??" "They're here!" "Who!?" "It's... It's...the red eyebrows." **Dun dun duuuuun**
it has been found with greatest frequency among indigenous peoples of Russia, including Finnic peoples, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Nganasans, Turkic peoples (Yakuts, Dolgans, Khakasses, Tuvans, Tatars, Chuvashes, ), Buryats, Tungusic peoples (Evenks, Evens, Negidals, Nanais, ), Yukaghirs, Luoravetlans (Chukchis, Koryaks), and Siberian Eskimos, but certain subclades are very common in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and other subclades are found at low frequency in China (Yi, Naxi, Lhoba, Han Chinese,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_N-M231
And if you include Three Kingdoms period, Shu Han was ACTUALLY known as Ji-Han, a third period of the Han Dyansty, as Liu Bei never proclaim another dynasty, but rather a continuation of the former.
See, the thing is, China's dynastic system more or less doomed every single dynasty to the same ignoble end To understand this, you have to look further back into China's history Back in the Zhou dynasty, China was a feudal state Everyone acknowledged that the Zhou king was the Zhou king simply by birth right and no one can replace him but his heir, the next Zhou king The same goes for the nobles that he enfeoffed, and so on While it sounds like a very unfair system, it removed the incentive to gain power via conquest If we were both Dukes, it doesn't matter if you were stronger than me, because we were only Dukes because the Zhou king made us Dukes - in other words, you cannot easily conquer my land on a whim, not unless you were strong enough to not only take me on, but also everyone else who were benefiting from the system In other words, this feudal system heavily incentived people who have power to maintain the status quo and not rock the boat And it worked too - the status quo was maintained for about 300 years, before conquest started becoming a thing - even then, people still paid nominal respect to the Zhou king It took another 300 years or so, and China went through what is called the Spring and Autumn period, before people finally decided to pay no heed to the Zhou king Even then, the Zhou king was still at least a figurehead, and this last for another 250 years or so, and this period is called the Warring States period It was only when Qin conquered the whole of China and the Qin Emperor declared himself the Emperor of all of China that the Zhou dynasty was finally disposed of So what the Qin did was not just merely unifying China - it was overthrowing an entire social system that had lasted for more than 800 years until then You can see how this didn't sit well with many people Still, ruling as a business was still largely the prerogative of the nobility It was why the rebels led by Xiang Yu found a figure head to act as the Chu king, and it was also why Liu Bang went through the trouble to encourage myths about himself and styled himself a Duke - people were still conditioned to think that only the nobles had the right to rule by this point Now of course this all changed when Liu Bang won the civil war and decided to style himself an Emperor For the time in China's history, they had a King/Emperor of common birth This effectively opened the floodgates to ANYONE to claim the throne as long as they were able to - Chinese Kings or Emperors were no longer protected by their lineage So yes, when Liu Bang claimed the throne and established the Han dynasty, he also sowed the seeds for his dynasty's downfall, for it was inevitable that the day will come when anyone who was stronger would claim the throne from his line And that essentially set in motion the dynastic cycle of China for the next 2000 years or so - the ruling dynasty invariably weakens and someone stronger invariably stepped in to claim the throne for themselves
Perfectly put, which is also why it was so revolutionary when Chen Sheng exclaimed, “Is there a linear age to the kings and generals?!” ... Well, in his time, there was.
Wow that was a great explanation. New Dynasty brought something new to the nation, like Buddhism, Imperial exams, etc. Without Dynasties, do you think China would have stayed the same like same laws, rituals, etc?
If I remember correctly, he died while making some sort of tour of the provinces and his rotting corpse had to be transported all the way back to the capital. I think he was drinking a "mixture of immortality" that included Mercury in the reagents.
his right hand probably was poisoning slowly, in those times never trust eunuch, they cut their own weenies for a chance in power what else will they do for it i wonder
kikin310 Eunuch were forced to cut off their weenies, then they went into Imperial service. It was meant to avoid the possibility that one of the concubines would be impregnated by someone other than the Emperor.
Congratulations for bringing together many scholarly commenters, this is a feat in itself apart from a concise video with notes in pictures. Thank you also commenters for sharing researches and insights. The contention of ideas with references to actual history and frameworks of analysis, rather than just pure opinions, this part of the scholarly culture that advances civilizations in the world everywhere ,that maybe China was the first to institutionalize on a large scale. Beyond whether it equalized or favored some sectors, perfect or not , it is a way of recognizing , utilizing , and rewarding merit. There is much to learn today from achievements of all peoples in the past, which we should try apply to the present in the future.
Technically the Han Empire continued on for several more decades in Shu as Liu Bei considered himself the legitimate heir of the dynasty after his kin Emperor Xian abdicated. In fact until centuries later the Shu still referred to themselves as the Han, similar to the way the Byzantines kept being acknowledged as the Roman Empire long after the western half of the empire's collapse and was only referred to as Byzantium by modern historians.
Thank you for indulging my childhood by keeping each kingdoms color the same as the Dynasty Warrior games. Maybe that's historically accurate, maybe not, it made me happy
man people like you just need a life so badly, nobody gives a damn . I couldn t care less if someone speaks my language with a bad accent, since it s not their original language.
@@raduvlad4429 this video is about history. i am just making a recommendation on proper pronunciation for the sake of knowledge, so that we could learn more, such as language.
Camren Davis china han empires was most beatifull comercials they make busines from antiks time with india iran damascus izrael orient middle east .those roman empires destroyed middle east izrael and middle east . But there in carthages was phoenicians berbers the touareg . Canaanites .hannibal the lions of the meditarneans coast ..to punish roman empires
Camren Davis if the roman empires wanted to conkers tarim basin .and han . The roman empires cannot past by khusan saka from scitians and xiongu never. Han chinese wil destroyed roman empires for sure.han empires is beat the huns and huns sacked roman empires with attila from kazakstan
Chinese historians always blame women and ennuchs. However, they are always present. So if they are so dangerous then why do some dynasties last a long time or some reigns of certain emperors so stable? The answer must be that some emperors were not very competent and thus let them run wild. We basically saw this in the kingdom of Shu Han which was supposed to restore the Han after it collapsed. The succeeding ruler was told to avoid evil people and surround himself with good. Instead he was such a crap ruler he listened to corrupt ennuchs and even loyal ministers before ended up corrupt or just staying silent as they knew it would be no use. He literally had the lessons of the previous dynasty ending because of this and he still repeated it. That said, that women and ennuchs can so easily subvert a dynasty shows the weakness of the system. If it relies so heavily on one person being so competent then that system won't last too long since it is based in lineal succession so the chances are there will be shitty emperors at some point unless they have some system to weed out the crap ones and elevate the best.
@@theuglykwan usually the first to second generation have a dislike to court Eunuchs since they basically fought tooth and nail for their empire. After the 4th or 5th then the Emperor become lazy and let his minister take over daily office task while listening to Eunuchs sweet talk
from the sculptures and tablets, it doesn't show farmers from that era wearing a conical hat. at the very least, they were wearing regular straw hats, the ones with the brim. whether it is rounded or pointed at the top varies, but there is always a brim.
Thank you for making this educational video about China. The information you present here is equivalent to ask America who is George Washington; or its like to ask a British who is Williams I. It feels hopeless how little the people from Western countries know about other culture and history.
not really. Dou Yifang was very powerful as well. but they were all "the wife of the emperor" , while Wu zetian claimed herself to be the "emperor" (yeah, the male title)
In ancient China. Due to the escape or expansion of territorial reasons. There were many records of the Han people moved to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands (including Okinawa). Establishing small countries and regimes on these islands (representing Chinese senior officials rather than emperor). In addition to the later period of Japan (because of the ocean). The Han regime on the Korean Peninsula has always been the ancient Chinese territory and the scope of direct jurisdiction (but sometimes it is similar to the different phenomenon of political opinions from the central government. It is similar to the situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong today. When the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong and the central government is bad. Sometimes they think they are independent countries or claim to be non -Chinese). The history of the establishment of a regime on the Korean Peninsula (Goguryeo, Baiji, Silla, Goryeo early). It is not the history of the Korean people. Instead, it is the history of the local regime of the Han people in northern China.These royal family and nobles are Chinese and descendants who move to the peninsula. They are wearing Han nationality clothing and using Chinese characters. They also claim to be the Han family. Only some civilians and slaves are indigenous people from the south of the peninsula (Koreans). This is very certain. (A large number of ancient Chinese tombs were unearthed on the 2/3 Korean Peninsula today. Han murals (depicting the lives of the Han people in the north), the fairy and god beast of the Han nationality.Han religion. Chinese character stone monument. Han Dynasty coins. ........... The southernmost part of the peninsula is unearthed in the original and backward Korean national life tools. It can be seen that the extremes of two different ethnic groups( Chinese VS Korean ) and different civilizations exist at the same time in the same period of the peninsula history. ----------------------------- that is, from the pre -Qin dynasty, there have been 4 times large -scale immigrants from Chinese Han people to enter the Japanese islands and Korean Peninsula, which have a profound impact on the historical trends of China and Japan and ( Korean Peninsula ). Focus on reference materials : Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD) 日本飛鳥時代 Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history ) 日本奈良時代 The Chinese carefully taught the primitives of Japan (and korea) at the time to teach the knowledge of rice, cutting wells, manufacturing agricultural tools, spreading medicine, textiles and other knowledge. They pushed Japan from the brutal primitive society to a slave society. Chinese Han people's four large -scale immigrants enter the Japanese islands record : 1. Qin and Han Dynasty Qin Shihuang (秦始皇 259-210 BC) swept the six regions. In order to escape the war, the Chinese people fled to Japan in two ways: Some Chinese people crossed the sea from the Northeast to the Korean Peninsula to Japan. Japan. 2. During the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 -589 BC) During the period of "Upheaval of the Five Barbarians 五胡亂華", in order to avoid the war, the Chinese people began a wave of migration to a large -scale migration around. Most of the fleeing Chinese finally went to Japan, forming the climax of immigration to Japan. The representative is Liu Azhi (劉阿知), the descendant of Emperor Han Xian(漢獻帝). 3. The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 BC) Japan sent a large -scale Tang ambassador to China to visit China, while China sent a large number of people to spread advanced technology and culture to Japan. Most of these people are monks or cultural scholars. They are left as required by the Japanese because of the difficult sailing and welcomed by Japan. They often stay and "domestication" into the Japanese. The representative is the monk Jianzhen(監真). 4. The Song (960-1279)and Ming dynasties(1368-1644) In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people in the southern Song Dynasty broke their families. In order to avoid the war and kill, they moved to Japan one after another. The representative of this period was scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty - Lanxi Daolong(蘭溪道隆).
The impression of the 3 kingdoms left on me was. The Heavens will only favor an emperor or king for so long until corruption and decay set in. The oppressed rise to become oppressors. The virtuous either become corrupt or have their successors do it for them. Long United must divide and the long divided must unite.
it has been found with greatest frequency among indigenous peoples of Russia, including Finnic peoples, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Nganasans, Turkic peoples (Yakuts, Dolgans, Khakasses, Tuvans, Tatars, Chuvashes, ), Buryats, Tungusic peoples (Evenks, Evens, Negidals, Nanais, ), Yukaghirs, Luoravetlans (Chukchis, Koryaks), and Siberian Eskimos, but certain subclades are very common in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and other subclades are found at low frequency in China (Yi, Naxi, Lhoba, Han Chinese,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_N-M231
So, let me get this straight. Liu Bang failed in his job so miserably, that he had to overthrow government to escape punishment? I mean, he sounds like good and competent ruler, but still.
The qin’s laws were really strict, even for a minor mistake, the punishments were inhumanly severe because the laws were established during war time. For example, if workers are to carry goods to another district and didn’t arrive on time, all of the carriers will be sentenced to death, no excuses. In fact that’s exactly how the first peasant uprising of the Qin dynasty started, the carriers can’t arrive on time due to rain and the river flooding, so they decided to risk their lives to rebel cause it was certain death for them either way.
I've seen some people presenting some viewpoints using DNA or bloodline. So I'm here to tell you some interesting things about my family. My family is precisely from the imperial family of the Han Dynasty. The second ancestor of our branch is Liu Fei, the eldest son of Liu Bang. Liu Fei's mother wasn't Liu Bang's official wife. After Liu Bang became the emperor, he posthumously honored her as Lady Cao (who had passed away). Before that, Liu Fei had his mother's surname and was called Cao Fei. Liu Bang didn't fulfill his fatherly duties, and because his eldest son Liu Fei didn't become the crown prince, he felt very guilty. Later, Liu Fei was enfeoffed as the King of Qi. Generally speaking, the fiefdom of the State of Qi was already a preferential treatment. But Liu Bang also issued an order that all the people in the empire who could speak the Qi language should be relocated to the State of Qi. This is also rarely seen in history. In Chinese history, the title of king given by the imperial emperor to a king has special significance. Generally speaking, the State of Qin was the strongest, the territory of the State of Chu was the largest, and the State of Qi was the richest. However, in China, people with the surname Liu are not necessarily members of my family. The ancestors of our family originally had the surname Ji, which was one of the earliest eight surnames in China. And to distinguish the descendants of people with the same surname, the name of the clan was taken according to the place name where the family's fief was located. During the time of the ancestor "Emperor Yao", for some reasons, he took his mother's surname "Qi". Because the fief of the clan was "Yi", it was "Yi Qi", and later it was abbreviated to "Qi". During the Qin Dynasty, to solve the numerous surnames and clan names, the surname and the clan name were merged. Because the ancestor's fief was in the State of Liu at that time, the surname was changed to "Liu." The most interesting part is that the fiefdom of the State of Qi of the ancestor Liu Fei happens to be the ancestral land of the family. So the title of the King of Qi is very special.
At that time, Shu Han called themselves Han (or Ji Han 季汉 sometime) as the legal successor of Han so he's correct here actually. Although Wei and Jin only called Shu Han as Shu to deny their claim. Shu Han is used by later historians just like western historians use Byzantine Empire for Eastern Roman Empire.
Also the narrator uses a non standard pronunciation for 劉邦, sounds like "Lee oo bei ng" (same vowels in "see two games"), standard would sound like "Liou Bah ng" (chinese "you", ex. 有, should soung approx like english yoyo, as in the toy named yoyo; would be like "Yo, Ma"). So ... he obviously doesn't know or study Putonghua. Maybe he's American? That would account for raised quality of the open front vowel in "bang", Americans often say words like "bank" with a raised open front vowel, such that it sounds similar to "bane".
Major stable Chinese dynasties: Xia Shang Zhou Han Tang Song Yuan Ming Qing PRC In between those big dynasties are mini unstable dynasties and non-unified warring periods.
Well, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was motivated by an apocalyptic interpretation of Taoism. Many of the King’s of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms era (mostly Liu Bei and Sun Jian) justified their rule by saying that they were guided by Heaven. I know that the early Han had a government based in Confucianism, but other than that I don’t know about any other religious influence on the Han’s rise.
Rebelion plays a role in Chinese History, not religion. Buddhism and Taoism are not a religion, they are a way of life people to choose to have less trouble in a society without fairness.
I love to read about the history of the Ancient Chinese Dynasties. Being a Christian, i'm intrigued & mesmerized by the ancient Chinese worship of Shang Di or Shang Ti meaning the God of Heaven. We know all ancient civilizations have the record of the Great Flood during the time of Noah as the Bible says the whole Earth was inundated by continuous rain for 40 days nonstop. Also most intriguing was the record of the birth of Jesus (Son of Heaven) in 5 BC. The Bible mentioned that a strange star called the Star of Bethlehem was moving across the sky & finally stopped at the place where Jesus Christ was born. This heavenly event was recorded in the historical records (annals) or Shi Jing of the Han Chinese. The Bible also records the death of Jesus by a strange event/sign. It says that when Jesus died on the cross at the 6th hour, meaning 12 noon, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky - it was totally dark for 3 hours from 12 noon till 3 pm. And this event is also recorded in the historical records of the Han Chinese saying the Son of Heaven died. At a time when the Europeans were barbarians , the Chinese were learned & watching the night sky for strange signs or phenomenons. How do they know that if the God of Heaven does something, HE will show a sign in the heavens/sky ??? like as it is stated in the Bible. But unfortunately at a certain time when philosophers arose in China like Confucius, Lao Tzu & Buddha in Nepal, the Chinese people have forgotten the God of the Bible, also referred to as the God of Heaven & started believing in the religions/philosophies of men. But God is so good, HE has not forgotten the Chinese people. Today, China has the most number of Christians in the world, albeit suffering persecution by the Communist rule. They have to meet & pray in secret / underground churches or homes. The Bible is banned by the Communist Chinese government, but somehow it is smuggled into China. God will pave a way for my beloved Chinese brethren. And all over the world, the Spirit of God is moving. Hallelujah, Amen.
@Daisy Wong I know. Thats why some people would compare Lu Bu to Xiang Yu as equals. Legendary warriors on the battlefield but arrogance that lead both warriors to their demise.
@Daisy Wong That's right. Liu Bang was only deemed as a Han because of inheriting the King of Han kingdom after his untimely death through the advice of Zhang Liang. I would be annoyed to if I had a friend like lol but I would also enjoy company from a person such as your friend. So do all descendants of Chu come from Southern china?
@Daisy Wong I am aware. That's why it is known as one of China's national treasures as well as the world's oldest sword that's still intact by all world's standards. Even exceeding all mythical swords from both Western and Eastern worlds.
@Daisy Wong If it has been desecrated, then it would be a major loss on any important documents or artifacts left behind by Qin Shihuang which would've lead a closer glimpse of his personal life than based upon accounts from advisors and later scholars.
Yue Fei was a true gentleman, his sibling Yue Fan was killed by gangster Yang Zaixing but Yue Fei didn't execute Yang after capturing him, instead he recognized Yang's martial prowess and asked him to join his army and even promoted him to be a high ranking general.
The reasons for the Fall (both of them) boil down to Han Fei's principle of the Five Vermin: A) scholars who criticize the laws and confuse rulers, B) ministers who promote their own interests, C) vigilantes, D) those men who bribe officials to escape military service, and E) merchants who manufacture useless trivia, aggrandize wealth, and exploit farmers.
that is why they want to centralize population to avoid something like in the past happening again, but in our days that also makes them very vulnerable to attacks and mass destruction weapons
@tenderloin87 Which makes this meme kinda stupid. While at the same time it mask the kinda unique attributes of this region of the world, that they always pick themselves up again and reinvent another golden age. Many civilisation or empires rise and fall, but nothing in recorded history is as long lasting and at the same time as big and powerful as the chinese empires.
Yes, I have DNA (1.5%) from this area and time according to MytrueancestryDNA backed up by data from HeritageDNA, ancestryDNA and familytreeDNA. "Han Chinese Empire".
@@yarhacijin9463 It says I have a close connection to Nurhaci of the Qing dynasty (C-M401). Not sure if it is recent connection or an old one with King Joseph of Khazaria and old Bulgaria? Turkic connections with my YDNA line of Galatian Celt of central Turkey (RM-269 PF6517)?
The answer is quite simple: "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been."
逢酒必喝喝酒必疯
As we speak China is still divided
Bretthart Aquino, peenoise how? While u peenoise was never found... Just like ur own fvcking self-label named after ur BREITBASTARD WHITE SUPREMACIST MASTER..
Philippines... Filipinos an Anglo name when u have ur own TAGALOG language ffs! Now That is truly divided. Split personality.
@@princekrazie Epic :)
@@annihilateyutube2365 I don't know where is the hate came frone but I am stating the fact that China (Mainland China and Taiwan) is still divided and I don't really care about West.
I Agree about USA doing many mischief in Many countries.
I'm glad people are starting to make china's awesome history into more presentable videos...Rarely can you get all this information with out an hour long documentary...Well done!
Thank you glad you liked it :)
go watch nathan rich china documentary
AND it is in English
@Stella Hoenheim congratulations
I actually want a hour long documentary…
One common mistake made by Western historian is to claim the “temple title” of the Chinese emperor after his death was a title he made for himself. In reality, the temple title such as “Gaozhu” was a title the ministers of the next emperor gave to the past emperor. This Confucian tradition gives ministers a chance to evaluate the past emperor. In a way, it gave the emperor some worries that if he is not performing well, he will get a bad “temple title”. When the emperor was alive, he was often referred to as “superior” (in Chinese words, “Shang” or “Huang Shang”). He would not know what Temple Title he will get. Some emperors we later think deserving a better appraisal was not given a good temple title immediately after his death. For example, Wudi of Han defeated the Huns and expanded Chinese territory greatly. He was also the person made Confucianism the official ideology of China. Despite his great impact and all the praises he got in modern China, his temple title Wudi was not a good one. Wu had the meaning of too aggressive in using military forces, and thus not liked that much by the Confucians. Only 200 years later, realizing how much a beneficial impact he did in conquering the Hun empire, the Confucians added another better temple title to him. But too late, Wudi’s title lives forever in history....
Thank you for the insight. What’s a temple title?
@@BlackFlashDrive
temple title is one of the emperor title for the descendants to worship in the temple.
Normal start the "dynasty name" and end with "Di" (Emperor). the middle name is for the evaluation.
For example Hau Wu Di means "Emperor of Great Forces of the Han Dynasty"
@@BlackFlashDrive Think of it as a title like “Mother of dragons” “the breaker of chains” or something, but only given to the emperor by scholars who judge him after his death
Was Chin Shi Huang the same way?
@@lucifergames9936 chin shi huang is a bit different tho, he gave himself the title because after conquering the other warring states, he proclaim himself to be the 秦Qin (The name of his State), 始Shi (Means Beginning in Chinese), 皇帝Huang Di. Also the first king to use the title Huang Di, in the past they only use 王Wang (King) , but since Qin Shi Huang conquered all the other Kings, he decided that the King title is beneath him, and uses 皇帝HuangDi (Emperor) instead
When you buy immortality potions and they shorten your life.
*stonks*
Bajur taught you well
That's the old American west
Well, at least he built himself an army of terracotta warriors to serve him in the afterlife
The beautiful irony of drinking a potion to live for ever and instead it kills you.
To be clear to anyone who didn't know. The potion contained mercury.
Wow. I'm Chinese, & I'm very impressed by your succinct summary of the Han Dynasty. Truly one of the more detailed lectures of the Han than any middle or high school teacher of Chinese history. I'm sure you did hours upon hours of research. Thank you for teaching the world. 9 kowtows.
The Han dynasty was one of the more stable of the Chinese dynasties.
A lot of what defined a Chinese dynasty (seen in the last 2000 years of the dynastic cycle) all crystalized around it. Arguably it's the 1st true imperial dynasty bc Qin collapsed so rapidly. But what the Qin figured out- the Han excelled and made more humane.
I also am rather fond of the motion that the Han and the Roman Empire were nearly contemporaneous with each other.
Make america great again (loot)
what about Tang?
@joi_is _love333 compared to the Tang, the Chinese still prefer the Han. The Han was essentially China's first golden era with a pretty long history of China didn't broke apart in pieces. That's why Chinese people calls themselves "Han people" and Chinese characters as "Han characters".
In southern China, ethnic Han people there called themselves "Tang people", referencing the Tang dynasty. This is the Cantonese, Hakka, and Minnan people. They're the people group who later emigrated and formed diasporas in Southeast Asia, where they carry the name "Tang people" as well. At least that was the case in my homeland Indonesia.
@joi_is _love333 all han still price their heritage as han. In fact we don't even care about the new defination and pretty much still think Chinese = han. Go figure.
The successor states of Han and Qin managed to unify everything again which Eastern Rome was not able to achieve. If the Eastern Romans succeeded at the Renovatio Impirii then we could've seen a western counterpart to the Chinese dynasties.
The meritocracy of the imperial exam is an interesting alternative to the Roman Republican system of elected representative rule.
In practice, the sons of peasants could not afford to devote to years of study when they were needed to manage the farm. The imperial exam eventually recruited its candidates mostly from the nobility and merchant class. It's interesting to see how the early successes of the Han Dynasty and it's Roman counterpart were undermined by the same class of corrupt, power-hungry nobles.
Perseus Wong the romans empires was most corupted empires the han empires was most beatiful empires comercial with orient damasc and orient india and iran . Roman empires crash economy of others.
@@gcrecords1731 Found the 50 cent army! :D CCP is gonna self destruct by 2047. Hong Kong will outlast the CCP.
@@gcrecords1731 turn your nationalistic dial down 10 notches please...
Imperial exam (科舉) was introduced during Sui / Tang era. During Han era, candidates were endorsed by local & regional officials, who were then recruited and assigned for entry level jobs. Public civil exam would have to wait for few more centuries.
The Imperial exam doesn't exist during the Han dynasty.
The exam started by Liu Bang has lasted till today. Despite unavoidable corruption and family connection like anywhere else in the world, any ordinary citizen still stand a great chance to become an official in China by passing the exam. Actually many leaders of China today were once peasants or ordinary civilians.
And funny thing is that both the most politically ambitious guys and the least ambitious people want to pass this exam, because the govt treat their own employees really well, although usually the salary is not as high as in most private companies, the welfare is extraordinary, and much less stressful. A job within the governmental system is what we call "Iron rice bowl".
One main contributor was the increasing concentration of land ownership, which led to the impoverishment of the peasant class and the weakening of imperial control over local land owners. Then natural disasters exposed the weakness of the imperial government, which had to rely on private armies organized by local land owners to suppress the peasant rebellions.
You are an expert!
You know History!
You got my admiration
This video made me time to play Three Kingdoms Total War again.
Grand Moff Tarkin, I still the ROTK series by Koei. Fan for life.
@@xavierapples1405 the 14th is coming
Xue Li , nice! I love this series and have been a fan of it since its inception. I don’t own a PS4 but still play up until ROTK 11 on PS2. The game itself inspired me to read the novel as well. So good.
But sir Tarkin aren't you supposed to be dead.
@@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926 Revived through CGI
Thank you for making history available in easily digestible amounts. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for another impressive video.
형이 거기서 왜 나와? ㅋㅋㅋ
Hell of a thing covering one of the greatest nations in human history this quickly, well done!
One mistake: Red Eyebrows were not the only rebel army against Wang Mang. They did not crown Liu Xuan as the emperor. Instead, Liu Xuan was supported by another uprising army called Green Forest, who overthrew Wang Mang and planned to restore Han Dynasty. However, they broke due to internal conflicts and were defeated by Red Eyebrows. Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu) used to be a member of Green Forest but became independent when the regime lost control of the empire.
one very notable features of hanfu (traditional Chinese clothing) is that people wore the left side OVER the right side, as left signifies yang and covers the right yin because live people are yang, only dead people wore their clothings with the right side up (so yes, inverting a Chinese clothing means that the dude is wearing burial clothings).
Well I learned something new everyday
yes！！
is that even true?
Romanke it’s true you can see the traditional costume of Japan and Korea,they still keep the habit
idk, i think chinese people, perhaps only han chinese, are kinda confused on what to wear traditionally.. most will prob say qing clothing, but a handful want to bring back hanfu.. europeans see manchu clothing as traditional chinese, and the ccp fully supports manchu-qing outfits, so I don't see hanfu making a major comeback..
China : *Exists*
Foreigner : *wHiCH oNE?!*
Of course non other than yuan dynasty
@HANLARHAKANI PADİŞAHLARPADİŞAHI Actually anlushan rebellion was mixed of Turks and Chinese, many competent generals and soldiers under An Lushan were ethnic Chinese, included Xue Rengui's grandson Xue Song. On the other side the Tang empire also threw in high rank turkish generals to battle An Lushan, one of them was Geshu Han. So basically it was not really an ethnically state contlict, they were just fighting over the control of the empire.
it's funny because during the rise of Han, it shows how strong the cultural legacies of the long conquered States still were. Many such as Chu had operated as distinct nations for almost a millennia. Xiang Yu and many liked him felt alienated by a unified China, and wanted to restore their nations and cultures the same way as an occupied European nation did. It took centuries for the former identities to fully fade away.
@@anasevi9456 If without Qinshihuang, or if Xiang Yu wins the Chu_Han contention, China now would probably be like Europe with many cultural independent states.
ÖLÜMLÜHAYATBUGÜNVARSINYARINYOKSUN 2 “Great Yan” is seen as a illegitimate foreign rebel dynasty by the Chinese, so there’s nothing to be proud of here.
I wonder how there fall impacted the Roman empires economy since a lot of money came from trade with the east.
I think troubles with Parthia and Kushans had more effect, along with the Roman inflation/lowering gold in money.
Weren't the rise and fall of the han and the rise and fall of pax romana around surprisingly similar times?
There was the Roman Crisis of the Third Cent which may have been influenced by Han collapse, but Western Rome lasted another Cent and a half, and the East till 1450s.
trade with india, depleting gold and silver, affected their economy adversely a lot more...the chinese and romans were too far removed, and the chinese had little use for roman gold and silver; rather they were more interested in glassware and textiles
I heard somewhere that the rich and elite of Rome loved Chinese silk so much that they eventually had to ban it, because of too much outflow of money from Rome.
I had never heard of the Red Eyebrows. Sounds pretty badass
Actually there were two major branches of the uprising at that time, the Red Eyebrows and the Green Woods. The later is more famous, since till nowadays, morden Chinese still refer those large scale anti-government bandits as 'the Green Woods'. Something like Robin Hood, who happened to live in green woods as well.
@@daniellxia oh cool
@@daniellxia , Robin "Green" Wood.
And then of course there’s the Yellow Turbans at the end of the dynasty. The Han made gang colors cool way before the Bloods and the Crips ever did
@@rayray6490 yeah
Er Shi is not a name, it means Emperor II
Second generation.
就是啊
His name is Huhai, but very few people call him dad. He's commonly known as Er Shi (Second Generation), much like Yingzheng was known as Shihuangdi (Starting Emperor).
@@JerryExploresHistoryanecdotally, in Hasidic Jewish rabbinic dynasties, it is also extremely common to refer to past "leading Rebbe"s by chronology rather than name
ERSHI is ear wax
I love how Er Shi is just the art of Qin Shi Huang with his beard removed
:)
These are just titles. There family name was Yin. Qin Shi Huang means the first emperor of Qin, his real name was Yin Zheng. Er Shi means the 2nd emperor, his name was Yin HuHai.
like father, like son = )
@@PaulSun-b9m Nonsense, HuHai was no where the capability of Yin Zheng.
antonc108 aren’t we talking about the beard??
Interesting, this is the first time I have watched Chinese history in English, thanks.
Hope you enjoyed it flying fish会飞的鱼!
@@EpimetheusHistory Thank you for making Chinese history in YT. Most of the videos about China are so full of political prejudices that they forget to learn 5,000 years of cultural history.
It basically ended when the nobles were given independence in exchange for fighting the yellow turbans
Not really independence. Just less power to the central government to control those warlords. I say it's the eunuchs that contributed most to the fall of the Han and the fact there were child emperors who didn't know how to control the warlords.
@@wesleyhsu6659 true
Wow...learning history is interning...
And your art keeps getting more amazing! Good job!
Thank you for this video. I’m ethnically Chinese and born in Malaysia. I’d love to know more about the Minyue and Nanyue section of this video if you ever find time to venture into it. ;)
Thanks again!
I'm sure they were a powerful force, but I can't help cracking up picturing the scene...
"What's that racket??"
"They're here!"
"Who!?"
"It's... It's...the red eyebrows."
**Dun dun duuuuun**
it has been found with greatest frequency among indigenous peoples of Russia, including Finnic peoples, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Nganasans, Turkic peoples (Yakuts, Dolgans, Khakasses, Tuvans, Tatars, Chuvashes, ), Buryats, Tungusic peoples (Evenks, Evens, Negidals, Nanais, ), Yukaghirs, Luoravetlans (Chukchis, Koryaks), and Siberian Eskimos, but certain subclades are very common in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and other subclades are found at low frequency in China (Yi, Naxi, Lhoba, Han Chinese,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_N-M231
And if you include Three Kingdoms period, Shu Han was ACTUALLY known as Ji-Han, a third period of the Han Dyansty, as Liu Bei never proclaim another dynasty, but rather a continuation of the former.
See, the thing is, China's dynastic system more or less doomed every single dynasty to the same ignoble end
To understand this, you have to look further back into China's history
Back in the Zhou dynasty, China was a feudal state
Everyone acknowledged that the Zhou king was the Zhou king simply by birth right and no one can replace him but his heir, the next Zhou king
The same goes for the nobles that he enfeoffed, and so on
While it sounds like a very unfair system, it removed the incentive to gain power via conquest
If we were both Dukes, it doesn't matter if you were stronger than me, because we were only Dukes because the Zhou king made us Dukes - in other words, you cannot easily conquer my land on a whim, not unless you were strong enough to not only take me on, but also everyone else who were benefiting from the system
In other words, this feudal system heavily incentived people who have power to maintain the status quo and not rock the boat
And it worked too - the status quo was maintained for about 300 years, before conquest started becoming a thing - even then, people still paid nominal respect to the Zhou king
It took another 300 years or so, and China went through what is called the Spring and Autumn period, before people finally decided to pay no heed to the Zhou king
Even then, the Zhou king was still at least a figurehead, and this last for another 250 years or so, and this period is called the Warring States period
It was only when Qin conquered the whole of China and the Qin Emperor declared himself the Emperor of all of China that the Zhou dynasty was finally disposed of
So what the Qin did was not just merely unifying China - it was overthrowing an entire social system that had lasted for more than 800 years until then
You can see how this didn't sit well with many people
Still, ruling as a business was still largely the prerogative of the nobility
It was why the rebels led by Xiang Yu found a figure head to act as the Chu king, and it was also why Liu Bang went through the trouble to encourage myths about himself and styled himself a Duke - people were still conditioned to think that only the nobles had the right to rule by this point
Now of course this all changed when Liu Bang won the civil war and decided to style himself an Emperor
For the time in China's history, they had a King/Emperor of common birth
This effectively opened the floodgates to ANYONE to claim the throne as long as they were able to - Chinese Kings or Emperors were no longer protected by their lineage
So yes, when Liu Bang claimed the throne and established the Han dynasty, he also sowed the seeds for his dynasty's downfall, for it was inevitable that the day will come when anyone who was stronger would claim the throne from his line
And that essentially set in motion the dynastic cycle of China for the next 2000 years or so - the ruling dynasty invariably weakens and someone stronger invariably stepped in to claim the throne for themselves
Perfectly put, which is also why it was so revolutionary when Chen Sheng exclaimed, “Is there a linear age to the kings and generals?!” ... Well, in his time, there was.
Wow that was a great explanation. New Dynasty brought something new to the nation, like Buddhism, Imperial exams, etc. Without Dynasties, do you think China would have stayed the same like same laws, rituals, etc?
😃👍👍👍
Great summary. You earned my like and my subscribe.
For the fall of both empires I refer to 09:50 I blame the gigantic panda. At this scale it must be 200 km +. It would have scared the sh!t out of me.
The early Han, one of my favourites
Alright that pig got me, here's a like!
:)
Lol Qin Shi Huangdi died trying to become immortal
If I remember correctly, he died while making some sort of tour of the provinces and his rotting corpse had to be transported all the way back to the capital. I think he was drinking a "mixture of immortality" that included Mercury in the reagents.
@@peterblood50 yeah
his right hand probably was poisoning slowly, in those times never trust eunuch, they cut their own weenies for a chance in power what else will they do for it i wonder
kikin310 Eunuch were forced to cut off their weenies, then they went into Imperial service. It was meant to avoid the possibility that one of the concubines would be impregnated by someone other than the Emperor.
@@coleball6001 true
This is more informative then the history classes I had in China. I want to watch what follows.
ancient chinese history is a great topic. thanks again!
:)
Very well explained. I personally learnt a lot from this video.
Thank you very much Sir !!
The intro to the map syncing with the music was really nice
Congratulations for bringing together many scholarly commenters, this is a feat in itself apart from a concise video with notes in pictures. Thank you also commenters for sharing researches and insights. The contention of ideas with references to actual history and frameworks of analysis, rather than just pure opinions, this part of the scholarly culture that advances civilizations in the world everywhere ,that maybe China was the first to institutionalize on a large scale. Beyond whether it equalized or favored some sectors, perfect or not , it is a way of recognizing , utilizing , and rewarding merit. There is much to learn today from achievements of all peoples in the past, which we should try apply to the present in the future.
Great video man! Thanks for uploading. God bless you!
Technically the Han Empire continued on for several more decades in Shu as Liu Bei considered himself the legitimate heir of the dynasty after his kin Emperor Xian abdicated. In fact until centuries later the Shu still referred to themselves as the Han, similar to the way the Byzantines kept being acknowledged as the Roman Empire long after the western half of the empire's collapse and was only referred to as Byzantium by modern historians.
I really am impressed that i didnt sleep off through this lecture your visual effects is what really kept me awake!!!!
Hello from Vietnam 🇻🇳
@Hoàng Nguyên haha 😜😜,lol Vietnam
First time I saw snake wine in Vietnam.
@@williamkartatar4759 are you from germany Is solid wine good for your health?
@Hoàng Nguyên Beer invented in Germany and when I drink I prefer vodka or whiskey.I don't drink alcohol usually.
Peace be with you, sir
This history Documentary drama is amazing.
Thank you for indulging my childhood by keeping each kingdoms color the same as the Dynasty Warrior games. Maybe that's historically accurate, maybe not, it made me happy
Same man!
As always great and informative. Keep at it. I always enjoy your work.
History: How many time do we have to teach you this lesson old man?
It's because they got a secret enemy who was just watching the whole show for centuries.
Thank you Epimetheus!
Great work
Request: can you do a video about ancient Europe Gaul Germania Britainia Illiryia pre Roman Iberia etc ?
are you hamza ?
@@noided5599 no
This has been very informative and entertaining.
In Chinese pronunciation, like spanish, "a" is always "ah". so, "bang" is "bahng", nit "beng". Equally, "Wang Mang" is "wahng mahng", not "weng meng".
man people like you just need a life so badly, nobody gives a damn . I couldn t care less if someone speaks my language with a bad accent, since it s not their original language.
@@raduvlad4429 this video is about history. i am just making a recommendation on proper pronunciation for the sake of knowledge, so that we could learn more, such as language.
@@raduvlad4429 wow imagine being toxic over someone sharing their knowledge
It doesn't matter, ancient Chinese language didn't sound even a bit like mandarin, it sounded more like Tiberan or Butanese.
The people who translated chinese to english originally really fucked up. Japanese to english never has issues like this.
Great video EP, thanks
No rest for the Traitors! No retreat for the Han!
I love your channel dude!
Could you do a video on the Ming and Tang Dynasties? By far my favorites
Camren Davis my to aym roma china empires is my favorites my to
@@gcrecords1731 👍
Camren Davis china han empires was most beatifull comercials they make busines from antiks time with india iran damascus izrael orient middle east .those roman empires destroyed middle east izrael and middle east . But there in carthages was phoenicians berbers the touareg . Canaanites .hannibal the lions of the meditarneans coast ..to punish roman empires
@@gcrecords1731 sometimes I like to wonder what would happen if the Han dynasty and the Roman republic were to ever meet up in person.
Camren Davis if the roman empires wanted to conkers tarim basin .and han . The roman empires cannot past by khusan saka from scitians and xiongu never. Han chinese wil destroyed roman empires for sure.han empires is beat the huns and huns sacked roman empires with attila from kazakstan
Thanks for making this video. It had given me a lot of help. THANKS
Liu Bang was a hooligan when he was young.
He was so even if he became the emperor.
that what kick up the trent " long united must divide " because a hooligan success so cheers
he was destine to be emperor. but not a good emperor. most administration and policy was determined by xiao he and zhang liang
i was waiting for this one. love this channel
in layman terms "Blame the influential Imperial Eunuchs"
To add to that the incompetent and corrupt monarchs of the han empire.
Chinese historians always blame women and ennuchs. However, they are always present. So if they are so dangerous then why do some dynasties last a long time or some reigns of certain emperors so stable? The answer must be that some emperors were not very competent and thus let them run wild.
We basically saw this in the kingdom of Shu Han which was supposed to restore the Han after it collapsed. The succeeding ruler was told to avoid evil people and surround himself with good. Instead he was such a crap ruler he listened to corrupt ennuchs and even loyal ministers before ended up corrupt or just staying silent as they knew it would be no use. He literally had the lessons of the previous dynasty ending because of this and he still repeated it.
That said, that women and ennuchs can so easily subvert a dynasty shows the weakness of the system. If it relies so heavily on one person being so competent then that system won't last too long since it is based in lineal succession so the chances are there will be shitty emperors at some point unless they have some system to weed out the crap ones and elevate the best.
@@theuglykwan usually the first to second generation have a dislike to court Eunuchs since they basically fought tooth and nail for their empire. After the 4th or 5th then the Emperor become lazy and let his minister take over daily office task while listening to Eunuchs sweet talk
@@jonathanresurreccion2995 You mean the 6-year-old emperor?
Your maps are always so impressive dude, literally. Good shit, most people wouldn’t even try to do the level of cartography you do for videos.
Damn, I hope we get to see a red eyebrows chapter pack DLC for Total War Three Kingdoms.
So well done n easily understandable video...👍👍👍👍👍
I loved the chaos undivided sigil flashing in the screen. 40k the best!
Liu Bang was so lucky that people when mention him they usually say that he destin to be Son of Heaven
that was his destiny after all.
from the sculptures and tablets, it doesn't show farmers from that era wearing a conical hat. at the very least, they were wearing regular straw hats, the ones with the brim. whether it is rounded or pointed at the top varies, but there is always a brim.
Thank you for making this educational video about China. The information you present here is equivalent to ask America who is George Washington; or its like to ask a British who is Williams I.
It feels hopeless how little the people from Western countries know about other culture and history.
Great work! Wish I had seen this a few weeks ago when my World Civ to 1500 class was covering China's history.
I watched the T.v. show from china. 100+ episodes.
It was awesomeness
What show?
@@kristencotty4439 the one on Netflix
The chin Something aliance?
War?
Anyhoo it was about this
And 80 episode?
@@dallasdelay3468 qin empire alliance?
@@kristencotty4439 i think so
I like it too:).
My first rap name was Epimetheus. It was as nerdy as this channel, lol. I love it.
Lü Zhi, the most powerful woman in China until Wu Zetian.
I love Empress Wu
not really. Dou Yifang was very powerful as well.
but they were all "the wife of the emperor" , while Wu zetian claimed herself to be the "emperor" (yeah, the male title)
@@rickr9435 she was a damn good leader though, loved her people. But not her family
Powerful female dictators never brought good things in Chinese history.
@@hwasiaqhan8923 really? Have you never heard of Empress Wu?
Thank you very much for sharing such an informative video! I learned a lot.
In ancient China. Due to the escape or expansion of territorial reasons. There were many records of the Han people moved to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands (including Okinawa). Establishing small countries and regimes on these islands (representing Chinese senior officials rather than emperor).
In addition to the later period of Japan (because of the ocean). The Han regime on the Korean Peninsula has always been the ancient Chinese territory and the scope of direct jurisdiction (but sometimes it is similar to the different phenomenon of political opinions from the central government. It is similar to the situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong today. When the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong and the central government is bad. Sometimes they think they are independent countries or claim to be non -Chinese).
The history of the establishment of a regime on the Korean Peninsula (Goguryeo, Baiji, Silla, Goryeo early). It is not the history of the Korean people. Instead, it is the history of the local regime of the Han people in northern China.These royal family and nobles are Chinese and descendants who move to the peninsula. They are wearing Han nationality clothing and using Chinese characters. They also claim to be the Han family.
Only some civilians and slaves are indigenous people from the south of the peninsula (Koreans). This is very certain.
(A large number of ancient Chinese tombs were unearthed on the 2/3 Korean Peninsula today. Han murals (depicting the lives of the Han people in the north), the fairy and god beast of the Han nationality.Han religion. Chinese character stone monument. Han Dynasty coins. ...........
The southernmost part of the peninsula is unearthed in the original and backward Korean national life tools.
It can be seen that the extremes of two different ethnic groups( Chinese VS Korean ) and different civilizations exist at the same time in the same period of the peninsula history.
-----------------------------
that is, from the pre -Qin dynasty, there have been 4 times large -scale immigrants from Chinese Han people to enter the Japanese islands and Korean Peninsula, which have a profound impact on the historical trends of China and Japan and ( Korean Peninsula ).
Focus on reference materials :
Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD) 日本飛鳥時代
Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history ) 日本奈良時代
The Chinese carefully taught the primitives of Japan (and korea) at the time to teach the knowledge of rice, cutting wells, manufacturing agricultural tools, spreading medicine, textiles and other knowledge. They pushed Japan from the brutal primitive society to a slave society.
Chinese Han people's four large -scale immigrants enter the Japanese islands record :
1. Qin and Han Dynasty
Qin Shihuang (秦始皇 259-210 BC) swept the six regions. In order to escape the war, the Chinese people fled to Japan in two ways: Some Chinese people crossed the sea from the Northeast to the Korean Peninsula to Japan. Japan.
2. During the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 -589 BC)
During the period of "Upheaval of the Five Barbarians 五胡亂華", in order to avoid the war, the Chinese people began a wave of migration to a large -scale migration around.
Most of the fleeing Chinese finally went to Japan, forming the climax of immigration to Japan. The representative is Liu Azhi (劉阿知), the descendant of Emperor Han Xian(漢獻帝).
3. The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 BC)
Japan sent a large -scale Tang ambassador to China to visit China, while China sent a large number of people to spread advanced technology and culture to Japan. Most of these people are monks or cultural scholars. They are left as required by the Japanese because of the difficult sailing and welcomed by Japan. They often stay and "domestication" into the Japanese. The representative is the monk Jianzhen(監真).
4. The Song (960-1279)and Ming dynasties(1368-1644)
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people in the southern Song Dynasty broke their families. In order to avoid the war and kill, they moved to Japan one after another. The representative of this period was scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty - Lanxi Daolong(蘭溪道隆).
The impression of the 3 kingdoms left on me was.
The Heavens will only favor an emperor or king for so long until corruption and decay set in.
The oppressed rise to become oppressors.
The virtuous either become corrupt or have their successors do it for them.
Long United must divide and the long divided must unite.
3:06 Wait, Yojimbo? What the heck are you doing in old china? XD
it has been found with greatest frequency among indigenous peoples of Russia, including Finnic peoples, Mari, Udmurt, Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets, Nganasans, Turkic peoples (Yakuts, Dolgans, Khakasses, Tuvans, Tatars, Chuvashes, ), Buryats, Tungusic peoples (Evenks, Evens, Negidals, Nanais, ), Yukaghirs, Luoravetlans (Chukchis, Koryaks), and Siberian Eskimos, but certain subclades are very common in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and other subclades are found at low frequency in China (Yi, Naxi, Lhoba, Han Chinese,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_N-M231
*@**3:04**: A great comfort to know that Toshiro Mifune reincarnated from upstart Chinese nobility! ;)*
So, let me get this straight. Liu Bang failed in his job so miserably, that he had to overthrow government to escape punishment? I mean, he sounds like good and competent ruler, but still.
Kind of like Dr. Dre who came from humble beginnings and became a music mogul.🤣🤣🤣
The qin’s laws were really strict, even for a minor mistake, the punishments were inhumanly severe because the laws were established during war time. For example, if workers are to carry goods to another district and didn’t arrive on time, all of the carriers will be sentenced to death, no excuses. In fact that’s exactly how the first peasant uprising of the Qin dynasty started, the carriers can’t arrive on time due to rain and the river flooding, so they decided to risk their lives to rebel cause it was certain death for them either way.
4 years late but please make a video on the rise & fall of the tang dynasty! love ur vids bro
2:34 Zhao Gao is a eunuch, he has no beard
Before the Han Dynasty, some eunuchs did not need to castrate their penis.
I dunno, plenty of people without testes have beards these days
I've seen some people presenting some viewpoints using DNA or bloodline. So I'm here to tell you some interesting things about my family.
My family is precisely from the imperial family of the Han Dynasty. The second ancestor of our branch is Liu Fei, the eldest son of Liu Bang.
Liu Fei's mother wasn't Liu Bang's official wife. After Liu Bang became the emperor, he posthumously honored her as Lady Cao (who had passed away).
Before that, Liu Fei had his mother's surname and was called Cao Fei. Liu Bang didn't fulfill his fatherly duties, and because his eldest son Liu Fei didn't become the crown prince, he felt very guilty.
Later, Liu Fei was enfeoffed as the King of Qi. Generally speaking, the fiefdom of the State of Qi was already a preferential treatment. But Liu Bang also issued an order that all the people in the empire who could speak the Qi language should be relocated to the State of Qi. This is also rarely seen in history.
In Chinese history, the title of king given by the imperial emperor to a king has special significance. Generally speaking, the State of Qin was the strongest, the territory of the State of Chu was the largest, and the State of Qi was the richest.
However, in China, people with the surname Liu are not necessarily members of my family. The ancestors of our family originally had the surname Ji, which was one of the earliest eight surnames in China. And to distinguish the descendants of people with the same surname, the name of the clan was taken according to the place name where the family's fief was located.
During the time of the ancestor "Emperor Yao", for some reasons, he took his mother's surname "Qi". Because the fief of the clan was "Yi", it was "Yi Qi", and later it was abbreviated to "Qi". During the Qin Dynasty, to solve the numerous surnames and clan names, the surname and the clan name were merged. Because the ancestor's fief was in the State of Liu at that time, the surname was changed to "Liu."
The most interesting part is that the fiefdom of the State of Qi of the ancestor Liu Fei happens to be the ancestral land of the family. So the title of the King of Qi is very special.
12:16 The Chinese character for Shu Han should be 蜀 instead, though 汉 is part of the name.
At that time, Shu Han called themselves Han (or Ji Han 季汉 sometime) as the legal successor of Han so he's correct here actually. Although Wei and Jin only called Shu Han as Shu to deny their claim. Shu Han is used by later historians just like western historians use Byzantine Empire for Eastern Roman Empire.
就是汉，蜀汉带贬义，后人方便区别才这样称呼的
Also the narrator uses a non standard pronunciation for 劉邦, sounds like "Lee oo bei ng" (same vowels in "see two games"), standard would sound like "Liou Bah ng" (chinese "you", ex. 有, should soung approx like english yoyo, as in the toy named yoyo; would be like "Yo, Ma"). So ... he obviously doesn't know or study Putonghua. Maybe he's American? That would account for raised quality of the open front vowel in "bang", Americans often say words like "bank" with a raised open front vowel, such that it sounds similar to "bane".
Very clear and concise. Thank you.
Major stable Chinese dynasties:
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Han
Tang
Song
Yuan
Ming
Qing
PRC
In between those big dynasties are mini unstable dynasties and non-unified warring periods.
Now let’s try to fit the “in-between” periods too:
-pre-Xia 5 Kings tribal era
Xia
Shang
Zhou
- Spring-autumn & warring period
- Qin
- Chu-Han war
Han
-Three Kingdoms
-Jin
-5 Hus & 16 Kingdoms
-South-North dual dynasties
-Sui dynasty
Tang
-5 generations & 10 kingdoms
-Liao-Jin-Song warring period.
Song
Yuan
Ming
-peasant rebellion
Qing
-Taiping Heavenly Kindom
-ROC
PRC
@@WSOJ3Post Jin dynasty period has to be the only period where china was divided for a long time (300 years)
"Stable" is a bit of a stretch for the whole duration of a dynasty, for example, the Anlushan rebellion happened halfway through the Tang dynasty
I liked this video a lot. I knew very little about the rise of the Han. But now I know more. So thanks a lot.
Nice work. My only inquiry is what role, if any, did religion play in these rises and falls?
Well, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was motivated by an apocalyptic interpretation of Taoism. Many of the King’s of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms era (mostly Liu Bei and Sun Jian) justified their rule by saying that they were guided by Heaven. I know that the early Han had a government based in Confucianism, but other than that I don’t know about any other religious influence on the Han’s rise.
@@dylanchouinard6141 rad, thanks!
@The Martial Lord of Loyalty rad, thanks!
Zhou dynasty rulers started to remove religious and only worshipped ancestors
Rebelion plays a role in Chinese History, not religion. Buddhism and Taoism are not a religion, they are a way of life people to choose to have less trouble in a society without fairness.
Great video!
很棒的影片！！
Another awesome and thorough episode!
Chinese Warring States Period and Qin Dynasty = Pre-Han Dynasty
Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasty = Post-Han Dynasty
I love to read about the history of the Ancient Chinese Dynasties. Being a Christian, i'm intrigued & mesmerized by the ancient Chinese worship of Shang Di or Shang Ti meaning the God of Heaven. We know all ancient civilizations have the record of the Great Flood during the time of Noah as the Bible says the whole Earth was inundated by continuous rain for 40 days nonstop. Also most intriguing was the record of the birth of Jesus (Son of Heaven) in 5 BC. The Bible mentioned that a strange star called the Star of Bethlehem was moving across the sky & finally stopped at the place where Jesus Christ was born. This heavenly event was recorded in the historical records (annals) or Shi Jing of the Han Chinese. The Bible also records the death of Jesus by a strange event/sign. It says that when Jesus died on the cross at the 6th hour, meaning 12 noon, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky - it was totally dark for 3 hours from 12 noon till 3 pm. And this event is also recorded in the historical records of the Han Chinese saying the Son of Heaven died. At a time when the Europeans were barbarians , the Chinese were learned & watching the night sky for strange signs or phenomenons. How do they know that if the God of Heaven does something, HE will show a sign in the heavens/sky ??? like as it is stated in the Bible. But unfortunately at a certain time when philosophers arose in China like Confucius, Lao Tzu & Buddha in Nepal, the Chinese people have forgotten the God of the Bible, also referred to as the God of Heaven & started believing in the religions/philosophies of men. But God is so good, HE has not forgotten the Chinese people. Today, China has the most number of Christians in the world, albeit suffering persecution by the Communist rule. They have to meet & pray in secret / underground churches or homes. The Bible is banned by the Communist Chinese government, but somehow it is smuggled into China. God will pave a way for my beloved Chinese brethren. And all over the world, the Spirit of God is moving. Hallelujah, Amen.
There are Bibles provided in official local churches even in small cities tho，I bought a nice one with less than 4 usd dunno if it’s free for locals.
So you're saying the big governemnt corruption caused the second collapse.
Orthas1 and efficient, meritocratic government supported the golden ages...
That and having a pretty incompetent and corrupt emperor and problems in court exacerbated by powerful eunuchs who dominated the court.
@Epimetheus I'm pleased that you put correct flag color for the Three Kingdoms.
Can't wait when you make a video about the hot mess that is the 16 Kingdoms period.
That's gonna be hard. Even I cannot fully understand or remember the 16 kingdoms. too many chaos.
Nah that part history is pg-13 man
damn, the era of bloodshed, rape and cannibalisms.
Please upload frequently
”Qin Shi Huang“ means ”the emperorⅠ of Qin“
”Er Shi“ means ”emperor Ⅱ“
Its amazing how they are able to integrate such a vast land and population at such an early stage
Do a vid on the Rise and Fall of the Tang Dynasty
I really loved how Toshiro Mifune's face was used for the face of Xiang Yu. He would really play the part well if he were still around today hahaha
@Daisy Wong I know. Thats why some people would compare Lu Bu to Xiang Yu as equals. Legendary warriors on the battlefield but arrogance that lead both warriors to their demise.
@Daisy Wong That's right. Liu Bang was only deemed as a Han because of inheriting the King of Han kingdom after his untimely death through the advice of Zhang Liang. I would be annoyed to if I had a friend like lol but I would also enjoy company from a person such as your friend. So do all descendants of Chu come from Southern china?
@Daisy Wong Huh. I can see why the heavily emphasize those sword smith scenes from "The Legend of Chu and Han" series. Better swords do come from Chu.
@Daisy Wong I am aware. That's why it is known as one of China's national treasures as well as the world's oldest sword that's still intact by all world's standards. Even exceeding all mythical swords from both Western and Eastern worlds.
@Daisy Wong If it has been desecrated, then it would be a major loss on any important documents or artifacts left behind by Qin Shihuang which would've lead a closer glimpse of his personal life than based upon accounts from advisors and later scholars.
Could you do a video on General Yue Fei and on Empress Wu Zetian
Yue Fei was a true gentleman, his sibling Yue Fan was killed by gangster Yang Zaixing but Yue Fei didn't execute Yang after capturing him, instead he recognized Yang's martial prowess and asked him to join his army and even promoted him to be a high ranking general.
@@XuerLi I know right? Isn't that awesome?
The reasons for the Fall (both of them) boil down to Han Fei's principle of the Five Vermin: A) scholars who criticize the laws and confuse rulers, B) ministers who promote their own interests, C) vigilantes, D) those men who bribe officials to escape military service, and E) merchants who manufacture useless trivia, aggrandize wealth, and exploit farmers.
"China is whole again.... then it broke again"
that is why they want to centralize population to avoid something like in the past happening again, but in our days that also makes them very vulnerable to attacks and mass destruction weapons
@tenderloin87 Which makes this meme kinda stupid. While at the same time it mask the kinda unique attributes of this region of the world, that they always pick themselves up again and reinvent another golden age. Many civilisation or empires rise and fall, but nothing in recorded history is as long lasting and at the same time as big and powerful as the chinese empires.
In china,we called it“分久必合，合久必分”.
It is as if the United Kingdom had unified Britain in 1801. But now Scotland wants to be independent...
Well, the Roman Empire was never unified after it was divided~
Liu Bang sounds like the player character in Mount and Blade.
Yes, I have DNA (1.5%) from this area and time according to MytrueancestryDNA backed up by data from HeritageDNA, ancestryDNA and familytreeDNA. "Han Chinese Empire".
Feel free to travel here bro
@@yarhacijin9463 It says I have a close connection to Nurhaci of the Qing dynasty (C-M401). Not sure if it is recent connection or an old one with King Joseph of Khazaria and old Bulgaria? Turkic connections with my YDNA line of Galatian Celt of central Turkey (RM-269 PF6517)?