THREE KINGDOMS - Oversimplified - A Historian Reacts
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Corrections: Terracotta (as several of you have pointed out) is a form of clay ceramic, like pottery. Not rock.
Also, apparently in China, the castration of eunuchs DID involve taking everything, unlike other parts of the world.
Almost a year since I started watching u an let me tell you that u reignited my interest in history and I have to thank you for that Chris
The guy with the baguette was a member of the "yellow vests", a major anti-government movement in France today.
I’ve been I sub and eating you videos since 2k
I was just about to point out that castration for Chinese eunuchs was very much a complete amputation of the penis and testicles, but upon some research, removing everything was a much later practice dating to the Ming and Qing.
During the period of this video (the Late Han and Three Kingdoms), you would be more than correct in stating that only the testicles were removed.
@@G_Okr I still remember running into them and having to walk roughly 200m along their route when I was in Rouen. Wild stuff, but I sadly had to delete the video
The guy with the baguette and construction vest is a reference to the paris riots that were happening at the time that video was made
Hmm interesting
some things never change
Pretty sure those riots in France happen every other Weekend
It's a reference to the Mouvement des gilets jaunes. They protested in France for economic justice and political reform.
Fun fact: The bird at the beggining is apparently singing the following:
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...
Yup, Oversimplified Rickrolled us..... TWICE
when was the other time
@@rootbeerfloathaspop3301 In the Russian Revolution video, IIRC and @King Mac - we're no strangers to love is a line in Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
In his universe, Henry Viii wrote it 😲.
@@memecliparchives2254 Henry wrote Wonderwall get it right 😂
@@kingmac6638 dude it literally says Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. I don't know how you got that but I know chinese
Fun fact: Cao Cao's resting place is very hard to find in China despite archaeologists want to find it cuz no one has found it over a thousand years. The problem is that Cao Cao built over 73 tombs in order for anyone to not find his resting place because of grave robbers and such. Till this day no one has found his real resting place whatsoever. They did indeed find his eldest son's who is Cao Ang grave burial place despite his son body isn't there because well he was burned during a night attack on Wan castle. So yeah that's the only thing they found
Not only did he build 73 tombs, he also didn’t take any valuables to his grave and left everything to his heir so there would be no motivation for graverobbers.
3 kingdoms and sengoku era are by far some of the most fun in history. I would love for you to explore those eras.
I have been a fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms since the 90's and never once did I think to check the death stats. That's amazing that such a high percentage of the world population was lost
11:20 It's a reference to the Yellow Vest Protests in France 3 years ago
Mandarin speaker here: that bird at 02:29 is singing "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down". That 2nd line is actually mis-translated: it's saying "put you down", as in to place someone down or to let someone go
Hello, VTH! Howre you doing, man? Been a subscriber for a very very long time, hope you're doing great in your life and thanks for all the additional info you add, really helpful, thank you for your hard work!
Fun fact, the story of three kingdoms is only a prologue for what is to come, shortly after the Jin dynasty fell apart and civil wars reoccured for about three hundred years more.
Between the Zhou and Qin dynasties is the Seven Warring States period, which is supposedly when Sun Tzu’s Art of War was penned. Also, the movie Hero, starring Jet Li, takes place near the end of this period.
Been waiting for this one for awhile. Glad you finally got around to it.
Chris love this channel and the amount of content you put out is amazing. Similarly to yourself studied history in college but didn’t end up teaching it. So happy to see your channel expand. Also a possible theory for the Xia dynasty is the erlitou culture. Couple videos on it on RUclips. Congrats on the year and look forward to see you hit 500k subs.
Finally! Can't wait to see your commentary on this!
I still think It's pretty cool how you have the same first name as a Sabaton member, Chris Rörland.
Except he plays guitar WAAAAAYYY better than I do :)
Damn 1 year all ready I’ve watched this channel grow from the bottom and it’s amazing to see you grow!! Keep working hard you make me want to go back to school and finish my history major
Finally some history I know something about before the video!
- 《三国演义》(the War of Three Kingdoms) is an epic, about as factual as the Illiad
- the teracotta warriors are made from clay, not carved from stone (perhaps even more impressive for this reason)
- Xia dynasty is almost definitely an origin tale, probably with as much truth as Noah's Ark
- China is called "中国" because 中 means center and 国 means state (before the concept of a country was common); Chinese emperors in history held direct power over their capital city and a large territory around their capital (state), but the further from the capital you got, the less direct power the emperor had, the closest ones generally under the watch of governors appointed by the emperor's cohort and protected at least in part by landowners and their own conscripted militias, followed by tributary states (e.g. Vietnam area, Korea area, etc). All this to say, the emperor did not have to rule directly over the entire area of China. Actually, the emperor tended to have very little power compared to the people around him. The emperor was usually a wealthy face while his teachers, some powerful eunuchs, and some family played politics and held the true power.
- Caocao, if real, was supposedly a military mastermind, but he was also a monumental asshole (hence the Chinese version of "speak of the devil" being 说曹操曹操就到, say Caocao and Caocao will be there)
- The Mandate of Heaven was a loose concept in ancient China implying if someone usurped the throne that it was because the last emperor was not virtuous and the new self-proclaimed emperor was given that right by the mandate, so when you say "to make yourself emperor, that doesn't sit well with anybody," that wasn't exactly the case in ancient China. When Yuan Shu declares themselves the emperor, it is likely they are under the assumption China is in chaos, the old emperor has lost all real control, and the Mandate is being transferred. Clearly, he is wrong in assuming he will receive overwhelming support for that, but it was just as likely any allies he had would have supported it because the generals would have all been placed in high ranking official positions. It was a mistaken attempt at a power play. Oops.
I wrote these while watching the video, so there is a little overlap with points you make along the way, but I thought I'd share anyway.
The saying "Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao's there" most likely originated from 1. When the Han emperor was on the run from Dong Zhuo's remnant posse around the capital city, someone suggested summoning Cao Cao to escort the emperor. But before the messenger was even dispatched, Cao Cao's army was already there and he ended up "kidnapped the emperor" and really utilizing it to its full potential later on. 2. The fact that Cao Cao had eyes and ears everywhere, and that if you were to conspire against him, he would show up at your house before you knew it.
19:01 i can't watch these kinds of videos without your input and insight and explanations 😂👌
11:20 There was a mass protest in France recently in which the protesters had those vests on. AKA yellow vest protests
2:30 the chinese translate to never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
you guys dude just rickrolled millions without anyone knowing
Tommorow I don't have work, I'm gonna binge watch this amazing channel, god bless you sir for all the amazing content
Fairly sure the guy in yellow vest with baguette is a reference to the Yellow Vest protests in France a few years ago
4:33 Ah, The Sin of Lust, Wrath, and Greed.
Saw you post this and said "yay" out loud like a cartoon character
the King you were talking about is Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.
two servants distruped the king's sleep, so he sentenced them to death, but because it was a holy day he let them go back to work for them to be executed the next day. So two freed servants were going to be executed the next day, so they killed the king first.
The guy holding a baguette is a reference to France’s Yellow Jackets mouvement a couple of years ago
Been playing the Romance of the Three kingdoms series for a couple of decades now. So I was very excited to learn how to pronounce the names.
When you have that absurd population number. You're going to have huge death tolls. I would assume that they also have the most deadly natural disaster.
A little bit late to the party, this is now video number 10 I watch and I’m hooked ! Love the content, love History above all 😅 cheers
13:00 why do you think Vizzini in the Princess Bride said one of the worlds greatest blunders was "waging a land war in asia?"
That French man with a beget is a reference to the yellow vest protests that happened in France over macrons pension reforms in 2019-2020
I’m in world studies East and we used oversimplified as a reference for our project on the 3 kingdoms
I love the 3 kingdoms era it was an awesome and intriguing part of history my favorite warlord is Cao Cao. Mainly because out of the 3 primary warlords I would say that his Kingdom of Wei was the most effective in reformation and rebuilding China.
the fact is that Diao Chan did not exist in the real history. It is only a story in the Romance of the three kingdoms book. In real life Yang Yun told Lu Bu that Dong Zhuo will betray him, so Lu Bu decided to do it first
8:11 More info about the crony-eunuch political struggle. The cronies were assigned by the aunts of the emperor. If the cronies were gaining too much power, they might override the emperor and pass the power to their own sons, ie the cousins or brothers (very seldom that might be sisters) of the emperor. Being royal family members, those cousins or siblings of the emperor actually had the legitimacy to take over and rule ancient China. There might be a pretty good chance of coups and the throne might be robbed away. When the emperor was young, the adult relatives of the emperor have a higher legitimacy to make decisions, so the cronies were arranged under the circumstance that the emperor was too young to understand those politics. When the emperor grew up, he was like "wtf!!!" He could not sit still and be a figure head emperor with no actual power. He needed someone to helped him gain the power back. The eunuchs were whom he could trust as they were disables. No matter how much fame and power grown on them, they could never be the emperor since the public and political culture that time was ashamed to have a disabled (especially castrated) emperor. The emperor did not have to worry about the throne being robbed away by the eunuchs.
But interestingly, the cronies usually turned out to be better politicians as they wanted fame and power to grow on them so that one day the public supported them more then the figure head emperor. Eunuchs, however, were just tools for political struggle, they didn't care much about the people's lives but their own interests instead. They couldn't be the emperor anyway, and so they just did flattery and corruption things instead of things that were constructive to the country.
the guy with the baguette and the yellow vest is meant to be a french protester because they always wear yellow vests so much they are literally called "the yellow vests"
I swear the fighting in between the various warlords is the historical equivalent of an anime fighting tournament story arc lol
Love your reactions man! It was very insightful! 😊
Point of clarification: In ancient China, the dongs themselves were removed. Eunuchs in ancient China were different than European Eunuchs. The dongs themselves were removed.
I went to that exact same Wikipedia page the other day! I was shocked by the causalities of the old wars in China. unfathomable levels of death as a percentage of global population.
Nice, awesome video and reaction. If you ever get a chance check out and read the book "Romance of The Three Kingdoms" it's the novel that's based on the history of the Three Kingdoms. Also would like to know your take on the warlord Cao Cao who to this day remains a controversial historical figure, and is often portrayed as a cruel and merciless tyrant in subsequent literature; however, he has also been praised as a brilliant ruler, military genius, and great poet with unrivalled charisma.
The controversy of Cao Cao is mainly from the pov of different times. When the history was written in Jin, they saw Cao Cao is the one founded Wei, which also became the foundation of Jin. But when the romance of three kingdom was written in ming dynasty, people would like to see plots like the weak protagonist overcame challenges and rise to the top, thus Liu Bei was picked as the protagonist, as he is the same clan as the Han dynasty (that's why he named his dynasty as Han to "reestablish" and continue the Han dynasty. Shu is the location, not the actual name of the dynasty). Cao Cao is then became the antagonist of the novel and being smeared.
@@nagatoakira7962 interesting, ok that makes sense. Thanks for the information. So was the phrase "Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will appear" is that also from time the novel was written during the Ming Dynasty?
@@dracolupus0217 no sure when this proverb appears, but one can interpret the meaning differently just like the controversy of Cao himself imo. You may say he is brilliant that he always appears at the right place at the right time (so many times he did in his life thus granted him the success), or viewing him as nonforgiving so when you speak bad of him he will always catch you something like this. Modern days people often interpret the proverb negatively, thanks to the antagonistic figure established by the novel.
@@nagatoakira7962 I got you, I appreciate the info. When I read the book I found Cao Cao to be a more interesting character, and when did some research on the man himself I was just fascinated by his way of thinking. He wanted to rule China but he didn't wanted to be emperor, I believe it was his son Cao Pi who overthrew the last Han emperor to establish Wei or Cao Wei, and yet ironically Sima Yan did the samething to the last Wei emperor to establish Jin; forty-five years later.
Cao Cao can be portrayed as both, really. He was called merciless because of his early rampage, he actually started a massacre on peasants in the name of revenge when he tried to subdue Tao Qian, while he was called tyrant because even though he was the prime minister, he pretty much was the one who ran the country while the emperor became figurehead.
He was praised because under his rule, his territory actually prospered, he didn't care about lineage and stuffs when trying to recruit subordinates, would generously reward his subordinates, he knew when to push and when to back down in war and he was pretty particular about culture.
Hi, I was looking through this reaction to Three Kingdoms, I got to say, the original video doesn't quite cover the actual event. I would recommend you reading the history of Three Kingdoms (San Guo Zhi) or The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Guo Yan Yi). Alternatively, you may wish to hit me up as I am quite knowledgeable about this period of China's history. Cheers.
Fun Fact: the guy with the baguette and construction vest, is actually the modern equivalent to the Yellow Turbans movement in France.
I live in South West Ohio and I actually wanted to be a history teacher too but did terrible in college
You may not have known much about Chinese history, but you know plenty about what history from all corners of the world reveals about human nature. I sincerely doubt you have anything to fear about not being able to contribute something more in your reactions. 😎👍
I use to play romance of the three kingdoms for the sega genesis everyday and still do 🤣
The biggest difference between the Three Kingdoms War and WW2 is that the 3KW lasted for decades and killed as many as 40M, where WW2 lasted only 6 years and saw the deaths of as many as 100M. So WW2, had it gone on longer, could have proven to be the deadliest war ever had the other nations sided with the Axis or Allies respectively.
But WW2 happened among dozens of nations in a time when the world population was over 2 billion people. Three Kingdoms War happened in one nation at a time when the world population was 10% of the 1940 population. That's my point about comparing the two.
@@VloggingThroughHistory Those Chinese wars were undoubtedly disastrous and are far too underrated by those of us in the west, but I do feel like those ancient population estimates must be either excluding the Americas or using a very low estimate for the population of the Americas
I remember the last video someone was asking for this. I guess there was more than one someone. Alwell, another video from our loveable historian youtuber :)
And I finally learned your name is Chris ^_^ a good day indeed.
Literally Dynasty warriors. Love it
So does the Yellow River flooding a natural cause or did they mess with the water like rerouted it? Please clarify I'd appreciate it guys.
he missed the yellow vest protesters in France
Omg. He did it! Thank you
finally, I got to learn History Guy's first name!
4:42 I'm going to say the whole lake of alcohol thing was probably an exaggeration. From what I've heard bathing in alcohol is a terrible idea because you absorb it through the skin and will become intoxicated and succumb to alcohol poisoning far easier than drinking it. I mean I guess it DOES mention people dying, but I would think all the people swimming in it extensively would die so just seems a bit far-fetched.
There's a Chinese saying called "lake of wine and forest of meat". Wine and meat was expensive back then, so if a person was rich then they'd be living in a "lake of wine and a forest of meat".
Hey Chris, have you ever thought about doing a podcast? Don’t know if there’s enough support for that, but that could be a lot of fun!
yah, Lu bu was an effin menace 🤦♂️🤣 da guy really had to die
4:00
This is the OG version of calling someone a Thot.
I watched almost all of the videos of this channel but i didn't know that his name is Chris
This really makes me wanna play the old dynasty warriors games lol
I love it every time you post
I'm not simping I sware
Ok I'm simping a little but but stfu
Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris is in da house! Chris is in da house!
RISK: Three KIngdoms Edition
18:28 capture the child
Thank you
The baguette guy with the yellow vest was likely a joke about the massive French in the last few years.
Also, do we think the death tolls of these ancient Three Kingdom wars were accurate? I ask because even you talk about how much myth is mixed in. Could the numbers have been embellished?
Congratulations, you have somehow made a decent reaction on a topic you lack knowledge of!
On another note please watch Cynical Historian's "Historians Who Changed History | Woodrow Wilson" (parts 1 and 2)
Let’s goo🔥
China’s population has always been huge. People think it’s large now but it’s only been around 20% of the world population for the past decade and slightly lower now at 17% the lowest since the tang on 600. Most of Chinese history has had it be 26% or higher. Qin China’s population in 1850 was 33% of the population. 1 in 3 people in the world lived in China.
is there a place where i can give reaction suggestions? because i think "who owns the statue of liberty" from CGP Grey would be a great one :)
This is as good a place as any. I read every comment.
Anyone remmber the story of the two kings named Ivan that had both blinded each other?
"Welcome back everybody to another reaction video" has become my favorite line. Thank u for introducing urself
I didn’t realize that I hadn’t heard his name yet until he introduced himself. Lol
I caught his name in another non-reaction video and mentioned it. He replied and said he would rectify it, and now he has. :D
@@PaulGaither One of the reasons I really like him as a content creator, he really listens and responds to his viewers. ☺️
the guy in the construction vest and the baguette at 11:09 is a reference to the 'gillet jaunes' (translated yellow jacket) protests of France in 2018, which were topical at the time. The protests where about the rise is fuel prizes but soon became about the general rise in living costs. The protests went on for weeks and Paris was massively vandalised (for example graffiti on the arc the triomphe) as police couldn’t get a hold on the situation. The yellow construction jackets where the main symbol of the protest and almost every protestor wore one. I recommend everyone to look up some footage of the protests because it is pretty crazy to see Paris like that.
Not really. Paris is one of the most chaotic capital cities in history
You got the highlights.
@@RDA000 well in modern times it is
@@TheCardolan yeah, high viz jackets we call them in the land of tea, the queen and dry humour
Was about to comment the exact same thing
My Grandpa recently passed away and your videos have really helped me out to ease my pain significantly, and for that I am truly thankful to you Chris. God bless you and your family and may you all live a happy life ❤️
I’m so sorry about your grandpa, Emil. I’m glad to do some small thing to help in the midst of your pain.
@@VloggingThroughHistory thank you a lot for your response and just to let you know the yellow west with the baguette is a reference to the yellow west protests which occurred in France in 2018 as a result of numerous policy rules primarily a rise in fuel tax.
The guy with the baguette is a reference to the Gilets Jaunes movement in France in 2019. They were protests against increased prices and taxation on fuel, as well as disproportionate tax burdens on the working class, hence the yellow vests.
17:00 That kind of reminds me of Robespierre. Isn't that how he fell from power? He just announced "Yeah, so I'm gonna have a bunch of you guillotined later, but I'm not gonna say who" and then they all just voted to guillotine him first.
Exactly what happened with him.
@@VloggingThroughHistory The ruler was named Agha Mohammad Khan and he ordered 2 servants to be killed for some error they made, but spared them for the day because it was a holy day so they were sent back to work. He was well known to keep his promises so, knowing they were dead men anyway, the servants murdered their ruler in his sleep.
22:13 actually, his confidence had a basis, Dong Zhuo was a well known tyrant, but he treated his subordinates really well, to the point they were still loyal to him even after his death. Lu Bu was among the people he treated extremely well than the rest of his subordinates since he was also his foster son, so, at that time there was no reason for Lu Bu to betray Dong Zhuo, also, the whole thing with the minister and Dong Zhuo stealing Lu Bu's girl was a legend, that didn't actually happen. So, why did Lu Bu betray him then? Well, there was one time when Dong Zhuo mistreated Lu Bu and almost get him killed, this made Lu Bu held a grudge on him, and eventually killed him out of fear after he had an affair with one of Dong Zhuo's maid.
This era is really interesting, there are a lot of materials on it, both real and fictional, I think you should react to more of this era.
that maid thing sounds like the origins to the whole concubine thing, tbh. Makes sense that legend would dramatize what was actually pretty mundane as far as history is concerned. Also that being a legend makes sense seeing that it doesn't really make much sense, although I know very little about it so maybe I don't know of some additional details.
@@lordofdarkness4204 yes it is the origin, from the maid thing, people began exaggerating the story, when the author of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdom wrote the novel, the whole backstory of the maid had changed into the concubine thing and since the novel was a great hit, it became a well-known legend that were passed to this day
Where did u get to know that info, Is it from a video like oversimplified ??
@@faresbakain7590 from historical records. There is the "Records of three kingdoms" written by Chen Shou who lived in that era and served Liu Bei(Shu Han) then Jin dyansty. That also became the major reference of the novel, Romance of Three Kingdoms.
I absolutely love Three Kingdoms period. It's so interesting and there's so much crazy stuff that goes on. Not many know this, but the Three Kingdoms period is said to be the most deadly wars in history with the most deaths caused from that time until World War II. Now, a couple other wars may have gotten on Three Kingdoms level or close to it in deaths and casualties, but none really far exceeded. And further, if you go by population at the time and compare to the deaths that are historically stated, the world population suffered more tremendously under Three Kingdoms period, no doubt, than any other period in history to date, even almost doubled that of the black plague death estimate. It was a truly tragic time.
23:00 So Dong Zhou is dead and the Eunuchs probably were provisional leaders.
So i guess the whole government was... dongless.
lmao good 1 bruv
The nutty thing is that this story has two accounts. One version is the actual historical telling, while the other is called Romance of the Three Kingdoms.. which is a more romanticized version that most modern interpretations base the Three Kingdoms story off of... Dynasty Warriors is a prime example of this, and they've been doing this for about 10 games now and a bunch of sequel games on top of it. Although it isn't mentioned in this video, one of Liu Bei's generals, Guan Yu, became such an accomplished warrior he was deified as a God of War.
Guan yu is worshipped as a guardian/wealth/general wellness god worshiped by the majority of chinese now days XD
The historical version (written shortly after the Three Kingdoms were conquered and united) served as the basis for Romance of the Three Kingdoms (written centuries later)
Baguette man is a reference to the yellow vest protests in France in recent years. High-vis vests have to be kept in cars so everyone has them
Fun fact: the Terracotta army was hard craft from Terracotta, a type of fired masonry. Each person in the army is unique and would have been beautifully painted at the time of burrial
when we tome the paint immediately detreated into nothing from exposure to the air, that's why we don't want to open what might be the first emperors tomb.
@@Tm-dn9ob In the same way the paint on the marble statues of Greek and Roman nobility deteriorated and left a white statue behind. However, I think with X-Ray and other scans, there is a probability that the chemical composition of the color might be revealed, giving an idea of the original color, and artists could probably restore them.
@@prabhatsourya3883 The tragic part is if they didn’t unseal them they would be fine still
@@Tm-dn9ob I know, in India, we had a similar situation with the Ajanta Caves, which were a series of Buddhist cave monuments with intricate paintings dating back to around 200 BC, which were abandoned and overrun by nature, preserving them intact for millennia. However, once the caves were opened to tourism, the tourists brought in their cameras and the bright flashes, which began to damage and fade the paintings away (something about the pigments fading out due to the bright flashes of cameras). Thus, the government had to rope in artists to restore the paintings, and also banned any source of bright lights like flashes or torches inside the caves. The caves are only illuminated by soft yellow lights placed, which do not damage the pigments.
Man, so happy that you achieve your dream of being a history teacher. You are not limited to a physical classroom, or a county, state or even a country any more.
Mr VTH sir. One thing I would love to see you do is talking about some of the books about history that you have read/listened to. Maybe do a list of your top recommendations or some other form of top list. Maybe with a little bit of a mix from different regions. That might also spawn a lot of tips for great readings in the comment section :)
Great idea and something I've been meaning to do for a while. Thanks for the reminder!
@@VloggingThroughHistory yeah. History was a hobby for me for a long time and you make enjoy again see videos of this kind.
I dont know if somebody corrected this earlyer, but NO chinese Eunuchs didn't have "Dongs", in China boys had to lose EVERYTHING for becoming en Eunuch, not just the testicles, everything... It is pretty harsh and many small boys didnt survive this procedure, but many more parents where willing to risk it, so that their boy would have a chnace to become a magistrate at the empirial court...
2:29 just to be mentioned, we got rickrolled in Chinese by a bird
That’s awesome. Thanks for pointing it out!
@@VloggingThroughHistory no problem :)
Specifically it says “never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down”
Edit: I’m Korean btw
Learned that little fact on another Three Kingdom's reaction video. Glad to see others picking up on it.
Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms is considered to be the authoritative history source about the Three Kingdoms period. It also served as the basis of Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is a partially fictionalized retelling of events of the Three Kingdoms period.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is regarded as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, and was the reason this period in Chinese history has been retold again and again in various media, from movies, TV shows, and video games
Fun Fact about the clay soldiers:
I belive there are multiple other caverns full of them though I belive they can't be opened cause the air may weather or change the terracotta so they stayed sealed. Correct me if I'm wrong.
yea i think so aswell, or maybe if the clay statues come into contact with outside oxygen or human exhale moisture it would damage it? like the cave in France drawings from prehistoric times where the real cave is closed from the public because human moisture would melt theink on the walls, so they created a replica.
It is not that it would change the terracotta itself but rather the colors and such. Have you ever wondered why all the images of the soldiers you see are colorless? They were originally colored but they faded due to the oxygen reacting with it. There is a lot of research going on currently to try and figure out a way to preserve the color and expose it to oxygen.
@@vtsoi4413 a bunch of anti graffiti people actually scrubbed away a bunch of them in a certian site thinking they were the work of vandals
Aloha Chris! Yet another great reaction video! In the last couple of years, I’ve become a HUGE fan of history! I’ve been binge watching your videos for the past week and especially love your Fredericksburg and Vicksburg travel videos as well as any American Revolutionary War and Civil War reactions. I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy this channel and will be anxiously awaiting your next videos. Thank you for helping spark my interest in history!
Thanks so much! My wife and I had our honeymoon in Hawaii...hoping to go back next year for our 20th Anniversary if travel rules permit.
@@VloggingThroughHistory that’s great! I know you spent your honeymoon on Kauai. I’m here on Oahu and it’s a lot more congested than the neighbor islands but there’s still a lot to do. Maui is also a little congested but not as bad. If you’re looking to relax, you can’t go wrong with Hawaii island or Kauai. Maybe you could do something about hawaiian history before coming? I feel like there’s a lot that people don’t know about the culture and history of Hawaii. Just a thought. Aloha 🤙🏼
This is my Personal favorite Oversimplified video. Love this period of History.
My favorite period of history is the napoleonic era
@@joeexorcist2319 I like the Napoleonic Wars as well. When it comes to European History I personally prefer Bismarck and the changes in Europe to what became the 20th century and the First World War.
@The History Bruh moment.
This video of him is not quite effective in my opinion. Part of what makes oversimplified and extra credits great is their in depth character storytelling/focus as a gateway to the history of said character's era. As a chinese, even i struggle to follow despite being quite fond of that period of china because of the constant contextless character and event shift. Had oversimplified made it into 3 separate part i honestly believe it could've been his best works due to the sheer wildness and game of thrones on steroid nature of the 3 kindoms period.
@@Basedep I personally think that is more something what Extra History does amazingly.When it comes to Oversimplified I sometimes have a diffcult time with subjects I'm more familiar with because of the rapid pace he uses. I agree that it's not his best work but I really like this as an introduction.
at 17:40, those are supposed to be Stone Lion statues, which are a common sight in a lot of traditionally important and wealthy households/government buildings etc. In fact, they're still pretty common just outside major buildings in big Chinese cities "guarding the premises" so to speak. No idea if the weird design in this video is a reference to something else though.
Fun fact about the lions: they always come in pairs with one being male and one being female. The male one has one of its paws resting on top of a ball whereas the female one has one of its paws resting playfully on top of a small lion cub
I believe in recent years, there have been some archeological excavations that do fit very well with the place, time, and description that is attributed to the Xia. Though of course nothing to support or refute any specific historic events.
He sort of mischaracterizes Shu when he says their response is to "do nothing" against Wei
Shu's problem wasn't just that they had inadequate defenses, a big reason for that was Shu constantly sending unsuccessful expeditions towards Wei that depleted Shu of resources
He makes it sound like Shu was too lax towards their northern neighbor when the problem was the exact opposite
Yep. This part of China was mainly rainforests/mountains and not heavily populated at that time. Shu held on for so long due to their capable ministers/generals (Zhuge Liang, Ma Chao, Gaun Yu, Zhang Fei, etc.). They slowly all died and Shu went on the decline fast.
I loved this time period in world history. Romance of the 3 Kingdoms is such great pseudo history of this period.
The common claim is that Jiang Wei was not able to curry the same political favor as Zhuge Liang and was given progressively less resources from the Shu Emperor. There's a lot of problems with this interpretation since, well, everything you said, but it does create this perception that Shu did nothing. Also, blaming Liu Shan's weakness for Shu's downfall was extremely common and I think that's very much the rhyming history they were trying to portray
Actually it was Wu who said "do nothing"
@@forgottenfamily And yet Liu Shan was able to stay as emperor for a long time while Wu and Wei emperors have shorter reigns in comparisons.
@@nobblkpraetorian5623 If you want to use that metric the counter is that he's also the earliest of the "weak" Emperors to take the throne, coming to power in 223 whereas Cao Fang came to power in 239 and Sun Liang in 252 (though Sun Hao lost the throne coming to it in 280). He's also the only one who was a direct successor of the founder and so he had all the foundations his father had built.
I don't really have a good independent opinion. I think there's a lot of historical revisionism and part of Shu's weakness was, as the OP noted, Shu burning itself out by constantly attacking Wei. After his first expedition, Zhuge Liang never held a numerically advantageous position during his campaigns and it got worse once Jiang Wei took over. The outcome was predictable. But then you have a second problem: when Romance was written, Liu Bei is lionized as the paragon of virtue and so I think they needed to have a reason why there was such an utter failing for how could this worthy crusade have ever failed?
if someone likes Japanese manga, there is a manga called Kingdom about the unification of China by the qin dynasty. obviously the story will have real historical points and real characters if you read real information you will know who will win important wars and generals will appear in the story, but it also has fictional characters and events, as it is a period with little information. in any case, it can be considered a fictional story and is excellent. if you start reading and you don't like the art, don't worry because it will improve a lot.
A fellow Kingdom reader nice
Wang Jian the 🐐
What a wild year man, first subbed under 10k can't believe how big you have grown, always love the videos.
I've never heard the phrase "Is that Adolf Hitler's dad?!" in such a gleeful tone, and I doubt I ever will again.
Before the Qin, those previous "dynasties" were more like the biggest clan. The Qin were the first to unite all of China. The others before that always had rivals. The Qin and the Han are to Chinese Culture kind of like what the Greeks and the Romans are to Western Culture, as far as lasting impact.
There's a PS2 games called Kessel II where you play Liu Bei fighting against Cao Cao. It's incredibly dramatized and uses powers that can't possibly exist. But you can command armies and change their formations over terrains. It's a fun game and one of my faves of all time.
Kessen II. Forgot to a add that it revolves around the war of the 3 kingdoms.
Gotta try out the Dynasty Warriors games as well
I am glad I don’t live in interesting times.
I would love for you to react to whatifalthist (I know you reacted to one of the video but they have different stuff) and biographics biographies is about someone’s life in history I personally like the one on Ulysses S Grant.
Chris, a new Oversimplified video was just released. The Pig War
The baguette guy is a reference to the yellow vest protest/ riots in France.
Also some additional info: the official(Wang Yun) in the video with the hot daughter (Diao Chan), that's not his real daughter. She was actually a 16 year old courtesan adopted by Wang specifically to drive Dong and Lu apart.
Bro was an S tier instigator