The REAL Art of War: 5 Most FEARED Generals in Chinese History
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- We always knew battles frequently occurred in Ancient times, yet we didn't always know who had the brilliant mind to lead them. Today we talk about China's most brilliant strategists. It was they who lead to the many victories of society, and some even influenced our society today.
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Some one here after reading kingdom🤔
Is anyone from kingdome on the list?
@@derimmamac767 no
Derim Mamac yes they just say their Chinese names instead for example wang Jian is ouki
@@hamzazilani6398 wang jian is ousen
Hamza Kujo then who is ouki?
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@Yr Kim it's a Japanese manga
@Yr Kim its an amazing manga
Its incredible. Best manga ever.
@@newlicent about the warring states period
The ending for these people are so sad. They try so hard and then get plotted and killed.
Sara1227 Well no good turn goes unpunished
In Chinese history, victors are not always heroes. Fallen ones are not always evil.
after using a weapon better destroy it, before it will be use against you :D
+Frank Guo 功高蓋主
They're all like Ned stark 😂
*All hails Zhao Yun - History’s Greatest Babysitter!* 👏🍼👏
until Liu Bei yeeted the kid
@@kevinzhu6417 I laughed and cried at this
thats all fake. the events you are talking about is a novel and not real history.
it’s not all fake...just been exaggerated by telling the stories over and over again...thats how rumors get started...where theres smoke there was fire...and most chinese officials back in the days was there for their own gains anyways much like today congress...
Oh yeah. All hail, Lu Bu- History's greatest father killer! 💀☠💀
Any Dynasty Warriors fans?
Michael Booher i have all the dw games 😇
Jian Cheng right here brother!
Ayyyyy, Zhao Yun's my man!
I usually played Liu Bei or Lu Bu
Michael Booher me
It felt like a really long week waiting for this video, but it was so worth the wait, as usual.
Now THIS is the content I subscribed for!I love all the historical/mythical videos-they make me even more interested in asian culture!
Totally!
summerwhite6 I would like to know how the Japanese language came to be
same, also reading Taiko and few other books about samurai really got me hitched on Japanese history and legends .
KillerPanda RUclips Coma japan is based on chinese languagr
SF L. very true and yet the Japanese don't pay respect to their teacher
Great content! Catching up on all the vids made over the last few years
I have had the same copy of Sun Tzu, Art of war for over 20 years. I read it at least once a month. For me, it has to be read in sections.
The amazing thing I find is that every time I read a section, it can be applied differently to many situations. Those situations depending on the things that are going on 'at the moment' and also the interpretation , (for me anyway), changes all the time depending on the situation. Might sound weird but that's my take.
Charlie Blum I have a copy of the art of war as well as a copy of Hakakure. I read both occasionally. Both are very good reads.
Hagakure?
Jordan Ting Japanese book on the way of Samurai.
六韬
You in SCA?
I went to see Shen Yu last year! it was fantastic. highly recommended. the performance was absolutely captivating and beautifully done.
The art of war was one of my favorite books while growing up. I like your Channel so much.
This channel is rapidly becoming my favorite channel. I LOVE Chinese culture and history! Dynasty Warriors sparked that love, no joke. Now? I carry around my copy of The Art of War wherever I go, as well as Mastering the Art of War, the Daodejing, and a few other books. Thanks so much for the videos!
Maobum Next thing to do is to watch Shen Yun. watch Chinese legends come to life.
Same dynasty warriors sparked my curiosity in Chinese culture... I remember when I first figured out that I was playing battles based on real historical events and most of the characters I played as were real at one point in time when I was 10 lol now I'm 24 almost 25 and boy I have learned a lot with 14 years of researching mostly the three kingdoms period but now I'm looking to extend upon that knowledge unlike American history Chinese history is rich in that it spans back thousands of years I find that absolutely fascinating
this channel is only good for people who arent familiar with chinese culture.
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Hey Mike, you forgot Qi Jiguang (戚繼光) of the Ming Dynasty. He was one of the most well known generals of his time, in his younger years he helped defeat the Japanese pirates that ravaged China's coastline. His writings on martial arts and the training of soldiers are still important as they've not been diluted or ruined by Communists and enough copies survived in Korea and Japan. It was Qi jiguang's books that helped improve Korea's chances during the first Japanese invasion. Qi Jiguang in his later years protected China's north borders from the Mongols. In his later years, he wrote further books on warfare and manoeuvres. Qi Jiguang is considered a national hero.
Nice I made it on the list...
Lmao
Hello powerful general
Same Yui Fei
I personally think Xiang Yu was the most feared general of them all. He won 70 battles. He buried 200,000 Qin soldiers alive because he fought they were disloyal (this action cost him dearly, losing the support of the people and Liu Bang gained from it). In his last battle he told the ferryman to take his horse (Zhui) across the river because he was too ashamed to return home. Than he and 28 men fought wave after wave of Han troops and when Xiang was the last man standing he had several injuries before killing 100 men before taken his own life. What a badass!
yup a total badass, a hero to his bone. Well he burned the capital XianYang. He can only be a great military commander, while Liu Bang had the intellect to be the emperor. Xiang Yu at one point had china pretty much under his control, and then he wants the return of the kingdoms. He could have established himself as the emperor, having a pretty much unified china, with Liu Bang as a little king. At that point, if Liu Bang still lucky to recruit Han Xing, the war would have been more interesting.. Han Xin only had to distract his enemy and sneak in with his 30k troops, and defeat them one by one and more people join him.
He only won because Qin stupidly killed all theire legendary generals who unified china for political games the same thing Zhao did by killing Li mu
Total War Three kingdoms brought me to this channel. Loving the video, simplicity and insights!
You mentioned the most respected generals.
The most feared title should belong to Bai Qi. He would bury the captives alive and destroy the foundation of rival nations, i.e. genocide.
What was it 100,000 or 300,000 buried in the Zhao campaign
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Thank you for this video and all the informations 💙💙🙏🏻
Love your videos, Mike x More, please? And Merry Christmas 🎅🏽❄️⛄️🎄🎉
moral of the story: never be too loyal lol
Attacking one's home country is perfectly justified as long as you win. Quote- Julius Caesar and Zhao Guanyin. Losers would get familial extermination of course.
Killing royals and aristocracy is fine as well. Quote- Wu Zetian and all great emperors in history (all rulers in the whole world)
However, killing the peasants and workers would result in universal condemnation.
raincandy3 i understand that.that life of loyal till death
Another moral: KILL THE RICH BEFORE THEY KILL YOU!
That way you end like Lu Bu😂
@@hugovasquez8222 true 🤣
Fabulous! I am loving your videos!
keep up the good work man!!
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."---General Ulysses S. Grant
Poor Han Xin, killed by haters 😥
feeling educated .. worth watching just for the artwork !
Shen Yun is playing Toronto right now .. amazing
Cool video...thank you for the upload! The only one I have heard of and researched was Sun Tzu.
u have one of the top channels period.
Just a mention that there is a song describing Yueh Fei's epic victory - Man Jiang Hong - and a sword form whose movements follow the story. I visited his tomb when I was traveling in China back in 1986 and heard/saw a father telling his young son Yueh Fei's story as if it happened only a short time ago.
Hey Mike, it would be great if you can make a series of history of china each week.
Well, I am afraid the Yang generals are not that fearsome in real history, but Han Xin's former employer and rival, Xiang Yu, and an older general Bai Qi should be in the list, I think!
I thought I would see Cao Cao here, but your selections is very good.
I read Sun Tzu's art of war. Really awesome! Win without war is the best direction, he said.
Just a quick thing. I'm pretty sure that the picture at 6:05 is of the first duel between Lu Bu vs Guan Yu and Zhang Fei shortly before the beginning of the Three Kingdoms Period (coalition against Dong Zhuo), but the video was talking about the Yang Clan
Cheng Yaojin was also a great chinese general. He served with a couple of early Tang emperors and was one of the most important people who helped Emperor Taizong secure his place on the throne that ushered in a century of prosperity and the golden age of all Asia. There's also a famous phrase of "半路殺出個程咬金" which directly translate to "Halfway there appears to be Cheng Yaojin" which meant that someone that's unexpected had suddenly arrived or a situation that isn't supposed to happen, happened.
It was said that the phrase came about during an incident when he was serving with the rebel leader Li Mi in the end of the Sui dynasty against another rebel leader Wang Shicong. Shicong's forces has been taunting Yaojin's forces at the Shan gate and due to Yaojin's forces being barren in contrast to Shicong's forces by about 3:1, he decided to hold the fort while Shicong's forces taunted his forces down below the city walls. However, Yaojin came up with a brilliant plan. He ordered all his men to make straw men, tie it with a rope and slowly drop it down the wall to make it into a motion like they're rappelling down the city walls during midnight. When midnight struck, he did that and when Shicong's camp guards saw the dropping men, they shouted that an attack was coming and everyone woke up, grabbed their bows and started shooting wild arrows at Yaojin's position. After a few minutes, the camp was not attacked yet and when the enemy forces noticed something was wrong, they stopped firing and sent scouts out to see why they wern't attacking only to have the scouts returned back saying that they were all tricked as those dropping men were just decoy straw men. Yaojin knew his plan had worked so the next assault, he used the same trick but this time ordered his forces to use the same method but this time drop themselves down and charge the enemy camps. They did the whole trick again during midnight but Shicong's troops, thinking it was another decoy, did absolutely nothing and it was too late to react when they found out that Yaojin was already outside of their camp and started slaughtering their men. This is where the phrase "半路殺出個程咬金" came about.
If I had one wish, it would be to go back in time and witness these generals across history. And grand warriors. I can only imagine how breathtaking it would be to see the real deals in action.
Chen Dynasty! Thank you for making these videos!
I'm 3rd generation Chinese American, and sort of have no other way of learning about Chinese history (because I don't speak the language). Still, I want to know the culture where my great-grandparents came from. There are books in English, but its always a blip, or really drawn out time investments... (you have to spend hours and hours just trying to get through an English translated history book, aint nobody got time for that!) You guys do great work!
You definitely have to go back and study Chinese. There is no substitute for it. Chinese history was always written as records up for the reader to interpret, not ready-baked analytical history. If it wasn't, we'd have the whole "he says, she says" situation that plagues Western thought and discourse (Trump is exposing analytical history's weakness with "post-truth dialogue").
Remember that everyday Chinese is called vernacular Chinese and it is not equivalent to classical Chinese, which is what the history books are written in. It's worth the study though, because you'll find out about some really interesting historical figures.
For example, there's an interesting godfather figure in the Sui-Tang period, General Dugu Xin. His four daughters *all* became princesses or mothers of various dynasties and tribes, uniting the barbaric Northern tribes with both the Sui *and* Tang emperors. While he had to commit suicide when implicated in a plot, he was the great familial uniter of the lands. It seems that the bonds of family are stronger than 400 years of division and disarray!
yo i havent seen mike chen in years cant tell you how much i missed you
Hey Mike, I'm not sure you could do this, but it would mean alot to me and others that have played Dynasty warriors. I know for a fact that alot of the names of the characters in Dynasty warriors have either been changed or just mispronounced, but players like myself have fallen in love with some of the characters and their rich back stories. The problem comes when we are trying to read more about them we can't because the names are all wrong.
Do you think you could do a vid on correcting the characters names and pronunciations? To give you some examples I believe you just spoke of two generals that were know in the game as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but I could be wrong.
Lugz X first guy to correct would be 何曼...In english, his name is written as He-man...he has the power....
Its pronounced as "her ma-an.
Koei has a much more accurate game series on the Three Kingdoms period called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is based off of the classic novel of the same name. That is also a step removed from the actual history of the period, which you can see by reading Records of the Three Kingdoms. I would highly recommend reading that if you are interested in the people as that ends up giving a much more balanced look at what transpired.
tl;dr
Historical accuracy: Dynasty Warriors < Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Koei game series) < Romance of the Three Kingdoms (classic novel) < Records of the Three Kingdoms (authoritative historical text)
Minor note, there is a very strong argument for Zhuge Liang to be a fraud, centering around discrepancies and the fact that he was the only editor and writer of Shu history (a unexcusably flawed record keeping system).
Shouldn't Bai Qi be the most feared general during the warring states?
Bai Qi path the way for Qin to unified China
exactly what i thought
Bai Qi = the Floyd Mayweather of generals. Only fought battles that he knew he wouldn’t lose. Undefeated however
That was Wang Jian who served under Ying Zheng the first emperor, he was famous for requesting Ying Zheng for an army that often out numbered his enemies, one famous example was the army he had asked for from Ying Zheng during his battle against Xiang Yan of Chu, when Ying Zheng granted him an army of six hundred thousand to fight Xiang Yan's two hundred thousand, and he remained undefeated. Bai Qi was a far more brutal general who focused on overpowering his enemies with the Qin army's superior equipment and training, and unlike Wang Jian who tried to fight perfect battles Bai Qi went out of his way to slaughter as many as possible without care for his own safety or that of his men.
@@ahkilleuskosmos6836 Han Xin would have fked up bai qi just kidding. Bai Qi has won many battles outnumbered you dumb ass. like the battle of yique
Correction, when sun zue was alive, there was way more than 7 kingdoms, it was only near the end of the warring state that seven is left
Xiang Yu is one of my favorite historical figures. Kinda sad he was just a footnote to Han Xin's story.
Here’s some interesting knowledge about the titles of different generals:
The total casualties of wars during the Warring State Period is 2 millions. People died under Baiqi’s direct command accounted for more than half of the total casualties. While Baiqi’s skill in fighting wars is unquestionable, he remains a rather controversial figure in Chinese history for some of the moral decisions he made. He ordered to bury 200000 surrendered soldiers of Zhao alive in the battle of Changping. That’s the reason why while Han Xin is given the title of 兵仙（the master of the art of war), people are reluctant to call Baiqi with any positive titles, such as the greatest general. Thus, many people call Baiqi 杀神 （The god of killing) or even 人屠 （Human butcher)，instead of 战神 （The god of war).
I could listen to your stories, anytime. Thank you, for history. I study Cantonese and write Asian Action screenplay. I am an amateur only in writing. Once again thank you.
Wasn't the God of War literally afraid of Gan Ning? Not sure if the story is 100% true, but the man certainly seemed to be feared! Not that that alone is grounds to make this list. I just kinda find that story amusing. 😄
Anyways, great video, per usual. Love learning this stuff!
I LOVE these Chinese history videos!!!! There great!
MIKE! Hope everything's going well, fella!
Jin Wushu: I have an army!
Song: We have a Yue Fei.
Jin Wushu: On second thought about that peace treaty......
Ancient Chinese culture, history and literature are addictive to whom like to read stories, the complication of it is fascinating, there are meanings, symbols and puzzles everywhere in the history of China. I recommend everybody stop by and enjoy a good story.
Bai Qi of the Qin was the most feared general in Chinese history but is not celebrated for being extremely brutal, the list should be changed to most revered rather than feared, else you can even include Guan Yu on this list which I would put above Yue Fei especially when he have deity status.
Nor Him having a deity status isnt exactly that viable for the list of "Most *feared* generals" Sure he was well known especially for the whole budhism bit, he wasnt exactly that great of a general. He was a great warrior but not really that great of a general
Bai Qi hole butchering
Tide Pod the real life person of guan yu was a failure as a general. You are playing dynasty warrior too much
Tedi Mangkudilaga Well he based his source more on what the chinese themselves believe. Tjey called him "God of War". i dont particularly understand why but they did call him that.
So? my point still stands, if you are talking most feared should be Bai Qi, that can be calculated, if you are talking most revered, it might be Guan Yu, since it's a matter of perception.
The Art of War is one of the best books I have ever read
Almost finished The Art of War. It's a great read.
I saw Shen Yun. Loved it! How did such a great civilization become what it is today? We had medicine, philosophy, culture, and so much more. How do you guys feel about communism?
You forgot to mention Xin of the Feixin Unit😁
Yeeah haha
Kingdom
Lol I was looking for this kinda comment
Hahaha
he gets defeated. the general in the lists are undefeated. riboku , renpu and ousen should also be on this list
He was a fierce and strong general..
I personally studied a lot about Yuefei, dude was not fond of Art of War, as he believes 运用之妙，存乎一心, which means to focuses on adaptation and innovation rather than following tradition. He renovated the Infantry vs Cavalry game due to Song dynasty's lack breeding ground of war horses, he lost very few battles if any at all in an Infantry vs Cavalry warfare. His strategies varies so much and was so well perfected that Jurchen did not know how to properly counter so they feared facing Yuefei on the field.
Yuefei was what you can call a mad war scientist in his day, most generals of his rank loved bribes and women, Yuefei had no concubines nor mistress, b/c he was so focused on his profession that he had little thoughts of these until the Jurchens were driven out of 幽云十六州 (which sadly never happened). Also in his later years he got tired of politics and started writing and reading (he was not well educated), and became extremly well-literate, he wrote some of the most blood-boiling poetry in history. His military accomplishments, ethics (work and loyalty) and his literature composition are what made him the triple golden standard of achivement.
Being a big fan of history, I'd like to point out that most of the successful Chinese generals are in fact non-traditional thinkers and exceptional improvisators.
I personally hate to see Chinese being led to believe Chinese culture is about following tradition rather than adaptation and innovation, and we just all chuck it to being "traditional", and that somehow really stuck with us.
Man! Never knew why this guy didn’t make it big! He sounded someone on the same level or above Sub Tzu
Hey Mike ! Do you have some book or film about chinese history to recommend? thanks!
Lu Bu keep making cameo in this video
I LOVE IT !
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han xin was not as loyal as described in this video..according to history he had tried to stage a revolted against his lord liu bang and for countless time he had deliberately ignored liu bang's pleas for reinforcements when he was under siege by xiang yu and decided to go to his rescue only after liu bang agreed to make him king of a certain territory...but with that said liu bang himself was also quite a despicable man..he ambushed xiang yu immediately after they signed the treaty for peace between the chu and han kingdom when he was on his way back to chu which was why liu bang was seen as a dishonorable man in chinese history books despite being the founding emperor of the han dynasty.
Confucius "Master Kong Zi". Was a master tactician based in a 2010 movie called "Confucius" about Confucius's many battles, etc and tactics
Xue Rengui can be seen in the Korean historical drama Dae Jo Young
One of the best historical drama's on tv
You know, your channel name reminds me of something happening in class. We're learning about ancient history this year, and we're learning about China right now (even though I'm Chinese I know nothing about Chinese history...). Anyways, this kid found out there wasn't a Chen dynasty, and he thought that wasn't fair, so he started a new # called #riseofthechens. I thought that was really funny and I just wanted to tell you guys. 😂😊
I think this channel is for those who doesnt know Chinese history well, sort of an intro to Chinese history/culture which i do appreciate. Now back to the video, the only problem is the Yang Generals, easily replaced by some of the many more talented generals like Bai Qi 白起, Qi Ji Guang 戚继光, Li Jing 李靖 just to name a few. The reason being, Yang generals died in battle, they won, but at the end, they lost, so they are not feared.
Regarding most feared generals in Chinese history, I don't think anyone could be more feared than Bai Qi, general of Qin state in the late Warring States period. At least I know this man caused huge destructions to military of countries including Wei, Han and Zhao. In 293, he ordered to kill 240 thousands soldiers of Wei, Han in the battle of Yique, and in 273, he went on to kill 130 thousands soldiers of Wei. Especially, in 260 BC, in the battle of Changping, he ordered to slaughter 400 thousands soldiers of Zhao who already surrendered to him. So it is not exaggerated to say that he single-handedly destroyed the defense capability of Zhao, Wei, Han, and made it ways easier for Qin Shi Huang to later unify China. He was brilliant since he remained undefeated though he was commander in largest battles in Chinese ancient history in terms of both sheer scales and destructions and meanwhile he had the brutality that no generals later can match. So if being feared is the criterion, he is definitely the man to be chosen. If he was not bad-mouthed to death in 257 BC, I believe he could have single-handedly conquered Zhao, Wei, Han, thus done pretty much 70% of the unification of China. Considering the importance of his contribution to Chinese history, he definitely made it to the top 5, ways more worth mentioning than generals from Yang family in Northern Song period, and even can challenge Han Xin and Yue Fei. Not to mention several others also much more qualified to the list than Yang generals such as: Li Shi Min (Tang Taizong) who was both brilliant general when he defeated multiple warlords united China in the midst of chaos after the fall of Sui dynasty and great emperor who made brilliant domestic policies and defeated one of the most powerful empire at that time: Gorturk empire, bringing dynastic China into its zenith of economic prosperity and military might ; Yuan Chonghuan despite being opposed by many officials in Ming dynasty court and Ming emperors themselves, against all odds, managed to firmly defend Ming northern borders against the constant attacks from Qing elite troops, if he was not later suspected and brutally killed by Ming Chongzhen Emperor, he could have single-handedly prevented China from being conquered by Manchu.
Am I the only one who wants to play romance of the three kingdoms after watching this?
why play it? Why not watch the TV series or read the novel? There is a saying in Asia "You can start to discuss life after having read Romance of the three kingdoms".
Honestly Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a video game isn't well done at all. Koei is terrible at presenting the story, and don't take enough liberties with it to allow for a fluid and expansive world. Their best attempt was ROTK X, and even that was marred by the eventual pausing of all historical/fictional events.
Read the novel, watch the show, and then play the game. You'll have a greater appreciation for the video game and it'll help show the significance of each general instead of just being a bunch of stats with numbers.
i have no doubt, im not saying that at all, just something i grew up with and it got my interest. and i only played 2 on the snes. but it did get my interested in the subject as a teen. thanks for the scoop though hehe
sorry i mean no disrespect, just something i grew up on as a kid and it brought back memories. and yeah i get it a dumb downed version of history
No real need to apologize to anybody. ROTK series is still better than Dynasty "Zhao Yun freaking dropkicks a horse" Warriors. XD
It's a shame it can only be put to the top 5, I can think of at least 10 great warriors strategists from one period. Nonetheless, great video!
Hey, Suntzu was in Spring and Autumn period with his biggest achievement being in the year of 506BC when Wu army managed to take over Chu's capital and forced Chu's king to be in exile, at that time, there was no concept of 7 warring states fighting each other yet. In fact, 3 major states among 7 warring states which were Zhao, Wei, Han had not been around yet. In fact, not until 403 BC, Zhao, Wei, Han officially became states when they were recognized by Zhou dynasty's king. Zhao, Wei, Han were just 3 big houses within the state of Jin which still remained very powerful state in the year of 506 BC. The map you used in the part of Suntzu was also not correct since the map did not show some major states at the year of 506 BC which were Jin, Wu and Yue, not to mention many other states like Zheng, Song, Lu, and Qin was not that big in the year of 506. The map looks like the situation in around 260 BC which was the year of the bloody Changping battle where 400 thousands Zhao soldiers were slaughtered by Qin's army. In short, if you want to tell history, please make it precise.
Every one talks about how great Yue Fei is but no one seems to remember the great Han Shizhong and his wife Liang Hongyu who fought along side him in battle and allowed him to accomplish his goal of defending the Song Empire.
I would add someone like Wang Jian of Qin from the warring states. Probably the most accomplished general at that period of time. I would also add someone from the three kingdoms like Zhang Liao or Zhao Yun
Yue Fei was told to be very brutal against his enemy of northern barbarian (the Jurchen). He cooked all thousands of enemy soldiers he captured alive, then feast on their meat together with his soldiers. Too bad, the rival enemy found the better way to kill Yue Fei is through corrupt Song Dynasty. The Emperor sentenced his most loyal and strongest general to death. The Jurchen broke their promise and continued their invasion south. Lucky for Song Emperor, they convinced Genghis Khan to attack Jurchen from the back.
that was because they captured his emperor and they invaded his lands..
the emperor was a bit retarded, he think if yue fei invade kaifeng, its a threat to the emperor throne by having previous come back. Oh well, at that point he would have been the emperor that people love, and the previous emperor, he could just copy LiShiMing.... grant the previous emperor the title TaiShangHuang, has title and get to enjoy luxurious lifestyle, but no political power. The previous emperor doesnt have his heart on politicis anyway before captured.
If after Yue fei brings back the previous emperor, and then yue fei could have finished the Great Jin. And then the emperor would have been marked as one of the best in chinese history, At the point when Yue fei was about to invade Kaifeng, the Great Jin's main military is already defeated.
7 Most UNDERRATED Generals in Chinese History: Guo Jia, Wang Jian (Qin), Wang Meng (Former Qin), Han Shizhong, Qin Liangyu and Murong Ke (Former Yan)
a non-chinese general that i think is one of the important figures in China is, Zhang Xiumei, he was a miao general that lead the biggest miao rebellion against the han chinese in 1853-1872. Though him and his army lost, the chinese acknowledged his great leadership and built him a monument after his death. Just something i wanted to share. Yall can find out more just by searching up his name.
There were many other great Chinese generals but it is difficult to mention them all in one short video. A few generals from the Han and Tang dynasty were excellent field marshalls. But to compare the greatness of generals from different epochs are not fair assessments. We can only say that the great generals of the past were excellent military strategists within their own eras.
i like chinas history its so dificult in greece to learn for china and you help a lot because you speak in english ...i want to ask you to play a video about the first empror of han the emperor farmer as i called him i saw a movie a chinese movie and i learn nothing chinese movies is awesome but your language is very poetic for my greek tastes and my greek language so please make a video about him
wei qing，huo qubing from the han dynasty and Li jing from the Tang dynasty should definitely be on the list
Mike Chen, very much appreciate your promotion of Chinese culture and history. However, our history and culture can not be expressed in a short clip after all we have over 5 thousand years history.
There are 72 official feared general (paragon worship) under god of war temple 武庙 but till qing dysnasty reduced to only guan yu.
Some general/strategist wasn't listed as paragon but their deeds are far greater (ancient china historian record are bond by pronunciation thus some general name was excluded)
My personal favorite is Li Mu 李牧, the 1st person in human history who use infantry defeat cavalry and the 1st person who defeat the Hun.
You forgot Zhang Liao!!! Oh well, great video though! Can you please make 7 greatest battles in ancient China!
The inclusion of the Yang's generals was a mistake. Yang's are famous because of a fictional novel, not historical fact. Besides, Yang's military achievements were completely not worth mentioning comparing to other great Chinese generals. Sun Tzu was famous for his book not for his military achievements as a commander. Han Xin and Yue Fei are truly two of the top generals in Chinese history. There were many others. The one definitely being among the top five is Qi Jiguang. Qi achieved probably the most amazing record of casualty ratio between his and enemy's troops: over 1:100 in not just China but also the entire ancient world due to his military genius. He made that casualty record not just once but repeatedly; not by ambushing or surprise but in frontal battles; which was beyond any standard of military talent. He was also the one who designed and built the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. His military genius is beyond description.
Sun Tzu was not the commanding military officer in the campaign of Wu (吳) against Chu (楚). That's because the King of Wu led the campaign. Sun Tzu was the military advisor to the king. I attribute the success of the campaign to Sun Tzu 's military genius and the Wu King's capability to take follow right advice. Though the history record did not detail the interaction between the 2 for us to tell who contribiute what. I believe it's safer to assume the guy who wrote a great military book contribute more on military.
The only knock on Qi Jiguang is other than 1 raid that he repelled, he didn't get a full chance to fight the Mongols as the borders began to stabilize.
There's really not a whole lot of Yang Ye's early career recorded down unfortunately. He seem to really distrust the Khitan even though Northern Han was their ally
@Vlnxd Roa ...by the time Yang Ye surrendered to Song dynasty it was already late in his military career. Before that Yang Ye formerly Liu Jiye was a Northern Han general, and he advised his lord to double cross their Khitan allies to steal their warhorses. Yang Ye seem to have a bad history with the Khitans. But not much was recorded in detail
@Vlnxd Roa first off Liao didn't invade China proper. That was a popularized misconception. Song dynasty was the aggressor in the beginning, twice they launched two major offensive campaigns to recover the 16 prefectures from Liao. Liao originally obtained the prefectures from Shi Jingtang a local warlord who ceded the lands for their support. I've had the copy of the entire of the 5 Dynasties 10 Kingdoms records fyi
Mike, would you consider doing a video on Asian American Identity? Not restricted to ABC's but just in general. Would be interesting
can you guys do video on lor mee noodles?
You said Tsun Tse was from the 6th century... I believe you meant the 6th century bce
6:06 y is the three elites vs lv bu artwork there...
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Everyone here should read about the Martial Temples in China: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_temple
List of military leaders and strategists worshipped at Martial Temples:
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/武庙 (use Google Translate if you can't read Chinese)
Hey mike
What do you know about the Miao
Do they have any history in china
Sun tzu: apparently the art of war was really composed by many generals after sun tzu yet it was just credited to him
Han xin: as smart as he was, he just couldn't beat xiang yu, so it's hard to rank him as the most feared general over a guy he couldn't beat. If anything xiang yu was the one that struck fear in the hearts of those around that time
Yue Fei: man, myth, legend- it's really hard to differentiate
he couldn't beat xiang yu man to man in a fight that's for sure but in terms of tactical strategies i think he could at least match xiang yu if not even outdo him in that regard.
If Han Xin can't beat Xiang Yu then there's no Han Dynasty on Chinese history... 😆😆😆
by mentioning Oda Nobunaga, do you mean Takeda Shingen's "Fuurinkazan" banner? 其疾如風、其徐如林、侵掠如火、難知如陰、不動如山、動如雷霆
Mike you should write books like Game of thrones but with story lines inspired from ancient china instead of the west. Don't forget me if you make it big =D
Game of Thrones already does take a few notes from Chinese history. Of course, it's MOSTLY inspired from Western politics, but you can see some in there. I'm sure George R. R. Martin has at least heard of if not read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. For most Far-East Asian societies, you don't start writing historical fiction until you've read that thing.
It's like your bible.
No game of thrones is a rip off of chinese history. Aegons of war of conquest of 7 kingdoms = Qins war of unification of 7 warring states. Great wall of china = Wall of the north Cersei lannister - Empress liu zhi etc
T.L.D Dothraki are basically the mongols. Nomadic horseriding warriors. Then there's dragons....
T.L.D There is also 7 Kingdoms of England, Hadrian's Wall in the north, plenty of English queens and English unification wars. I love Chinese Warring States history but I don't see an obvious connection here :/
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why was no generals from warring states(KINGDOM MANGA SERIES) included? i don't know much about other but i think the generals as potrayed by the manga were far legendary :)
Less known and taught in school compared to those mentioned in the video.
The generals of warring state were brilliant, brutal, but unlike the generals in this video, their life/story can't really be use for education. Yue Fei in particular is the embodiment of the word loyalty itself.
As such, the popularity differ.
What about Guan Yu? He got the title God of War and there are statues of him all around China or Zhang Fei who is considered equal or more fierce than Guan Yu? And of course Zhao Yun(ZIlong)?
Yue Fei is my favorite hero
6:05 why did you put a picture of lu bu fighting guan yu and zhang fei?
I kinda like cao ren from the corrupted han era where it was split to 3 kingdoms
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It's a good list, but it's a travesty to leave out Guo Ziyi, whose accomplishments under dire circumstances should be second to Yue Fei.
1) Credited by historians and reigning emperor to have single-handedly saved Tang from collapse, during An Lushan rebellion.
2) So feared by foreign powers that when he was rumored to be dead of old age, the Tibetan-Uyghur alliance invaded opportunistically. In the middle of the invasion, he rode into alone Uyghur's camp alone, and demanded audience. The Uyghurs were so distressed that they defected to Tang's side.
(edited with more context on the Tibetan-Uyghur invasion)
this is the kind of content i like from chen dynasty, not all the prideful how great asians are videos
Xiang yu is my ancestor and I’m his descendant and I have to say I love martial arts and I have a very strange amount of strength and I’m very skilled with swords and other forms of weapons
Julie Xiang oh really that is awesome. i watched chu han story. In my opnion xiang yu probably the best warrior in chinese ancient history of all times.
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