A couple of new features for my channel! As some of you requested, I have activated the Super Thanks button for those of you who would like to support my work :) I also now have an 𝕏/Twitter account! You can follow the channel's news and interesting anecdotes @History_ofChina x.com/History_ofChina !
I heard about your Puyi video going down. That’s a damn shame! I consider it an honor that I was able to see the original masterpiece before its unjust removal. I’m not sure how YT ad revenue works, as I am just a nerd who likes to watch history, but I am sure that losing a video hurts. I hope this helps you and yours as you continue to make outstanding content.
Zhu Yuanzhang was contemporary of Timur the Lame, born around the same time, and died a year after Zhu Yuanzhang. Interesting parallels in their careers as well being warlords and coming from nothing.
Yea, that seems to be common things for successful warlords. During an era of chaos, talented people, regardless of their background, could quickly rose to the top, such as: Chandragupta Maurya, Julius Caesar, Liu Bang, Temujin, Timur, Zhu Yuanzhang, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Iosif Stalin, Mao Zedong, etc.
A clear pronunciation, measured speaking, hallmarks of this chain. Again, a production of the utmost quality, such a seemingly easy delivery is the fruit of a most cultured mind.
Notable Ming achievements include the refurbishment of the Great Wall to its greatest glory, large naval expeditions, vibrant maritime trade, and the rise of a heavily monetized economy. Ming dynasty founder Emperor Hongwu, or Zhu Yuanzhang, was born into poverty, and spent part of his youth wandering the country after his parents died following a series of natural disasters centered around the Yellow River. He spent several years begging for a Buddhist monastery, and several more living there, but that life came to an end when a militia burned it down to quell a rebellion. In 1352, Taizu joined a rebel group related to the White Lotus Society and rose up the ranks speedily, eventually leading a successful invasion on the city of Nanjing, which he used as a base to lash out at regional warlords. Taizu’s ultimate quarry was the Mongolian rulers of the Yuan empire. Taizu captured Beijing in 1368, destroying the palaces, sending the Mongolian rulers fleeing and announcing the Ming Dynasty.
Ming was the only Chinese Dynasty that was founded by an actual peasant. First Emperor of Qin was descended from the Qin kingdoms' royal house. Han Founder was a minor official in the Qin Empire. Sui Founder waa an aristocrat, Tang and Song Founders were from the Military, Yuan founder was Kublai Khan, and Qing Founder was Royalty
Your videos are excellent. They helped me refresh my fading knowledge of Chinese history and deepen my understanding of it. I would like to see a series on early Chinese history one day. Thank you for all your work.
I love these videos so very much! No doubt that great effort is put into them. This channel is the first place I go to learn about Chinese history. Edit: I also find it ironic that, after learning from Confucian scholars about treating others with goodwill, even your enemies, his political enemies were assassinated (or, “died mysteriously”) and those who were hesitant to carry out his orders were executed.
I recommend this vlogger@WuZhenTianWang-JieGe，This vlogger provided a detailed introduction to the armor of various dynasties in China. I hope that in the future, when it comes to Asian culture, many people cannot only focus on the armor of Japanese samurai
This channel was the most recent search term for me, wondering what had happened. Here you are! I loved this video and I can't wait for more excerpts from this brilliant history!
THANK YOU!!! U don't know how long I've been searching an ed video about the ming dynasty without finding any good ones. Ps: if u could do one about the silver trade(iwami mine,etc), that'll be awesome.
I've been wanting someone to do a series on the Ming dynasty. It's one of my favorite periods in world history; a time of big ships, big dreams, and big emperors.
I was looking for this exact video on your channel before, I'm so happy you made it. You are one of my favourite you tubers. Thank you so much for your content, it's fascinating learning about the history of China as someone from Ireland. Please make a Patreon!
Good that you are back. Hope everything is going well. It would be nice if you could post at least once a month cause I really enjoy your content. Emperor Hongwu reminds me so much of Emperor Gaozu of Han. His story is very inspiring. A poor boy from a poor family with no hope crushes the mighty Yuan and ascends the throne to be the Emperor. It’s nothing short of admirable. It’s shame that most dynasty’s always start with strong rulers but they get weaker through out the generations. Great video as always.
Thank you! I'd love to have more time to work on the channel, but my studies take up must of it... I'm planning on creating shorter formats in addition to the long documentaries to post more frequently !
@@History_of_China oh ok. Well your studies should always taken precedence over everything, fortunately you have some loyal followers that enjoy your content so will wait on your uploads. So you do what is best for you. All the best with your studies.
Zhu Chongba is one of the great figures of history. Truly an astounding rise from rags to riches, and from lowly peasant to the most powerful man in the world. Zhu reminds me of Napoleon (though he was a minor noble) and Stalin (now he came from peasant stock). Then there is the incredible Admiral Yi of Korea and Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan. Too bad we never learn of these figures in our Western history curricula. So many are quite impressive, the personages one learns when diving into Eastern history.
I know the Yuan was weak and fighting itself, but it's wild that they never took the chance during all this chaos to try and attack the Ming while they were fighting other foes.
Court intrigue and factionalism within Yuan's rank, which you can watch in previous videos ("Collapse of the Yuan Dynasty"). Many great empires fell due to corruption and internal disunity, including Ming Dynasty itself ~300 years later.
Damn man, perfect topic I'm really keen to research. With EU5 in the works and going to be set just before the fall of the Yuan, there's gonna be a lot of grand strategy gamers keen to repeat the success of Zhu Yuanzhang.
There was an earlier emperor who started out as a peasant, Liu Bang who ruled 2,200 years ago. This is remarkable that any country has had 2 emperors that started as peasants!!
I was led to believe that Battle of Poyang Lake happened when Chen Youliang was at his strongest. Now I see that the battle happened when he was already losing his grip. Also learned the battle happened over several days, instead of a single successful effort.
The Cambridge History of China is so costly, they really should make a paperback version of the series… I’ve always used my university access for the PDF versions, but I really hope one day to get one book from the series (mainly the one about the Qing dynasty which I am obsessed about).
Just letting you know, I believe you've made a mistake at 17:30 where it says that Zhu Sheng lived from 1229-1370. 141 years old would be...remarkable to say the least.
Oops! Thanks for pointing it out. Zhu Sheng was born in 1299. Though living that long to see the Yuan rise and fall would make a pretty interesting life!
By the way, in my opinion, the story of Zhu Yuanzhang's youth and his eventual ascension to the throne of the Ming Dynasty resembles the journey of David until he became the king of Israel in Jerusalem (See about Christian Bible History). Both faced numerous battles and challenges on their way to the throne, which were difficult to overcome. Their childhoods can also be likened to being shepherds.
@@History_of_China yeah well his successor got murked, nowhere to be found. When the next vid? Am fond of chinese history. The SP concerns a betrayed general who molds civilians into an army to take on royal authorities he served once. Tell anything of the like in China's history please?
I'd like to eventually, since the ones I have (my first ever videos!) are pretty terrible on all fronts. For the time being though, I'll keep digging deeper in Chinese history!
Welcome back... I was just thinking, he sounded like a decent man, considering the time he lived... then you did the ominous foreshadowing..oh dear.. power corrupts.
A couple of new features for my channel!
As some of you requested, I have activated the Super Thanks button for those of you who would like to support my work :)
I also now have an 𝕏/Twitter account! You can follow the channel's news and interesting anecdotes @History_ofChina x.com/History_ofChina !
You should activate membership for the channel
Thanks for uploading again bro, can’t wait for more vids.
Make video about Jin Dynasty.
Lllllllllll
I heard about your Puyi video going down. That’s a damn shame! I consider it an honor that I was able to see the original masterpiece before its unjust removal. I’m not sure how YT ad revenue works, as I am just a nerd who likes to watch history, but I am sure that losing a video hurts. I hope this helps you and yours as you continue to make outstanding content.
Thank you so much! Greatly appreciated 😊
Oh, wow - that's awful! I, too, saw the original, & hope it can somehow be restored to YT.
The king is back
The Emperor has returned to reclaim Mandate of Heaven!
Finally, You are Back!!!! Loved the Episode, Truly Proves Quality > Quantity.
Thank you!
Zhu Yuanzhang was contemporary of Timur the Lame, born around the same time, and died a year after Zhu Yuanzhang. Interesting parallels in their careers as well being warlords and coming from nothing.
Timur would later declare war on zhu di(the Yonge emperor) after both sides finished their own great campaigns.
@@dfgh-ke8ch their sons Yongle and Shah Rukh had good relations in the end.
What? Timur wasnt nobody. He was son of chief. They are many Barlas people still in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
@@Nom_AnorVSJedithat's wild
Yea, that seems to be common things for successful warlords. During an era of chaos, talented people, regardless of their background, could quickly rose to the top, such as:
Chandragupta Maurya, Julius Caesar, Liu Bang, Temujin, Timur, Zhu Yuanzhang, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Iosif Stalin, Mao Zedong, etc.
A clear pronunciation, measured speaking, hallmarks of this chain. Again, a production of the utmost quality, such a seemingly easy delivery is the fruit of a most cultured mind.
Notable Ming achievements include the refurbishment of the Great Wall to its greatest glory, large naval expeditions, vibrant maritime trade, and the rise of a heavily monetized economy.
Ming dynasty founder Emperor Hongwu, or Zhu Yuanzhang, was born into poverty, and spent part of his youth wandering the country after his parents died following a series of natural disasters centered around the Yellow River.
He spent several years begging for a Buddhist monastery, and several more living there, but that life came to an end when a militia burned it down to quell a rebellion.
In 1352, Taizu joined a rebel group related to the White Lotus Society and rose up the ranks speedily, eventually leading a successful invasion on the city of Nanjing, which he used as a base to lash out at regional warlords.
Taizu’s ultimate quarry was the Mongolian rulers of the Yuan empire. Taizu captured Beijing in 1368, destroying the palaces, sending the Mongolian rulers fleeing and announcing the Ming Dynasty.
An absolutely phenomenal video. The best coverage of the rise of the Ming on TH-cam
Ming was the only Chinese Dynasty that was founded by an actual peasant. First Emperor of Qin was descended from the Qin kingdoms' royal house. Han Founder was a minor official in the Qin Empire. Sui Founder waa an aristocrat, Tang and Song Founders were from the Military, Yuan founder was Kublai Khan, and Qing Founder was Royalty
Bro literally just started a bannerlord campaign 💀
Your videos are excellent. They helped me refresh my fading knowledge of Chinese history and deepen my understanding of it. I would like to see a series on early Chinese history one day. Thank you for all your work.
Finally, the Ming dynasty!!! Was waiting for it. More parts please!!
I love these videos so very much! No doubt that great effort is put into them. This channel is the first place I go to learn about Chinese history.
Edit: I also find it ironic that, after learning from Confucian scholars about treating others with goodwill, even your enemies, his political enemies were assassinated (or, “died mysteriously”) and those who were hesitant to carry out his orders were executed.
I recommend this vlogger@WuZhenTianWang-JieGe，This vlogger provided a detailed introduction to the armor of various dynasties in China. I hope that in the future, when it comes to Asian culture, many people cannot only focus on the armor of Japanese samurai
Timur was terrorizing the west at the time, and a meeting between the two could have been epic.
please continue doing stuff on the history of China, your the only entertaining and seemingly dependable channel on this topic.
Ever watch gates of kilikien’s channel? His stuff is pretty good too
Zhu Yuanzhang was a peasant and a monk in his earlier life. He joined a rebellion movement and managed to unify China under his rule.
Finally, History of China's back
IKR??!! 🎉
This channel was the most recent search term for me, wondering what had happened. Here you are! I loved this video and I can't wait for more excerpts from this brilliant history!
Yes bro it's been months 😢 welcome back
Thanks! I try my best to keep working on the channel despite my hectic schedule
It's been ancient since I last seen HIstory of China content. Glad he's back 😀
Thanks! Sorry for the delay, my hands are a bit tied!
@@History_of_China all good 😂
You're back - and with my favourite dynasty, too!
I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for your hard work in creating them! I intend to watch every single one.
i was desperate for a good zhu yuanzhang documentary here he delivers.
THANK YOU!!! U don't know how long I've been searching an ed video about the ming dynasty without finding any good ones.
Ps: if u could do one about the silver trade(iwami mine,etc), that'll be awesome.
The visuals have noticeably improved. Well done, and welcome back!
Thanks!
Amazing, been waiting for this one.
Planning a trip to Nanjing this summer to see Hongwu's Mausoleum. Your video is very timely :D
I've been wanting someone to do a series on the Ming dynasty. It's one of my favorite periods in world history; a time of big ships, big dreams, and big emperors.
The amount of plot armor this guy had is ridiculous 😂
I was looking for this exact video on your channel before, I'm so happy you made it. You are one of my favourite you tubers. Thank you so much for your content, it's fascinating learning about the history of China as someone from Ireland. Please make a Patreon!
Thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad you enjoy my work 😊 I'm considering making a Patreon, though I haven't made my mind up yet.
Now this, finally. I've been waiting for something on him that's in depth and isn't costly. Great content, man! Love this stuff
Thank you!
Good that you are back. Hope everything is going well. It would be nice if you could post at least once a month cause I really enjoy your content.
Emperor Hongwu reminds me so much of Emperor Gaozu of Han. His story is very inspiring. A poor boy from a poor family with no hope crushes the mighty Yuan and ascends the throne to be the Emperor. It’s nothing short of admirable. It’s shame that most dynasty’s always start with strong rulers but they get weaker through out the generations. Great video as always.
Thank you! I'd love to have more time to work on the channel, but my studies take up must of it... I'm planning on creating shorter formats in addition to the long documentaries to post more frequently !
@@History_of_China oh ok. Well your studies should always taken precedence over everything, fortunately you have some loyal followers that enjoy your content so will wait on your uploads. So you do what is best for you. All the best with your studies.
About time! I was beginning to give up on you all making any new videos
man ming dynasty series goes crazy love the work
Dude this is insane, what a fascinating story. i really didn't know any of this. Can't wait for what is next!
my second fav dynasty. Thank you so so much, we were all waiting for you
Thanks for your kind words!
Looking forward to another Ming Dynasty video
Zhu Chongba is one of the great figures of history. Truly an astounding rise from rags to riches, and from lowly peasant to the most powerful man in the world. Zhu reminds me of Napoleon (though he was a minor noble) and Stalin (now he came from peasant stock). Then there is the incredible Admiral Yi of Korea and Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan. Too bad we never learn of these figures in our Western history curricula. So many are quite impressive, the personages one learns when diving into Eastern history.
thanks bro its worth of waiting and i will re watch it twice
I know the Yuan was weak and fighting itself, but it's wild that they never took the chance during all this chaos to try and attack the Ming while they were fighting other foes.
Court intrigue and factionalism within Yuan's rank, which you can watch in previous videos ("Collapse of the Yuan Dynasty").
Many great empires fell due to corruption and internal disunity, including Ming Dynasty itself ~300 years later.
元朝在中国的统治不稳固，实力不足以压制汉人，朱元璋更多强大的敌人是汉族军阀，解决完汉族军阀后轻易就把蒙古人赶走了
The two dislikes are from Chen Yuoliang and Toghon Temur
Damn man, perfect topic I'm really keen to research. With EU5 in the works and going to be set just before the fall of the Yuan, there's gonna be a lot of grand strategy gamers keen to repeat the success of Zhu Yuanzhang.
I've been waiting for this since high school!
Very good work, mate. A second part about Hongwus' reign would be much appreciated :)
Thank you! It's planned :) I'll tackle it as soon as I finish with reuploading/remastering my Puyi documentaries!
@@History_of_China Nice, from what little I've read about Hongwus' later reign, he apparently did go quite off the rails :o
Great to have another video! Thanks very much for this!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Good use of clips from historic dramas.
This is a great story telling video. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks to your effort !!
I kowtow to you for this video king 👏🏽 interesting story to hear especially in this political climate
Very informative ❤❤, welcome back. Waiting for ming Dynasty history for so long ✨
GLad you enjoyed!
@@History_of_China yes enjoyed it very much ❤️❤️
Amazing work
Thanks!
The Emperor has returned!
Amazing documentary! Please keep up the great work by spreading such a virtuous knowledge.
Thanks, I will!
There was an earlier emperor who started out as a peasant, Liu Bang who ruled 2,200 years ago. This is remarkable that any country has had 2
emperors that started as peasants!!
ah Han Dynasty and their longest dynasty
Excellent clip….. bravo
Thank you!
Whenever he posts it is like christmas
I have literally been waiting years for this video to drop.
I was led to believe that Battle of Poyang Lake happened when Chen Youliang was at his strongest. Now I see that the battle happened when he was already losing his grip. Also learned the battle happened over several days, instead of a single successful effort.
One of the best channels dont stop working 💪
Thank you so much! I don't plan to!
Great to have you back my guy, i miss your videos
When destiny calls, it will be answered - humble to glorious.
The Cambridge History of China is so costly, they really should make a paperback version of the series… I’ve always used my university access for the PDF versions, but I really hope one day to get one book from the series (mainly the one about the Qing dynasty which I am obsessed about).
Happy you are back! Looking forward to the next part.
Thank you!
Exquisite work, thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you!
Just clicked on the video for the algorithm. Going to watch it later.
Just letting you know, I believe you've made a mistake at 17:30 where it says that Zhu Sheng lived from 1229-1370. 141 years old would be...remarkable to say the least.
Oops! Thanks for pointing it out. Zhu Sheng was born in 1299. Though living that long to see the Yuan rise and fall would make a pretty interesting life!
I really love your videos, cant wait for the next one!
Thank you!
Ayyyyyy bros back! If past videos stands true then in a few months there should be a series of more videos
Absolutely :)
Bro no way I just got back from my month trip in china and the king posts
30:45 I assume it was supposed to say 1362, not 1632 lol
Damn! Well spotted 😉 Obviously not 1632, Hong Taiji is not on his way (yet)
He has returned!
Are you British or Chinese, you speak these two languages perfectly.
Thank you! I'm half British, half French :) I studied Chinese in school!
Welcome back! We missed your videos.
Thanks for your patience!
This series on China, long in running, must go on hiatus, long in hiatus must return
Thank you for the excellent documentary
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great to see you again!! I loved this long video and look forward to more
Thank you so much!
Nice new history video 👍
Thanks!
Thank you very much for educating me.
I'm glad you enjoy my work :)
By the way, in my opinion, the story of Zhu Yuanzhang's youth and his eventual ascension to the throne of the Ming Dynasty resembles the journey of David until he became the king of Israel in Jerusalem (See about Christian Bible History). Both faced numerous battles and challenges on their way to the throne, which were difficult to overcome. Their childhoods can also be likened to being shepherds.
You are in the presence of The emperor ! Kneel !!!
I missed your videos. I enjoy them quite a lot.
Thank you!
Finally! The Ming!
My favorite founding Emperor ❤
I read of him in wikipedia - his name he soiled in his later years by needless cruelty. Love your vids and saving this for my screenplay on china.
Thank you! I think his brutal and ruthless later rule was an attempt to stabilise power and ensure that imperial authority would be uncontested.
@@History_of_China yeah well his successor got murked, nowhere to be found.
When the next vid? Am fond of chinese history.
The SP concerns a betrayed general who molds civilians into an army to take on royal authorities he served once.
Tell anything of the like in China's history please?
@@History_of_China one last thing. China recently announced a type 2 diabetes cure but USA will not partake for reasons.
Another brilliant video!!
Thank you!
the art in the vid is so pleasant looking
Glad you enjoyed!
Zhu is a legendary man.
Yes!! Thank you for the update! I recently learned I share a birthday with this guy. 😂
Holy shit, he's back!!
22:46 What a chad emperor 😂😂
lol
When will u make another video about the taiping rebellion
I'd like to eventually, since the ones I have (my first ever videos!) are pretty terrible on all fronts. For the time being though, I'll keep digging deeper in Chinese history!
Welcome back mate.
Thank you!
Welcome back... I was just thinking, he sounded like a decent man, considering the time he lived... then you did the ominous foreshadowing..oh dear.. power corrupts.
Thank you! Well, I more or less had the same reaction while ressearching about him. You'll see how ruthless he became later on...
What is title of the tv show footage being used in this video? I wanna check it out 🙏
founding of Ming dynasty
We're so unbelievably back
great work❤
NEW HISTORY OF CHINA UPLOAD LETS GOOOOO
ZHU YUANZHANG THE GOAT 🔥💪
*pins you to the wall*
I've missed you for so long...
nice work!!
Thank you!
I have a presintion on this the night before. This came in clutch’s and got me a b
U are back