Question for Young Master DaveyG. In your opinion, how long did it take to see the effects of the Three Kingdoms? Added to that, what era if any codified the Mandate of Heaven as the system we know now? Of late I have come across (perhaps revisionist) discussions claiming that its consequences were short-lived. Afterall, Sima Yan was arguably the only 'united' Emperor of China, given the slow (or fast) decline that began with his son Hui's reign. As I had always learned it; the Three Kingdoms codified the Mandate of Heaven. Ying Zheng unified the land but was a tyrant. Liu Bang unified the land and made the Lius into a dynastic cult of personality (hello, Imperial Uncle Xuande here for your wife's arm and your nine rice fields). But it was Cao Pi and then later Sima Yan who showed China that anyone with the guile and shrewdness to take the throne (aka, generation long plotting that takes advantage of the cyclical nature of disclipline-decadence in generations, e.x. Cao Cao and his contemporaries in the Age of Chaos versus Cao Rui and his contemporaries) would have it. Cao Cao did not make Dong Zhuo's mistakes (being a tyrant, being from Gansu, ostracizing the scholar and gentry classes) when getting the chance to play regent. Sima Yi then did not make Cao Cao's mistakes (keeping the Imperial Princes powerless, playing inheritance games, not doing as many internal purges). Obviously his efforts were not long for the world... -Zhongda.
Great overview, I'd never even heard of the second half of them or realised school of Yin Yang was different from Daoism. A lot of these videos, especially the ones that aren't related to military or states, really offer something other Chinese history videos don't cater for; it's the deep cuts
I really dislike the AI usage. Im reflexively annoyed by it and could go on a long rant. It just impacts the overall quality in a way thats hard to properly articulate
"For some mystical reason" butt don't tell anyone that Greeks, Achean, and Danaan were traveling through China, India, Syria, Iran, Egypt, West Africa, and all over Europe before the fall of Rome. Lets keep it a secret so nobody can understand all these coincidences.
always nice to wake up to a new daveeyG video
Question for Young Master DaveyG.
In your opinion, how long did it take to see the effects of the Three Kingdoms? Added to that, what era if any codified the Mandate of Heaven as the system we know now?
Of late I have come across (perhaps revisionist) discussions claiming that its consequences were short-lived. Afterall, Sima Yan was arguably the only 'united' Emperor of China, given the slow (or fast) decline that began with his son Hui's reign.
As I had always learned it; the Three Kingdoms codified the Mandate of Heaven.
Ying Zheng unified the land but was a tyrant.
Liu Bang unified the land and made the Lius into a dynastic cult of personality (hello, Imperial Uncle Xuande here for your wife's arm and your nine rice fields).
But it was Cao Pi and then later Sima Yan who showed China that anyone with the guile and shrewdness to take the throne (aka, generation long plotting that takes advantage of the cyclical nature of disclipline-decadence in generations, e.x. Cao Cao and his contemporaries in the Age of Chaos versus Cao Rui and his contemporaries) would have it. Cao Cao did not make Dong Zhuo's mistakes (being a tyrant, being from Gansu, ostracizing the scholar and gentry classes) when getting the chance to play regent.
Sima Yi then did not make Cao Cao's mistakes (keeping the Imperial Princes powerless, playing inheritance games, not doing as many internal purges). Obviously his efforts were not long for the world...
-Zhongda.
Great overview, I'd never even heard of the second half of them or realised school of Yin Yang was different from Daoism. A lot of these videos, especially the ones that aren't related to military or states, really offer something other Chinese history videos don't cater for; it's the deep cuts
I really dislike the AI usage. Im reflexively annoyed by it and could go on a long rant. It just impacts the overall quality in a way thats hard to properly articulate
"For some mystical reason" butt don't tell anyone that Greeks, Achean, and Danaan were traveling through China, India, Syria, Iran, Egypt, West Africa, and all over Europe before the fall of Rome. Lets keep it a secret so nobody can understand all these coincidences.
idk about the a.i art it makes the whole video seem fake : /
AI generated images are really ugly and doesn't represent how that time was. The video loses credibility because of it
very cool artwork!