Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms EXPLAINED! - Tang to Song Dynasty Transition
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- In the competition of being mind-numbingly chaotic, hardly any other period in Chinese history can top the 5 dynasties & 10 kingdoms period. Worse, they keep using the same name for new kingdoms. There were at least 3 Hans, 2 Tangs & 2 Shus. Watch this video to make any sense of the period.
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0:46 Overview: 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms
3:19 Later Liang Dynasty
5:59 Later Tang Dynasty
8:00 Later Jin Dynasty
10:35 Later Han Dynasty
11:10 Later Zhou Dynasty
12:15 Song Dynasty Reunify China
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I swear, if there's another kingdom calling itself Han or Tang again, I'll be pulling my hair out!
By the way, sorry for the late video, everyone. The software I use to animate the video quit suddenly and wiped out 12 hours worth of work. I had to uncurl myself out of fetal position to finally finish this.
@@CoolHistoryBros Wow, sorry bro. Big F in the chat.
I'm gonna establish my own kingdom and called it Han Tang jejeje
Same here
Was there a Qin again?
You can’t just drop a name that sounds as cool as “the anarchy of the 12 warlords” like that. We’re gonna hear about that right?
Still waiting
@@nont18411 he quit already, no update for a very long time
I am so will be looking forward for the Song dynasty's videos! It is one of my favorite Chinese dynasties! As for how the first Emperor of the Great Song died, we all know it is involving an axe and a snowy night.
Dude died by sinister method.... He was assassinated via occultic rites. These things happen even today.
I am a representative of the Ongud clan. I am a direct descendant of the Shatuo Turks. It's good that at least someone made a video about these dynasties
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汪古部？
Where are you from? I know a lot of people from Ongud(Noigud) tribe in Kyrgyzstan.
@@josephbelov6212 im from Kazakhstan. From tribe Alshyn>Zhappas>Ongud
I am a chinese descendant of the shatuo people.
It seems that in Chinese history, it is pretty common for child emperors to be deposed/"persuaded" to abdicate by powerful generals, who would then establish a new dynasty. The Five Dynasties period in Chinese history started and ended in this manner.
You realized one of the core aspects which leads to the fall of dynasties. Zhao Kuangyin was a far-sighted man and took many steps to keep his throne secure, he did not pass the throne to his sons, but to his brother. (living up to an old promise he made to his mother.)
The east bureaucracy did not practice primogeniture as strictly as in the west, which gave ambitious persons a loophole to choose a child emperor or replace a child emperor with another child emperor.
@@HighPriestFuneral But some historic says Song Taizhu was assasinated by his brother who was to be the next emperor.
It's the best chance, 孤儿寡母
@@alexlo7708 Ah yes, that is an old story and seems to come from a Buddhist monk many years later about Zhao Kuangyi's "shadow moving with impatience and agitation" while the man himself (Zhao Kuangyi) was in attendance with the Buddhist monk.
A few notes
Jin's conquest of Later Liang wasn't as simple as mentioned; it had been a constant war and the mediocrity of the last emperor along with the earlier defeat during Zhu Wen's lifetime at the Battle of Baixiang are quite important.
It seems important to mention the internal struggle of Later Tang as what really caused its collapse; the death of Guo Chongtao, Li Jiji and Li Conghou seem quite notable
Guo Wei didn't exactly seize the throne directly; he rebelled after Liu Chengyou massacred his family.
Guo/Chai Rong's conquests seem important to mention, especially the suppression of Southern Tang.
Overall a good video, though!
"Liu Zhiyuan looks pretty neat, has a unique design I wonder what..." "Oh, he's dead already. Hah..."
This is a very confusing era, one I need to take a deeper look into at some point, but this was a good primer.
The Khitans would be the least of their worry, as later on both the Jurchens and Tanguts would come to rise in power. The Shatuo Turks and the Northern Han would be indistinguishable as both of them speaks and writes in the Han language.
Yup, that soldier riot is considered to be an act for a long time. The History of Liao never recorded any Liao invasion in that year, plus, the soldiers somehow already prepared an emperor robe for him to wear, and the edict for abdication, which is something takes time to be formally drafted, also somehow already got prewritten.
7:39 I love the Mongol reference to CrashCourse History. 😂 Makes me even more excited for the Yuan Dynasty episode.
The humble act is pretty popular since it's one of Confucianism's virtual & make it really hard for people to find an excuse to take your position. You just have to eliminate all rival or wait until the situation become so bad that no one else can handle then they'll beg you to take the job.
Later Tang was just a send off to the previous dynasty. They just forgot the comma. "Later, Tang."
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I've been waiting for a long time for a good video on this period, thank you!!!
Great video as always. Would love to see you covering the anarchy of the 12 warlords in Vietnam! One of my favorite small window of historical events
Love chinese history, a great culture, respect from Scotland 🏴
such a remarkable video. i've always been dumbfounded by the chaos of this period that i never even bothered to read about it. you made a period of randomness a linear timeline with major turning events marked in perfect order. good work.
I waited for months for this episode. Thanks for always making great content 👍👍👍
Brief, but good overview here, of each faction. Great work
8:40 The one move that caused so much troubles to the Song later
All Song quarrel with their northern neighbors came from those 16 prefectures that Shi Jing Tang gave to Khitan. Song fought Liao, Jin, and Mongol in succession because they wanted to took back those prefectures, and every time they dug their hole deeper.
@@gorilladisco9108 Not to mention those 16 prefectures is the area that produces horses for the army. Without that area, Song lacked the military strength other dynasties before them had
CJ os back! ❤️❤️❤️
finally, I have been waiting for more than a fortnight. I once thought it would be another month before there would be a new video.
"Later every dynasty that happened ever."
Man, I don't know how you guys did this video without driving yourself insane.
Love the channel thank you for the great history lessons.
4:12 minor mistake here, in 907 (before the war), Liaodong was still owned by Balhae. It was fully incorportaed into Khitan in late 910s.
Good timing bro i was alaways waiting for u
Thank u bro
I think the entire 16 Kingdoms ~ 10 Kingdoms period can be loosely compared to the period between the Fall of the Western Empire in 476 CE ~ 11th century Middle Ages in the West. Shares similar time frames, has similar series of events, and goes through (loosely) similar political/social/economic changes that led the region out from an ancient era into a medieval one .. although the end result would be different, whereas Europe stayed divided throughout, but China reorganized into another stretch of unified empires of Song-Yuan-Ming-Qing... and then into modernity.
The memory of Rome was slowly faded in the west, while the memory of Han got reinforced every once in a while in the east.
@@gorilladisco9108 It did resurface enough for Charlemagne to claim the imperial title and move from merely being King of the Franks to Emperor. And of course the Empire continued in the east. Perhaps a West/East dichotomy to mirror that of the North/South in China?
@@warrenhollowbooks East and West Eurasia grew separately because of distance and because they were never united as one civilization.
North and South China was started with the Battle of Chibi. It's started as line of defense against Wei, but lately grew as a line of defense against northern tribes (for some reason, China always had trouble with their northern neighbor, but rarely had it with their southern neighbor).
Thanks for Mongol, Kublai rebuilt the empire.
@@gorilladisco9108 thats because south china could be farmed and the chinese were/are a settled society, so as soon as china conquered the south right up to the jungles of north vietnam, they stayed there and the region becomes chinese. The north meanwhile was deserts and grasslands, the chinese could not settle there and when they did control the region it was through proxy through peoples who were distinctively not chinese, so they would again and again lose control and powerful nomad confederations could arise.
Damn, that was complex. No wonder this period didn't get the Three Kingdoms novel treatment.
That chart separating the 5 Dynasties from the 10 kingdoms was helpful though. That wiki article makes more sense now.
7:32 "Wait for it... The Mongols"
I lol'd at your reference to Green's awesome Crash Course series. This was one of the most "game recognizes game" easter egg that a history TH-camr could give another history TH-camr. I love both of your work!!
The Song dynasty itself should also be considered a "later dynasty" as prior to its establishment, there was a Song dynasty (better known as the Liu Song or Southern Song) in the 5th century CE. And just like later Song it was formed during a chaotic period in Chinese history known as the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
I do very well think if the Song got taken over by someone else early on it'll just be called Later Song and the period would be Six Dynasties and Ten kingdoms lol
The Later Jin giving the 16 Prefectures to the Liao would have major repercussions for the Song. That region contained, among other things, critical parts of the Great Wall, and the area of China that traditionally produced the best horses for Calvary. A great deal of the Song Dynasty's later reputation for military frailty arises from the fact the loss of this strategically vital region put them at a huge military disadvantage over any northern rival right from the start.
I bought the book of this time period which is pretty good
What is the name of the book?
@@sammcdermott4270 it’s The Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms by Peter Lorge
@@Muramasa1794 Thank you I’ve been looking for good English sources for this period and that’s very helpful
@@sammcdermott4270 your welcome bro I even have one based on Northern Wei of the Tuoba dynasty by Liu Puning
@@Muramasa1794 Thanks sometimes it’s hard to find books on some of the lesser known Chinese periods and dynasties so that’s really useful
After the fall of Tang Dynasty, it will take China a long time to regain it's superpower status which Ming Dynasty did in the 15th century. Some historian concluded that the Ming Dynasty was the last golden age in Chinese history achieved with Absolute Monarchy government type. After 1911, Qing Dynasty was overthrown and Republic government type replaced Absolute Monarchy.
rofl 'superpower' paper tiger, dont forget 55 days in peking
Qing was greater than Ming
@@kdnguyen1444 I wonder if many ethnic Chinese might resist that idea because the Qing were a foreign (Manchu) dynasty.
The general consensus of the Chinese historians is: The glory of the Song Dynasty 宋朝 (975AD - 1271AD), that was founded by the Northern Chinese tribes called 北方民族 and united China in 975AD, was on a par with that of the Ming Dynasty 明朝 (1368AD-1644AD) and had left behind much cultural legacy in the history of China.
7:05 Jinghai (Tĩnh Hải quân) was named Annan (An Nam) in during a long term of Tang Dynasty, and it was Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) or Jiaozhou (Giao Châu), and it was the former Văn Lang and Âu Lạc Countries of the ancestors of current Vietnamese. Jinghai at this time was rule by local lords of the Khúc clan: Khúc Thừa Dụ, Khúc (Thừa) Hạo and Khúc Thừa Mỹ, or the First, the Second, and the Last Master of Khúc. They and then Dương Đình Nghệ tried to keep the land independently and out of what were happening in the mainland China, but still called themselves as Jiedushi (Tiết độ sứ). Maybe they thought that there were not the time to become kings, and make Jinghai become a kingdom, although everyone in Jinghai really admired them (maybe not in the case of Khúc Thừa Mỹ). Dương Đình Nghệ was killed by his General, Kiều Công Tiễn, and Tiễn made Nghệ’s son-in-law, Ngô Quyền, and all of the people in Jinghai became angry. Tiễn then asked Emperor Liu Yan of the Southern Han to invade Jinghai to help him. However, Tiễn was then killed by Ngô Quyền, and Ngô Quyền became the First King of the Ngô Dynasty (Tiền Ngô Vương). He and his army then defeated the army of Southern Han, led by Liu Yuancao, on Bạch Đằng River. That was the first battle on this river, a great victory. Although Ngô Quyền ruled the country in short time (about 6 years), his victory made him become one of the most famous heroes in Vietnam, and many schools, streets in almost cities of the country were named after him.
AWesome video!
Thank you for this wonderful channel. Asian history isn't something we get in the US, except to say that "Japan bad in WWII". Ever since I played a Romance of the 3 Kingdoms game in the '80s, I became interested in Asian history, but there are few channels/sources that deal with it as well as you do. Also, I'm fascinated by something I noticed at the end of my career, when I did a little cashiering for a year before retirement. One evening, 3 Chinese folks (we have a small Chinese community here) were speaking among themselves and I noticed something. Their language had sounds I didn't know how to make. Being a musician (mainly bass) I know what harmonics are, and that's what I heard as undertones to some of their words (particularly the common word for Thank You, Xiexie). While I know how to make harmonics on the bass, I have no idea how to do that with my voice. I guess it's something you learn in your very early infant language development. In your videos, it is clear when you switch from the Western, Indo-European "sound set" to the Chinese one. So, again, thank you for providing an extended example of what I heard that night. Only mystery remaining is why whoever decided to use our alphabet to spell Chinese names, decided to put all the letters in a hat and draw out whatever to represent Chinese sounds. This is far more than the W vs V sound in, e.g., German. Way to confuse completely, linguists of old.
Bewildering, chaotic period, but the names of the various polities and dynasties are actually pretty fascinating. I also understand that despite the political turmoil, the tenth century saw a continued cultural efflorescence, with important advances in painting and literature, and with the various rulers competing among themselves for the services of the finest artists, including such figures as Xu Xi and Huang Quan. The situation in this respect somewhat resembled the Italian peninsula during the Renaissance.
Great work
Imagine if your great ancestors faught in those wars and lost their lives or even still, were all wiped out, you would never have been born, or your parents wouldn't have existed and so forth. This happened to millions of families. It's insane how wars like these wiped out so much potential and humans. Forget survival and evolution, it's a horrible thing human rulers have always done in order to gain power or just a whim and hatred.
Some omissions in the overview that shouldn't be left out:
After Li Cunxu died, Li Siyuan, his adopted brother took over. Despite his old age and illiterate, he was one of the wiser Shatuo Turk emperor that ruled with benevolent to his people. He was also the inspiration for the movie Curse of the Golden Flowers, although not as cruel.
Guo Wei's son, Chai Rong laid the foundation for Song unification. He beaten the hell out of Southern Tang and dealt a crushing defeat to the Khitans. So sad that he doesn't even have a face in the animation.
Chai Rong, Zhou si zhong emperor even established the Kaifeng, the capital of the Song dynaty that's followed. But Historic had it written Chai Rong was the nephew of Guo Wei who had not any child. He's child of Guo Wei's sister.
This Kingdom of Chu is a survivor isn't it ? It keeps popping up in Warring States period, after the Qin dynasty's decline and now during the 5 dynasties period. I wonder if it will pop again in future.
I remember as a kid, I got the short draw in picking school project, while the rest of the class get less covoluted dynasty for the project. My group got 5D and 10 K period. So props to CJ, this is one of the most coherrent summary of this cluster-F of a time in Chinese history. On the plus side, I did not remember too much from that school project except I learn at a young age the power of nod and smile in the face of absolute absurdity the world can throw at us :D
Very interesting period indeed 😂. Btw congratulations in making a confusing period looking just clear and simple 👏
It's interesting that the regional identities created during the Spring and Autumn Period were still remembered a thousand and a half years later. None of the unifications, even that of Qin, could wholly iron them out of the fabric of China.
Finally, i thought you don't know any after Tang dynasty....... if you have done all the video, i think you should cover each dynasty campaign in more details.
Perfect for our homeschool unit on the history of China. Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to see the rise of Song dynasty. There is famous general there like Yang Jiye, Yue Fei, Han Shizong, Mu Guiying.
Underrated video
Not as confusing as the 16 Kingdoms period
Agreed
Oh no...
Loved the Crash Course reference. LOL.
This is what should have a total war game instead of the three kingdoms period
Nah, people want fantasy stuff, so they went to add Romance mode for Three Kingdoms Total War in the last minute.
2:23 / *Qi(岐), AD 901 ~ 924) =>> BongSang-Jiedushi(鳳翔節度使)* That kingdom wasn't included in Ten Kingdoms but existed as an independent system themselves. Lee Moo-Jeong(AD 856 ~ 924)has built this kingdom by earning the major to suppressing Huang Chao's Rebellion. In 901, he dragged forcibly who Tang emporer into his base and has gain the Title of the king. But he defeats by Zhu Wen and King-Geon's attack and is reduced into small nations. And then he surrendered by diplomatic pressure of who emporer 'Li Cunxu.
*JIN(晉) Later Tang / AD 895 ~ 936)* =>> King 'Li Cunxu' and his father Li Keyong was from SATA-Turkic tribes(沙陀突厥), not Han-Chinese. He was militarily superior and have destroyed Later Liang. But his reign was stained by high taxation and tyranny and fell by military revolt.
*Former-Shu(蜀), AD 907 ~ 925)* =>> Founder 'Wang Geon(王建)' built this kingdom and has developed Agriculture in geographical terrain like Sichuan. Huge mountain ranges that blocked aggression, surrounded the basin and became a good refuge for whose writer and painter. This kingdom was destroyed by an invasion of Later-Tang.
*Yang-Wu(楊吳), AD 902 ~ 937)* =>> The Jiedushi' Yang Xingmi(852 ~ 905)built this kingdom. Established the capitals into Yangzhou city(廣陵) and ruled in Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi Province. Kingdom was rich and powerful because located south in geopolitical advantage. But influential senior servant 'Li Bian'(李昪) caused a military coup and lost the kingdom.
*3:50** Wu-YUE(吳越), AD 907 ~ 978)* =>> Founder 'Jeon-Lyu(錢鏐)was appointed as Jiedushi and killed his senior, absorbed land and became king with permission of who Emporer'Zhu Wen. He engaged in diplomatic relationships with several kingdoms(Goryeo, Later Baekje, Silla) located Korean Peninsula and Japan through ship trade. Also, they used gunpowder firstly at war in human history. In the Battle of Langshan Jiang(狼山江之戰 / Wu-YUE ⚔️ Yang-Wu ), they owned a unique military Ship that spouts fire. The fire is estimated to use gunpowder in oil in a long barrel as an ignition type. Later Song dynasty refer this technology and have created rockets first in human history. Their kingdom fell by devoting nation into Song dynasty.
*Min(閩), AD 909 ~ 945)* =>> Founder 'Wang-Shenzhi(王審知, AD 862 ~ 925)' was from poor peasants-class. He settled in Fujian province, which has been underdeveloped and started development. After his death, his sons fought on power and fell by an invasion of Southern Tang.
*Ma-Chu(馬楚), AD 907 ~ 951)* =>> Honam-Jiedushi(湖南節度使)Ma Yin built this kingdom. The history began with he was appointed king in 907. His sons fall in luxury and pleasure, and have fought each other with simple discord. A constant civil war tore the kingdom into small pieces and fell by the invasion of Southern Tang.
*8:38** / The historical value of the 16 Prefectures.* These small provinces(Beijing) are located on Great Wall, and has defined as the main gate entering mainland China. Due to geographic advantage, northern barbarians( Xianbei, Mongols, Jurchen) couldn't break through the defense line directly. But Shi Jingtang devoted the geopolitical points located in the south of the Great Wall to Khitan tribes. Therefore, the Chinese became exposed to their invasion directly without geographical obstacles like a big mountain range and River. A lot of northern tribes entered the Huaibei plain and invaded mainland China. And Song dynasty troops have been demanded to fight them in the wide plain.
The Song is great!
Probably one of the most interestings periods of the Chinese history. And underepresented in the the Strategy games. I would love It on TW.
interesting, thanks
I wish the legend of Yue Fei and his great battles against Jin.
CJ I loved the episode. I was surprised at how confusing this period is. The rise of the Song dynasty reminds me of how Roman emperors ascended to the throne. I want to know how important was the support of the army to establish a new dynasty?
That is an excellent question, especially with who Zhao Kuangyin is and his momentous decision. Support of the army is perhaps the most important detail. Han was founded by a military general, was taken over by a bureaucrat whose Cult of Personality broke along with him. Then was split into three by three well established military houses. Shu - led by the adventurer general Liu Bei, Wu - led by the successor to great generals, Sun Quan, Wei - led by the son of the foremost commander of his day, Cao Pi. As the situation collapses after the Three Kingdoms, the son of another high commander (but also well-established bureaucrat) takes the throne and begins the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty collapses and China falls into chaos, where the cycle repeats itself of high commanders eventually seizing thrones.
@@HighPriestFuneral Thanks a lot for the explantion. The Rise of Han and Three kingdoms period are one of my favorite in chinese history. Among the three kingdoms which one do you prefer? I prefer Cao Cao Wei, because he was like Julius Caesar but smarter. Cao Cao was willing to betray the world rather than let it betray him, if Caesar had followed the same idea he wouldn't have died the way he did.
@@vitorpereira9515 Hmm, an interesting view of Cao Cao, indeed the two have many similarities (though I'd argue that Cao Cao didn't have the entire court creating a rival army against him in the seat of power). Caesar just became a little too comfortable and thought himself invincible in a popular sense (for good reason, he was generous to his defeated foes and magnanimous to his rivals).
Cao Cao was cunning and careful, always expecting betrayal and exacting vengeance on most who had wronged him on a personal basis. (If it was in war, he was generally always lenient, which allowed him to acquire great minds like Jia Xu and excellent commanders like Zhang Liao).
As for me I prefer Liu Bei, a poor man who came from little who traveled throughout the empire trying to keep his head above water, with a close-knit group of friends goes through creation and destruction of their organization at least half a dozen times, until they finally find a place to breathe and spread their wings. By all accounts of the day he was also a rather well-loved fellow, even his enemies had trouble finding anything bad to say about him (in his treatment of the people).
@@vitorpereira9515 But Cao Cao did not betray the emperor. He did not usurp the throne although its easy to him.
Liu Bei seems to be a man of his spirit. At his death bed he summoned his great prime minister and said 'Had my child emperor behaved bad thing to people and country, you must throw him out and put yourself proclaiming king instead. Don't let our brothers long time effort in vain."
@@alexlo7708 Liu Bei and Marcus Aurelius share the same pain. Their children were incapable rulers.
7:37 very well played
After Song, are you going to cover the real life historical period that Jin Yong's Condor Hero novels takes place?
When will the video about the khitan will be out
As you can see, there could be several concurrent 'China' in history. Nowadays we have only two, the people's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)
There was and is only one China, and several entities claiming to be the sole representative of China.
My brain is literally exploding.
The Tang Dynasty was broken up into many states. The most powerful state was the Later Liang, taken over by Later Tang, taken over by Later Jin, taken over by the Later Han, taken over by Later Zhou, and then taken over by the Song Dynasty. The other states were the 10 Kingdoms - Northern Han, Jingnan, Yang Wu, Southern Tang, Ma Chu, Former Shu, Later Shu, Wu Yue, Min, Southern Han - along with many other kingdoms. Eventually, the Song Dynasty reunified China.
The Song Dynasty cannot be called on a par with the Tang Dynasty. Although his economy is more developed. But the song dynasty's civilization output lagged far behind that of the Tang dynasty. And in history, it was ravaged by the Khitan、 Jurchens and mongols in turn.
But as you recognize the economy did prosper, and this prosperity endured into the era of Mongol domination (Yuan dynasty). And technology and culture continued to flourish and develop during the Song period--artistically, it's a very rich time in Chinese history.
@@barrymoore4470 I agree with this very much, but there is a big gap with the Tang Dynasty in military and foreign exchanges.
@@nirvana3921 Quite true about both the military prowess and receptivity to foreign influence that distinguished the Tang. In terms of sheer cosmopolitanism, the Tang era is surely unparalleled in Chinese dynastic history.
If only Total War: Three Kingdoms could have a sequel based on this time period.
Never appear to desire power too desperately. 😂
Alternative person to mention besides Fan Zhi could be 馮道 but he died before establishment of the Song. Prime Minister to like X many Emperors.... it's like being a C-suite in a start up today.
Wow, a Crash Course shout out. Next you'll be playing the Dutch anthem in a Chinese history video a la History with Hilbert.
Good
What are these big pink circles around the eyes of Zhu Wen?
I see you use it here and there, but i've no idea what it is.
7:40 omg is that a crash course reference?
Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han Turkic ❤️❤️❤️
Ok bro
I love the subtle shift in the soldiers uniform, from tang to poorer tang to poor song to now proper song soldiers!
Can you tell me where you find that pictures?
I was reading an article, and I’d like to know your thoughts. The article said if Guo Rong from Later Zhou had lived 30 years longer, and not died in his 30s, he’d be the one who would have unified China. What to you think?
7:31 We are the exceptions!
Now we've gotten to Song. Does this mean that Judge Bao will be showing up soon?
Bro I still waiting for Admiral Yi story
Bro, that's korean 😂. I'm still waiting for Saddam Hussein story
What about the kingdom of Dali which held prominent presence in Louis Cha (Jin Yong) wuxia novels? Where were they among those southern kingdoms?
They were the succesor of Nam Chao kingdom, not a part of Tang empire, so not on the list. And a lot of factions were not in the list as well, the Jing Hai Jiedusi(eventually became Vietnam today and Ding Nan Jiedusi(eventually became Western Xia).
bro please makes Video about the Importance of Faces in asian history. Because as Asian eventough I'm not Chinese my parents and elder always press me about how Disgraced "Losing Face" is.
7:37 haha the Mongol memes never dies.
Me, an American, looking at all of those names: "Uhhhh...."
CJ: *sigh* "You want I should explain the chart?"
I mean, this is only 15 states. We have 50 of them.
@@ShinChara idk why, but I'm now imagining the US states of New Dakota, Western Dakota, Later Dakota
Goryeo neutral under mokjong
When khitan liao vs song china war
When they were atk goryeo song china do not trust and no aid was given there on there own during deryang s raine i m sorry if i do not remember his emperor or king name
I was hoping you’d tackle this period. I did a deep dive on this era last year. Very confusing. Later Tang in the south definitely had a chance to be the unifier, but in the end the northern plains won out again. I found it wild how deeply intertwined the Khitan khans got in the politics of China. Definitely a prelude to future happenings.
In fact, the Khitan are - if I’m not mistaken - sort of proto-Mongols. The early mongols were certainly some of their subjects. For a little while, from about the 920s to when Song unified and got firmly established, it could easily be argued the Khitan Khaganate aka Liao Empire was THE most powerful entity in the world. They marched right into the capital of China and placed someone on the throne twice during this period.
Love your vids man. Will you be doing one on the Khitan and the Tangut/Xia?
Last thing. I believe the Song of the 11th century was the most advanced civilization the world had ever seen. Many historians believe the Song were close to industrializing near the end of the 11th century. They were producing more iron, burning more resources than Western Europe was in the 17th century. They produced paper money, invented and used gunpowder, made the compass, and much more in the 1000s. They also experienced an utterly massive population boom. Going from something like 45 million to over 100 million in the century, becoming the largest economy in the world. All at a time when Europe was in the height of medieval feudalism, small states and armies.
the Song's problems were incompetent leadership, suppression of its own military and infighting. As you say, they were rich, productive and had a large population, if it was Han Wudi's court or Tang Taizong's court with the Song dynasty's amount of resources, the mongols would have only been a minor footnote in history.
@@mxn1948 having a large economy due to your own largest population doesn't mean anything advanced. Second the China industrialization of 1000s AD is bs nonsensical. If China was so advanced, why did they bow down to Mongols then Europeans, small countries like espana and later British, even Japan lol ngl
@@jasongutierrezz are you confused or something?
we're talking medieval china, not mid 1800s china.
During this period of China's history, the founders of the new states (or kingdoms) liked to name them after the war states that had existed during the Chun Qiu (春秋)/ Warring States (戰國) Era in China, before Qin Shi Huang united China in 221 BC. It is therefore more appropriate to name Hou Tang (後唐) as Post Tang State (or Kingdom) instead of calling it Later Tang. The same also applies to other states and kingdoms. Nan Liang founded by the notorious Zhu Wen was however just 南梁 which means Southern Liang State.
I think sixteen kingdoms Is more confusing until u mention the kingdom names. Love ❤️ these chaotic periods. Khitan khan literally saying/who’s ur daddy now to d Turks 🤡🤠
Gotta love the Mongol-tage
7:36 Was that a Crash Course World history joke?
Remember that it is better to keep the idea of Bros before Hos.
Should you add Chinese characters in addition to pinyin, a lots of Chinese characters share the same pinyin but have different writings.
The name huang chao so suspicious as the old five tiger general huang zhong something not right after long war
Song Dynasty is very underrated
🤣🤣 tell me about it... Spring and Autumn period in China... Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down!!?!
Oh yes we are getting close to the mongols
Shatuo Turks were most important people in that time 🌝
I like cool history bros. I commend him for going against sinocentric narratives in other videos. But the way he downplays the shatuo and briefly mentions them as if they were nothing but a footnote really urks me. Arguably, the Shatuo are the reason the song dynasty existed.
I think he was just emphasizing the lack of actual familial continuation with Tang.
Shatuo knights are legend in that time，they are almost i'nvincible in that time，many Chinese admire their courage and war skills
@@user-ls4jx3pz1o Especially Li Keyong
LI KEYONG BATTLES
BATTLE OF XINZHOU
BATTLE OF SHANXI
CAPTURE OF TAIYUAN
SACK OF YU
BATTLE OF DATONG
SACK OF HEADONG
FIRST BATTLE OF WEINAN
BATTLE OF XUCHANG
BATTLE OF CHANG’AN
FIRST BATTLE OF ZHOUKOU
SECOND BATTLE OF ZHOUKOU
BATTLE OF ZHENGZHOU
BATTLE OF SHIJIAZHUANG
BATTLE OF SHAYUAN
CAPTURE OF MING
CAPTURE OF HANDAN
FIRST SIEGE OF XING
SIEGE OF LU
SIEGE OF DATONG
BATTLE OF MING
BATTLE OF DATONG
BATTLE OF XING
BATTLE OF ZHEN
SECOND SIEGE OF XING
BATTLE OF HELIAN
CAPTURE OF LULONG
BATTLE OF WANG YAO
SECOND BATTLE OF WEINAN
CAPTURE OF TONG
BATTLE OF LONGQUAN
LI KEYONG’S CAMPAIGN OF YU
CAPTURE OF LU
BATTLE OF LIANGTIANPO
BATTLE OF ZHONGMOU
Finally a youtuber that'll talk about this hot garbage of China's history
I am happy to see that the Turks are influencing and serving in the history of China
So many dynasties but Fan Zhou remains the same. Job security in medieval China
We Chinese rarely talk about the two great divisions in Chinese history, namely the two Jin dynasties and the Northern and Southern dynasties, five dynasties and ten kingdoms. These two periods of division were very, very dark and chaotic times. Barbarians ruled the regime, cannibalism in the literal sense of the word, without any morality and laws, and in some nations emperors were mentally ill families. We rarely mention them in our textbooks, and there are not many films and television dramas about them. Of course, there is still a lot of discussion among the people, and the conclusion is the same as the official one, which is too dark and brutal to be mentioned. In fact, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Three Kingdoms Period, the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the confrontation between the Song, Liao, Jin, and Western Xia, the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and the early years of the Republic of China were also the periods of the Great Division, but because of the short time, the secession regimes were basically Han nationality, many heroes and legends emerged, which was completely different from the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms. That is why we Chinese are very afraid of the division of the country and regard safeguarding the unity and integrity of China as the most important thing. As the saying goes, 宁做太平犬，不做乱世人 (I would rather be a dog in the period of great unification, that is, in peacetime, than a person in a period of division and chaos).
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