If you are not Chinese, you will never know what it means to us that you made 5 seconds of silence when you put the picture about the Nanjing Massacre. SALUTE!
@@seaTp736 I meant the history after 10th Oct. 1949.In China main land,we call the history which is before the British attacked China in 1840 as "ancient Chinese history" and the history which is after 1840 and before 10th Oct. 1949 as "the history between the ancient history and the modern history".The War Lord Era(1912-1949) you said is the second part from the history between the ancient history and the modern history.
@@Michael-uc2pn "oops I lost the mandate of heaven, well it's not like anything bad will- HOLY SHEET" "And so, the emperor was sent straight into the shadow realm"
I sincerely thank you to mention the Nanjing Massacre and all the important facts about it. I really hope it gains more attention as its not any less (or even more) brutal than the genocide in the Europe front.
Sadly, officials in the Japanese government, including the Prime Minister, visit the memorial hall dedicated to Japanese war criminals EVERY year without any remorse. Imagine what Europeans would think if Scholz/Merkel visit memorials to Hitler, Heinrich and Himmler every year.
our chinese ancestor always mention : long divided,must unite,long united,must divide,it a description for chinese history,but also a rule for every thing（分久必合，合久必分）
I still found it funny that a dynasty was founded cause a prison guard is going to get death sentences because one of the prisoner escape, so he said "fuck it" and release all of the prisoners and start a rebellion lmao
Liu Bang is more like a county sheriff in that time. Him have a very very good charisma, generous, and forbearing Befriend a lot ppls including a dogs butcher , administrative officer , funeral music performer , administrative office driver (all end up became him top generals & ministers). Edit (My bad , just notice I just mistyped the name liu bang into lei bang )
There are lots of funny stories about that guy😂 But I don't like him because of this story: when the soldiers of his greatest enemy were hunting him, he tried to run away in a cart driven by a loyal guard, while his daughter and son sit with him. He literally kicked both of his children out of the cart, so that the cart would run faster with less weight. Yet the guard kept bringing those kids back to the cart, so he kicked them out again, he repeated doing this three times before he finally gave up trying.
You seem to have misremembered that the story you are talking about is the story of Liu Bei (刘备，Emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period).@@Katzeleben6028
The version I heard is that the trip was delayed due to extreme weather, and of course some prisoners took advantage of this and escaped. It’s a death penalty for everyone back then. On the top of that, there were already some rebellions elsewhere, so the guard simply decided to give it a try. He was in his 40s or 50s at the time.
@@2233forlolz not to sound rude, just want to inform you, even though you probably already know. Empress Dowager basically means mother of the emperor. I forgot which emperor was it, I think Xuantong (or Puyi), but since the emperor was too young, Cixi took over as regent. Seeing as your comment says she controls everything, you probably already know what happened lol. Again, sorry if i'm rude.
@@wilamthewilliamActually, it’s not Puyi during the Boxer Rebellion, it was his older cousin, the Guangxu Emperor, who was ruling at that time, but because he was deemed too liberal by the nobles and the Empress Dowager, so she put him in house arrest and took over as regent. And worse, as Cixi was about to die, she ordered the Guangxu Emperor to be poisoned, so that when she goes, he will go with her, then decreed that her grandson Puyi to be the next heir of the empire.
My child finished watching the history of the entire world and was OBSESSED with China constantly breaking apart and coming back together. Thank you for this gem. My kindergartener with real weird interests appreciates your hard work.
“Here begins our tale. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.”--Beginning of 《Romance of three Kindoms》, most famous history novel in China.
As a native Chinese, I would say this video is more or less accurate, at least without significant errors. The beauty is that it's easy for foreigners to get a sense of Chinese history. Good job!
It would be if he talked like a normal person instead of hyperarticulating like a first year broadcasting student and put in the 2 minutes required to learn how to read pinyin properly.
Bruh they made the typical cliche misrepresentation of the great leap forward supposedly being a total failure rather than the huge improvement in literacy and life expectancy that it was
@@icantpursuewhatimtrulypass7335 Gimme whatever drugs you've been taking man, the leap made people gave up their cooking tool and many other obsessions to forge bad quality steel ingots that ended up not usable and the cultural revolution burns down countless books of history and culture including my own family's family tree book and so much more. My bloody primary school is literally built upon mass grave because supposedly the bright energy of the young can cancel out the omen from the dead😅
@@onionrangerduck7024 my drugs are literal statistics lol. the great leap forward was harsh and i'd definitely join in on criticizing the cultural revolution, but some consideration for the millions of people lifted out of miserable poverty and saved from oppressive warlords and nationalists might give you some clarification on why not everyone shares your hatred of mao
"If you're a bad ruler, then heaven gets angry at you and it's bad for everyone. So they're allowed to overthrow you." So basically, an early form of consent of the governed, 4,000 years ago.
@@therocketsciencekid And what human rights did European peasants have? In the feudal system, you were owned by the king and aristocrats; ever see the Medieval devices used for insubordination? For 2,500 years, Confucianism was the state religion and instructed rulers to take care of the peasants AS FAMILY: "Heaven does not create the people for the sake of the sovereign; Heaven creates the sovereign for the sake of the people."-Mencius, 300 B.C. Thus the Chinese government for over 2,000 years has been expressly oriented toward service of the people, including policies and infrastructure to promote food production: there are huge grain storage bins built thousands of years ago by the government, 30, 40 feet deep to store surpluses for times of need. In fact, there was a 1911 Columbia PhD thesis that described food management policies like price controls, used by ancient Chinese governments in times of droughts and floods. When policies fell short, Chinese emperors often issued apologies directly to the people. In Europe, the kings rarely did so, and only ever did to the Pope, not the people.
Great job! Especially when you mentioned "mandate of heaven", it's not only funny, but also so accurate about some core of Chinese culture - everyone in the Chinese society believes if a dynasty make people live in bad time, it's a duty&right for Chinese people to rebel and create a better one by themselves.
8:10 I love how you describe history in a hilariously short but concise and comprehensive manner. However, I really appreciate your 10 seconds of solemnity. As a Chinese whose grandparents lived through those times, I would've probably gone nuts if you had brushed off that event in a short sentence.
@@ArcticBearII The Lefties/Liberals/Democrats in-power are kneeling & licking CCP's boots. They can censor or nuke any of my comments and throw away my freedom of speech any time they want.
@@moisesezequielgutierrez yeah bro totally china is the baddest villain I'm sure other world powers is too pacifist and don't doing wars or massacres lil bro is too fragile
@@TheMentorOfMomosgonna tell the story about Liu Bang, but skipped the epic downfall of his dinasty 400 years later, naaah, I ain't letting that one pass
As somebody who's going to China in 2 months and an American, this is amazing😄 I'm also reading classic Chinese literature before I go, I've read the Ta Te Ching, Chuang Tzu and the analects of Confucius~ Also read the Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra and Diamond Sutra😎☝️
Ngl this is my first time seeing an American study so deep into Chinese literature damn I'm a Chinese myself and you sound more knowledgeable than me in these areas😅Good luck with ur trip to China lel
To be honest, modern Chinese Mainland is more unified than any previous dynasty, and more inclined to be unified than the people of any other country, because we are really fed up with division, and we just want to have a good life.This is why the Chinese people chose to follow the communist road when we established our country. The core of common prosperity in communism is similar to the great common world proposed by our Chinese ancestors.
If you have lived in China or received Chinese education, you will know that no one in China believes in God, Heaven, Christianity now. Due to the failure of the Qing Dynasty and the invasion of Japanese imperialism, Chinese now rely more on the power of their own hands rather than the so-called heavens and gods and other countries help, and are more united than any previous dynasty.Because we will never forget that life today was forged by the flesh and blood of the Communist Party's predecessors during World War II.
a bit nitpick: that cultural revolution is more of "not new order" instead of "too capitalist", that people are doing "things" to show they're "revolutionary enough", hence the specific name of "cultural revolution"
@@skeletoncrew3110 No, you two are wrong. CR is more like a secularization movement other than history destruction. You could compare Taiwan and Mainland China today, then you will find Taiwanese officials visiting temples before taking office，which is unthinkable on mainland.
@@skeletoncrew3110 Because of the Qing Dynasty, there are a lot of old and wrong things left behind, but some people because of lack of education aren't very good at recognizing what is bad
You need to understand that ancient Buddhist monks were not required to pay taxes and corvee, and because of their beliefs, many people would donate large amounts of property to the monks, which would be turned into land. As a result, Buddhist monks in ancient China generally owned land that did not need to pay taxes, and this situation would largely become the direct cause of the collapse of ancient dynasties. In order to rule, the Lord would generally loot the temple when the land acquisition was serious. This is actually a practical reason, on the other hand, many temples sometimes even set up their own armed forces, which can lead to some rebellions and wars
actually, Vietman's independence was forced by french, vietman has been a part of china for thousand years, even till Qing dynasty, it was still it's tributary country.
@@浅笑怡伤 I mean the Huichang Buddhist Persecutions and other Buddhist Persecution in China. also good for telling more facts about Buddhism in Ancient China
@@wkq6664Vietnamese has been independent since the Tang, tributary states just means we pay tribute in order to be able to trade with China. Siam was another tributary state, but no one consider Siam as part of China.
I'm Chinese. This OOOOOOVERLY simplified Chinese history is 1000x more educational than the vast majority of content on TH-cam talking about China. And my heartfelt gratitude for the silence. Subscribed!
the reason why its underrated is because its lit a copy of a video called history of japan made like 8 years ago with over 80 million views. Also this one is just a copycat
As a Chinese guy, I have to say the video expresses the history of China the way I learned in schools. So, I guess this is a good video to learn about China （like Chinese do lol). However, I have to mention that some modern historic events like the Cultural Revolution are quite controversial in China. And people's perspective on these events changes all the time depending on the situation (because they are not so "history" for us). Still, I have to say thanks for making this video to get everyone know more about China.❤
As a Chinese I have to say this is the best History lesson in 10mins, accurate info and maps, funny, non biased, and mentioned opium war + rape of Nanjing(The world needs to know). Appreciated! Respect!
(Almost) Every Chinese dynasties explained by one word: 1. Xia - Legendary 2. Shang - Oracle 3. Zhou - Feudal 4. Qin - Unification 5. Han - Golden 6. Six Dynasties - Division 7. Sui - Reunification 8. Tang - Prosperity 9. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - Fragmentation 10. Song - Innovation 11. Yuan - Mongol 12. Ming - Restoration 13. Qing - Manchu 14. Republic - Revolution 15. People’s Republic - Communist (I add the ROC and PRC Just for fun)
8:12 Wanna know what happened? Japan killed from 200k-300k innocent Chinese citizens, killed innocent people as a sport and raped up to 80k women as well as executed around 40k POWs. In 1990, the Japanese government denied all the atrocities committed calling it a lie. Even Hitler was baffled
It's stupid because they were so shameless about ut at the time that they punlished newspapers describing and showing what they were doing. The denialist position is psychotic.
For a fun oversimplification of China's history, this is surprisingly accurate. As a native Chinese, I approve of this message. As for a bill wurtz parody, I think you nailed 80% of his editing style, but his was more fast-paced and more singsongy. It's a great video nonetheless. I do hope you find your own style someday. Best of luck!
To be fair, he is insignificant compared to the conflict that happened in China the whole at that time. He is thought to be significant because he sided with the winner of the warlord war.
@@FourLionsClips That's actually pretty much how that part of history should be treated. It wasn't really much special than other part of that. After all, nothing changes, China broke again after a temporary unification.
@@Mustache_SamTrue, but mentioning that part a lil bit more would be helpful just to give a reference point. "Are you wondering where those RoTK stuffs came from? Here"
So, your 10-minute video has covered almost everything I learned for 6 years at school.😂 (In China, we have a subject called "Chinese history" which is a separate subject from History)
@@anniemeridian270different times and different circumstances. Back then the british wanted profits that they supported selling drugs to china despite knowing it is harmful. It is plain capitalist evil. Today, we are learning that making drugs illegal doesnt really work. It is learning from centuries of mistakes from the war on drugs.
I rewatched bill wurtz's "history of japan" right after this and honestly, this one is clearer in how it conveys information and has more educational value. Cool video!
As a Chinese , I really appreciate you including the Nanjing Massacre which Japan denied… and they even built shrine / memorials to pray / in memorials of the brave heroes bring glories to Japan😅And Japan did the same in Korea they also denied… In Japan History book they deleted how they treat Korean Ppl and Chinese people during the World War II they heroic their invasion ….i really hate them doing that
in average it takes 300ish yrs to start a new dynasty in China based on these dozens of dynasties. The mainstream medias are lying to audiences about china at age of 70. It has up and downs but not likely to have a new dynasty in near future, otherwise the U.S. won't be so anxious about holding the world No.1 place
TL;DR: china had a revolution and had a revolution and is broke and is whole and is broke again and is whole again and is broke again and is whole again and is broke again and is whole again and revolted again and is broke again and is whole again and was taken over and revolted again and was taken over again and was bullied by literally everyone and revolted again and revolted again
Quite funny how your profile picture is the soviets and your username is russian. Did you know that soldiers would probably have died on the recent warfare if China didn’t supply them with armor?@@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ
the vid is really well done and the graphics and narration is great! I think the jingles are way off and i realize thats actually what sets bill wurtz apart. ur sound effects and stuff is great though, great vid
@@ZhinaziIn the early days, the CCP even appointed an old farmer as its general secretary because they believed that this could ensure the "purity" of the party.
0:53, 3:52, 5:07, 5:42, "Sounds like you lost the Mamdate Of Heaven." is basically a cleric taunting people in Dungeons & Dragons. Or maybe someone taunting a cleric when their powers aren't helpful.
Pretty accurate and is as fast paced as I expected it to be. Cause in chinese history you can get side tracked on alot of stuff especially the 3 kingdoms era and the awesome fighting that happened during that time.
The only inaccuracy I'm aware of is the use of Simplified Chinese (invented in the 1950s) to depict ancient texts, which were written in Traditional Chinese.
Also Qing dynasty didn't force civilians to wear their hairs in a queue, only government and military personnel. Eventually civilians adopted the same hair style on their own
Chinese simplification has been happening for thousands of years. Don't be fooled by those 'traditional Chinese users'. The CCP simply took over what ROC has left behind. And ROC banned the simplification of Chinese because of political reasons. Which is dumb.
The original meaning of this idiom is to chop down a tree trunk as a weapon, raise a bamboo pole as a flag, and rebel, referring to a people's uprising.
@@Onionaniamtions The tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Qin II implemented heavy corv é e, heavy taxation, and cruel criminal law, resulting in people's living difficulties and sharp social contradictions. Delayed due to rain. In the first year of Qin II's reign, the court conscripted the poor people of Luzuo to garrison Yuyang. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang served as guards, but due to heavy rain, they were unable to reach their destination on time. According to Qin's laws, they were executed on time. twenty-three Being forced into helplessness. In this context, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led the garrison to launch an uprising, proposing the slogan "Wang Hou Jiang Xiang Ning You Zhong Hu" and calling on the people to rise up and resist the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
“王侯将相宁有种乎”The meaning of the sentence "Do kings, marquis, generals, and ministers have seeds?" is that kings, marquis, generals, and ministers are not naturally noble, but can be achieved through personal efforts and struggles, reflecting people's resistance to the feudal hierarchical system and pursuit of the concept of equality at that time. In Chen Sheng's era, society was strictly divided into different levels, and Chen Sheng's statement challenged this concept, indicating that people should not accept the unequal arrangement of fate.
Don't know why people are getting so pissy about you "copying" bill's style when it's very clearly a parody made with love for the original? Good job on the video, loved it the whole way through!
Im Chinese it so funny lol; you can visit the forbidden city lol. "Wanna protest, DON'T💀". And don't ask me about tw issue because I don't care about politics and I just want to make friends around the world. And thank you for taking up the Massacre of Nanking up for our 300, 000 people.
A warm reminder: don't trust Google Translate or any other translation software. When it translated "Love from China", it interpreted the word "China" as porcelain. That is a minor mistake, although I have no clue why someone with a Chinese username need to use some translation software to write this comment.
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If you are not Chinese, you will never know what it means to us that you made 5 seconds of silence when you put the picture about the Nanjing Massacre. SALUTE!
作为南京人，非常感谢
相当震撼
the history 18+ history books cant even describe what happened there. There is a reason they refuse to admit
真的挺震惊
He forgot tibet and Ughyurs
"Sounds like you lost the mandate of heaven 🎶"
The entire ancient Chinese history in a nutshell
@@seaTp736 inclues some of the modern Chinese history to,but the Chinese map is wrong
@@Eason2010 You mean the Warlord Era?
@@seaTp736meaning almost every photo actually and ancient belief parts are entirely wrong
@@seaTp736 I meant the history after 10th Oct. 1949.In China main land,we call the history which is before the British attacked China in 1840 as "ancient Chinese history" and the history which is after 1840 and before 10th Oct. 1949 as "the history between the ancient history and the modern history".The War Lord Era(1912-1949) you said is the second part from the history between the ancient history and the modern history.
TL,DR: China's whole again, then it broke again.
Losing the mandate of heaven speedrun
Guess they lost their mandate of heaven...
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was right, of course
@@Michael-uc2pn "oops I lost the mandate of heaven, well it's not like anything bad will- HOLY SHEET"
"And so, the emperor was sent straight into the shadow realm"
Fun fact, every time it happens, the population got cut in half😢
I sincerely thank you to mention the Nanjing Massacre and all the important facts about it. I really hope it gains more attention as its not any less (or even more) brutal than the genocide in the Europe front.
“人的悲喜并不相通，我只觉得他们吵闹”
Sadly, officials in the Japanese government, including the Prime Minister, visit the memorial hall dedicated to Japanese war criminals EVERY year without any remorse. Imagine what Europeans would think if Scholz/Merkel visit memorials to Hitler, Heinrich and Himmler every year.
@@bowenfan4489 迅哥
@@陆焰之瞳 这其中所蕴含的哲理我直到近几年才有所体会和领悟
It was the Holocaust, but for Asians. And the Japanese still refused to acknowledge it
our chinese ancestor always mention : long divided,must unite,long united,must divide,it a description for chinese history,but also a rule for every thing（分久必合，合久必分）
nothing is eternal,the things always goes the other side
I still found it funny that a dynasty was founded cause a prison guard is going to get death sentences because one of the prisoner escape, so he said "fuck it" and release all of the prisoners and start a rebellion lmao
Liu Bang is more like a county sheriff in that time.
Him have a very very good charisma, generous, and forbearing
Befriend a lot ppls including a dogs butcher , administrative officer , funeral music performer , administrative office driver (all end up became him top generals & ministers).
Edit (My bad , just notice I just mistyped the name liu bang into lei bang )
There are lots of funny stories about that guy😂 But I don't like him because of this story: when the soldiers of his greatest enemy were hunting him, he tried to run away in a cart driven by a loyal guard, while his daughter and son sit with him. He literally kicked both of his children out of the cart, so that the cart would run faster with less weight. Yet the guard kept bringing those kids back to the cart, so he kicked them out again, he repeated doing this three times before he finally gave up trying.
You seem to have misremembered that the story you are talking about is the story of Liu Bei (刘备，Emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period).@@Katzeleben6028
The version I heard is that the trip was delayed due to extreme weather, and of course some prisoners took advantage of this and escaped. It’s a death penalty for everyone back then. On the top of that, there were already some rebellions elsewhere, so the guard simply decided to give it a try. He was in his 40s or 50s at the time.
Yea It's ture
Watching Empress Dowager Cixi weighing her options crack me up
she is not the emperess tho, but she controls everything.
@@2233forlolz not to sound rude, just want to inform you, even though you probably already know. Empress Dowager basically means mother of the emperor. I forgot which emperor was it, I think Xuantong (or Puyi), but since the emperor was too young, Cixi took over as regent. Seeing as your comment says she controls everything, you probably already know what happened lol. Again, sorry if i'm rude.
@@wilamthewilliam you are one of the nicest person I've ever met online bro
@@wilamthewilliamActually, it’s not Puyi during the Boxer Rebellion, it was his older cousin, the Guangxu Emperor, who was ruling at that time, but because he was deemed too liberal by the nobles and the Empress Dowager, so she put him in house arrest and took over as regent. And worse, as Cixi was about to die, she ordered the Guangxu Emperor to be poisoned, so that when she goes, he will go with her, then decreed that her grandson Puyi to be the next heir of the empire.
@@redoktober8164 Thank you for informing me! I was a bit confused lol
My child finished watching the history of the entire world and was OBSESSED with China constantly breaking apart and coming back together. Thank you for this gem. My kindergartener with real weird interests appreciates your hard work.
“Here begins our tale. The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.”--Beginning of 《Romance of three Kindoms》, most famous history novel in China.
@@frankyi1967 it's a masterpiece, almost every children in CN have read it
Aww, that’s really sweet!
@@ezcomputerz5551 是的几乎所以中国人都知道，里面的几个人物
@@frankyi1967 For some reason Japanese are really obsessed with Romance of three Kingdom.
though not 100% accurate but still great enough to overmatch most of "history of China" videos on youtube. Respect for the part about Nanjing Massacre
As a native Chinese, I would say this video is more or less accurate, at least without significant errors. The beauty is that it's easy for foreigners to get a sense of Chinese history. Good job!
Well its pretty much impossible to explain any country history in 10 minutes so yeah
@@Sunnyy_ehYes, as a native Chinese, i would like to say that vedio is definitely amazing🎉
But he seems confused Chen Sheng and Liu Bang in the part between Qin and Han dynasty...
wrong china flag!!
replace it with the ROC flag NOW or else no micro chips for you!
我就相当不喜欢这个视频，这里面时不时的这种唱歌的腔调真的让人很难受。。。尬死我了，油管的历史视频都是这样吗？“Sounds like you lost the mandate of heaven~”，哕了，看到元朝就不想看了。。。😅
Most bill wurtz parodies aren't engaging, but from the first 10 seconds I can tell this is great
It's actually incredible
The tone is off, but I'm more revolted by the shameless unoriginality of it
@@SuperPizzaman55 K.
@@SuperPizzaman55 Same. Why do people have to cop others style?
It would be if he talked like a normal person instead of hyperarticulating like a first year broadcasting student and put in the 2 minutes required to learn how to read pinyin properly.
“Sounds like you lost the mandate of heaven.” -gilgamesh, 2024
As a Chinese, this is ngl really great. Mostly accurate throughout the video and rather humorous too
Most accurate i've ever seen yes. 目前刷到过最好最客观的了
Bruh they made the typical cliche misrepresentation of the great leap forward supposedly being a total failure rather than the huge improvement in literacy and life expectancy that it was
as a Chinese, this is the history in my view
@@icantpursuewhatimtrulypass7335 Gimme whatever drugs you've been taking man, the leap made people gave up their cooking tool and many other obsessions to forge bad quality steel ingots that ended up not usable and the cultural revolution burns down countless books of history and culture including my own family's family tree book and so much more. My bloody primary school is literally built upon mass grave because supposedly the bright energy of the young can cancel out the omen from the dead😅
@@onionrangerduck7024 my drugs are literal statistics lol. the great leap forward was harsh and i'd definitely join in on criticizing the cultural revolution, but some consideration for the millions of people lifted out of miserable poverty and saved from oppressive warlords and nationalists might give you some clarification on why not everyone shares your hatred of mao
"If you're a bad ruler, then heaven gets angry at you and it's bad for everyone. So they're allowed to overthrow you." So basically, an early form of consent of the governed, 4,000 years ago.
Basically yes. Social contract, chinese ver, intuited many many years ago and still basically underlying society to this day.
Clever understanding!
except the peasants never had any human rights and they only rebelled when they were literally starving to death
@@therocketsciencekid And what human rights did European peasants have? In the feudal system, you were owned by the king and aristocrats; ever see the Medieval devices used for insubordination? For 2,500 years, Confucianism was the state religion and instructed rulers to take care of the peasants AS FAMILY: "Heaven does not create the people for the sake of the sovereign; Heaven creates the sovereign for the sake of the people."-Mencius, 300 B.C. Thus the Chinese government for over 2,000 years has been expressly oriented toward service of the people, including policies and infrastructure to promote food production: there are huge grain storage bins built thousands of years ago by the government, 30, 40 feet deep to store surpluses for times of need. In fact, there was a 1911 Columbia PhD thesis that described food management policies like price controls, used by ancient Chinese governments in times of droughts and floods. When policies fell short, Chinese emperors often issued apologies directly to the people. In Europe, the kings rarely did so, and only ever did to the Pope, not the people.
Great job! Especially when you mentioned "mandate of heaven", it's not only funny, but also so accurate about some core of Chinese culture - everyone in the Chinese society believes if a dynasty make people live in bad time, it's a duty&right for Chinese people to rebel and create a better one by themselves.
“ legalize drugs stop having drugs be illegal “ 😂😂😂😂
“ seems like you lost the Mandate of Heaven “😂😂😂
Are you 5?
@@New_frisk i am 3
Portland
Guess what other states also lost the Mandate of Heaven?
@@New_friskBro commented that many different times he’s a kid Forsure 😂
Never forget of the nanjing massacre
🇷🇺👨🏻🦯🇨🇳🐒🦠🦮
yep truely awful
"unit 731" google it.
I searched it up to be a massacre and i was literally traumatized from what i saw on wikipedia (The stats)
dude u r right
This is bill wurtz quality
Not even close
More like new mini - bill Wurtz Channel
@RS50O still closer than most videos take what you can get
@RS50O Or China brand bill wurtz
Agreed
Fun fact: Technically China isn't unified yet
Not so fun on Taiwan side tho
As a Chinese, you are right
Fun fact: China is the only one of the five permanent members of the United Nations not yet united
Funnier fact: Technically the Chinese Civil War never ended since 1946
@@种花家天下行走Fun fact: China and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have fought wars in the last century.
Chinese History in a Nutshell
Japan:We have fought China the most.
Mongols:No, we have.
China:Amateurs
“It’s going to be a great wall. So great that we don’t need a second wall”
"After it crumbles, they blame Germany"
Is the Bill Wurtz format a genre now?
The father of it, gonna be in history books of the future
No isn’t, this is just a lazy copy
@@dayviduh lol it takes a lot of effort to almost perfectly replicate the bill wurtz style. Try doing it yourself
@@dayviduhlast time I checked, Bill wurtz didn’t make a video on the entire history of China
yes!
I was very happy to see that you quoted Li Qingzhao at 4:15 .
She's one of my favorite poets of all time! 😃
Same❤
I need to say you state all the important things for China history.
Kinda funny, kinda informative.
Very good😂
8:10 I love how you describe history in a hilariously short but concise and comprehensive manner. However, I really appreciate your 10 seconds of solemnity. As a Chinese whose grandparents lived through those times, I would've probably gone nuts if you had brushed off that event in a short sentence.
As a Chinese, I approve of this history, most accurate thing ever
Except for the _"Great Leap"_ and _"Ti*namen Square 1989"_
Otherwise you'll lose your social credits points
@@moisesezequielgutierrez Well, I'm pretty sure the government won't take over TH-cam
@@ArcticBearII
The Lefties/Liberals/Democrats in-power are kneeling & licking CCP's boots. They can censor or nuke any of my comments and throw away my freedom of speech any time they want.
@@moisesezequielgutierrez why don't you talk about guantanamo, 9/11, iraq war, afghan war then? Or else you'll lose your CIA points
@@moisesezequielgutierrez yeah bro totally china is the baddest villain I'm sure other world powers is too pacifist and don't doing wars or massacres
lil bro is too fragile
The lack of Sun Yat-Sen (Sun Zhongshan) is disappointing
and three kingdoms, it got like 1 second of screen time wth
@@FourLionsClips Bros, you can't have everything that happened in over 4 thousand years of history in a 9 minute video
@@TheMentorOfMomosaj jeba uryda
Kuomintang bros... is it over?
@@TheMentorOfMomosgonna tell the story about Liu Bang, but skipped the epic downfall of his dinasty 400 years later, naaah, I ain't letting that one pass
As somebody who's going to China in 2 months and an American, this is amazing😄
I'm also reading classic Chinese literature before I go, I've read the Ta Te Ching, Chuang Tzu and the analects of Confucius~
Also read the Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra and Diamond Sutra😎☝️
First it is Dao De Jing. Second, wow picking up the philosophical sect of taoism? That’s amazing
Ngl this is my first time seeing an American study so deep into Chinese literature damn
I'm a Chinese myself and you sound more knowledgeable than me in these areas😅Good luck with ur trip to China lel
Taoism/Daoism is actually very similar to Stoicism and they share a lot of overlapping ideas.
Have fun
American interested in something Chinese?? Impossible!😳
这是我在外网看到的最好的中国历史视频
估计是因为你的单线程脑袋hh
@@张a-b6w 估计你没见识到侮辱我们的人被压榨的样子
很客观的视频，可惜没法转到墙内
@@Charon2050 我记得视频是可以下载的
@@Charon2050 b站转了，本来貌似100多万播放但是趋势了，转载的up主最后还是删减了一些才能重新上传。
well, i hope xi jinping doesnt lose the mandate of heaven again
edit: i just turned my comment section into a propaganda page lol
To be honest, modern Chinese Mainland is more unified than any previous dynasty, and more inclined to be unified than the people of any other country, because we are really fed up with division, and we just want to have a good life.This is why the Chinese people chose to follow the communist road when we established our country. The core of common prosperity in communism is similar to the great common world proposed by our Chinese ancestors.
If you have lived in China or received Chinese education, you will know that no one in China believes in God, Heaven, Christianity now. Due to the failure of the Qing Dynasty and the invasion of Japanese imperialism, Chinese now rely more on the power of their own hands rather than the so-called heavens and gods and other countries help, and are more united than any previous dynasty.Because we will never forget that life today was forged by the flesh and blood of the Communist Party's predecessors during World War II.
But now it looks like it's going to happen
@@ugh9479 Please provide examples, do not imagine
@@ugh9479bro, try to obtain information from multiple sources, do not be bound by the information cocoon.
a bit nitpick: that cultural revolution is more of "not new order" instead of "too capitalist", that people are doing "things" to show they're "revolutionary enough", hence the specific name of "cultural revolution"
okay that makes a lot more sense why they would destroy their ancient history to show how "revolutionary" they are...
@@skeletoncrew3110 No, you two are wrong. CR is more like a secularization movement other than history destruction.
You could compare Taiwan and Mainland China today, then you will find Taiwanese officials visiting temples before taking office，which is unthinkable on mainland.
客观的，它导致了文化大革命过程中出现了极端的批斗。但主要是四人帮的错。
@@marxBuddy 你这是大错特错。f4的错误可比把f4整下来的人少多了，这个可以看整人家自己拍的《铁证如山》。
至于整人家提出的“十个如果”更是狠狠打自己耳光。
@@skeletoncrew3110 Because of the Qing Dynasty, there are a lot of old and wrong things left behind, but some people because of lack of education aren't very good at recognizing what is bad
"Need Money? Steel from the Buddhists"
Vietnam: That's why we declared Independence
You need to understand that ancient Buddhist monks were not required to pay taxes and corvee, and because of their beliefs, many people would donate large amounts of property to the monks, which would be turned into land. As a result, Buddhist monks in ancient China generally owned land that did not need to pay taxes, and this situation would largely become the direct cause of the collapse of ancient dynasties. In order to rule, the Lord would generally loot the temple when the land acquisition was serious. This is actually a practical reason, on the other hand, many temples sometimes even set up their own armed forces, which can lead to some rebellions and wars
actually, Vietman's independence was forced by french, vietman has been a part of china for thousand years, even till Qing dynasty, it was still it's tributary country.
@@浅笑怡伤 I mean the Huichang Buddhist Persecutions and other Buddhist Persecution in China. also good for telling more facts about Buddhism in Ancient China
@@wkq6664 I mean the Huichang Buddhist Persecution and Vietnam was a Buddhist Country till 4th Chinese Domination of Vietnam
@@wkq6664Vietnamese has been independent since the Tang, tributary states just means we pay tribute in order to be able to trade with China. Siam was another tributary state, but no one consider Siam as part of China.
how do you have less then 1000 subscribers? This is high quality content
I can agree, I've seen many channels who have more then ten time more subscribers with ten time worse quality.
It’s good but it just a shameless copy of the guy who made
“The history of the earth”
@@ChernobogSigma its based on it, thats the whole point
@@ChernobogSigma Even the style of the video being a copy, it still takes work to study the history and compress it in 9 minutes.
I'm Chinese. This OOOOOOVERLY simplified Chinese history is 1000x more educational than the vast majority of content on TH-cam talking about China. And my heartfelt gratitude for the silence. Subscribed!
This Video is Great and underrated, thanks for making this!
This video is actually genuinely underated and damm.
Probably because China is under rated so no one cares about the topic of the video
how could something that had only been released for 3 days be underrated?
@@seadkolasinac7220 It's a like farming comment
@@seadkolasinac7220 I’m pretty sure the point is for people to be like “yeah this is pretty underrated”
And then like the comment.
the reason why its underrated is because its lit a copy of a video called history of japan made like 8 years ago with over 80 million views. Also this one is just a copycat
Take a shot every time a new dynasty is made
you would pass out 💀
@@snesmocha Why Eclipse Potato Mine costume pfp?
i tridehhge do it now i dyIIIING djjrjerigothf
Take a shot every time someone loses the Mandate of Heaven
This deserves way more views, you must've put so much effort into this.
As a Chinese guy, I have to say the video expresses the history of China the way I learned in schools. So, I guess this is a good video to learn about China （like Chinese do lol). However, I have to mention that some modern historic events like the Cultural Revolution are quite controversial in China. And people's perspective on these events changes all the time depending on the situation (because they are not so "history" for us). Still, I have to say thanks for making this video to get everyone know more about China.❤
As a Chinese I have to say this is the best History lesson in 10mins, accurate info and maps, funny, non biased, and mentioned opium war + rape of Nanjing(The world needs to know). Appreciated! Respect!
(Almost) Every Chinese dynasties explained by one word:
1. Xia - Legendary
2. Shang - Oracle
3. Zhou - Feudal
4. Qin - Unification
5. Han - Golden
6. Six Dynasties - Division
7. Sui - Reunification
8. Tang - Prosperity
9. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - Fragmentation
10. Song - Innovation
11. Yuan - Mongol
12. Ming - Restoration
13. Qing - Manchu
14. Republic - Revolution
15. People’s Republic - Communist
(I add the ROC and PRC Just for fun)
Hey this is pretty good ngl
Jin dynasty?
90% of those words are variations of "Divided" and "Reunited"
Are you a magical horse named Fred?
well that's what happens when you give ancient nations millions of people to pull up from the woodworks@@noseboop4354
8:12 Wanna know what happened? Japan killed from 200k-300k innocent Chinese citizens, killed innocent people as a sport and raped up to 80k women as well as executed around 40k POWs. In 1990, the Japanese government denied all the atrocities committed calling it a lie. Even Hitler was baffled
Asian be really wacky when it's war crime time
The Japanese even killed thousands of Chinese outside China, i.e. 1942 Sook Ching massacre in Singapore.
I was looking that up and I most of the pictures I saw are dead children corpses
U know shit is bad when the Nazi is disgust by it
It's stupid because they were so shameless about ut at the time that they punlished newspapers describing and showing what they were doing. The denialist position is psychotic.
As a Chinese,I'm glad you admitted the Nanjing Massacre in the video
But he didn't admit Tiananmen Square.
@@noseboop4354He literally did lmao "Wanna protest? don't"
@@noseboop4354 Just a failed color revolution, nothing fancy.
@@kentlu4781 begone, larouchian
@@noseboop4354 the nanjing massacre was one of the worst moments in human history
2:53 missed opportunity to say “then it broke again” authentic bill wurtz line
For a fun oversimplification of China's history, this is surprisingly accurate. As a native Chinese, I approve of this message.
As for a bill wurtz parody, I think you nailed 80% of his editing style, but his was more fast-paced and more singsongy.
It's a great video nonetheless. I do hope you find your own style someday. Best of luck!
Drinks immortality potion = dies
Mercury
yeah that's the new game+ potion
that emperor even filled his tomb with mercury lol
And people after him drinks basically the same potion and die. They just kept doing that for hundreds of years.
If I'm an ancient man and see a cup of mercury I would think that's alien juice, better drink it.
8:36
"🎶Sounds like you lost the mandate of- 🎶
SHUT UP."
I think Mao got the mandate of heaven. Wouldn't be surprised, since Guan Yu is the current Jade Emperor.
Not even a single mention of Sun Yat Sen
not even a single mention of three kingdoms just 1 second screen time
To be fair, he is insignificant compared to the conflict that happened in China the whole at that time. He is thought to be significant because he sided with the winner of the warlord war.
@@FourLionsClips That's actually pretty much how that part of history should be treated. It wasn't really much special than other part of that. After all, nothing changes, China broke again after a temporary unification.
@@Mustache_SamTrue, but mentioning that part a lil bit more would be helpful just to give a reference point. "Are you wondering where those RoTK stuffs came from? Here"
I talk about him at least 3 times a week. Not sure why you'd think I don't. Yesterday it was 4 times. Stop accusing me of doing things I don't.
So, your 10-minute video has covered almost everything I learned for 6 years at school.😂 (In China, we have a subject called "Chinese history" which is a separate subject from History)
虽然有些地方详细的会出点问题，但十分感谢gil对于南京的事情沉默5秒。然而作为中国人，我在TH-cam上是不能说出来的，因为我给出不同的答案时，多数人会认为我被共产党洗了脑😢
同志加油
这里面太多1450😂
光提南京大屠杀当然不是被洗脑，如果，知道南京大屠杀但是不知道导致几千万人死亡的三年大饥荒和文化大革命出自毛泽东和共产党，那确实是被洗脑了一部分
@wusiyi541 每次提到南京大屠杀都会有一群搅混水的扯西北西南的事情。
不需要在乎他们的话，解释的再多也没有，就有一群纯纯的煞笔以为自己翻了个墙就了不起完了，不用理他们这些脑袋里面塞了跳蛋的东西😅
“ seems like you lost the mandate of heven “ 😂😂😂
“ legalize drugs stop having drugs be illegal “😂😂😂
And then a few decades later the UK makes those drugs illegal.
The bad thing is legalize drugs is becoming a thing nowadays in Europe
@@anniemeridian270different times and different circumstances. Back then the british wanted profits that they supported selling drugs to china despite knowing it is harmful. It is plain capitalist evil. Today, we are learning that making drugs illegal doesnt really work. It is learning from centuries of mistakes from the war on drugs.
bro cut it off at modern day so he doesnt go missing
he also doesn't have precognition
shush he meant the collapse of chinese economy and population@@claytoncallaway6412
哈哈哈 你说的对
because modern day is not history?
I rewatched bill wurtz's "history of japan" right after this and honestly, this one is clearer in how it conveys information and has more educational value. Cool video!
ah yes, the english. the intercontinental drug dealers.
I was ready to get offended, but instead I got entertained and educated lmao
9:06 I spat my drink at this Lmao
that fact it just ends there 😂😂
Looks like you lost the mandate of heaven.
hope you earn the mandate of the algorithm with this one
bro really did the history of china well, showing all of the actual chaos in the country
很棒的中国历史介绍，感谢作者专门提到了南京大屠杀，这在西方视角里常常被忽视
This channel is underrated, looking forward to see it grow fast
lmao I can't stop laughing
excellent video that nutshelling the whole of our history text book
love from China
this is probably the highest effort bill wurtz parody i've ever seen. bravo sir, take my subscription
笑死我了这个视频的表达历史的形式，上课都没听你讲的的那么认真😂
同感哈哈哈
1:53 "drank the immortality potion and dies" I died as well.
8:13 Respect for you acknowledging this, Japan still hasn't apologised
They apologised 40+ times
To be honest, if not because of your voice I would literally thought this is made by Bill Wurzt!!!
china was around when the last sumerian dynasty was ending. let that sink in.
As a Chinese , I really appreciate you including the Nanjing Massacre which Japan denied… and they even built shrine / memorials to pray / in memorials of the brave heroes bring glories to Japan😅And Japan did the same in Korea they also denied… In Japan History book they deleted how they treat Korean Ppl and Chinese people during the World War II they heroic their invasion ….i really hate them doing that
I've always found learning boring, but you've made it interesting. I'm going to check out some of your other videos.
WOW, Thank you, sincerely, just for taking a moment of silence for what happened in Nanjing! RESPECT from a Chinese!
That ending is the absolute perfect summary of China's current situation lmao
in average it takes 300ish yrs to start a new dynasty in China based on these dozens of dynasties. The mainstream medias are lying to audiences about china at age of 70. It has up and downs but not likely to have a new dynasty in near future, otherwise the U.S. won't be so anxious about holding the world No.1 place
TL;DR: china had a revolution and had a revolution and is broke and is whole and is broke again and is whole again and is broke again and is whole again and is broke again and is whole again and revolted again and is broke again and is whole again and was taken over and revolted again and was taken over again and was bullied by literally everyone and revolted again and revolted again
it is called historical cycle
中国的革命就是在不断的被背叛和出卖，每革命当快要成功，接近于乌托邦的时候，总会被现实砸个粉碎
As a Chinese I approve of this history.
Alright, so you want to be racist?@@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ
So you want to be racist?@@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ
Quite funny how your profile picture is the soviets and your username is russian. Did you know that soldiers would probably have died on the recent warfare if China didn’t supply them with armor?@@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ
@@СоветскийСоюз-щ1щ
"Racism has no vaccine"
_ a random discord gif
Hey are you Batman? 🦇🦇🦇
As a CHINESE, you know much more deeper chinese histroy than me, thanks for doing this episode ,and literally really funny. I MEAN, thanks, XXX.
the vid is really well done and the graphics and narration is great! I think the jingles are way off and i realize thats actually what sets bill wurtz apart. ur sound effects and stuff is great though, great vid
Let me tell you a joke. The constitutional capital of the Republic of China is still Nanjing, not Taipei.
I’ll do you one better: the constitution of PRoC was revised by a primary school graduate
@@ZhinaziIn the early days, the CCP even appointed an old farmer as its general secretary because they believed that this could ensure the "purity" of the party.
@@Zhinazi Cuz all the fancy profs were defeated by some primary grads and strategically stayed in an island XD
taiwanese wanna change it but china got the great powerrrr
😅毛的学历就是师专了，更别说一票留学生了。
0:53, 3:52, 5:07, 5:42, "Sounds like you lost the Mamdate Of Heaven." is basically a cleric taunting people in Dungeons & Dragons.
Or maybe someone taunting a cleric when their powers aren't helpful.
Need more "China is whole again" and "China is broken again"
not funny
興 百姓苦 亾 百姓苦
Technically, China is still broken now...
现在中国就是分裂的，按照规律应该不久之后就会统一了。
An objective and accurate video summarizing Chinese history, very good, love comes from China ❤
Pretty accurate and is as fast paced as I expected it to be. Cause in chinese history you can get side tracked on alot of stuff especially the 3 kingdoms era and the awesome fighting that happened during that time.
NO
@@angelstar2538 What? (Pfp checks out)
4:53 GREAT REFERENCE TO BILL WURTZ’S HISTORY OF JAPAN!
Ok ,a good video but seems you don't explain the time when the tang dynasty had been it's prime
this reminded me of how rough china had it during history 😭 good video yo!
also you nailed the bill wurtz style. it’s gr8.
bill wurtz's version of the legalism description: F*ck you, obey the law
The only inaccuracy I'm aware of is the use of Simplified Chinese (invented in the 1950s) to depict ancient texts, which were written in Traditional Chinese.
Also Qing dynasty didn't force civilians to wear their hairs in a queue, only government and military personnel. Eventually civilians adopted the same hair style on their own
@@Windward535ppl got massacred for refusing the savage hair style
not really. they used seal scripts or even more older scripts before that
Chinese simplification has been happening for thousands of years. Don't be fooled by those 'traditional Chinese users'. The CCP simply took over what ROC has left behind.
And ROC banned the simplification of Chinese because of political reasons. Which is dumb.
@@Windward535this is not true. male civilians were forced to adopt the queue.
The cut is perfect lmao
Fun fact,there's a idiom called 揭竿而起in china,which references to the prison guard starting the rebellion only wielding bamboo sticks
The original meaning of this idiom is to chop down a tree trunk as a weapon, raise a bamboo pole as a flag, and rebel, referring to a people's uprising.
@@PeekXantres which originated from 陳勝and吳廣revolution mentioned in the vid
@@Onionaniamtions The tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Qin II implemented heavy corv é e, heavy taxation, and cruel criminal law, resulting in people's living difficulties and sharp social contradictions.
Delayed due to rain. In the first year of Qin II's reign, the court conscripted the poor people of Luzuo to garrison Yuyang. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang served as guards, but due to heavy rain, they were unable to reach their destination on time. According to Qin's laws, they were executed on time. twenty-three
Being forced into helplessness. In this context, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led the garrison to launch an uprising, proposing the slogan "Wang Hou Jiang Xiang Ning You Zhong Hu" and calling on the people to rise up and resist the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
“王侯将相宁有种乎”The meaning of the sentence "Do kings, marquis, generals, and ministers have seeds?" is that kings, marquis, generals, and ministers are not naturally noble, but can be achieved through personal efforts and struggles, reflecting people's resistance to the feudal hierarchical system and pursuit of the concept of equality at that time. In Chen Sheng's era, society was strictly divided into different levels, and Chen Sheng's statement challenged this concept, indicating that people should not accept the unequal arrangement of fate.
'Sounds like you lost the mandate of heaven' LMFAO (Chinese guy laughing)
哈哈，高中历史框架也基本就是这些，客观简短又富有娱乐性，另外，as a Chinese，我很感激你在介绍南京大屠杀事件的时候暂停了五秒
I'm Chinese man,this video is good and right.
Amazing video!
I came here from you, and I couldn’t agree more.
No u
"sounds like you lost the mandate of heaven" is the worse thing someone can hear
Don't know why people are getting so pissy about you "copying" bill's style when it's very clearly a parody made with love for the original? Good job on the video, loved it the whole way through!
Im Chinese it so funny lol; you can visit the forbidden city lol. "Wanna protest, DON'T💀". And don't ask me about tw issue because I don't care about politics and I just want to make friends around the world. And thank you for taking up the Massacre of Nanking up for our 300, 000 people.
this is surprisingly underated content
感谢作者，很好的科普视频，爱来自瓷器❤
A warm reminder: don't trust Google Translate or any other translation software. When it translated "Love from China", it interpreted the word "China" as porcelain. That is a minor mistake, although I have no clue why someone with a Chinese username need to use some translation software to write this comment.
ur not from china bro
@@fanzhou2078 我是啊，不是中国人怎么知道这个梗啊😂
这个视频确实还挺客观的❤
@@myhugeairpot 骚瑞误伤了，以为是谷歌翻译的love from china
The over simplification of history is strangely hilarious
Hi! Great video!
I’m visiting courtesy of Mr. Terry History! 👋😁
damn you made this look easy
5:27 "... and the make the wall great again. "
as an American, this combination of words made me a little depressed D: