I find ironic how the Chinese Emperor Taizong ignored her just for being a woman when later his own son made his father's concubine Wu Zetian his Empress, who in his death she succeeded him as a ruler, a female Emperor. And while history antagonizes her only recently is discovered that she was a good ruler and very progressive one bringing women as officials. Plus Gaozong heavily relayed on her with his 'male-only'' political affairs. So jokes on Emperor Taizong who underestimated not only Queen Seondeok but his own concubine who ended up ruling China.
@9razzler9 You probably haven't watch the show, in its day. The story was beautiful written and executed by the actors. Aa for the historical Wang Seondeok [she was referred to as a king in the historical documents], we don't know much about her. But the fact that she was the 1st female king and ruled for 15 years in the ancient Korean kingdom, Shilla... Is very noteworthy and deserved to be praised. She’s also my inspiration. A worthy female leader to looked upon by all female. She's smart, kind and wise.
At same time she almost reigned with Tang's only female emperor Wu zhao having only reigned early by couple of decades. I might also add Confucianism really hurt the status of women as apparent during Joseon, putting them on so much restriction but same or even higher burden than men because of family and urgency to produce children.
I read a book about her for a book talk I had to do in 2018 (my teacher knew I was visiting Korea so she gave me a book relating to Korea to stay on theme) I got to see some of the items I wanted to draw in person like her crown, which was an absolute pain to draw but I did it 🥲 so that was a bit helpful She’s always lived rent free in my mind since then ngl (I wasn’t familiar w/ Korean words and how they’re pronounced back then so looking back I’m realizing how many I must’ve said wrong 😂 oh boy I pronounced her name so badly wow) Edit: I found the book thanks to google, the one I read was called The Royal Diaries Sǒndǒk: Princess of the Moon and Stars Korea A.D 595
Queen Seondeok , wonderful to know woman did rule in a world that is considered a man's world and was successful. I love the fact that Queen Seondeok did not have a scandalous legacy as read too many Queens of history do.
Get your hands on the epic Korean mini-series "Great Queen Seondeok" It has some boring parts, but its really great. The illustrations shown here are the actors from the series
@@savantianprince To think of it, most civilizations in the world like UK or China wouldn’t be as great as they are without women leaders (Like Wu Zetian or Elizabeth I). So it means women are great leaders as men .
So, her tragic love story with Bidam was absolutely fictional? 😆 Ahhh.. My tears were all in vain. 😆 I remember bawling my eyes out when Bidam was killed infront of Queen Seondeok in the drama. It was so heartbreaking.
It was 100% fiction. I remember reading somewhere that the drama was so popular so the writers decided to add more episodes, namely the Bidam arc. Bidam's character popularity was also part of the reason. They succeeded though, I never cried so hard for a fictional character before Bidam lol.
Excellent, I loved the video 🤩, Seondeok is a very interesting character, I loved learning more about her 😊, for a future video, how about one about Magohalmi, the goddess of the creation of Korean mythology, Greetings from Paraguay 🇵🇾
But she lost a ton of territory, I can understand why people would have been unhappy with her. All the land she lost represented people and their homes. It also meant they lived in fear of invasions.
@@xiaolonglee2525 great warriors in their time and I think that Seondeok’s reliance on them would have been accurate. Alcheon in particular was her bodyguard and as I read, a strong ally. That revolt against her, they would have been “let’s shut this down “
@@xiaolonglee2525 No Bidam did exist in real Korean history. He was the sangdaedung appointed by the queen herself and later rebelled against her when her health deteriorated. His rather short rebellion was one of the huge moments in Shilla history however some say that he didn't revolt and it was a ploy of Yushin and as I said none of the theories can be verified but one thing is for sure Bidam was a real person in history.
@@SH-zh8eh I remember that my teacher(korea)told us that Bidam doesn't have a record in Samguk Yusa. That's why his existence is questionable, but I know he do exist but not as son of Lady Mishil
Queen jisong was the last in the bone rank system so kim chunchu inherit the throne Queen seondeok broke the bone rank system for a heir to run as king of silla
Why are the names of the korean nobility not written with Hanja, because in those days Korea did not use Hangul ? Also to inform those from the sinosphere, who are using Han-characters to write down names, especially of historically important people.
The Taizong emperor acknowledging a female sovereign in a neighboring kingdom is a can of worms at the time. It would only invite unwanted intrigue and sonless wives would start to nominate their daughters as crown princesses.
![[2009년 시청률 1위] 선덕여왕 The Great Queen Seondeok 맹렬히 싸우며 덕만에게 다가가다 최후를 맞이한 비담](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/klgbydCu74o/mqdefault.jpg)
![[2009년 시청률 1위] 선덕여왕 The Great Queen Seondeok 맹렬히 싸우며 덕만에게 다가가다 최후를 맞이한 비담](/img/tr.png)
![[2009년 시청률 1위] 선덕여왕 The Great Queen Seondeok 칠숙의 원상화 등극식 날 국선으로 돌아온 문노](/img/n.gif)
I find ironic how the Chinese Emperor Taizong ignored her just for being a woman when later his own son made his father's concubine Wu Zetian his Empress, who in his death she succeeded him as a ruler, a female Emperor. And while history antagonizes her only recently is discovered that she was a good ruler and very progressive one bringing women as officials. Plus Gaozong heavily relayed on her with his 'male-only'' political affairs. So jokes on Emperor Taizong who underestimated not only Queen Seondeok but his own concubine who ended up ruling China.
Maybe the emperor's son was inspired by the successful reigns of the female ruler of Shilla
I doubt it, Chinese empire was the bigger empire. It isnt modern times and back then Korea is considered smol, so smol
They just mad that women rule better than them so they just try to make her look bad.
@@ofieinc.5362 The emperor's son just likes her lol, he called her back after she left following her husband's (the emperor) death
They antagonized Wu Zetian for she was a woman ruling the kingdom.
Queen Seondeok will always be one of my favorite ruler. Because of the drama i used to watch back in the days. Thanks!
why? she doesnt achieve much. war broke out for decades and she can't fight them off and died.
Me too I love that drama
@@endor8witch whats the name of the drama? Thanks 😊
@@marlos200602 "Great Queen Seondeok" You can watch it in TH-cam with eng subtitle. It is a factional historical drama.
@9razzler9
You probably haven't watch the show, in its day. The story was beautiful written and executed by the actors.
Aa for the historical Wang Seondeok [she was referred to as a king in the historical documents], we don't know much about her. But the fact that she was the 1st female king and ruled for 15 years in the ancient Korean kingdom, Shilla... Is very noteworthy and deserved to be praised.
She’s also my inspiration. A worthy female leader to looked upon by all female. She's smart, kind and wise.
At same time she almost reigned with Tang's only female emperor Wu zhao having only reigned early by couple of decades.
I might also add Confucianism really hurt the status of women as apparent during Joseon, putting them on so much restriction but same or even higher burden than men because of family and urgency to produce children.
They were lucky that she ended up being queen. She had empathy and consideration for those that really mattered. A true queen!
I read a book about her for a book talk I had to do in 2018 (my teacher knew I was visiting Korea so she gave me a book relating to Korea to stay on theme) I got to see some of the items I wanted to draw in person like her crown, which was an absolute pain to draw but I did it 🥲 so that was a bit helpful
She’s always lived rent free in my mind since then ngl (I wasn’t familiar w/ Korean words and how they’re pronounced back then so looking back I’m realizing how many I must’ve said wrong 😂 oh boy I pronounced her name so badly wow)
Edit: I found the book thanks to google, the one I read was called The Royal Diaries Sǒndǒk: Princess of the Moon and Stars Korea A.D 595
Queen Seondeok , wonderful to know woman did rule in a world that is considered a man's world and was successful. I love the fact that Queen Seondeok did not have a scandalous legacy as read too many Queens of history do.
First Korean queen sounds intriguing! Can’t wait for next video already!
Get your hands on the epic Korean mini-series "Great Queen Seondeok" It has some boring parts, but its really great. The illustrations shown here are the actors from the series
Its 62eps long ...thats hard to get through even if its good..
Definitely long but in my opinion there was never a boring part. Still a favorite to this day!
We need more world leaders like Seondeok. Just sayin
Great leaders are not just men, women can rule too
Agreed Michelle 👍🏼
@@savantianprince To think of it, most civilizations in the world like UK or China wouldn’t be as great as they are without women leaders (Like Wu Zetian or Elizabeth I). So it means women are great leaders as men .
Koreans did have a female president but... uh... let's say she had a bit too much of 7th century spirit with her.
@@aaaaaaaard9586 how so?
So, her tragic love story with Bidam was absolutely fictional? 😆 Ahhh.. My tears were all in vain. 😆 I remember bawling my eyes out when Bidam was killed infront of Queen Seondeok in the drama. It was so heartbreaking.
😄 so do i. In fact, bidam was soooo older than seondeok. Same ages like her father perhaps.
Yeah same 😢😅
What drama?
@@hopeyouwillbehappy8364 Queen Seondeok
It was 100% fiction. I remember reading somewhere that the drama was so popular so the writers decided to add more episodes, namely the Bidam arc. Bidam's character popularity was also part of the reason. They succeeded though, I never cried so hard for a fictional character before Bidam lol.
Great Video.....hearing more about Queen Seondeok...she was amazing women and Ruler.....also I always have deep apperication for Kingdom of Silla.
Also saw the Show Great Queen Seondeok...great series.
Excellent, I loved the video 🤩, Seondeok is a very interesting character, I loved learning more about her 😊, for a future video, how about one about Magohalmi, the goddess of the creation of Korean mythology, Greetings from Paraguay 🇵🇾
Thank you for watching ^^
Good day, Sir. I believe you have mistaken General Seolwo for Achan Sukpeum. The picture was not the right one.
Great video!
Learned a lot, Cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
She was a good ruler
But she lost a ton of territory, I can understand why people would have been unhappy with her. All the land she lost represented people and their homes. It also meant they lived in fear of invasions.
Wow, the series is not too far off the known facts. Thank you this was very interesting!🤗
You are so welcome!
Thank you very much for the hard work & I learnt a lot... She's my favorite ruler indeed....Can you bring us a video about Hei-Bai Fengxi....pls
Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much 😊
Learnt of her from a movie. Brilliant
Nice I need one on taejo of joseon pls pls pls
Taejo of Joseon (Yi Seong-gye) Rivalry and Fratricide | Joseon Dynasty 1 [History of Korea]
th-cam.com/video/-CeUD6fKlK8/w-d-xo.html
Kim Yushin sparked my interest in medieval Korea and Silla. Thanks for this informative video.
8:34 the picture here is of Princess Deokhye (1912-1989).
It’s known Yusin and Alcheon were loyal unlike Bidam
But ultimately we really don't know the true incidents that happened as many people have different stories about the history of deokman's passing.
Bidam is made up character for the series, While Yusin and Alcheon was a great Hwarang/Warrior during the unification of 3 Kingdoms
@@xiaolonglee2525 great warriors in their time and I think that Seondeok’s reliance on them would have been accurate. Alcheon in particular was her bodyguard and as I read, a strong ally. That revolt against her, they would have been “let’s shut this down “
@@xiaolonglee2525 No Bidam did exist in real Korean history. He was the sangdaedung appointed by the queen herself and later rebelled against her when her health deteriorated. His rather short rebellion was one of the huge moments in Shilla history however some say that he didn't revolt and it was a ploy of Yushin and as I said none of the theories can be verified but one thing is for sure Bidam was a real person in history.
@@SH-zh8eh I remember that my teacher(korea)told us that Bidam doesn't have a record in Samguk Yusa. That's why his existence is questionable, but I know he do exist but not as son of Lady Mishil
Sukpum's photo used was actually Sulwon-gong in the drama haha. I got confused.
I remember reading the story of the flower seeds
QUEEN SEONDOK❤🖤I watched my first series very much
I really love it
Can you also about Jindeok the successor of Seondeok?
Thank you 🙏
Please can you do a video about woman role in josen era.
Thanks
It’s in the works. Thanks for watching ^^
UNIFIED SILLA ❤️
Queen jisong was the last in the bone rank system so kim chunchu inherit the throne
Queen seondeok broke the bone rank system for a heir to run as king of silla
Queen Seondeok was very good ruler ı love her so much
❤❤❤
Where can I watch full episodes?
On Viki
None in viki 😔
@@rosendoenriquez7933 oh no... well it's on iMBC but it's probably region locked
4:59
And that's when they knew she was serious. 👏👏👏
Can you do a video on Jumong And sambong (jeong do jeon)
Korean History Dongmyeong of Goguryeo 동명왕- Jumong 주몽 東明王
th-cam.com/video/PwOcLyou3ls/w-d-xo.html
We should hear about Yusin if we haven’t already. Maybe alcheon
And can you make a video about Prince Lee Woo of korean Empire ?
Yes probably when I tackle the colonial era.
Empress ki🤝seondeok
Drama korea pertama yang aku tonton.
Great video but at 8:33 thats not queen seondeok that is a photograph of princess deokhye
hehe you caught that :) yes of course; if they had photographs of Seondeok back then... well let's just say it would've been quite a feat ^^
i had a crush on her when i was a little. best drama second to Jumong
Tang`s Taizong must have been turning in his grave when Wu Zetian became Empress
Where can I watch the TV show
th-cam.com/video/DSBpEIZ7bUc/w-d-xo.html title : 선덕여왕
Can u do empress chunchu too bro please
Keeping that in mind ^^
I’m literally related to queen Seandeok
She was the ORIGINAL Virgin Queen before Elizabeth I LMFAO
I am looking forward to a costume period drama.
My favorite Kdrama historical
Did you say 'Princess Duckman'?
Deokman. Her childhood name yes.
Kim chunchu unifying korea plssss
1:51 that's Seolwon...
Interesting
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Why are the names of the korean nobility not written with Hanja, because in those days Korea did not use Hangul ? Also to inform those from the sinosphere, who are using Han-characters to write down names, especially of historically important people.
I did for many videos but I thought it wasn’t useful… I’ll start adding that again
Princess Duck Man.
Kim Yu Shin and Silla's king cheated by collaborating with the Chinese. I don't credit them for the unification. They did much harm.
No, they are heroes, but his daughter is stupid
In the World are sure more female ruler but sure no documents or something Else.
삼국시대는 저런 검이 아니라 고구려 백제 신라 모두 환두대도를 썼을텐데요
저 비담 일러스트의 고증 되게 신경쓰이네 ㅎㅎ
*Certainly not as exciting as the drama by the same name😏*
Sorry but princess Duck man killed lol 😆
*Deokman🤡☠️
Uniteam hehehe
The Taizong emperor acknowledging a female sovereign in a neighboring kingdom is a can of worms at the time. It would only invite unwanted intrigue and sonless wives would start to nominate their daughters as crown princesses.