Your pronunciation of the chinese names and words has been pretty spot on! Many thanks for not mangling it up. Good accent (not 'slang', as someone had earlier pointed out).
I think the Song Emperor Zhao Zhen is the greatest because he brought peace between the Han people with the people from the north for more than a hundred years and was responsible for the splendid culture of the Song Dynasty!
Love my Chinese history!! I learn more here than I did in Chines school on Saturdays 😂😂😂. Just kidding. The school was quite good in teaching Chinese history. And I thoroughly enjoyed it along with the girls I chatted up 😂😂😂. Love this TH-camr’s Mandarin pronunciation. Much much better than mine. Respect 🫡 Subscribed 👍
Xie xie Ben, for another superb video. As I am relatively new to your videos, I am unsure of the protocols. Be that as it may, would you be up for doing a video on the great Guan Yu? I have long thought him fascinating and he holds a special place for those of us that have been involved in the Chinese martial arts.
Very nice history lessons of the great Chinese civilization. China is truly the most interesting and awesome place on earth. Is there any wonder more and more Westerners are getting drawn to her cultures and values. Western and European histories are short in timespan and dramatic events.
No, as Chinese people, we think that Greece and Rome are great. Han civilization and Roman civilization represent more than 95% of human technological and cultural achievements. Because Chinese history was deliberately tampered and slandered by some bad people in the past, people will be shocked when they come into contact with the real Chinese history. But in essence, Han civilization and Greek/Roman civilization are of the same dimension. Including political, cultural, military, and technological levels
@@lordkent8143 Yup, his son married his concubine 😅 Runs in the family as he took the concubine of one of his brothers killed by him at the Xuan Wu Gate incident.
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It is recognized that there are three people, Qin Shihuang is the first, the second and third are Tang Taizong Li Shimin and Han Wu Emperor Liu Che (who is second or third is controversial), the fourth mainstream view is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
@@learnchinesenow Most of them are in Japan, including those purchased by Japan during the Tang Dynasty. From architecture to etiquette, clothing, and food, Japan has almost copied the entire Han culture of the Tang Dynasty.
Tang dynasty just like west countries now regardless of the size of difference. The tang dynasty is founded by the support of the consortium which they owns lands ,peasants, soldiers and commodity manufacturing and selling, basically control the economy of the empire. Tang dynasty follow the policy of Sui of which it uses imperial exam to the government, its purpose is to weaken the strength of consortiums but few of the senior officers are from unknown family, poor people doesn’t have much resources to get enough education or political support. All of that situation changes until the rebellion in the end of tang dynasty when the rebel leader is refused from the imperial exam ,he killed most of the consortium family members which remarks the consortium controlled politics is out of China almost 1200 years ago.
His greatest achievement was to defeat the Xiongnu, but he was not able to completely destroy the Xiongnu, but to a large extent weakened the Xiongnu, so that his successors could easily conquer the southern Xiongnu, while the Huns further north remained in the Mongolian plateau, or were forced to move west. However, Liu Che also had shortcomings, such as excessive military use and high taxes, which almost used up the wealth accumulated by his grandfather and father, making the people angry, so he later made public his own confession of guilt
@@sulivenjack6928 The achievement of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not only to defeat the Huns, but also to unify China's ideological system. When Liu Bang was in power, he adopted the policy of peace and marriage. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to take tough measures against the nomads. It was also he who implemented the policy of exclusively respecting Confucianism (Confucian culture still affects China to this day). There is a saying that Qin Shihuang was the first emperor to achieve the geographical unification of China. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to realize the unification of Chinese thought.
The greatest emperor of China is Liu Bang according to Maozedong and Arnold Joseph Toynbee.Liu Bang is not only the greatest emperor of China but also one that influence human civilization the most.
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Fratricide for the "better good". History is dark but sometimes, doing the wrong thing can result in good things. I just can't judge what people did in the past to our modern standards
People still kill today for the "better good". People at Tang Taizong's times also condemned him for killing his brothers. Morality doesn't change that drastically between time periods.
Ming dynasty defeat Mongols Before that also Han dynasty defeat Xiongnu (Hun), because of that Hun pop up in Europe and make Rome collapsed Tang dynasty defeat and conquer Gokturk (ancestor of Turk people) area in modern day Mongolia
Too short, and you specifically pointed out that he was defeated by korea in this short video, which is not appropriate. Because the north eastern area is not easy to conquer, and he didn't fully conquer them does not mean he lost the war, his son, next emperor, easily conquer them, that is because his father has significantly weaken the enemy.
If the Goguryeo had not asked for help from the Turkic Empire, would Emperor Taizong have withdrawn? At that time, the Tang Dynasty was almost a multi-front war
Historically, during the period of China's division, the Wei of The Three Kingdoms easily defeated Goguryeo, so the Goguryeo war had little significance
Tang Taizong just failed the goal of fully conquering Goguryeo, like u getting 80 in exam when you aim for 100, since the Tang army won most of the battles just that they must retreat during winter as it’s harder to get supplies, but after the war Goguryeo was severely injured and eventually was easily destroyed by Gaozong,
Emperor Qianlong was very successful as a conqueror, but very mediocre as a ruler, what he did did not bring much benefit to the country or his family, more like a selfish person, not to mention the ordinary people at the bottom
50s into your video, and I'm already appreciating how you pronounced the ethnic Chinese names of the past Emperors correctly, without the English slang. This is the proper way to say people's names. It's about respecting others. Next, it was how you specifically mentioned how Qin Shih Huang built "part" of the Great Wall. Because he didn't build the whole thing, as many thought. Great content. Thank you, and please keep it up 👍👍👍
@@刘卫皇-v2j i like juicy stories. like how many illegal children an emperor had, or a mass murder ordered by an official, or millions of money stolen by a "good" official.
I scan many Japanese and Korean channels and not one mention of a negative story about Korean and japan and their history, why is this, Japanese and American government paid anti China bot. There is a Japanese Communist Party in Japan. When are you going to start a Cold War proxy war to eradicate the JCP, or just declare Okinawa and Hokkaido independent. Stop using communism as an excuse to be a racist against China violating Civil Rights Act of 1964 doing nationality discrimination. You aren’t anti communism. You are just anti China. FYI, Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called Sinosphere. Their cultures cakes from China. Keep crying, jealous paid bot.
I scan many Japanese and Korean channels and not one mention of a negative story about Korean and japan and their history, why is this, Japanese and American government paid anti China bot. There is a Japanese Communist Party in Japan. When are you going to start a Cold War proxy war to eradicate the JCP, or just declare Okinawa and Hokkaido independent. Stop using communism as an excuse to be a racist against China violating Civil Rights Act of 1964 doing nationality discrimination. You aren’t anti communism. You are just anti China. FYI, Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called Sinosphere. Their cultures cakes from China. Keep crying, jealous paid bot.
Tang dynasty wasn't the only golden age of China. Arguably, the han dynasty was the 1st...it was so successful that Chinese people call themselves people of the han still. Tang was the 2nd golden age. Some argue that the succeeding song dynasty is one as well, although many don't. But song dynasty was the most technologically superior one. Past those, the dynasties continue to degrade until the arrival of the Manchus... although giving the Chinese civilization its greatest territorial extent....the Qin dynasty also oversaw the 100 years of humiliation suffered by china at the hands of foreign powers. I mean, the story about the emperor scoffing at maxim machinegun demo, and saying it as inefficient at cutting trees....mein gott...how history would've changed.
I agree. I love the Song Dynasty for its poetry, arts, and lifestyle. There were also so much fun things to do such as football (one of the emperor was a crazy fan of football. He promoted someone who was a good player to be his grand general 高俅).
hahahhaaa what make a country great? 44 million population wiped into 12 million, from SUi to Tang. There is a proverb in Chinese: A hero stands on a mountain of skeletons.
@@learnchinesenow Comparing Kangxi and Taizong is like asking Americans to decided between Washington and Lincoln. Taizong is the ideal definition of a Chinese Emperor in the mold of Emperor as defined by the Zhou and especially Qin Emperor. Whereas Kangxi is the greatest emperor by achievements, but his style of rule was different from the historical model of what a Chinese Emperor was. Kangxi ruled by very modern policy making and diplomacy that would be alien to any other emperor. before him. One distinguishing element of Kangxi compared to the typical Chinese Emperor was his attitude to foreign powers. While the Tang and other dynasties had non-Chinese advisors, they still took a stand of being superior to others. Kangxi on the other hand took an attitude that China could learn from other cultures. His reign increase the number of translators in the Emperor's court significantly and he invested heavily in exposing both himself and his officials to overseas ideas. Many of the past emperors would not approve of the approach Kangxi and the emperors after him took. FYI....A lot of people take the Qianlong response to UK as evidence of China being superior. That was a response only to Britain who was still beginning to build an empire and more importantly Protestant. Due to the Jesuit influence, Kangxi and Qianlong considered Catholic Europe to be the more worthy peer to be wary and also to deal with.
@@jayshen84 Reign length must also be taken into account. Taizong died relatively early and in the beginning of the Tang Dynasty when it was still enjoying the robust energy of a new dynasty. Kangxi and Qianlong had the longest reigns in Chinese history and while their reigns started out glorious, started to tarnish by the end.
The story of Tang Tai Zong (Li Shi Ming) is incomplete without mentioning how he died at the age of 52 in 649AD. Very much like most of the emperors before him, Tang Tai Zong had longed to live forever. When he got older, he somehow believed in one alchemist who claimed that he was 200 years old, came to China from India (named Tian Zhu then) and could prepare certain medicine that could lengthen Tai Zong's life. After consuming the medicine, that was most likely having some slow poisoning components, the mighty emperor died in the most unbelievable way. The alchemist ran away after his death and was never caught. Tang Tai Zong was however not the only Tang emperor dying of poisoning by consuming medicine. Out of the 21 Tang emperors in 289 years, at least three (3) of them had died this way at relatively young ages. They were: (1) 824AD: Tang Mu Zong Li Heng (唐穆宗李恆), aged 30, (2) 846AD: Tang Wu Zong Li Yan (唐武宗李炎), aged 33, (3) 859AD: Tang Xuan Zong Li Cheng (唐宣宗李忱), aged 50. In 820AD: Tang Xian Zong Li Chun (唐憲宗李純) although also consumed the slow poisoning medicine, and would have died young, but was killed by the eunuch at the age of 43.
Chinese people are still called Tang people today.
And Chinatown overseas is called Tang people street, literally.
Your pronunciation of the chinese names and words has been pretty spot on! Many thanks for not mangling it up. Good accent (not 'slang', as someone had earlier pointed out).
Your Chinese pronunciation is impeccable.
I think the Song Emperor Zhao Zhen is the greatest because he brought peace between the Han people with the people from the north for more than a hundred years and was responsible for the splendid culture of the Song Dynasty!
His surrogate Emperor father was the one who's responsible for the peace between Liao and Song
Thank you for checking the facts!!@@Chiayiklin
Is this around the same time as a show called Legend of Condor Heroes? I'm trying to watch that show now
@@notablemindI could be wrong but I think that was fictional.
Btw watch the 1980’s version with the late Barbara Yung ❤
和平个屁，不断被欺负还有害死武将时代还有赔款，还有没有解决中国内政统一一直让战争割据尤其是末期。
I love his pronunciation and his diction gives me the shivers!!
The capital city of Tang was the most cosmopolitan city of the day worldwide, and there was much griwth in trade throughout the region
Thanks for the Chinese history lessons
Love my Chinese history!! I learn more here than I did in Chines school on Saturdays 😂😂😂. Just kidding. The school was quite good in teaching Chinese history. And I thoroughly enjoyed it along with the girls I chatted up 😂😂😂.
Love this TH-camr’s Mandarin pronunciation. Much much better than mine.
Respect 🫡
Subscribed 👍
Xie xie Ben, for another superb video. As I am relatively new to your videos, I am unsure of the protocols. Be that as it may, would you be up for doing a video on the great Guan Yu? I have long thought him fascinating and he holds a special place for those of us that have been involved in the Chinese martial arts.
I love Guan Yu. I guess you already know that he is also worshiped as the God of Wealth.
@@dr.gaosclassroom他可以被称呼为武财神，但是跟财神爷还是不一样的。
This is good presentation.
great job. Your Chinese is excellent
Very nice history lessons of the great Chinese civilization. China is truly the most interesting and awesome place on earth. Is there any wonder more and more Westerners are getting drawn to her cultures and values. Western and European histories are short in timespan and dramatic events.
No, as Chinese people, we think that Greece and Rome are great. Han civilization and Roman civilization represent more than 95% of human technological and cultural achievements. Because Chinese history was deliberately tampered and slandered by some bad people in the past, people will be shocked when they come into contact with the real Chinese history. But in essence, Han civilization and Greek/Roman civilization are of the same dimension. Including political, cultural, military, and technological levels
And the 1st female emperor was his daughter in law, who further enhanced the dynasty.😊Wu Zetian
I recall she was also one of his concubines before 🤣.
@@lordkent8143
Yup, his son married his concubine 😅 Runs in the family as he took the concubine of one of his brothers killed by him at the Xuan Wu Gate incident.
Interesting, very knowledgeable of china.
Is the service charge for the shen yu tickets the same as the booking fee? Being charged for the service charge, not sure if i need promo code
I will try and find out for you. Different venues may have different fees. But I'll see if I can get more info on what exactly is the free you can save with out link.
I wish they would come to Cambridge corn exchange
I just saw Shen Yun in Milwaukee. Stunning!
you just supported a Fa Lun Gong cult which burns people alive for religious purposes. Shen Yun is created by Fa Lun Gong cultists
Qin Shih Huang regularly tops the greatest emperor lists I see made by Chinese people
Tang Taizong's definitely up there too
they are both considered the greatest emperor in one thousand years
It is recognized that there are three people, Qin Shihuang is the first, the second and third are Tang Taizong Li Shimin and Han Wu Emperor Liu Che (who is second or third is controversial), the fourth mainstream view is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
1.Tang Taizong(Li Shimin)
2.Qin Shihuang(Ying Zheng)
3.Han Wudi(Liu Che)
4.Ming Taizu(Zhu Yuanzhang)
5.Han Gaozu(Liu Bang)
6.Han Guangwudi(Liu Xiu)
7.Sui Wendi(Yang Jian)
8.Song Taizu(Zhao Kuangyin)
9.Ming Chengzu(Zhu Di)
10.Song Wudi(Liu Yu)
BTW the portraits of Taizu and Taizong were both painted in the Ming dynasty and currently reside in Taiwan.
Yep, unfortunately very little art survives from the Tang
@@learnchinesenow谁告诉你唐代作品没有保留下来？你要不去博物馆看看当然字画文物还有诗歌等。
@learnchinesenow Quite a few, actually, in the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
@@learnchinesenow Most of them are in Japan, including those purchased by Japan during the Tang Dynasty. From architecture to etiquette, clothing, and food, Japan has almost copied the entire Han culture of the Tang Dynasty.
What a coincident I’d just finished watching The Long Ballad, they made the series pretty closed to the history.
Very accurate pronounciations .
I wonder how many Chinese really are interested in their own history. Thanks for your sharing.
很多啊，只不过我们不在youtube上讨论而已
My wife's family name is also Li, but it's this one: 黎
Tang dynasty just like west countries now regardless of the size of difference. The tang dynasty is founded by the support of the consortium which they owns lands ,peasants, soldiers and commodity manufacturing and selling, basically control the economy of the empire. Tang dynasty follow the policy of Sui of which it uses imperial exam to the government, its purpose is to weaken the strength of consortiums but few of the senior officers are from unknown family, poor people doesn’t have much resources to get enough education or political support. All of that situation changes until the rebellion in the end of tang dynasty when the rebel leader is refused from the imperial exam ,he killed most of the consortium family members which remarks the consortium controlled politics is out of China almost 1200 years ago.
Agree
How about emperor Han Wudi (Liu Che)? The first Emperor of China who defeat the northern barbarian Xiongnu (ancestor of Atilla the Hun)
His greatest achievement was to defeat the Xiongnu, but he was not able to completely destroy the Xiongnu, but to a large extent weakened the Xiongnu, so that his successors could easily conquer the southern Xiongnu, while the Huns further north remained in the Mongolian plateau, or were forced to move west. However, Liu Che also had shortcomings, such as excessive military use and high taxes, which almost used up the wealth accumulated by his grandfather and father, making the people angry, so he later made public his own confession of guilt
@@sulivenjack6928 The achievement of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not only to defeat the Huns, but also to unify China's ideological system. When Liu Bang was in power, he adopted the policy of peace and marriage. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to take tough measures against the nomads. It was also he who implemented the policy of exclusively respecting Confucianism (Confucian culture still affects China to this day). There is a saying that Qin Shihuang was the first emperor to achieve the geographical unification of China. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to realize the unification of Chinese thought.
How about China's first Emperor Chun Chi Huaung Di he built the Great Wall and 1000 of terakotta s ?
of course he was powerful but people don't live well at his time.
谁告诉你那时候人民过不好？不好使秦二世你懂？
Arguably, Tang Taizong's greatest achievement was giving Wu Zetian her step up on her climb to power.
唐太宗以及后续的高宗灭亡了东西突厥，这点我不知道今天土耳其的历史有说清楚吗？
我笑死了不懂就闭嘴吧😂
😂
lmaooo
The strange part is Tang Tai Xong was never given the title Tang Tai Zong the Great, Russia's Catherine the Great.
因为封建帝王的皇帝基本上都不成大帝的造有趣的是明朝那些皇帝却能称为洪武大帝永乐大帝康熙大帝
The greatest emperor of China is Liu Bang according to Maozedong and Arnold Joseph Toynbee.Liu Bang is not only the greatest emperor of China but also one that influence human civilization the most.
Yeah, he paved the way for everyone that came after him
What's the history of china?
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按照你们历史有是什么村之间不断战争？😂
@@雅君墨客-i9z 所有的人
Hahahaha!
Fratricide for the "better good". History is dark but sometimes, doing the wrong thing can result in good things. I just can't judge what people did in the past to our modern standards
no, not about good or bad, just survive
People still kill today for the "better good". People at Tang Taizong's times also condemned him for killing his brothers. Morality doesn't change that drastically between time periods.
China was ruled by Mongols and Manchuria till 1911.
Koreans were ruled by japan and USA until NOW!
Ming dynasty defeat Mongols
Before that also Han dynasty defeat Xiongnu (Hun), because of that Hun pop up in Europe and make Rome collapsed
Tang dynasty defeat and conquer Gokturk (ancestor of Turk people) area in modern day Mongolia
Are you a retar
Too short, and you specifically pointed out that he was defeated by korea in this short video, which is not appropriate. Because the north eastern area is not easy to conquer, and he didn't fully conquer them does not mean he lost the war, his son, next emperor, easily conquer them, that is because his father has significantly weaken the enemy.
Guy who lost to Korea! General yeon gaesomun destroyed him when they invaded Korea!
But in the end, son of Taizong conquer Goguryeo (modern day North Korea)
If the Goguryeo had not asked for help from the Turkic Empire, would Emperor Taizong have withdrawn? At that time, the Tang Dynasty was almost a multi-front war
Historically, during the period of China's division, the Wei of The Three Kingdoms easily defeated Goguryeo, so the Goguryeo war had little significance
Tang Taizong just failed the goal of fully conquering Goguryeo, like u getting 80 in exam when you aim for 100, since the Tang army won most of the battles just that they must retreat during winter as it’s harder to get supplies, but after the war Goguryeo was severely injured and eventually was easily destroyed by Gaozong,
Emperor that I heard about how great they is are Qin emperor,Tang Taizong, Qian Loong, Yong Zheng and Wu Zetian.
我笑死后面三位并不是
秦皇汉武，唐宗宋祖，成吉思汗等。
Emperor Qianlong was very successful as a conqueror, but very mediocre as a ruler, what he did did not bring much benefit to the country or his family, more like a selfish person, not to mention the ordinary people at the bottom
50s into your video, and I'm already appreciating how you pronounced the ethnic Chinese names of the past Emperors correctly, without the English slang. This is the proper way to say people's names. It's about respecting others. Next, it was how you specifically mentioned how Qin Shih Huang built "part" of the Great Wall. Because he didn't build the whole thing, as many thought. Great content. Thank you, and please keep it up 👍👍👍
Right, most of the sections of great wall people go to now were built in the Ming.
@@learnchinesenow是从秦开始修建一直到明代，各个朝代都有维护和翻新
Why does this channel doesn’t disclose it’s associated with Falun Gong?
really ? self proclaimed buddha + jesus + etc. etc.
Do the Chinese view Tang Dynasty even superior to Han Dynasty?
是的
严格来说，高祖、太宗都是庙号，是皇帝死后被供奉进太庙才有的，视频里的说法很容易让人误会“高祖”“太宗”是皇帝一登基就有的称号。
Style of kung fu called tzu ping chang has it got anything to do with this emperor or general?
Taizong ?. Aaah, yes, of course. Taitsong of Gibbons who commended him as the Antonine of the East.
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THOUGH
i scanned your videos. not one mention of a negative story about china and its history. why is this?
You could find many channels about Japan or Korea just like this one. Why few ppl adjudge them?
@@刘卫皇-v2j i like juicy stories. like how many illegal children an emperor had, or a mass murder ordered by an official, or millions of money stolen by a "good" official.
I scan many Japanese and Korean channels and not one mention of a negative story about Korean and japan and their history, why is this, Japanese and American government paid anti China bot. There is a Japanese Communist Party in Japan. When are you going to start a Cold War proxy war to eradicate the JCP, or just declare Okinawa and Hokkaido independent. Stop using communism as an excuse to be a racist against China violating Civil Rights Act of 1964 doing nationality discrimination. You aren’t anti communism. You are just anti China. FYI, Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called Sinosphere. Their cultures cakes from China. Keep crying, jealous paid bot.
I scan many Japanese and Korean channels and not one mention of a negative story about Korean and japan and their history, why is this, Japanese and American government paid anti China bot. There is a Japanese Communist Party in Japan. When are you going to start a Cold War proxy war to eradicate the JCP, or just declare Okinawa and Hokkaido independent. Stop using communism as an excuse to be a racist against China violating Civil Rights Act of 1964 doing nationality discrimination. You aren’t anti communism. You are just anti China. FYI, Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called Sinosphere. Their cultures cakes from China. Keep crying, jealous paid bot.
I really like LiShiMin and find myself intruiged by his life.
Tang dynasty wasn't the only golden age of China. Arguably, the han dynasty was the 1st...it was so successful that Chinese people call themselves people of the han still. Tang was the 2nd golden age. Some argue that the succeeding song dynasty is one as well, although many don't. But song dynasty was the most technologically superior one. Past those, the dynasties continue to degrade until the arrival of the Manchus... although giving the Chinese civilization its greatest territorial extent....the Qin dynasty also oversaw the 100 years of humiliation suffered by china at the hands of foreign powers.
I mean, the story about the emperor scoffing at maxim machinegun demo, and saying it as inefficient at cutting trees....mein gott...how history would've changed.
最大土地不是清朝而是元朝还有唐朝等朝代。
I agree. I love the Song Dynasty for its poetry, arts, and lifestyle. There were also so much fun things to do such as football (one of the emperor was a crazy fan of football. He promoted someone who was a good player to be his grand general 高俅).
I feel like the Qing was pretty good up until those last 100 years.
I guess you're one of those people who the Chinese would Bai houzi?
🎉
玄武門=TURTLE GATE
It is!
hahahhaaa what make a country great? 44 million population wiped into 12 million, from SUi to Tang. There is a proverb in Chinese: A hero stands on a mountain of skeletons.
啥？你要不查清楚人口？还有隋朝人口和唐朝人口？😂
至于人口为什么真么少，应该去问广神，大运河、巨型工程外加三征高句丽透支了整个国家，要不是李世民提前结束乱世，死的人更多，甚至东突厥和高句丽还有几乎再来一次五胡乱华
Kang xi?
唐太宗活絡油
Greatest emperor? That's a *bold* claim.
Not kangxi or qianlong?
Well you can all fight it out in the comments…
(ง'̀-'́)ง 😂
@@learnchinesenow Comparing Kangxi and Taizong is like asking Americans to decided between Washington and Lincoln.
Taizong is the ideal definition of a Chinese Emperor in the mold of Emperor as defined by the Zhou and especially Qin Emperor.
Whereas Kangxi is the greatest emperor by achievements, but his style of rule was different from the historical model of what a Chinese Emperor was. Kangxi ruled by very modern policy making and diplomacy that would be alien to any other emperor. before him.
One distinguishing element of Kangxi compared to the typical Chinese Emperor was his attitude to foreign powers. While the Tang and other dynasties had non-Chinese advisors, they still took a stand of being superior to others. Kangxi on the other hand took an attitude that China could learn from other cultures. His reign increase the number of translators in the Emperor's court significantly and he invested heavily in exposing both himself and his officials to overseas ideas. Many of the past emperors would not approve of the approach Kangxi and the emperors after him took.
FYI....A lot of people take the Qianlong response to UK as evidence of China being superior. That was a response only to Britain who was still beginning to build an empire and more importantly Protestant. Due to the Jesuit influence, Kangxi and Qianlong considered Catholic Europe to be the more worthy peer to be wary and also to deal with.
@@jayshen84 Reign length must also be taken into account. Taizong died relatively early and in the beginning of the Tang Dynasty when it was still enjoying the robust energy of a new dynasty. Kangxi and Qianlong had the longest reigns in Chinese history and while their reigns started out glorious, started to tarnish by the end.
Kangxi and Qianlong aren’t Chinese. They will never be admired just like the emperors from the Yuan Dynasty.
well he only great cuz he is the 2nd emperor of the tang cuz early emperors of the dynasty is usually good. after him , it was all horrible.
IS IT ALL THEIR ALL SURNAMES ARE COMING FROM ROYALTIES BLOOD?
WHY CHINESE PEOPLES HAVE A LOT OF ( SURNAMES ) ?
Boring too dry
The story of Tang Tai Zong (Li Shi Ming) is incomplete without mentioning how he died at the age of 52 in 649AD. Very much like most of the emperors before him, Tang Tai Zong had longed to live forever. When he got older, he somehow believed in one alchemist who claimed that he was 200 years old, came to China from India (named Tian Zhu then) and could prepare certain medicine that could lengthen Tai Zong's life. After consuming the medicine, that was most likely having some slow poisoning components, the mighty emperor died in the most unbelievable way. The alchemist ran away after his death and was never caught.
Tang Tai Zong was however not the only Tang emperor dying of poisoning by consuming medicine. Out of the 21 Tang emperors in 289 years, at least three (3) of them had died this way at relatively young ages. They were:
(1) 824AD: Tang Mu Zong Li Heng (唐穆宗李恆), aged 30,
(2) 846AD: Tang Wu Zong Li Yan (唐武宗李炎), aged 33,
(3) 859AD: Tang Xuan Zong Li Cheng (唐宣宗李忱), aged 50.
In 820AD: Tang Xian Zong Li Chun (唐憲宗李純) although also consumed the slow poisoning medicine, and would have died young, but was killed by the eunuch at the age of 43.
可是你想过没有，为什么唐太宗要吃丹药？ 他一生打过无数战斗，每一次都冲锋在前，可想而知受过很多重伤。 古时候的武将寿命普遍不长，唐太宗也一样。 吃点药一方面追求长生不死，一方面也是找不到别的方法治疗伤痛。