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EMPEROR YONGZHENG - YONGZHENG DOCUMENTARY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2020
- Emperor Yongzheng was the 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Born to Emperor Kangxi, who had launched China into the High Qing Era, he would in turn birth Emperor Qianlong.
In this History of China documentary, I expose Yongzheng's accomplishment in his reign, from banning Christianity in China to founding the Grand Council.
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Kangxi Dynasty (2001)
Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
Qing Emperors series
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Some source said he was selected to enthrone by his father because of his son, Hong Li aka Emperor Qianlong. His father adored him and intended making him to be the Emperor.
now we are heading towards qianlong (finally) maybe we can take a bit of a side trip about the banner system as it is military but also a societal system and maybe take us to the inner palace a sort of myth busting about the life in the harem that we see in c-dramas. on that note, a bit sad you didn't use empresses in the palace clips to represent yongzheng. keep up the great work! really really hooked watching your vids!
Thanks for your comment! I think I'll make a seperate video dedicated entirely to the 8 banners some day. Same with the functionning of the Forbidden city. Glad you enjoy my vids :)
HI,this is late but I found this really good link for Qing harem. th-cam.com/video/ksC8E7EBvR8/w-d-xo.html
"empresses in the palace" is overdramatized/fictionalized to be used
Young Chen is the best emperor Qing dinasty, political stabilization of the country, eradicate corruption of officials & strong reform of state finances 2 times of the time of Kangxi.
Definitely an underrated Qing emperor
I have to express my appreciation here. I have been working my way through this series and it does not disappoint, the brilliant Chinese history is so censored and lied about. My gateway into this was my favourite film the last emperor and fascination with Puyi's life which you also made a superb documentary on. I love this channel.
Thank you so much! It means a lot :)
I wholeheartedly agree, Chinese history is often distorted because of political bias, but it is so fascinating and deserves honest coverage :)
request, how about the crazily tough education these Qing princes received.
Might talk about it some day, but I think I'll try to finish covering the Qing Emperors first :)
清朝所有皇帝都受到严格的教育
Historical evidence suggests that it was hard to tamper with the will. Of all the emperors in the Qing Dynasty, I think he is definitely underrated. Without him, the Qing Dynasty might have collapsed earlier than expected. And imo, he is by far one of the better emperors, if not for Kangxi in his later years, he should be the top guy.
Emperor Yongzheng is well-known in a legend that he allegedly altered the will of his father Emperor Kangxi to become emperor. In the legend, Kangxi has chosen his 14th son Yunti also known Prince Xun to become his heir and Yongzheng usurps it by altering the will. There are 2 versions but the most popular one is that the Chinese character of "十" in the phrase "transfer the throne to the Fourteenth Prince" (Chinese: 傳位十四皇子) is altered to "于" which changed the phrase to "pass the throne on to the Fourth Prince" (Chinese: 傳位于四皇子). Historians have known this is just a legend and never a truth. Under Manchu policy, all documents are required to be written in 2 copies: Manchu script and Chinese characters. This includes wills as well. Furthermore the character "于" is the simplified version while character "於" is the official character. Kangxi's will is actually written in 3 copies: Han Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian. So the legend of will alteration is based solely on altering the will written in Chinese copy as it is impossible to alter the will written in Manchu and Mongolian copies due to different language characteristics. Also historical records have mentioned that during the last years of Kangxi, more important duties are assigned to Yongzheng. At the time of Emperor Kangxi's death in 1722, Yunti is in Xinjiang planning to conquer the Dzungar Khanate where he is told to return to Beijing for the royal funeral. If Yunti is designated to be Kangxi's successor, he should be the one in Beijing carrying out many important duties instead of Yongzheng. These historical records are seen as historians as evidence that Yongzheng is truly designated as Kangxi's successor.
I like the fact that you're using Manchu at many places, hoxoi cin wang, seremxeme tehe amban, etc.
Thanks! I think it helps illustrate the subject
I am fascinated with Chinese history. Especially this emperor and his successor.
Regarding his death it is useful to know that many taoist potions contained mercury; quite similar to the medicine of european alchemists.
Correct as far as I know. They believed in small enough doses it was good for longevity.
I think Yongzheng probably worked himself death. To be an absolute monarch ruling at least 200,000,000 people required him working long into the night. His annotations on documents sometimes show poor calligraphy and basic spelling errors, it is assumed these annotations were done when he was working late at night. To add to this he led a sedentary lifestyle with a rich diet, all conducive to heart disease or stroke.
@@patrickhows1482 Possible, but it is a bit late for an autopsy so we may never know.
@@AGS363 Evidence shows Yongzheng worked very hard often with little to no sleep and led a very stressed life.
Despite Qing Dynasty being my fav Chinese history period, Yongzheng is my fav Emperor of all. I really admire him despite him being seen as ruthless.
I think the reputation he got is unfair. My view is that he was a rational, smart and somewhat well intended ruler. Definitely underrated!
@@History_of_China agree with you
He was actually much more tolerant than most other monarchs on the planet at the time
@@outisnemo555 perfectly agree with you
Very interesting video! I'm one of your newest subscribers!
Thanks ! Glad you enjoyed :)
@@History_of_China hi. I also have a history channel. Would you like to check it out. I've also done Chinese history. Made some videos about Dorgon, Hong Xiuquan and soon Mao
Wow! Really notable that you only included the western plains of Taiwan in your maps. Most of the time people just (incorrectly) simplify to the whole of Taiwan.
Thanks ! Yes I try to keep all my information as historically correct as possible. Hope you enjoyed :)
nice, i didnt aware of his civil engineering achievement, since he is too well known on anti corruption and econ reform. btw, he also liberated many from slavery and ban them once n for all.
A lot of kung fu movies are set in this era, and after it.
Thank you so much!. Amazing videos! Is there a remainder to this playlist? Videos Covering the rest of emperors Qianlong upto Puyi??
Thanks, glad you enjoyed ! I make these video in order, so I am working on the Qianlong Emperor right now and hope to release it within a week or so. Thanks for following :)
@@History_of_China Tuned in and waiting. Your series is just superb ! Keep them coming! May I ask what's your major? Are you a student ?
Good video. Hope you are keeping safe
Thank you ! Hope the same to you, I am :)
hey channel owner, I ended up watching one of videos on the history of China on Caspian channel or something and the reporter on that channel, named Vincent, sounded strikingly similar to you and he was doing a report on Chinese history as well.
are you and him the same person?
Hi ! Yes, that's me, I occasionally make collaborations with Shirvan from CaspianReport :)
@@History_of_China so I was right, haha. I love watching your videos about Chinese history! Keep up the good work!
What music did you use at 4:20?
Hi, how are those TV dramas you show named in Chinese?
Hi, here you are :)
For Kangxi : 康熙王朝 (2001)
For Yongzheng : 雍正王朝 (1999)
Yongzheng: No cliques!
George Washington: No parties!
I may have seen a painting this guy at a traveling exhibit .
Nice !
"Taking pills and elixirs of immortality." We've seen this movie before.
Please do one about the Yellow Emperor
I'm always curious how would the Secret Designation of Crown Prince play out if there's a case of the two copies not tallying. I mean since it's history, we know that didn't happen or rather, it wasn't shown/shared/recorded to have happened. But curious how it would have played out nevertheless. e.g., what's plan B to identify which is the official unaltered document if both don't tally with the other? HAHA. Knowing it wouldn't affect anything since no Monarch are using this now. Maybe we can use it for you will? HAHHA
Emperor Yongzheng is well-known in a legend that he allegedly altered the will of his father Emperor Kangxi to become emperor. In the legend, Kangxi has chosen his 14th son to become his heir and Yongzheng usurps it by altering the will. There are 2 versions but the most popular one is that the Chinese character of "十" in the phrase "transfer the throne to the Fourteenth Prince" (Chinese: 傳位十四皇子) is altered to "于" which changed the phrase to "pass the throne on to the Fourth Prince" Chinese: 傳位于四皇子). Historians have known this is just a legend and never a truth. Under Manchu policy, all documents are required to be written in 2 copies: Manchu script and Chinese characters. This includes wills as well. Furthermore the character "于" is the simplified version while character "於" is the official character. Kangxi's will is written in 3 copies: Han Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian. So the legend of will alteration is based solely on alerting the will written in Chinese copy as it is impossible to alter the will written in Manchu and Mongolian copies due to different language characteristics.
@@MrLantean interesting
@@MrLantean so I means in actual history there was no alterations of the succession decree and the fourth prince was the chosen heir?
@@ktgirl-oh9px There are no evidence for any misconduct done by the Fourth Prince(Emperor Yongzheng) that he alters his father's will to declare himself emperor. The story that he altered the will is nothing more than just a legend which is most likely created and spread by his enemies to smear his name.
nice
Thanks :)
best emperor of the dynasty
What a joke for this cheater. Kangxi didn't inherit the throne to him. It should be 14th prince, but Yongzhng cheated.
@@punlokomovicdevinho7611 you drunk of chinese drama
Kangxi did choose Yinzhen as his successor and thus become Emperor Yongzheng
@@gungdegalang4635 He didn't. 14th Prince was the chosen 1 but he was away on duty. Then Kangxi died, while he was away. It was a chance for Yongzheng to cheat the edict by erased number 10 and remained number 4.
@@punlokomovicdevinho7611 that’s a long time urban legend. It doesn’t work like that. The will of emperor is written in Chinese and manchurian, you can’t cheat both.
@@punlokomovicdevinho7611 Researchers at Academia Sinica have disproved the theory, as official Qing documents, when mentioning sons of the Emperor, always list the son's title, as well as the son's rank amongst the emperor's sons and the son's name.[13] In this case, the will mentions "Prince Yong, Emperor's Fourth Son, Yinzhen" (Chinese: 雍親王皇四子胤禛), as well as Kangxi Emperor's high regards for Yinzhen, and his belief that Yinzhen can succeed on the throne.[14] In this case, changing the will becomes impossible without leaving obvious signs of alteration, since Yinti, if referenced in the will, would show up as the Emperor's fourteenth son (Chinese: 皇十四子), which contains four Chinese characters instead of three for Yinzhen, as the Emperor's fourth son (Chinese: 皇四子). It has also been noted that the Chinese character "于" is a simplified character that is written as "於" in traditional character, which was exclusively used back in the Qing era. In addition, the will is written in Traditional Chinese, Manchu, and Mongolian. The alteration theory is noted to be based solely on altering the will's Chinese version, as the will, as written in Manchu and Mongolian, is impossible to alter due to different language characteristics.
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongzheng_Emperor
Regardless of religion if they inferred with politics back in the days. They risked being executed, exiled, or alienated.
lol that was a good show, with the dude that played zhuge liang and mao zedong
i wonder where are there grave located at?
Emperor Yongzheng was burried in the Western Qing Tombs. Before him, the Qing emperors were burried in the Eastern Qing Tombs, but Yongzheng broke the tradition and created this new tomb complex in the opposite direction.
similar death as qin shihuangdi
Exactly :)
Might as well try to gain immortality, right?
i'm surprised you said taoist because your pronounciation is normally really good. taoist is pronounced daoist, it's spelled with a T in the archaic wade giles system
What if Yuan Shikai refuse to help the Qing Dynasty against the revolutionaries during the Xinhai Revolution?
Sun Yat Sen could stay as president of the Republic Of China until 1925.The National Protection War(1915-1916) and Chinese warlord era(1916-1927) would never happen.Warlords would never control the provinces of China,the Chinese Civil War May not happen.
That's a good question. I agree with the previous comment, although some Qing loyalist generals such as Zhang Xun would certainly have tried an uprising of some sort. In any case, the Republic could probably have grown strong under Sun Yat-Sen's leadership.
10:17 Glasses/spectacles in 1735 in China? I don't think so.
Anyway, great video as always, Grand Historian. Your video on Qianlong will be epic.
You would be surprised ! A French Jesuit priest, Dominique Parrenin, showed Yongzheng a pair of spectacles in 1729. The emperor was fascinated and ordered craftsmen to make many copies. Yongzheng was fond of glasses, owning 22 pairs, and often gave pairs to officials as rewards.
Thanks for your comment, I'll be working on Qianlong very soon :)
@@History_of_China Oh wow, I didn't even know glasses/spectacles were invented by the Euroepans by then. Can't wait for the Qianlong videos.
If I may ask, who is your favorite Qing emperor? And what is your favorite Dynasty (which one would you most want to live in)?
@@Henrodful Actually, interactions between Imperial China and Europe dates back to like even BC, before Yongzheng got interested in glasses, wealthy families, especially those doing international trade were well exposed to European products
@@Henrodful Galileo Galilei used the first telescope with glass lenses an he lived from 1564 to 1641.
Glasses existed in China during Yongzheng’s father Kangxi’s era already. It wasn’t widespread but it along with a lot of other European products were familiar with the Chinese upper class. If you read Chinese novels written during that time, you can find medicine from France, clockwork from the Netherlands, and of course glasses. It’s important to not apply stereotypes to periods of history you’re uneducated in.
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Some say he was this cruel, despotic leader who usurped the throne and others say he was a diligent and fair leader.
I don't know who to believe
He was undoubtedly power hungry to some extent, centralising authority as he did, but my opinion is that he overall wanted to create a stable and somewhat benevolent empire
Is it true that the Qing burn down the shaolin temple?
That is just a mere legend or myth told in wuxia stories. There are no records mentioning of any royal order on the destruction of the temple. There are many variations of the story. The Qing Emperor that ordered the destruction of the Shaolin is said to be Shunzi Emperor in some stories while others said to be Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong. In fact, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong presented gifts to the temple. Qianlong himself even had spent a night there by staying at the abbot's room.
@@MrLantean oh ok. Thx for the info
The Emperors’ arrogance & vanity led to their peoples’ destruction….Whether attempting to “live forever” (because the world couldn’t do without you), or cutting all contact with the European “barbarians,” it was a case of “cutting off your nose to spite your face”….
I cant imagine being remembered as the last Emperor to OD lmfaooo
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Why do emperors always seek immortality?
because legend says that they were chosen by Heaven to rule their people and uphold the Mandate of Heaven
how do only 4 kids make it to adulthood out of 30??? what type of life style did these people live???
Mortality rates in general were FAR higher back then.
@@roboky101 you think the elite would escape the hard life but i guess not!
Remember in the past children were not vaccinated against diseases that we get vaccinated for today. So smallpox, measles killed a lot of young children in the past. So in this time we live in, we get vaccinated against those diseases when young so that we are not easily killed by them when young. That's why emperors have many children because they know that only a few survive to adulthood.
He did accomplish many great things doing his reign, but to call him a good emperor and a good ruler is far stretched for me. I don’t see how you can call someone who won’t separate the church from the state a good ruler. We have a problem here. (American) Even though it says that church and state need to be separate, they still allow it to happen.
Another thing to say he criticized Christianity when he ultimately made it illegal makes no sense. He did way more than knock it. I got beef with God too, but I wouldn’t force anybody to change their beliefs. But when you look at their leaders, I guess it would make sense that Gandhi and Buddha were both prejudiced, so I think it would make sense that he would have something against the Christians even doubt they didn’t do anything to him personally. Ultimately I don’t understand why can’t he believe in what he wants, but they can’t believe in what they want? This happens when you give people to power who say they’re for the people; they really have their own agenda. Sure the orphanages and make family relief plans to make you think that you care about them and their needs when really you don’t want the people to revolt against you. When will we ever have a sincere and honest genuine person in power? The more I learn about cultures from other places, I see why people come to America, and I appreciate it more each day, especially how China forces you to choose if you want to be Chinese or not, and when I say that, I mean they don’t do dual citizenship so if you're going to live somewhere like America don’t tell you you have to give up your Chinese citizenship to live there when you’re just Chinese American. Still, they refuse. They make you choose, which makes no sense. We’re all foreigners here. Here you don’t have to choose; you can be a mixture of things because, once again, we’re all foreigners here and how you identify how you identify, you just have to fill out the paperwork for it.
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After all CPC claim of Tibet being part of China since ancient time has been busted by this video, Qing never made Tibet a part of China rather Tibet was an autonomous protectorate of the empire, Tibetans only paid allegiance to the Manchu emperors who often acted as Buddhist protectors. Tibet only became part of Qing dominion in the year 1720 when they defeated Dzungars
Indeed, after the collapse of the Qing in 1912, Tibet retook its independance (although the newly founded Republic of China still claimed it). It wasn't until 1950 that that the PRC forcefully incorporated Tibet back into China after the Battle of Chamdo.
History of China Could you make a video of Manchu relationship of Tibetans specially it’s leaders like the Dalai Lama
Tibet is part of modern China. Territories are won and lost throughout the dynasties, since that is the nature of history. I don't fault the CPC for wanting control of a region that acts as a buffer state between them and India.
CPC freed many tibetans from slavery. Good for both of them
Tibet is still an autonomous region.
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