Check out my video on the 3 kingdoms period of Chinese history (between the Han and Jin dynasties) kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2x_m5uBiLfWZ9I.html Thank you guys for all the great feedback :D Mistake- the phrase "mandate of heaven" is first recorded to have been used by the Zhou dynasty, after their overthrow of the Shang.(not used by Xia) Note: 1. The canal referenced as being built by Qin Shi Huang is the Lingqu Canal....NOT the Great Canal -fyi :) Thought I should clarify that because people are incorrectly correcting that Qin did not build the great canal(the video does not say he did)... he built the Lingqu Canal 2. Kublai Khan Technically he was the fifth Khagan "great Khan" (not a king) of the whole Mongol empire...in practice, he only effectively ruled the Yuan...But he was still greatly involved in the politics of the whole realm-spending troops, resources, backing factions etc.... That is why I showed the two different labeled maps-thought people could figure that out if curious. 3. I did not Qing Manchurians (my mistake) ...trying to keep it to 7 mins is tough

@maruthimaruthi3720

6 жыл бұрын

I really like your vedios. please make video on whare Islam is started why they hate non nonMuslims.

@zianggao5332

6 жыл бұрын

Good video anyway，but you used the picture of Wei（魏文帝曹丕）when you talking about Jin，and you used the picture of a national paper current of Ming（大明通宝）while talking about Song's achievement...it is wired for Chinese people who watch this

@bongsunhwa

6 жыл бұрын

I am Korean. I do not know from where you took maps of ancient China. But your map include very controversial territory problems. In your maps, Korea lost their territory for several times or did not exist. I hope you find other map and search more. I never heard Jin dynasty took upper side of Korean peninsula. Your clip hurts many Koreans including me. And you should know. YUAN dynasty and Qing dynasty were not settled by Chinese. In the other hand, Chinese were colonized by other nations at that period.

@bongsunhwa

6 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus information on your map is very different from others. Please look at this. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(265-420)

@bongsunhwa

6 жыл бұрын

Epimetheus In my opinion you took a map made by Chinese nationalists. It is very big problem and hot issue for Korean. Because they wanna annex Korean ancient history to theirs. You should be very careful, when you point range of territories in east asia. You could hurt many people not concerning with intends.

5000 years in 7 minutes means history of US in less than 2 seconds. impressed, the confidence.

@lexaaa8984

4 жыл бұрын

尚cedric WHAT REALLY? Why tho? Does the US barely have any history? 😂 (No offense tho)

@nealsterling8151

4 жыл бұрын

@@lexaaa8984 According to YT: Revolution, Civil War and WWII. Nothing else in US history exists. 😉

@oumniaadjroud5050

4 жыл бұрын

@@lexaaa8984 it was discovered in 1600 and migration start in 1700 they barley have 300 years of history while china have 5000 year ~~

@Kyle-xk5ut

4 жыл бұрын

More like 20 seconds.

@lexaaa8984

4 жыл бұрын

I understand now... Thanks guys! I've been interested into history stuff lately because of quarantine... ☺️

Hi from India , who extremely loves china ,chinese people and its fascinating culture and history

@christinem4266

3 жыл бұрын

Love India from China. We both have rich culture and history. Love no war💗❌

@kishanthkoushik2766

3 жыл бұрын

@@christinem4266 You're right both India and China have contributed much to the world in terms of technology and ideas through their civilizations. Much peace to both countries!

@danyawang3632

3 жыл бұрын

Salute from China to India💗Peace&Love😊

@14-maureenleong12

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@synthtastic74

3 жыл бұрын

Wish India and China could go along. Would have been a Giagntic World Economic power for a long long time ....once gain

I don't know a whole lot about Chinese history, but the Zhou dynasty having about an 800 year run is actually pretty remarkable. There are so many possible events, both foreign and domestic, that can cause any dynastic rule to come to an abrupt end.

@AustinSauce3

Жыл бұрын

True I thought the same

@hufe223

Жыл бұрын

how many years did the unholy nonroman not so imperial empire last? Zhou period was a lot like that period of European history.

@Ttegegg

Жыл бұрын

@@hufe223 man can you just imagine a industrial China? What a world it could be

@crkcrk702

Жыл бұрын

@@Ttegegg China is industrial

@user-ut5wk8ol1k

Жыл бұрын

权利越集中，王朝越容易被推翻，周是类似欧洲古代分封制，只不是一个是天子，另一个是教皇

In the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the Atlantic Ocean. Each large ship could hold 2000 people. However, the Ming Dynasty only made trade and did not invade or colonize any country, which is so different from the west.

@ryanlin2974

3 жыл бұрын

I think the entire fleet held 20000 people. There is no way one ship could hold 20000 people. Average modern CRUISE SHIPS could only hold 3000 people. Unless each of Zheng He's ships were around 7 times bigger than a dozen story cruise ship, I don't think its 20000.

@llg4116

3 жыл бұрын

Ryan Lin Thanks for correcting me! I meant to say each trip holding about 20000 people.

@brunopadovani7347

2 жыл бұрын

"So different from the West". Really? Tell that to the Tibetans, Uyghurs and modern Mongols. Chinese history is all about the Han subjugating other people's. Maybe the Chinese did not create a large overseas empire for the same reason that the US didn't. Both countries had their own continents to conquer, but both conquered nonetheless.

@brunopadovani7347

2 жыл бұрын

@@llg4116 Yes, I've been to China approximately 10 times. No, I don't buy your CCP narrative of a peaceful China that never subjugated any people, all juxtaposed against evil colonialist Westerners.

@llg4116

2 жыл бұрын

Bruno Padovani If you know the history of China, then you will realize the subjugation happened actually in Yuan and Qing dynasties which not governed by the Han. Here is the fact after 1949. On land China borders 16 countries and has peacefully resolved territorial disputes and signed agreements with 14 countries. The only remaining countries are India and Bhutan. In 1962, because of India’s continuous harassment of the Chinese border, the Chinese PLA had to repel the Indian army twice and retreated after victory. Discovery channel made a documentary film about the battle between China and India. PLS showing the evidence instead of just giving the lies.

British:Give me tea China:Money first British:*drugged China and robbed the tea*

@NotVeryRandomDude

5 жыл бұрын

Dumb Comment God bless Britannia!

@MrPip9999

5 жыл бұрын

No ... They already had their tea from India. They drink Lipton like strong tea with milk and sugar, and not the light Chinese tea. But they wanted to do commerce with China all right

@tipinwings

5 жыл бұрын

Ngọc Hoàng Martian it was more like selling opium merely for a profit. The Britain gained so much that the profit carried them through a economical depression.

@MrPip9999

5 жыл бұрын

@@tipinwings : Yes ...There was indeed an economic depression in the Western world. But opium had been traded in China for centuries via the silk route because of various needs of the Chinese for this drug. The British merely helped them obtain it for a cheap price by shipping it from India to China with their merchant fleet. Now with the price of opium lowered substantially, many Chinese now could afford to use it. And that was the drama. Opium was not forbidden in Britain nor in India.

@QuntumnPhysics

5 жыл бұрын

Find a library. Read books

Good recap of Chinese history. Watched this while having my morning coffee. Thumbs up!

@wdnmd3395

3 жыл бұрын

m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHaoqsmBqZXPqbA.html

@oliversun1974

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for having interest in Chinese history

@GaemingStudios

2 жыл бұрын

your not british

@moclykim8220

2 жыл бұрын

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

@musicismoreimportantthanyo9246

2 жыл бұрын

5:40 have those artifacts in my home

Fun anecdote: I remember this particular chapter in my Chinese textbook during my schooling days, where the story was about this band of ancient cavemen (like the images literally showed them as Chinese folk with long loose hair and wearing bearskins) who were fighting in a battle against their enemy. They were losing badly, until their chieftain seized a drum and used it to boost the morale of his troops, and they won. I remember this vividly because I got 0/50 for moxie for that passage (the spelling equivalent in Chinese, where you have to memorize the passage and rewrite it entirely from memory. One wrong stroke and the whole character would be counted as wrong). I studied so hard, yet got literally 0/50. And I can still remember this 20+ years later. Sigh.

@carlwei7559

10 ай бұрын

Moxie is also a nightmare of all Chinese students, including me😂

@prasanth2601

10 ай бұрын

@@carlwei7559 What's the reason? I mean it's not like you are supposed to write the essay in Wényanwén.

@alanchen8452

10 ай бұрын

@@prasanth2601 As a Chinese student, the education system forced and carved all those ancient texts, literature, poetry into my brain when I was a child. And now I can still remember them when I am old enough to appreciate them, which I am grateful.

@doomgao3571

10 ай бұрын

@@prasanth2601 No, at least not in Mainland China. Some books written in traditional Chinese in Taiwan still use vertical format, I know Japs also use vertical format to write their book.

@EasternOrthodox101

10 ай бұрын

@@doomgao3571 🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳Don't speak about our Chinese brothers, faceless m0r0n 🤣👉🇺🇲🧟‍♂️

That was really cool! I've been studying Mandarin for a few years now, & I'd like to say this is 1 of the best Chinese history vids I've seen. Clear & concise. Thank you

@mirencepeda5990

9 ай бұрын

佛教其实从汉朝就传入中国了

Minor corrections: In Shang and earlier, the leader was called King (王); In Zhou, he was called Heaven's Son (天子); From Qin onward, he was called Emporer (皇帝).

@bluemooneatlions

4 жыл бұрын

Aizman 夏好像是后。

@xq3263

4 жыл бұрын

Blue Wang 啊啊啊

@kongming2005

4 жыл бұрын

It is consider not bad. Westerners are mostly misinformed, mislead and fact twisted most of the time.

@alfredwinston4169

4 жыл бұрын

天子 means the chosen one by god.

@Dumb-Comment

4 жыл бұрын

@@alfredwinston4169 天子 literally translated to "Sky Son"

Thank you for making the Tang Dynasty orange

@EpimetheusHistory

5 жыл бұрын

:) would have been a shame if it was any other color

@taelongx

5 жыл бұрын

wait why

@NightcorEDM

5 жыл бұрын

@@taelongx trumps colour is orange, he hates books and scholars, and he like to build walls zzzz

@jinjunliu2401

5 жыл бұрын

@@NightcorEDM You're implying the Qin dynasty though, not the Tang dynasty which was very open minded in the beginning

@mofogie

5 жыл бұрын

@@NightcorEDM that's not the joke .... You're reading too much into it. Tang, the artificial flavored powdered drink is orange.

I rewatch this video often to help me memorize the broad strokes. Thank you for an excellent video!

That is a great and brief description I really love it, but if u produce detailed videos, it will be even more amazing. Thank you

So... The Brits ruined an entire Empire for tea... That's the most British thing I could possibly heard. EDIT: Don't put up the Race card please.

@MrKuger9

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about the Boston Tea Party lol

@lolsmo395

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, Too much war on the British empire's side that led them near bankruptcy, So they decided to ruin another poor sod's country loool

@aegonii8471

6 жыл бұрын

MrKuger9 Remind me not to fuck with British people and their tea.

@ornature5324

6 жыл бұрын

Lols Mo the empire was already weakened by rebellions, depression, oppressive rule, and outdated technology. They had it coming to them

@clarkdave

6 жыл бұрын

British Empire is probably the most evil European empire in the world history who manages to get away with their crimes because they were in the side who fought against Germany and won

Well done synopsis. Keep 'em coming.

Nice effort. Thank you. There is one mistake though: for Sui Dynasty, the picture of the emperor you placed in the video was actually one of the king of Wei before the Jin dynasty. I know it because the characters on the picture said so. 😊

@WarLionsofGesar

3 ай бұрын

yes. the emperor in the photo is Cao Pi, the Emperor Wen of Wei, should be Yang Jian, the emperor Wen of Sui

For someone who comes from China, I must admit this is a very short and accurate account for China's history. If you observe closely, China's territory mainly occupies the eastern and southern part of the mainland, from geographical point of view, reason being the northern and western part are mostly inhabitable. Gobi desert in north, Himalayan mountain ridge in west. In times when sailing technology wasn't so advance, the only way out was the Silk Road. Coastal regions have more fertile lands for farming as well.Minor improvement to the video, some of the pictures shown are not in the same dynasty as the script is describing. But overall, jolly good video.

@jackliu5269

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with your points. I am very impressed by this video as it is.

@user-zn6nb8xe2v

2 жыл бұрын

不要妄自菲薄，罗马、希腊也是你们西方的文化源泉……

@davidmoss2576

2 жыл бұрын

China has the best and most interesting history.

@red-baitingswine8816

Жыл бұрын

Trivia: Imo: The "in-" in "inhabitable" actually means something like English "in", unlike in some words where it means 'un-, not". So "uninhabitable" is correct here, and "inhabitable" means, roughly, "habitable".

@FuckChina_Fuck

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmoss2576 China sucks

This is the most positive Chinese history made by Westerner. I hope Westerners can judge China not only based on the last 100 years, but the whole history. The only thing I think the narrator can improve is some of the pronunciation of the dynasties, eg. Shang, Sui.

@cat679

3 жыл бұрын

I think the pronunciation is okay. Most Chinese can't speak English well anyways. Why judge foreigners who didn't even learn Chinese be expected to speak Chinese?

@user-dx4uu6uz9g

3 жыл бұрын

@Jordan Spencer which golden period do you mean? Many dynasties had their own golden period through Chinese history, their people are rich and culture boom, highly evaluated by other countries, so it comes to their “golden period”. When we gain our prosperity then the “golden period “ will follow, but just searching the period is useless. We are learning from the history of both ancient China and the whole world speedily, the period will come soon I guess

@nostalgic-wb3js

3 жыл бұрын

@@cat679 Just a suggestion, because he is doing history channel, must be more professional.

@cat679

3 жыл бұрын

@@nostalgic-wb3js he is doing his best to pronounce things

@richhartnell6233

3 жыл бұрын

As a westerner I can say without a doubt that chinese civilization and culture is one of if not the most important, sucessful, and admirable of all of human history

Here is a list of Chinese dynasties before I recommend some dramas based on different dynasties: Xia, Shang (Oracle Bones Scripts), Zhou (Western and Eastern Zhou), Spring-Autumn Period (where the Hundred Schools of Thoughts appeared, and Confucius and Lao Tzu, who founded Confucianism and Daoism, lived), Warring State Period (where seven kingdoms Qi, Chu, Han, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Qin fought for supremacy after the collapse of Zhou Dynasty), Qin (reunification and building of the Great Wall), Han (first golden age where Han Chinese character Hanzi and Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in the world, got their name; opening of the Silk Road), Three Kingdoms (Northern Wei, Western Shu, Eastern Wu), Tang (where Japanese sent the most envoys to copy the Tang culture wholesale; second golden age), Song, Yuan (Mongol-ruled), Ming (Korean culture based a lot on this dynasty), Qing (Manchu-ruled). “Qin Dynasty Epic” on the life of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty Qin (Qin Dynasty) Shi (Beginning, first) Huang (Emperor) Ying Zheng (his surname was Ying, Zheng which means “politics” was his first name). Qin Dynasty was what gave China its name Qin >> Chin >> China (pronounced as Cheena in Italian and Spanish, more phonetically similar to the original Mandarin pronunciation of Qin). Qin Shihuang started building the Great Wall and the Grand Canal of China, which was finished centuries later in the Sui Dynasty. He also built his massive Mausoleum flowing with mercury (which he believed was the elixir to immortality, and ironically poisoned him to his premature death), and the Terra Cotta Army. “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, one of the four Chinese classics with the setting in the Three Kingdoms Period after Han Dynasty. “Virtuous Queen of Han” on the life of Wei Zifu, the Queen consort of Han Wudi, or Martial Emperor of Han Dynasty who opened the Silk Road and traded with the Roman Empire. “Dream of the Red Mansion”, another one of the Four Chinese Classics. “Legend of Chinese Empress” on the life of the only empress of China, Wu Zetian, in the Tang Dynasty. “Judge of Song Dynasty” on the life and work of Song Ci 宋慈, who wrote the world’s first forensic science book called Washing Away of Wrongs 洗冤录。 Also check out a documentary called “Daming Palace and Tang Dynasty”. They briefly mentioned about the Japanese envoys kentoushi 遣唐使。 History Channel did a series called Ancient Discoveries. Six episodes were devoted exclusively to Chinese inventions, which make up a long list. CCTV-6 China movie channel features a lot of Chinese historical dramas and documentaries. All of them on KZread. Enjoy. ❤

@_thelmsss7083

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@aduiel

Жыл бұрын

Seconding the thanks!

@SamHsia_08

Жыл бұрын

Great work!👍 But it seems that you miss: Wei, Chin Southern and Northern Dynasties after Three Kingdoms. Sui Dynasty before Tang. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms after Tang. These three are also very long and important periods in Chinese history!

@juliachiu535

Жыл бұрын

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

@Hoo88846

Жыл бұрын

@@juliachiu535 I don’t know where to start to refute your historical revisionism. You must be an American satanic illuminati member funded by the anti-China propaganda machine in USA. Take a course in East Asian studies and Sinology in Harvard or Cambridge. You don’t make up history like that, anti-China propagandist and liar.

I loved this! Thanks for breaking it down so well!

nice content. you should upload more on this topic

5 жыл бұрын

TechMagnet i know you

@vloggerzblogg6494

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWaJyNSKft2unKw.html h

@moclykim8220

2 жыл бұрын

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

@ingdjr5573

2 жыл бұрын

@@moclykim8220 korea=universe

A quick pronunciation tip: X = sh Q = ch Zh = j Z = dz C = ts And j has the "hard" English sound, not the "soft" French sound. Note a lot of these don't actually correspond exactly to any English sound, but these are the closest approximations.

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

Why not just write it phonetically? Like the civilized world does

@xz1891

5 жыл бұрын

@@colocado6685 who the hell you think you are? Why don't you follow the Chinese way or shut up?

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

@@xz1891 I don't follow the Chinese way because I'm not chinese DUH. And I'm pretty sure the Roman alphabet (which is a phonetic alphabet) is not "the Chinese way" to begin with

@yongxiong6703

5 жыл бұрын

​@@colocado6685 I'm happy to share my ideas if someone truly want to know something (like "why not just write Chinese phonetically"). but your overreaction to your ignorance will only makes you look like an idiot.

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

@@yongxiong6703 oh there was another comment. Shit. Already lost it :( Fuck it. Why not? Tell me why "not pronounce it phonetically when using a phonetic alphabet"

Hey Epimetheus, I Like Your Videos, They're Are Great!

That's EXACTLY what I needed to see. Exactly what I was looking for! Huge fan a three kingdoms era. Not only because of total war series. But also three kingdoms (2010) chinese tv show.

thank you for existing, these kinds of 'introductions' to history makes far easier for one to delve deeper into those topics and even enable people already familiar with them to connect dots more easily.

@jackliu5269

2 жыл бұрын

Very much agree

Wow, I did not think it is possible to sum up all of the dynasties of China in such a short amount of time. Good work overall!

Excellent, look forward to seeing many more!

Well done, your videos are a great way to make these topics accessible to all or just refresh old memories from past studies.

The British loved tea so much, they invaded China and force fed them drugs lol

@petergray2712

6 жыл бұрын

No. The Chinese refused to create an exchange system of trade that would allow the British to offset huge trade deficits. The Chinese aren't as innocent, or the British as guilty as one has been led to believe (American traders came to dominate the Chinese opium trade, for example).

@uninterruptedrhythm4104

6 жыл бұрын

dubious but if you say so, im just making a joke

@hujiaming6151

6 жыл бұрын

Only because the British were lucky and patient, they waited so long until the last few years of the Qing dynasty, the Brits knew they would not stand any chance against the Qing dynasty in military unless Qing enters the end of its life span, which happened to all China's dynasties. At the end of the dynasty the nation grew weak, then the Brits invaded China and made unfair trade deals, that was just pure luck for Britain, nothing else.

@davidhouseman4328

6 жыл бұрын

Lucky, I guess, in that the British were at the zenith when China was weak. But patient, you give the British too much credit. They stumbled into it and barely consider it a war, and give it less cultural relevance than the Boer war.

@pou603

6 жыл бұрын

China was so rich at that time, but British want their gold, so selling drugs to them, it increased the poverty growth in china at that time. You can see lots of documentary of this online, and it could be one of the reason why doing drugs has most severe penalty nowadays in China.

I love this video, concise and informative!

@taidordz

5 жыл бұрын

Aye Linfamy, the future celebrity of KZread Japanese History!!!

HUGE THANKS for making this and yes I'm sharing!

Great stuff. Thanks for upload

Excellent work bro! Keep it up!

Thank you for making this, maybe cause of the names I find Chinese history incredibly hard to follow, its also difficult to find sources that break it down like this without over complicating, after you painted this picture in my head I can now go further with pieces and learn about specific dynasties.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you liked it :D that is exatly why I made this...I have read a couple books on Chinese dynasties...but then they (the order) gets jumbled in my head a little. After making this pretty sure they will stay lined up correctly in my head :)

@fliu5282

2 жыл бұрын

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

@juliachiu535

Жыл бұрын

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

@KoflerDavid

Жыл бұрын

If you're interested in the history of China, it's probably worth it to learn the characters of at least the major dynasties. A lot of the confusion would disappear then. Some of these characters are even still used in the modern language, or are surnames now. Therefore, knowing them is maybe useful for other purposes as well.

Excellent summary Epimetheus, thank you

Hey, thank you so much. I had so many doubts in my mind after watching historical dramas but many of them are cleared now.

Its amazing throught out these chaos each dynasties still manage to write history and kept it safe for thousand of years!

@Veiljustin83

3 жыл бұрын

Cos china dynasty has a habit of keeping historical records to learn from the mistakes (Which they never do) and the greatness of their ancestors. All dynasties have a historian position where his job is just to record everything that has happened. Some records may be destroyed during the wars but a lot of them are preserved and brought over to the next dynasty that succeeded. China officials are split into 2 types, the scholar type and the warrior type.

@rogerzhang5417

3 жыл бұрын

The very first, all of the dynasties are broken by people at the bottom of society.

@chandrawangsa7796

3 жыл бұрын

All this histories some are compiled in... you can say an "encyclopedia" like Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian (94 B.C.) and many others "encyclopedia", yeah so the records keep safe for many centuries

@user-nk8rh6ee2y

3 жыл бұрын

因为每个朝代的皇帝都有一个共识，那就是国可灭，史不可灭。

@lowgalaxy7232

3 жыл бұрын

The history of a dynasty was writtern by its successor. In ancient China you can't write the history of your own dynasty.

You have such colorful and detailed illustrations! Really makes the history come alive.

Thank you for your time and postings

Biggest drug dealer in human history -- British Government :)

The reason why Qin Shihuang is translated as 'first Emperor' is because after the unification of China, Qin dynasty introduced the title 'Huang-di' '皇帝', which is a combination of titles for ancient sage-kings of China (三皇五帝). This title is claimed by all sub-sequent emperors. Hence Chinese would translate the title 'Huang-di' '皇帝' as 'emperor', and consider Qin Shihuang to be the first emperor. The ruler of Shang and Zhou uses the title 'King' (王) while the states loyal to Shang and Zhou uses noble ranks equivalent count duke etc... (公侯..) The state of Qin removed the Zhou king towards the end of warring state, but shortly before that a number of states including the state of Qin already claiming the title of 'King' (王) for themselves.

@sasino

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's also worth noting that the English name of "China" comes from "Qin"; it entered Romance languages as "Qina", "Cina", and then entered English as "China". The "i" became an "AI" sound because English continuously changed the way they read words overtime.

@fliu5282

2 жыл бұрын

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

What I like the most on this video compared to some of your other videos (like the Assyrians) is that you show the dates of the events. Very well done.

Great video! I'd love to see what you come up with if you take a more detailed view of history.

Thank you for making this. O will rewatch. So much information.

such a great video!! when I try to self study china's history, I always get lost in the procession of dynasties, and their relations to one another. the visual presentation of each dynasty and its territory and a brief intro of each time period all wrapped in one video is very helpful.

@FuckChina_Fuck

Жыл бұрын

China like sh!t.

@juliachiu535

Жыл бұрын

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

@user-qt9yw3qu6j

Жыл бұрын

haha follow my ins I can help u

Great video! Very easy to understand, enjoyable to watch. Good introduction to Chinese history. Thank you for making it!

Great video! So much info in 7 mins.

Minor correction on the western border of the Qing map. The Qing also included eastern Kazakhstan (the border being at Lake Balkhash) and most of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. These lands were lost to Russia in the 1860s.

@dongkwon1242

2 жыл бұрын

Maps are not accurate.

@emonsuparman9248

Жыл бұрын

Yes I believe Qing Map China controlled Tajikistan, half of Kyrgistan, but I didn't believe China under Qing Dynasty controlled Kazakhstan

@giannb5145

Жыл бұрын

@@emonsuparman9248 Qing controlled the south-east of modern Kazakhstan, the border being Lake Balkhash. Russia annexed these lands in the 1860s

Really liked this condensed version of Chinese history. Definitely beat pouring over all the Wikipedia pages and putting everything together. Thanks for making this! If there is any opportunity to expand a bit more on the success and achievements of each time period, that would be awesome!

@dongpan8931

Жыл бұрын

if you don't know, you can get to know the surnames of the Chinese people. Since the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou carried out the enfeoffment system and divided his descendants to various places. His descendants took the land as their surname, while the Shang Dynasty before the Zhou Dynasty was a vassal state ruled by the Xia Dynasty before the Shang Dynasty, and the Xia Dynasty was also a group gathered by the tribes in the Yellow River valley. The Xia Dynasty was the first slave country established by Yao and Shun, the Yellow Emperor, because of Yu's meritorious service in flood control. So, the Chinese have been a family since 5000 years ago.

Epimetheus is the best! A fantastic concise history of Chinese dynasties. Thank you Epimetheus.

Goes like this (by significant periods): 3 Emperors Era (pre-historical tribal period), 5 Sovereigns Era (pre-historical tribal period), Xia Dynasty (first officially formed dynasty following the 5 Sovereigns Era, backed by archeological findings, but no writing found from the period), Shang Dynasty (first dynasty backed by numerous archeological findings and with writings on), Zhou Dynasty, Spring-Autumn Warring States Era, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, 3 Kingdoms Era, Jin Dynasty, South-North Dual Dynasties era, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, ROC, PRC.

Just discovered your content now. Liked and subscribed👍

@EpimetheusHistory

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I liked this a lot!! Do more like these!

Your work is really impressive sadly you are underrated

@Dan-qn9ob

6 жыл бұрын

Elias Frahat I need your help

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

Dan it is fine how can I help you :)

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

Dan I guess I can help what points do you need

@Dan-qn9ob

6 жыл бұрын

Elias Frahat do you have Instagram?

@eliasfrahat7074

6 жыл бұрын

Dan yes ly0x_

This is a useful overview. Thanks for sharing.

This is the best condensed China history explained in any language that I had seen on KZread. I am a fan of Chinese history, due to surprise awaking of the culture richness of my parents' old country, my heritage; I didn't know until by chance got involved at work.

@user-se9jx7ke2d

Жыл бұрын

你有没有line呢？我想我可以和你交流中国文化

@mingwang5745

Жыл бұрын

Your parents are Chinese.？

I was forced to learn this in 5th-10th grade, and now I remember NOTHING of it. This video thought me more in 7 minutes than 5 years of history in class.

@rickdeckard804

3 жыл бұрын

That’s not the teachers fault. That’s your fault.

@gaylord3592

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickdeckard804 I don’t blame him, 5 years of CHINESE history is a bit hard to remember. 可是本片解得好/plus this video was explained pretty well.

@sophiepaiva1473

3 жыл бұрын

That’s your fault. I learned this in middle school and still remember half because I watched a lot of dramas.

@pepetiredofursht

3 жыл бұрын

@@sophiepaiva1473 HAHAAH good one

@pepetiredofursht

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickdeckard804 okay, you're the smart guy.

It would be nice to add a drawn timeline bar at the bottom with different colors from the different dynasties/periods

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion :)

@AurelioSon

6 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you! Love your content!

@yantingli8651

4 жыл бұрын

images.chinahighlights.com/allpicture/2017/07/99a04d09f69f4ac7b474c509.jpg this should give a good comparison. just knowing the "tang song yuan Ming Qing " will be sufficient. many Chinese themselves might not be able to link all dynasty together correctly

@moclykim8220

2 жыл бұрын

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

@mikeli8318

2 жыл бұрын

@@moclykim8220 Korea is the best and only superpower of the world

Its so awesome that you make this video all by yourself!

Thanks for the great content

Your vids are great man you’re awesome!

Very impressive video on the entirety Chinese History. Great description on the Tang Dynasty which was China's golden age. Keep these vids up !

That was great. Learned tons in a few minutes. Thanks.

Thanks for this 7 mins summary of the Chinese dynasties. This is indispensable video for teaching history since kids nowadays are mostly having short span of attention.

Really well made content! Keep going, you just earned my subscription! I LOVE your Channel.

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kentren! Glad you found my channel :)

This guy taught me more about China, than in 12 years of Ohio public schooling did.

@snowdog03

6 жыл бұрын

WRO I'm certain you learned much more about Chinese history than was taught about American history over there.

@fansongyi

6 жыл бұрын

I learned more on youtube than my 12 years schooling in China

@isaacjiang1831

6 жыл бұрын

Songyi Fan dude this is all requifed knowledge if you ever passed.

@stevenw2933

6 жыл бұрын

actually that is not the case. History is a huge deal in China and as America was/is the most powerful country in the world Chinese people know more about American History than vice versa. But perhaps thats more of a commentary on how little Americans know about the rest of the world than any particular praise for chinese education. Learning English is also mandatory in all chinese schools from grade 1. Most continue to study english into post secondary education.

@simonli6865

6 жыл бұрын

Songyi Fan LOL, that’s funny. You definitely suck at being a student.

As an Indian, I love listening to and reading about China. China and India benefitted from each other's knowledge. Chinese would send their monks to India to learn spiritualism, especially about Buddhism during the early part of the 1st millennium. They'd visit and stay for years together in Nalanda University in present day Bihar and learn the ways of monks who lived, researched and taught there. Indian monks would travel to China and helped translate many Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit to Mandarin. It's a shame that two countries that used to be the closest of friends and who suffered equally due to foreign aggression and colonialism are now vying for each other's blood. Hope things change quickly and we're back to our friendly ways soon.

@kleash

Жыл бұрын

🇨🇳 🤝🇮🇳

Great share! Thank you for the knowledge

I really like that you don’t hype everything up or try to talk super fast.

Very well done! Have been living in US for almost 4 years, and it is really hard to find even objective videos about China. But yours is very amazing, and pretty much accurate!

@edukid1984

5 жыл бұрын

There's actually an excellent series on History of China produced by CCTV available on KZread - unfortunately there's no English subtitles! It's a private wish of mine to provide English captions for them when I find the time; it's such a waste that audience in the West can't access them. There are exactly 100 episodes (about 45 minutes each), and its narration stops at the end of Imperial China so there's very little propaganda or ideological stuff from the PRC =)

@Andy-hz2ef

5 жыл бұрын

M C I’ve lived here for about 11 years now.

@simianto9957

2 жыл бұрын

@@edukid1984 The name..?

@jackliu5269

2 жыл бұрын

It'll be really hard to find objective videos about China that would be agreed by those from mainland China.

@fliu5282

2 жыл бұрын

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

Thank you for making this

Keep up with the hard work my friend, !

Great video, but i'd love to see a 70 minute super detailed version of this from you. Every dynasty and era of China is just so fascinating.

@tipinwings

5 жыл бұрын

ZerogunRivale even a 7 years program of bachelor plus masters degrees can not cover all the Chinese dynasties in detail.

@lyd2550

Жыл бұрын

You need some Chinese history books.Come there,All of them just $100.😎😎

Great video man, small points I noticed. Both the Tang and the Ming were much bigger than shown, Although only for short intervals less than 40 years. The Tang once stretched into what is Mongolia today and was as far westward as the Aral Sea (although it was largely inherited from the Western Gokturk Khaganate and was never truly administered directly by the imperial bureaucracy but more through vassals.) As for the Ming dynasty, during the reign of it's first several emperors- especially during the rule of the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, he expanded Ming territories across what is Manchuria and also the far east coast of Russia. Keep up the awesome works.

@coxwang40

Жыл бұрын

yes, the maps in the video about Tang and Ming were not the biggest territory they ever had.

@dongpan8931

Жыл бұрын

Wrong, the Tang Dynasty set up administrative agencies at the provincial level to protect the capital in the western regions.

@dongpan8931

Жыл бұрын

@@coxwang40 Wrong, the Tang Dynasty set up administrative agencies at the provincial level to protect the capital in the western regions.

@user-ht5mq8yt3m

Жыл бұрын

Dragon. Tamil god murugan srilanganpeaple kathir kramam

@EasternOrthodox101

11 ай бұрын

🤺☦🇷🇺❤🇨🇳Chinese are descendants of Obal son of Joktan, the Hebrew, in the line of Shem. Here is their ancient lineage👉 *YOKTAN* (Qatanites; east Asians): *Almodad* (Amerindians: Olmec, Maya, Inca, Sioux, Cheyenne... YUCATAN - ne/nw/c/s.Amarica) *Sheleph* (NaDenes: Slavey, Dakelh, Navajo... - nw.Canada/s.USA) *Hazarmaveth* (Hadramaut: Oman, s.Arabia - A.Australians/Micronesians/Pacific Islanders) *Yerakh* (Inuits: Aleut,Yupik... •Yuuyaraq♤Tarqeq -Yukon, Greenland/Alaska/n.Canada) *Hadoram* (Tai/Siam: "Rаm"◇praeRhaem◇ Ahom>dharma+rhmañña - Thailand, Laos) *Uzal* (Turkics: Siberians - Yakuts, Ouzes, Oguz, Turkmen, Selkup..) *Diklah* (Koreans: Silla, Baekje, Goryeo) *Obal* (Han Chinese: Balhae, Mohe, Malgal) *Abimael* (Malays: Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia♧"Malang") *Sheba* (Romani: Indians, Sri Lankas) *Ophir* (Austronesians: Indonesia> "golden isles" - Philippines, Polynesians, Pacific Islanders) *Khavila* (Tibetans: Burmese, Andamanese, Bhutanese, Japanese) *Yobab* (Mongols: Xianbei/Shiwei/Khitan)

Excellent break down, thank you :)

Came here after reading Kingdom manga. It made me curious about everything related to China's unification down to the real characters.

Good job here and I love the art work!

Love your videos, should definitely have more subs for the quality.

Great video. Thank you!!

Thanks for making this

Fastest history lesson I've ever had. Good job.

Awesome, thanks for time and effort putting this all together!

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Glad you liked it :)

@jasond1429

6 жыл бұрын

It’s the morning of the test I think we all know why you’re here

Great video. Ending was a bummer tho :D

Great video👍

Thanks for the brilliant video. I'd never known there had been so many dynasties in China and so much history. I've subscribed to the channel and look forward to the next video.

My late grandfather had migrated from Kwangtung, China together with his addiction to British opium to colonial Malaya. He spent most of his daily life in the opium den in Malaya.

@lanlantulan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to United Kingdom?

@sophiepaiva1473

3 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story: don’t do drugs

@eb94499

Жыл бұрын

@@sophiepaiva1473 be like the Brits sell them instead and force a country to accept the opium trade

@TheKaMeLRo

Жыл бұрын

My great grand fathers came to Thailand from Hainan, had kids and then died. This is all I know.

@juliachiu535

Жыл бұрын

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

This is really good work

such amazing video! thanks so much

Favorite dynasty is the Tang. They had a fondness for thick women, among all the other cool things going on during that time.

@hmmmhmmm6917

6 жыл бұрын

T H I C C

@martytu20

6 жыл бұрын

Yang Guifei is T H I C C

@user-xm3qh8mr1v

6 жыл бұрын

thicc

@espadac4746

6 жыл бұрын

And they did not discriminate against any race nor creed, anyone is welcomed as long as their talented and useful to the empire.

@Surstromming22

6 жыл бұрын

what the fuck is thicc??

Channel blowing up! Congrats 🎉

@EpimetheusHistory

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :D

It's a great and interesting explanation. At 4:09, when talking about SUI dynasty, the painting used is actually the first empire of WEI (at 3:30). Still a good video. Thanks.

Thank you. Top presentation . well done !

The most famous topic of a dynasty: 1. Xia -- question at History books VS Archaeological evidence 2. Shang -- inscriptions on bones 3. Zhou -- the system of enfeoffment 4. Spring autumn & warrior period -- legendary guys, legendary stories 5. Qin -- the first empire of China 6. Han -- influence spreading, even today, Chinese still call them self 'han' 7. Three kingdoms -- the romance of three kingdoms 8. Jin -- Dynasty for "hippie" 9. Sui -- The emperor did the things that should be done in many generations, so he was f**ked up 10. Tang -- the peak of China 11. Song -- the weakest yet the longest empire, dynasty for literati 12. Yuan -- Dark age of China 13. Ming -- Geek emperors, special agents, rising of folk cultures 14. Qing -- Darker age of China A.K.A China was fucked by wild pig

@lilithshopping7904

6 жыл бұрын

Qing was not a Dark age of China.Quite the contrary

@kihuu4055

6 жыл бұрын

AGREE

@user-xj9im4kq9n

6 жыл бұрын

yes, Qing was the darkest age, it weaken entire Asia

@qi8705

6 жыл бұрын

In fact, Song is the peak, not Tang. Tang is the most powerful, but powerful =/=peak.

@nobblkpraetorian5623

6 жыл бұрын

Yuan dynasty is not a dark age either. If there is ever a dark age of China it would be the Jin dynasty and the following Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Great contend! I'm more than happy to subscribe!

Thank you for the history of my own country in a few minutes. Keep up the great work!

@op9764

2 жыл бұрын

Hate China from TW

This is very well done. Good job.

Very clearly explained and helpful, thank you!

I wish u made a longer more detailed video about the epic history of China. there's just so much to tell

@ValdezJu

6 жыл бұрын

5,000 years of Chinese history 7 minutes! Epimetheus is probably working on follow-up videos now (hope so!)!

great video man! but a small mistake at 3:58 where you're presenting Sui Dynasty but the picture is 魏文帝(Son of Cao Cao).

Thank you for excellent work