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@mayankjakhad6559

4 жыл бұрын

I want vedio own hole Islamic history

@jackiechan6182

4 жыл бұрын

100% gonna be demonetized by youtube :/

@MastemaJack

4 жыл бұрын

The Triads operate in Canada

@rmz9309

4 жыл бұрын

Can you fight the Turkish liberation war👑

@ferdinandfernando1739

4 жыл бұрын

The only interesting part of this video is ridge sponsorship. These stories are kinda BORING 😴.

Chinese Emperors start to sweat every time there is a new fashion for coloured turbans.

@grimgoreironhide9985

4 жыл бұрын

And they should. Imagine a rebellion with tens of millions of able bodies men. European Feudal Lord's would shit themselves if they ever had the misfortune of experiencing it.

@joshuakusuma5953

4 жыл бұрын

Except for the Song, those guys got their asses kicked by the Mongols.

@yuanruichen2564

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuakusuma5953 Every one got their ass kicked by Mongols so it was a fair game

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan Falungong wears turbans of both yellow and blue

@EquilibriumScale

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshuakusuma5953 The Song resisted the Mongols the longest, almost half a century.

I promise I won't get political. 2 swigs of rice wine later: "Depose the Qing. Restore the Ming."

@aidennguyen8956

4 жыл бұрын

lol...lol...lmao

@user-wr6tc4tw2t

4 жыл бұрын

@Chong Chong hand HK back to China Last Ming Emperor Son "Puyi" Qing is the lousiest Dynasty that lost both of their 1st n 2nd Opium war I thought Puyi is the last Qing emperor?

@Turin_Turumba

3 жыл бұрын

Him wing Wong number

@juanlu3958

3 жыл бұрын

We the hongmen brothers and sisters around the world will overthrow Chinese Communist PARTY again,mark my world。 Depose the Communist China,Restore the Republic of China!

@DanteAtropos

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanlu3958 Don't claim to be 洪門 for no reason. It is never a good idea.

Just a quick self-correction at 5:15: Guanyin is not the generic term for any holy patron in Chinese culture. She is a specific deity, a Boddhisatva prominent in the Journey to the West story. What I meant to say there is that Guanyin was probably the most popular of Holy Patrons among the Sworn Brotherhoods of the time.

@AlmaTorran97

4 жыл бұрын

Guanyin is Avalokitesvara

@astonng8115

4 жыл бұрын

The Chinese Triads worship Guan Gong (aka. Guan Yu (关羽) a historical person who lived in China during the Three Kingdoms period, (三国) . Guan Yu is revered as Sangharama Bodhisattva (伽蓝菩萨) - the guardian spirit of Buddha Dharma.

@Borderose

4 жыл бұрын

Swearing an oath to the goddess Guan Yin is like swearing to the Virgin Mary.

@Marcusjnmc

4 жыл бұрын

it's interesting how influencial both the three kingdoms & journey to the west are in modern society given their triad connection

@Tupadre97

4 жыл бұрын

if Guanyin is a female shouldn't she be called a matron?

This is what Assassins Creed : China could and SHOULD have been. Such a shame.

@hiyukelavie2396

4 жыл бұрын

No, Assassin's Creed China should have been based on the Brocade Guards of the Ming Dynasty They were sort of like the Stasi of East Germany, except they serve the Emperor directly and practised martial arts

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

During the Ming dynasty, the assassins got brutally fucked by the emperor. That's why Shao Jun went to Italy to seek help from Ezio, who was unfortunately too old to be able to help her ressurect the Chinese Assassins.

@biocapsule7311

4 жыл бұрын

Assassin Creed is the most 'wuxia' of the western franchise.

@internetexplorer7143

4 жыл бұрын

@z0ro_ Assassin Creed Chronicles

@nicoangelobado9913

4 жыл бұрын

@@zennoix9984 Well, atleast she was guided by Ezio himself and made strong impression on her. Words do inspire I guess. LoL.

The triads make good Jackie Chan film plots

@wololocute

4 жыл бұрын

He is already part of CCP triad officially.

@sadderbythecloud

4 жыл бұрын

He actually used to be signed to a film company that was triad operated

@soul8938

4 жыл бұрын

Him being from Taiwan and being such a famous actor there is no doubt he has/had ties with the triads. Love his movies tho 🍿

@justjack1658

4 жыл бұрын

@@soul8938 He's from Hong Kong.

@sadderbythecloud

4 жыл бұрын

Golden Harvest.

"who claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ" I was not expecting that..

@jehuirasales3588

4 жыл бұрын

@@UltramanII what source are you reading men wth

@Winston_Chu

4 жыл бұрын

UltramanII what's your source / evidence boyyy

@somniumisdreaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@jehuirasales3588 pretty much common knowledge but have a gander at the NT and see. Also the gospel of Thomas et al

@andrewsuryali8540

4 жыл бұрын

@@jehuirasales3588 OK, Ultraman is wrong about the part of the 4 canon gospels deleting James because he's there in Both Mark 6 and Matthew 13 together with the other three brothers Joses, Judas, and Simon. Paul the Apostle mentions James as leader of the Church in Jerusalem several times and complains about James sending out letters to all the newly-founded churches telling them to reject the teachings of those who do not bear the letter of James. One Epistle of James (not actually written by James) can be found in the canon. The non-canonical Protoevangelium Jacobii (Proto-gospel of James) is still suggested reading for Catholics. This book is actually where Christians got the idea that Joseph was already an old guy when Jesus was born, as well as the only written basis for the Catholic doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Christians don't usually know much about James because they don't really read the Bible. If they did they'd know he's there. James isn't that important to Christianity today because all the surviving Christian sects are descendants of Paul's gentile church instead of James' Jewish church. Early Christians actually didn't dispute that Jesus had brothers and happily wrote acts, epistles, and gospels of them. The somewhat famous Gospel of Thomas was written based on the idea that Didymus Judas Thomas had special authority because he was the twin brother of Jesus (both Didymus and Thomas mean twin, and Judas is the name of one of Jesus' brothers). There was also the Infancy Gospel of Thomas which was supposedly the same Judas Thomas chronicling his childhood with his superpowered twin. There was the Acts of Thomas where Judas was compelled by his divine brother to go spread Christianity to India, and so on and so forth. The current church doesn't like talking about these brothers today because their existence kinda makes the current theology questionable.

@Phoonguy

4 жыл бұрын

@Vincent T. no it was buddha not jesus

5:26 Text on the right is "Kings and Generals capital" 10:20 "Kings Generals Inn"

@SosirisTseng

4 жыл бұрын

capital (首都) => HQ (總部) ?

@CBRN-115

4 жыл бұрын

Easter eggs? Haha

@josiahzabel8596

4 жыл бұрын

and 12:03 is the written form of Thlngan Hol. Unfortunately I can't read it.

"Restore the Ming, cut off the Qing" 😎

@grimgoreironhide9985

4 жыл бұрын

Bars my ninja

@01Mukil

4 жыл бұрын

Cause you know I got dat big Ting

@OOTO.

4 жыл бұрын

Yessss!!!!!

@melbourneopera

4 жыл бұрын

Never heard it was part of their claim.

@mattb7450

4 жыл бұрын

Ming is bad in conq blade

watching this makes me want to play Sleeping Dogs again

@andrewholmes2850

4 жыл бұрын

Why don't you have a pork bun in your hand.

@JonatasAdoM

4 жыл бұрын

Okay time to LEAve

@paritoshd

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewholmes2850 SURPRISE!

@weirdofromhalo

4 жыл бұрын

I just finished sleeping dogs XD

@ForelliBoy

4 жыл бұрын

You are now hearing that menu music in your head

Worth mentioning that after 1949, while clandestine tradition of the Hung Men was purged, a modern-politicized faction/extension survived (Zhi Gong Party), now formally 1 of the 8 legal parties of PRC’s political consultative system.... so in a way it did manage to survive till this day in mainland China...

@wisdomleader85

4 жыл бұрын

They're merely a puppet of the communist regime. They have no chance to object any policy from the communist regime, as they would be easily and mercilessly crushed by doing so.

@nczgod

4 жыл бұрын

@@wisdomleader85 They are not the puppet, more likely a close ally of the Communist Party. Some of their leaders actually had reached a very high position in the central government during the Mao era.

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

Ah..... people and their crave for power.

@liyangkuo218

4 жыл бұрын

There wre different factions with the triad in that war, helping KMT or CCP. In Sichuan province, where half the adult men were triad members or associates, KMT took the local gang memebers to form army divisions against the commies when they were losing. In the aftermath, 200 thousands were captured and sent in prisons located in the wildness of tibetan part of Sichuan. Only half of them survived according to some reports.

@DanfuLiu

4 жыл бұрын

LeckMichImArsch A common misconception is that all smaller parties are puppets and China’s parliamentary system is rubber stamp institution... Be that as it may, people with certain agenda can still achieve their policy goals and personal ambitions thru these “puppet” parties and rubber stamp institutions.

There is surprisingly little coverage on the triads considering the impact theyve had in chinese history and the world. Thanks for making this video, its by far the best one ive seen regarding the topic, and ive been researching this for a good while now.

@meilinchan7314

Жыл бұрын

Not true. The phenomenon of the Triads is one that is heavily discussed by Sinologists and historians and sociologists....it is just that like most people, the Chinese don't discuss the Triads any more Italians will discuss the Mafia (or mafias, given it's Italy we are talking about).

Triads - Goodfellas of The Orient Love the crime syndicates series!

@too_short_cortetm8507

4 жыл бұрын

@Klaidi Rubiku Feudal Europe invented organized crime.

@01Mukil

4 жыл бұрын

@@too_short_cortetm8507 Were you and I watching different videos lmao

@ShadowSumac

4 жыл бұрын

@@too_short_cortetm8507 Have you watched video?

@user-bu3vu8xz5c

4 жыл бұрын

so k&g is now a tool of political power😒

If the OG triads saw what their successors have become, they'd probably be rolling in their graves.

@CBRN-115

4 жыл бұрын

The triads now are nothing more than a swarm of degenerate lowlife scumbag cuthroats who can easily bought with money

@geordiejones5618

4 жыл бұрын

Triads make as much as the Cartels and have better government connections than any terrorist group. I think they'd be impressed. They're not hypocrites like most people.

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

@Bander1 well, you gotta make some money first before pursuing your own dream. That's the realistic route to take.

@chizhang2765

3 жыл бұрын

not really. Th Taiping rebellion that they allegedly had hands in saw entire cities slaughtered or starved. The HK thing to be fair from their perspectives they are also being patriotic by collaborating with CCP. Thugs are thugs no matter what their motives are, that's for sure.

@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu

2 жыл бұрын

@@yoooo1358 imagine being a facist. You must be young and trying to be edgy

I'd recommend reading Taipan and Noble House to anyone interested in these underground syndicates and the history of Hong Kong.

@gutar5675

4 жыл бұрын

@boggleroggler That's another great book. I can't recommend the audiobooks enough too.

@NobleKorhedron

4 жыл бұрын

What is that, a history book?

@paul1780

4 жыл бұрын

Always great to hear book recommendations, recommendations in general. Proof there's benevolence in the crowd.

@charlescook5542

4 жыл бұрын

@@NobleKorhedron historical fiction

@oct9653

4 жыл бұрын

which book series is this called

The Chinese history is so rich. I love it!!

@omnomnom5359

3 жыл бұрын

This a just a small fraction

@anantambisht4895

3 жыл бұрын

So is India's

@wisdomleader85

3 жыл бұрын

Every country has a rich history.

@obama5934

3 жыл бұрын

@@anantambisht4895 ah, our usual Indian Guru bringing up India wherever the can.

@anantambisht4895

3 жыл бұрын

@@obama5934 and always a muslim or american man replying to a comment made by Indian or Hindu which has absolutely nothing to do with him when in fact he could have just ignored it and moved on with his life

Would love to see a mini part 2 on how Triad groups that migrated to Western countries thrived there and became their own unique criminal organisations

@wazzup233

Жыл бұрын

And surely right now the Triads would go to the US and they need their help to overthrow the Chinese Communist govt as what the US did to Fascist Italy in 1943 and then the Mafia in Italy restored. Uh oh! 😅

@meilinchan7314

Жыл бұрын

It already got covered by several authors. You can read "sons of the Yellow Emperor" by Lynn Pan, or a more exhaustive search by Martin Booth.

The melody of Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower), one of the most well-known Chinese songs of peace-loving theme, played as a background for the triads. My brain just short-circuited.

@orange8420

Жыл бұрын

Red sun in the sky : observe

The Chinese diaspora 華橋hua qiao (and the Triads) went abroad not only to California, Australia and West Canada. Many MANY more went to south east Asian urban centres than to English speaking countries. And they are still there today.

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, the good ones came as traders, medicine men and scholars, while the bad ones came as drug dealers, prostitutes and human traffickers.

@JewTube001

4 жыл бұрын

@@zennoix9984 since when did painkillers and pussy become bad.

@hardgay7537

4 жыл бұрын

@@JewTube001 When it got cut with cheap fillers and riddled with syphilis.

@jstantongood5474

4 жыл бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 I'm well aware of that. I think you misunderstood me.

@angsern8455

3 жыл бұрын

As the saying goes, “where the sea touches, there are chinese” probably has something to do with chinese arriving on boats.

Now this is where an East Asian Assassin's creed Background could be comin' from

5:27 The headquarter of Kings and Generals is based in Fuijan.

Uff I nearly misheard "Ridge" as "Raid..." and I was like NOOOOOoouu

@UpcycleElectronics

4 жыл бұрын

Both are going for the same thing; your wallet.

@mattwells5347

4 жыл бұрын

A wallet for a wallet

@VladiSSius

4 жыл бұрын

@@UpcycleElectronics At least one is there to protect your wallet :))))

@KristofKarwinskithegreat-se5pu

4 жыл бұрын

Hah lol

@syahrulfauzi6344

4 жыл бұрын

ridge shadow legend

Kings and Generals is one of the best channels on youtube. The recognizable narrator, the excellent graphics and top notch scripts make it consistently the best thing in my feed. Thanks!

Hong Xiuquan was said to be a very smart guy, but at 22, after failing the imperial service exam four times (it was a 1:100 competition), he had a nervous breakdown (I feel you man) and started having visions where he had a heavenly family. His heavenly father lamented people worshed demons instead of him and sent Hong with a fiery sword to fight the demons, along with his heavenly elder brother. Shortly after, a cousin gave him some Christian pamphlets and he used them to make sense of his dreams. The heavenly king, Shangdi, was god and Jesus, his son, who was sent by god to earth with the power to fight demons, must be that heavenly brother. Oh, remember the sword in the dream? That is the most awesome part: He and his cousin ordered the forging of two badass swords that he called "the demon-slayer swords" 斬妖劍 And who were the demons, if not those who denied his dream of being a public servant? The Qing hated him so much for his revolt that his body was exhumed to be beheaded and later exhumed again, to be sure he was dead, and cremated. Maybe they were afraid he would resurrect like his heavenly brother.

Actually, the Ming dynasty was not ended by Manchurian, but still the farmers’ revolution from inside. The farmers overthrow Ming but were defeated by Qing.

@thefinest7574

4 жыл бұрын

It was mostly Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Manchus played a role but I'd say peseant rebellions were just as important. After all it was rebels who captured Beijing

@XuerLi

4 жыл бұрын

The Ming was ended by the combined forces of peasant outlaws, Chinese defectors and Manchus, the Qing couldn't advance south of Yellow River without the help of Ming defectors like Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Fan Wencheng and so on.

@thefinest7574

4 жыл бұрын

禾 if the Ming just hasn’t executed Yuan Chonghuan...

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, it was a fucking hanjian Ming general who opened the gates for the Manchus to come in.

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefinest7574 the Ming loyalists were just going around executing people who were suspected to be against the emperor near the dynasty's end. The Ming had a mass spying network just like the Kuomintang back then and CCP today.

Triads are known to us through Hollywood so I never thought of them as more than a mafia. I would not have imagined they had such a long tradition.

Why did I read the thumbnail as "History of Tryhards"? Half expected a 22 minute video of gamers sweating it out on multiplayer matches

@kaybevang536

4 жыл бұрын

😂 bruh

@unlucky_2nd897

4 жыл бұрын

@@harr1sonm1chael18 Ah yes the Chinese organized crime of trading

@keiran5170

4 жыл бұрын

@Eric Kim got me good there, I'll never be able to recover from that ingenious insult. I'm mearly a micro brain, but all this time you've been a galaxy brain

@MsElizaRae

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Last time I was this early Qing was still a dynasty.

@AhmedIbrahim-by9he

4 жыл бұрын

The Chinese were messed up!

Speaking of Fujan, Qing and Manchus, how about a video on Koxinga?

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

in the works!

@rays5073

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals I smell Dutch tears

@halzoun6195

4 жыл бұрын

@Kings and Generals and a video about the Battle of Baguashan(1895) plz

@summersong5876

4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget Limahong too

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

@@rays5073 Spanish tears too

That whole betraying shaolin monks story would be a great base for an Assassin's Creed game

@jfpei9315

3 жыл бұрын

It was an eastern version of the Templar Knights.

@JRGProjects

2 жыл бұрын

It's called Star Wars.

Could you guys do the Yakuza next? That would be interesting!

@thanakonpraepanich4284

4 жыл бұрын

Better hurry for they are set to join endangered culture list like Irish Mafia and Italian American mafias. They, too, no longer have number, money, influence and power to last beyond this century. The world passed them by and high-up hierarchy of Yakuzas know it.

@tonytaylor5165

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I know Yakuza developed from ww2 after the surrender of Hiroshima troops formed Yakuza as far can remember

@rafi7115

3 жыл бұрын

@tony Taylor no I think they were formed around 1870

@user-mj8gv8pl7v

2 жыл бұрын

@@thanakonpraepanich4284 Italian Mafia is no more, they're a legends

@hiushiko

2 жыл бұрын

@@rafi7115 The first noted ones go back to the 1600 century

Good info. Having been to Hong Kong in the early 90's staying by the Kowloon Walled city, I always wondered why there was such a huge amount of triads there compared to China.

@terence3004

Жыл бұрын

Because they lost the war with ccp that is why they are scattered to HK, taiwan, asia

Triads had an important impact on the history of Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Singapore, where they were usually the defacto government for the Chinese population there.

@LOL-zu1zr

4 жыл бұрын

Not true, they offer protection to Chinese communities. LAN Feng republic was aided by them but he local Chinese government were a collection of village administrations.

@MeiinUK

3 жыл бұрын

@@LOL-zu1zr : Back in the days, there are a lot of "chinatown", only because the laws... in those countries, like the US, had an actual exclusion act. I never knew of this for the US. Maybe this ties in with this video's series about the Mongolians. If this is so, then I am not surprised, why in actual fact, the laws in the US and UK, is kind of discriminatory as well.. for Blacks, and for Chinese people. Well.. technically, not chinese people, but actually, it is Mongolian people.... I would say, good for them ! Cos if you have hurt someone, until you can gain someone's trust... then they should not let down their guards. No wonder, even the British were only allowed to go in certain areas in the mainland as well, during those colonial days. They could not travel so freely. Same with the Chinese in the West. This is why most foreign countries have a "china town"... Of course, as rule changes.... in China, similar changes will happen in the US or the West.

@jutea9858

3 жыл бұрын

Typical conspiracy theories. But I agree that there are more triads in Southeast Asia because the Chinese overseas are mostly fujian and Guangdong immigrants.

@peterlim153

3 жыл бұрын

@@LOL-zu1zr Lan Fang republic wasn't aided by them instead the local sultanate support them under some policy.Although Hakka community had been apart from Qing authority at that time, regularly Lan Fang republic pay tribute to Qing every year until them got dissolved and owned by the Dutch. My ancestor were one of those famous Lan Fang republic members.

@LOL-zu1zr

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterlim153 nope the Qing never allowed Lan Feng to be their tributary. The Qing believed them to be a pirate republic, as many Chinese communities in the region were just coalitions of rogue traders that are some times pirates. Lan Feng was the exception here. But the Lan Feng just told the Dutch that they were totally a tributary of the Qing, so the Dutch only dared attacking them during the second opium war. Also we are talking about Lan Feng’s relationships with the triads not the local sultans.

I like how you showed the map with the China-PRC Flag and the Taiwan-ROC Flag!!

@lps8966

4 жыл бұрын

Should be mainland PRC.. Because both ROC and PRC are China

Man y’all have blown up recently and I couldn’t be more happy for y’all! Congrats!

Why am i thinking of Sleeping Dogs when hear the word Triads

@patrickdavis99

4 жыл бұрын

Good game

@john18563

4 жыл бұрын

extremely well made game. it is a close representation of asian gangs.

@john18563

4 жыл бұрын

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio is not a whole man.

@britisheastindiacompany6031

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrickdavis99 I don't know what you are talking about but my dog doesn't sleep a lot. At least not in front of me.

@adebisischibetta2940

4 жыл бұрын

Show them fooker what it means to be Sun On Yee!

Masterfully done as always Kings And Generals! Loving this Organized Crime series. While I enjoyed the Sicilian Mafia one, I think this may end up being my favorite of the bunch. While the touted story of the Triads is most likely myth, I didn’t know how deeply rooted and how epic its relation to Chinese history is.

@meilinchan7314

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, they seem to have mixed up two different deities, Guanyin and Guan Yu. Hint - the latter one is the most commonly invoked by the Triads (as well as their victims and the people who are tasked with taking out the Triads, the police).

Its amazing to see how far this channel has gone !

I love the actual use of Chinese characters

@howiechang8516

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty off tbh. Clearly they don't really know the meaning behind the characters they are using.

As always great, detailed and entertaining video. Keep up the good work!

Hey the Chinese pronunciations are pretty decent, when compared to other English channels

@shinyhunterCF

3 жыл бұрын

no fujian is where I’m from

@shinyhunterCF

3 жыл бұрын

I mean both of my parents from

@megarboh790

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinyhunterCF huh?

@s0so328

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinyhunterCF ah fellow child of china. Probably works in their restaurants too

This presentation is phenomenal !!! Making history seem as badass like it truly is.

The quality of these productions is spectacular. Really, thank you so much!

Great video, well worth the money

Instead of King and Generals we now have Dragon Heads and Dai Lo's

@seantien8764

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment, I laughed hard AF at this, lol.

Triads?????? *WHY AM I THINKING OF WOOZIE FROM GTA SAN ANDREAS WITH HIS TRIADS*

@kwt8371

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of GTA Chinatown Wars

@masteroutlaw100

4 жыл бұрын

Woozie was so badass he could beat Carl at video games despite being blind

@mosesracal6758

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I really liked woozie and his pals. Such chill dudes

Kings and General You are our History Teacher.❤❤❤

I think it would be a good idea to turn these animated historical stories into a film or video game prologue.

I love your vids, it helps me work on my pc while listening to things i like

Ridge: "We moved away from large flip phones to smartphones, but why did our wallets never get the upgrade" Asian: "We use smartphones as wallet"

@SS-hw1ou

4 жыл бұрын

Europeans too I guess

@bobatunikuku4473

3 жыл бұрын

@@SS-hw1ou neh... Quite the opposite actually. Europeans are still clinging to their glory of 17th and 18th century!

I was waiting for your continuation of the mob series !!! Amazing work as always !

Loving the Civ 6 music in the intro! Great content guys thanks so much for all your work!

@minosdaking3951

4 жыл бұрын

*hears civ music the entire vidoes...nice

Shoutout to the excellent Civ 6 music. Excellent episode as always.

@arek314

3 жыл бұрын

Also Total War: 3 Kingdoms.

yeah that Chinese civ theme, no wonder i recognized it right away

Traditional Chinese. Much appreciated.

I just realised this could be the plot for an assassin creed game with the assassin coming from the society and fighting against the corrupt ming officials and agents whom are all templars. This could all take place during the opium war as well and get the british involved and become a three way conflict

@kushastea3961

4 жыл бұрын

There was a game with shaoyun I think, and her grandmaster was yangming? But idk why they made it so all officials are templars, like, it's so stereotypical, do some actual research ubisoft, the political climate of ming was more diverse than this (face palm). But I guess they did a good job as a western company, western people tend to be very condescending when it comes to Chinese history, something most of them know absolutely nothing about.

@vladimirpootis3200

4 жыл бұрын

Assassin Creed Chronical China is a thing, those I think your concept would made a great open world game :D

@theghosthero6173

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly, although it would be funny to see hoods as it didn't really exist in China, unlike what the video shows

@alexanderirvine4002

4 жыл бұрын

Eric Kim Your last name is Kim. You are Korean, yes? China is most definitely the Middle Kingdom to you and your lot then. Korea (Goryeo) throughout its entire history was a tributary state to China. And the reason why Americans don’t get Chinese history right is because they are boorish and narrow minded - Americans are terrible at history because they have no neighbors which pose a threat to them. Compare this to Europeans who have to learn about their neighbors and world history.

@ivaylotsvetkov3801

4 жыл бұрын

Bravo good sir. I really wouldn't expect an American to know that Bulgaria exists, let alone its location. Regarding the topic of poor education, that has been an issue that's popping up in more and more of the western countries where it seems focus shifts away from science, history and literature to...absolutely useless topics and subjects frankly.

Southern Shaolin was true origin of Okinawa Karate. I am so glad the martial arts did not die with those monks. Lots of practitioners in Naha today. Osu!

What an outstanding channel. Superb narration. It's interesting to see how the Boxer Rebellion and White Lotus Society have been covered in classic HK films. I like to think Pai Mei was their leader IRL 🤣 The so called "burning" of the Shaolin Temple has long been disputed by historians, the exploits of some of the escapees were captured in the Shaw Brothers titles Heroes Two (1974) and Executioners From Shaolin (1977) amongst countless other films. The hand gestures you referenced can be witnessed in many films, John Woo's Hand Of Death (1976) immediately springs to mind. Regardless of the historical inaccuracy of the aforementioned movies they are all highly entertaining and well worth a watch.

Very well done. There’s not a lot of information on topics such as these. Perhaps at one point one for the Yakuza?

Great leader Sun yatsen was also a member of Hong Men (Tian di hui).

@MeiinUK

3 жыл бұрын

@Chong Chong : And Sir Robert Ho Tung's grand nephew, Stanley Ho.. betrayed his roots as well.. and joined the CCP party. And now, his relative, Denise Ho... went to the other side... and joined democracy.

@MeiinUK

3 жыл бұрын

@Chong Chong : He became a "Sir", because he was working under British ruling in HK, but his nationality was actually Dutch. The British monarchy only ever award titles or labels, if the individual has helped the country in some ways.... This is why he ended up holding a position in the Dutch Consulate as well. Of course, the Dutch came and made trade with China first, and the British were kind of a little bit out there, without much cooperation or help. Whereas the Dutch had a lot of help, which became and turned things around to become what it is today... There was a famous video somewhere about a Chinese person who studied abroad, and ended up bridging the gaps.... Do not assume that this was all the results of the previous dynastic individuals inside the palaces... The Dutch came way way way before the British did.

@raysonraypay5885

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t he a Christian ?

@royc888

2 жыл бұрын

I am always curious why the Hongmen logo is the same as the Freemasons? did the Freemasons fund them?

I'm a Taiwanese, and I really appreciate the clarity and completeness of the video. We were taught about the Tiandihui and Ling Shuangwen's revolt in high school, with Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in later chapters in our history textbook. However, once being a faithful player of GTA San Andreas(?), it's not unitl now that I realize the Triads have something to do with them. P.S. 15:22 the chinese word "monk" should be "和尚".

@LOL-zu1zr

4 жыл бұрын

No the triads has nothing to do with the monks, that story was fake. 100 monks may defeat bands of bandits but not an Mongolian army.

@md.iqbalhussain994

Жыл бұрын

But you are A Chinese

You should have mentioned Du Yeusheng, also known as Big Eared Du, he was the most notorious of these gangsters with his links to the Green Gang and the Kuomintang secret police during the War

A video about the Taiping Rebellion in detail would be cool.

Very interesting... I really enjoyed your videos. Lot’s of useful informations. Keep on the good job 👌❤️

KZread logic: Video:14 minutes ago Some Comments: 12 hours ago

@tammesikkema5322

4 жыл бұрын

This some new issue? I know of the 5 views - 500 likes one, but this!?

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Patrons get early access

YAYY You finally mention something about Taiwan in your video!! Hope you make more video about the history of this beautiful island! :)

Incredibly enlightening! Thank you!

Interesting because I made a story a while back whereas the Triad was a revived group that operated in Hong Kong. In it, they help a girl from Beijing find a Russian girl who helped the Triads but at the same time they ultimately stopped the corruption in Hong Kong after defeating some meta humans.

As always, great videos! Can you please also make a video about the origin of the Chinese-Taiwanese conflict?

@LOL-zu1zr

4 жыл бұрын

You mean the Chinese civil war?

@angusyang5917

4 жыл бұрын

Technically, Taiwan is not an independent state, it's a rival government that happens to hold the island of Taiwan. The ROC constitution still claims all of mainland China and Mongolia, they haven't bothered to re-write it.

@fw.caozhangyuan

Жыл бұрын

国民党被一部分人夺取了政权后，抢夺了中国人民革命胜利的果实。然后国民党逐渐演变成纳粹政党，和德国人日本人眉来眼去。结果二战爆发后一路输给日本人，半个中国沦陷。抗日战争结束后，国民党已经变成纯粹的纳粹政党。在内战中节节败退，最后逃到了台湾得到美国的庇护一直到现在。

Wow, I learn something I've never heard before. Thank you.

@violenceisfun991

3 жыл бұрын

Do many chinese people find their own history interesting? Or is it like british people are with our castles and stuff where most british people find it boring as hell?

Thank you for such great stories. True stories.

fantastic research and content. thanks!

I like the fact that this video is uploaded on the 21st of May, which is perfectly 10 months after the attack from HK triads on the 21st of July, 2019.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

It is impossible to plan things like that

@georgewu4051

4 жыл бұрын

🖐☝

@hitler1263

4 жыл бұрын

@@georgewu4051 Five demands

@allnameoccupied-us9eh

4 жыл бұрын

@@hitler1263 not one less!!!

We need new series about Almanzor (Amirids Dynasty‎) in Spain

Amazing video! Well done

10:14 on the column writes ‘the Hotel of Kings and Generals”

China: *Has Lost Mandate* The Triads: Let us Introduce ourselves

Please do something on the origins of shaolin and kung fu!! So filled with myth and lore that you are brilliant at picking apart.

amazing channel. thank you

thank you for all of this

good series - you forgot to mention, however, that it was also the triads that initiated the boxer rebellion against European Embassies in China, attacking their staff, which ultimately led to the 8 nation's alliance and war against China, a major contributory factor to the downfall of the Qing

The way the narrator pronounces chinese names, makes me believe this person actually knows chinese

@At0m1c420

4 жыл бұрын

Devin is by far the best narrator for this channel

@theoneaboveall6751

4 жыл бұрын

Klaus Janzen There is nothing like Chinese, it’s Mandarin, I don’t mean to be that guy. Just fyi

@xXxSkyViperxXx

4 жыл бұрын

is that supposed to be sarcastic because devin truthfully sucks at pronouncing mandarin...

@gameoflife9576

4 жыл бұрын

@@xXxSkyViperxXx his pronunciation isn't perfect but it's better than most youtubers

@mrklausjonza

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know any Mandarin, so I'm purely stating that it sounds to me a lot like what I would expect from someone who speaks it. And regarding Chinese or Mandarin, yes but Mandarin still falls into Chinese umbrella of languages so it's not that wrong.

what a rich Episode. thank you!

Great video👍🏾Please do one on the Yakuza syndicate!

I hope kings and generals cover the origins video on the Thugee's of india. Enjoying the content so far.

Yes, most mafias also seem to start off as freedom fighter who go into business as criminals.

@EquilibriumScale

4 жыл бұрын

Seems to always have origins in occupied territory

Super cool video! Very nicely done.

Thanks for making this videos

We Hong Konger hated the triad to the guts.

@1stHalf

3 жыл бұрын

I do love Hung Hing tho!

@DanielBne

3 жыл бұрын

721 gang attack is yet to be properly investigated

@thefutureisnowoldman7653

3 жыл бұрын

It's over China win Hong Kong lost

I remember some great series “Duke of mount Deer were the hongmen are active

Fascinating stuff. Liked and shared.

Great work yal. Ty 🙏

Could you do the white lotus next?🙏 For avatars memory

The word TRIAD reminds me of Infernal Affairs series everytime.

1:38 I like how the first review on the ridge wallet was a 2 star

Well explained!

The virgin modern Chinese nationalism vs the Chad 1700s Chinese nationalism

@gabrielfrostbrand2754

4 жыл бұрын

But they stopped being "nationalists" when they actually had a nation though. Nothing chad or "nationalist" about that.

@zennoix9984

4 жыл бұрын

Now that the syndicates have a nation with a government they are ok with (not all though), they have turn soft.

My ancestors were from Fujian and in Malaysia there is still Heaven and Earth Triad here

the choice of font for the kanjis is excellent

Digging the use of the Three Kingdoms soundtrack!