You know something's gone terribly wrong when the Austro-Hungarian army is colonially exploiting you, when it could barely establish a foothold just over its own border

@zxdxz

5 күн бұрын

seems that was what they claim "history" in china?

@yohannessulistyo4025

5 күн бұрын

They are part of a gang called "Alliance of 8 nations", which is honestly welcomed by the Qing Empire to quell rebellions like the Taipings and the Boxers. Being part of the gang, they hoped to get some money to strengthen their own crumbling Central European Empire.

@nothinghappenedatpearlharb7426

5 күн бұрын

Funny thing is the austro hungarians are the only ones who didn’t actually exploit the Chinese in their territories… They straight up gave them citizenship.

@Afronautsays

5 күн бұрын

@@nothinghappenedatpearlharb7426 Having citizenship doesn't mean they weren't exploited

@snejjames6499

5 күн бұрын

But they had such a mighty navy. Some of their ships nearly didn't sink!

Qing dynasty is most easiest to spot. For one they are villains in many movies. Their hairstyle, armour, official helmet with peacock feather, and beads.

@Replicaate

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, the Qing court costume really did end up becoming the archetypal uniform of every Fu Manchu, "oriental villain" type. Rather unfortunate since it's really quite beautiful clothing.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the biggest visual indicator of the Qing Dynasty: the queue. The iconic men's hairstyle. Fantastic video, as always.

@paulsoldner9500

3 күн бұрын

Yes, that was an odd mistake.

@Luis-gw2gt

3 күн бұрын

in fairness, he did mention it in the opener for the first part

@eliotanderson6554

3 күн бұрын

Oh the ones who conquered the han chinese china the foreigners from manchuria right who conquered china

You've made many great videos over the years, but this series has been my favorite work of yours. History, culture, and comedy, edited together in a compelling multi-part story covering thousands of years of media. What a series!

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

I gotta go for the Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy featuring Jet Li as my favorite Qing Dynasty-centric movies because they don’t simply display impressive martial arts stunts but it tells a story of China slowly changing with the times and the ways people embrace the change surrounding their country with folks either embracing change or stubbornly defying it.

@kundankhalkho

5 күн бұрын

Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy is my favourite from my childhood days and the Red Cliff saga from my youth days. Also love the film Hero. --An Indian fan of Cinema on Historical China

@leeweesquee

4 күн бұрын

OUATIC 2 ❤❤❤

@tekinfomedi

4 күн бұрын

The Once Upon A Time in China series had 6 movies but I got your point. The series started to lose a bit of steam for instalments 4 & 5 but was able to have a good ending in Instalment 6. In simple terms, the main trilogy could be interpreted as instalments 1, 3 & 6. Instalment 2 tended to have a "Western culture good, Eastern culture bad" bias, implying China could just copy and paste from the West in cultural terms. At the same time, the final scene sequences were memorable. Master Wong (Jet Li) standing on a pier throwing a bundle to a Dr Sun Yat-sen who was on the deck of a ship that had just sailed away. When Dr Sun took hold of the bundle and opened it, it was the future KMT flag. 😊😊

@paulsoldner9500

3 күн бұрын

@@tekinfomedi Weird, since 2 is clearly the best of them,

This might be the best sponsor spot I've ever seen on youtube.

@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst

5 күн бұрын

It was informative too. Who knew that Genghis Khan had a website?

@kpopimpresario3997

4 күн бұрын

seriously, it should win an award. I was about to skip it, but then the inventive absurdity and silliness captured me to the ending.

White Snake and Chang'An (about the famous poets during the Tang dynasty) are both excellent animated features in recent years, not to be missed, both made me shed tears.

I will never forgive Netflix for cancelling Marco Polo just before we got to see Prester John. Also for making Nayan a Catholic convert rather than a Nestorian by birth, that just felt like a huge middle finger to the Church of the East's long history of missions into Asia.

Hey, I enjoyed the history lesson, but I think the visual themes that were presented in in the previous videos of the series aren't talked about so much here. For example, Ming could mention the basket-style hats or the circular helmets. Tbh, I still can't identify quickly the difference between Song and Ming. Qing dynasty could've definitely talked about the Manchu queue, the women's broad hairdresses, and the distinct cone-shaped hats with red tassels that even foreigners know. Growing up with Pearl Princess and Kangxi, I thought those were the definitive traditional Chinese look. I even made Qing mandarin costume for my 3rd grade halloween (which was really hard to explain to my friends).

@YoJesusMorales

5 күн бұрын

Good point, the series was great but he forgot the figurative thread on this one, the style, he did point out the furniture remained similar.

@chokingornot

5 күн бұрын

颜色。明代的颜色比宋代的颜色更艳丽，后者更倾向于素雅和保守。事实上，这也许是因为蒙古人给汉人带来的影响太深了，导致汉人尽管成功复国，也被迫植入了DNA。另外，明代的汉人服饰有很多蒙古色彩，比如蒙古风格的帽子以及由蒙古袍演变而来的曳撒

@afdhalulakbar5382

5 күн бұрын

What you thought were the definitive traditional Chinese are actually Hanfu (the Han people's clothing before Qing changed it) and their long hair bundled in topknot

The Yuan period is absolutely fascinating to me because as you said it was a strange time. The conquered people fearing extermination or assimilation, the conquerors trying not to become assimilated themselves, the fact that China was merely the easternmost point of the largest empire on the planet but also was sort of its own khanate; there's a lot of conflict and jumbling and contrasts to dig into. It's probably also oft neglected as a setting since it was a pretty brief dynasty, barely a century when others lasted millennia.

@doleofdolonia8859

5 күн бұрын

Yet it still lasted longer than the Qin dynasty. Though the Qin had more identity and cultural contributions such as uniting the lands and establishing the imperial system.

@martytu20

4 күн бұрын

Considering that the Yuan dealt with the beginning of the little ice age, as Kings and Generals noted, it was a miracle that the Yuan even last to a hundred years. The Yuan, like nearly every splinter Mongol empire, had to wrestle with the dilemma of adopting and eventually assimilating into local culture or stay to the old ways. After Kublai’s death, there were Han Chinese who knew Mongolian and Mongols who knows how to speak proto-Mandarin.

@tekinfomedi

4 күн бұрын

@@martytu20 Good point about the proto-Mandarin. According to linguistic studies, the Mongol conquest was the point where the pronunciation started to shift to what people would later know as Mandarin Chinese. The effects are still being felt today. Korea and Japan, having avoided direct Mongol rule, retain the earlier pronunciation, similar to Southeastern China, with a Mandarin Chinese core physically separating them.

@jenniferlfm1876

3 күн бұрын

I suppose there is also the whole aspect that the first Qin emperors ancestors, the kings of the Qin state lasted longer. So perhaps while the dynasty and emperors didn't last long, it fits into a narrative of Warring States prior to uniting.

@d.b.2215

3 күн бұрын

​@@tekinfomediKorean and Japanese are also just straight up different languages that aren't as intimately connected to Chinese, so Mongol rule or not, they would always have their own evolution. Same with Vietnamese in the South.

I was on the brink of tears after I listened to the afterword. This is so well made and well written. Thank you.

@17-MASY

4 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

I'm sad the series is over. I love ancient Chinese history. It's fascinating to see how society is shaped by changing values, evolving art forms, and outsider involvement. I would love to see more videos focusing on specific stories of unique individuals in Chinese history, strange or interesting events, or regional festivals and customs throughout the ages.

Hello, Mongolian fan here. Another informative and well-structured essay, as always. This time as a Mongolian it was interesting to see how my culture influenced Chinese's history and its films, keep up the good work!

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates are not parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

@O.0_9527

5 күн бұрын

蒙古粉丝，可以去看《成吉思汗》，很棒的电视剧。

@johnyricco1220

5 күн бұрын

​@@17-MASYVery interesting. Haven't considered this perspective.

@flysmask

2 күн бұрын

Very little influence. Yuan was well-known for its laissez-faire politics. That's its strong point and weak point, the strong being people could do whatever they wanted! The weak also being people could do whatever they wanted! That's why there was an over-correction in Ming, where the Ming emperor, literally said Yuan dynasty fell because it was too laxed, and then proceeded to impose some of the toughest restrictions ever seen in Chinese dynastic history. Mongolian culture had more influence during Qing dynasty, with music and wrestling being favorited by the Qing court. Religion-wise, Mongol went on mass conversion to Tibetan Buddhism during Ming to early Qing period, so the culture changed a lot within itself.

@user-ml5ks8tm9w

Күн бұрын

You are not Mongolians. Mongolians are Mongolians in Inner Mongolia. The Golden family is Mongolians in Inner Mongolia.

Ancient China's culture and technology were more advanced than those of its neighbors. So although the Mongols defeated China, which was dominated by Han civilization, they were unable to govern China. And the Manchus defeated China, but were defeated by the Chinese Han culture, and they also called themselves China. But in the 19th century, China's culture and technology did not have an advantage over the West after the Industrial Revolution, so it was a disaster for China that had not been seen in 2,000 years. Countless Chinese want to save their nation, the Qing feudal class learned Western technology, the Republic of China bourgeoisie practiced the Three People's Principles, and the Communist Party of China practiced Marxist communism. The Chinese tried everything, and countless people gave their lives. Gladly, they succeeded, and now China is back to where it should be. China also has an advantage that is unique to the whole world, China's history is long enough, and everything that happens in the world today has happened in China's history. So the Chinese know what an empire looked like before it fell.

@17-MASY

4 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

@user-ml5ks8tm9w

Күн бұрын

不元朝忽必烈还是自称中国皇帝只不过他们统治不行

You're probably the best marketeer of squarespace in YT, such funny and light way to presenting it.

i enjoyed this series throughout part 1 to 4...it's like reviewing my junior history textbooks. i love this so much and i just hope more people can see it

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

@nadiahapsari3359

4 күн бұрын

​@@17-MASYIt'd be an interesting video essay for sure,but definitely gonna take a lot more since the Islamic world isn't just one country

@17-MASY

4 күн бұрын

@@nadiahapsari3359 Yeah, we are currently in a divided interregnum era with no caliphate.

I grew up in the Philippines, and we had a high school class about Asian history, with Chinese history being a feature. I've learned much from your four-part series than I had in my high school classes. Amazing videos!

@17-MASY

4 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

Dear Yang, I discovered Accented Cinema just today. I was captivated by the series on the cinematic image of Chinese dynasties, as I work on a similar topic in Italy (the image of Greek and Roman Antiquity in cinema, especially in silent cinema, that is when the ‘iconographic canon’ was created from different sources). Of course I am now so curious to watch all the movies from which sequences have been taken… Huge congratulations on your work!

The schedule part absolutely killed me. Genghis and Conan would be proud.

Please make an additional video on the depiction of the warlord era, Republic of China and People's Republic of China in Chinese movies also. Love this whole series ❤❤

@user-pt9zx5un6s

2 күн бұрын

It can be more detailed: Warlord era, KMT era, Japanese Invasion, Mao's era, Deng's era, and the 21st century

I laughed and spat part of my breakfast out at the start of the Squarespace ad. Thanks for posting such a well-written and entertaining introduction to Chinese history through cinematic themes.

Loved this series! I can see myself referring to it regularly in the future. Thanks for your work!

You ever notice that there are no wuxia movies set in the 20th century? My theory is that The Boxer Rebellion was such a memetically traumatic event that it created a hard line in the Chinese psyche between the time of mythical qi-gong when xian dwelled among us as hidden dragons and the time when people understood that no amount of training is going to teach you to stop or dodge a bullet.

@izendale

5 күн бұрын

Director Xu Haoning is adding more and more entries to that niche. Depending on how broadly you define wuxia, even Let the Bullets Fly by Jiang Wen may qualify

@martneb

5 күн бұрын

"I have yet to meet a man who can outsmart bullet" -Heavy, TF2

@hugosiu656

5 күн бұрын

Not true. Huo Yuanjia, a folk hero in 19th-20th century, had many movies/tv show adaptations. Ip man, while not having any qingong, borders on magic with its kungfu

@ZETA14.88

5 күн бұрын

Your theory hold no water. You mixed xianxia with wuxia entirely. The earlier's story about supranatural while the latter is all about gallantry in the marginal society. See a story about yakuza or some good guy in mafia family standing up for the right things? Those are essentially wuxia stories

@BenjiSun

5 күн бұрын

pei pei pei pei. Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (摩登如來神掌) is a damn fine classic. lol 🤣 great heros love to eat hamburgers!

Will you do a series on Jin Yong's novels & adaptations? And also how Jin Yong's 3rd edition novels were heavily based on his views in Buddhism.

@sheena9178

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to request a guide on Wu Xia too!

@R3TR0J4N

5 күн бұрын

​@@sheena9178would be cool in time w/ when there's like 4-5? upcoming wu xia games. And it'll be beneficial in channel algorithm

@martytu20

5 күн бұрын

The Condor Trilogy notably was one of the few that was set during the late Yuan period.

@BenjiSun

5 күн бұрын

@@sheena9178 and that should really start with the OGs, Huanzhulouzhu, Wang Dulu, etc... before getting to Jin Yong, Gu Long, and Liang Yu Sheng. perhaps with a preface of Water Margin as the grandfather of martial arts/heroism fantasy.

@kunderemp

5 күн бұрын

I agree. There are a lot aspect can be analyzed from Jing Yong novels. The nationalism shown on the novels or the role of females in the novels.

"one emperor was stupid enough to print too much paper money causing a runaway inflation" you say? that is pretty much one of the base campaing pillars for the elected president of Argentine. never tought that kind of economic issue was even possible back in those times too.

THEY MADE A CHINESE VERSION OF TURANDOT, WHICH IS AN ITALIAN OPERA THAT WASN’T REALLY BASED ON ANYTHING CHINESE!?!

Thank you for an amazing series! Also, you have to be the only KZreadr I don't skip ad reads on. Very talented and great content, thanks again for all that you do!

Your videos are amazing. Thank you so much for this series! So useful and interesting!

It’s big miss too not talk about the infamous Qing policy of Tifayifu 剃发易服 in a visual-related video, for the longest time Chinese period dramas are divided into Qing and non-Qing, the hairstyle and clothing are so fundamentally changed during this period that make Qing the most obviously identifiable dynasty.

King Hu is a master of the cinematic Ming dynasty, his films Dragon Inn and A Touch of Zen are some of the most beautiful Chinese period films I've ever seen

Americans only have to learn roughly 250 years of our countries history. I can’t imagine history class in China!

@mhawang8204

5 күн бұрын

Learn the basic version in elementary school for a few years. Repeat again with more details and context in junior and senior high schools. It’s drilled into Chinese students 😭

@xinliu6287

4 күн бұрын

true, but history class would never be boring😂

It would be epic if you do a modern China series.

ANOTHER excellent, educational, and extremely well-crafted video from you -- thank you! I learned a great deal from this series, and it deepened my appreciation of Chinese history and cinema. (On a minor note, Squarespace should send you a personal letter of appreciation for the way you present them as your sponsor. I have NEVER been as entertained by anyone else mentioning them!)

This video series is absolutely brilliant! I loved learning about all the Chinese dynasties. There were so many!

I didn't know that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was set during the period when the Mongol Khans ruled China. I guess that's part of why one makes videos like these, I see people flying through the air and waving swords around and I kinda sort all such movies into a vague "Fantasy China ancient history"-world, not knowing what makes these periods stand apart or be separate. So thank you for teaching me through these four videos- I only hope I can retain what you've said here.

Best ad for a sponsor I have ever seen, bravo ! (watched it completely and it is actually attractive, instead of habitual deterrents ) The video is fascinating, instructive, and fun too. It is also interesting how your publicity for your sponsor has evolved over the four videos.

I think despite not many Chinese film set in the Yuan, there were a lot of the late Song/Early Ming TV series with at least some presence of the mongols, and the west did make a lot of Mongol films inspired by Yuan. and early Qing is also a favorite for TV dramas, since Emperor Qian Long is kind of a legendary figure, though most of it are talking about his concubines and are aimed at women....

@tekinfomedi

4 күн бұрын

Agree. Much of the interest in Qianlong is due to him considered in history as China's last highly capable monarch. Lots of debates what could have happened if he had a change of mindset in the 1780s & 1790s.

@kennywong4239

4 күн бұрын

Actually, quite a lot of opera were set in the Yuan dynasty, as that was the time when Chinese opera was in its foundation year. One famous example was The Unjustified Sentencing of Dou Er. However, probably due to the tragic nature of these stories, they were not favoured to be adapted into movies.

You could've touched on the Taiping rebellion and the impact it caused in the late Qing dynasty.

That's a brilliant educational work done on how China's dynasties are portrayed in film and other media. The least I can remember is the Singapore musical Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress, set during the time Westerners encountered the Qing Dynasty, Yuan dynasty always having Marco Polo and such

Just gonna throw down another recommendation for Ruyi's Royal Love because I'm obsessed! :D It's Qing Dynasty and so so so sad/tragic I love the way it hurts lol All on KZread too! Also, Winter Begonia for the opera and vibes.

@fatcat1399

5 күн бұрын

Yessss one of the most beautiful and bittersweet dramas!!!💜

@satyasyasatyasya5746

5 күн бұрын

@@fatcat1399 It hurts so bad, but i kinda love it. And the acting is so good. its a little more real to me than Yanxi Palace. I feel like Ruyi could have been a real person, that kind of misery she goes through is very true of many of us.

@mhawang8204

5 күн бұрын

Ruyi’s actress is one of the best in her generation! Glad this series has its fans. Its production and writing are incredible.

@satyasyasatyasya5746

4 күн бұрын

@@mhawang8204 I thought its writing and directing got a liiiiittle silly or lazy or boring at time, but overall yes, its an amazing series.

Would really like to see a follow up video essay how the themes depict China today. Still underdogs and "humiliated"? Maybe the themes today are of a China that leads the world. Thanks for a great and well researched video essay, was super interesting!

This series has been my favourite one from your channel so far.

Bravo and a standing ovation *clap clap*. I grew up watching wuxia and other Chinese films but having largely grown up in Australia, I've been mostly ignorant of the nuances surrounding the history of the Chinese empire and its many dynasties. This series of video essays has enlargened my view of Chinese history and the cultural touchstones throughout each. It was great to finally understand some of the historical and cultural rationales for the aesthetics depicted in the Chinese films I grew up watching. Thank you so much for doing this!!

Yuan Dynasty rule - teaches East Asia, especially Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that while only House of Yamato, descendants of Sun God can be the Emperor of Japan, anyone can be the Emperor of China - hence their attempt to invade Ming through Korea. Mongol's attempted invasion of Japan, while failed, also sparked the Sengoku Jidai period (warring period) - exposing the weak Ashikaga Shogunate. Ming Dynasty isolationism in turn also inspired Tokugawa Shogunate to adopt similar policy of sakoku. Their embracing of Ruism ("neo-Confucianism) also pretty much shaped the traditional modern Japanese core culture. Qing Dynasty rule - also mocked in both Korea and Japan as "barbarian rule" - the start of disrespect of China that pretty much still last to this day to some degree. Imperial Japan revisionism changed the hardline neo-Confucianism attitude towards the "Barbarian" Jurchens into Manchurian "brothers". Perhaps the only positive depiction of this era is from my visit to Taipei's National Palace Museum that shows off the extraordinary flairs of Qing craftsmanship products, especially its imperial kiln. It is definitely super high quality, super detailed, almost mind-boggling to imagine that 200 years ago, they carved jades or ivories into such amazingly detailed diorama - including detailed expressive faces of its mini human depiction. It just lacked the industrial scale. I exited the museum with newfound respect for Qing era - which I grew up mostly watching Wong Fei Hung or Fong Sai Yuk defending the national honour or something like that.

@lordkent8143

5 күн бұрын

Well said

@afdhalulakbar5382

5 күн бұрын

Yeah their attempt to invade China through Joseon Korea (Imjin war), imagine if they won and waiting China collapse and swooping in to conquer, feel familiar? It's what happened with Manchu in our original timeline. The Japanese would probably be a minority because of heavy sinicization Their kimono would influence the Hanfu and vice versa

@cellinedillon1861

4 күн бұрын

To consider the Qing as the only reason of China's "fall" is not only biased, but also, at some point, wicked, And to highlight the "un-uniqueness" of the origin of a Chinese emperor whilst not giving the very concept of Chinese nationality and "Han people" a thought is merely a failed attempt conducted by Japanese imperialists. Which both are still the primary goals of many "deep-state" belongings of many forces lurking and eagerly wishing to have this nation divided and carved up for them. Oh, and many things that happened or are happening in TW just happens to be a perfect example of such things I mentioned above.

@user-ml5ks8tm9w

Күн бұрын

No, it was during the Tang Dynasty in China that Japan started to want to wage war and invade instead of the Ming Dynasty simply being defeated by the Tang Dynasty and then paying tribute to learn from China

To oversimplify history, Qing dynasty manchus were former Jurchen people who ruled northern china as Jin dynasty during the Southern Song period. So, quite a comeback.

@snakecalmi5923

4 күн бұрын

Just the same name

This whole series was sooooo good! Thank you for the countless hours spent researching and pulling it all together.

It’s honestly fascinating that dynasty that ruled China when Marco Polo visited is seen as unremarkable from a Chinese perspective.

old movies have issue with the costume due to limited costume available, lack of information, they can use what's available. new movies have issue with the costume due to young viewer wanted to see ancient movie that has RPG element, therefore the armor heavily propped up, remodelled and actor face looked like dolls.

I have been enjoying this series of videos immensely! I dont want it to end, but it also has me excited to find out what we will see in the future.

Been anticipating the final part since you started this series, absolutely beautiful work

Thank you for making this series, I learned a lot!

I loved this series a lot. It's been a fun ride.

Watching the sponsored segment made me imagining a modern mongol nomad on a horseback working on laptop

I learned more about Chinese history than in textbooks. Thanks!

It's sad that Netflix axed Marco polo only after 2 seasons. It was actual quite a exotic and well made show set against the backdrop of the Yuan Dynasty. I remember some Hong Kong TV series about Genghis Khan too as a kid. But the Yuan dynasty felt quite refreshing comparing to most shows and movies based on Tang and Qing.

This has been an incredible series to watch. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing this.

Thank you for this beautiful history lesson ❤ I've been waiting for part 4 and was so excited to see when most of my fave movies take place in the timeline! Thank you for adding context and and real life experiences to these wonderful stories. I appreciate you!!!

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

I remember watching The Last Emperor on VHS in 1989 when I was seven. It was completely stunning and so colorful yet so quiet and confined to that city. Thanks for taking us from the beginning to the end to the new beginning.

Thank you so much for this excellent series! You've done an excellent job of boiling down thousands of years of history. Bravo!

This Series has been so interesting. Thank you for putting it together, it's been so fun to learn about Chinese history

Loved this series, thank you very much!

Would you believe that I didn't *hate* The Curse of Turandot? But probably because the opera it was based on is even WORSE (that is, plot-wise; the music is amazing.)

@bruceparker1970

2 күн бұрын

Puccini would have agreed with you seeing that when he died the opera still wasn't finished since he couldn't figure out how to give it a satisfying ending.

I love all your videos, but this series has been exceptional. Such concise layout of history. Thanks for another rabbit hole to go down.

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

Loved this whole series, thank you!

the last comment kinda hurts, the fact that china is still trying to "catch up" centuries later due to how far the decisions of the qing dynasty tripped them up. this is the main reason why we need to learn from history, and from the history of other nations

Such a beautiful afterword, I absolutely LOVED this series! Thank you so much for all your hard work and efforts into making these videos.

If you had told Dylan Sprouce was in a Chinese box office bomb I would have called you crazy. Yet here we are.

Bravo! Amazing video essay series! One of the best I've seen in a while. Great work!

Fantastic series. Kinda wish we got a follow-up on the warlord era and Manchuko to wrap things up, but the Qing Dynasty is a more poetic note to end on.

To be fair, the Guangxu Emperor did attempt the Hundred Days... also didn't work :(

This video is incredibly insightful and useful! Thank you for sharing

Great series Thank you!

Great video with fantastic titles and graphics. Very nice.

Great set of videos my man, I wanted to cry a little bit. Thanks for informing me and helping us learn to place these things when we see them

Fantastic work once again.

I've been a long time subscriber to your channel and i can say this is your best series of video essays. Well done!

其实可以做成一个系列。十级那种，介绍第一部中文电影，介绍不同年代的电影美学，不同风格，不同朝代，各个视角不同。看过五十年代的古装电影，黑白的，还挺有意思

Nice series of videos! I know that this is on cultural perception, and the way it is portrayed here is how it is generally viewed, but modern scholarship is making great efforts to restore the reputation of various late Ming emperors (Wanli foremost) and some of the leading statesmen, like Zhang Juzheng and Wei Zhongxian. Basically, the sources we have are extremely hostile to them because they were written by members of the privileged gentry that staffed the bureaucracy and paralyzed the country (particularly Donglin or Fushe partisans). Basically, the gentry adopted a worldview, based on zealous Neo-Confucianism, in which the country and emperors were supposed to serve them, which manifested in extreme resistance to independent action by emperors and massive scale tax evasion, as well as systemic appropiation of land and resources. There were since the mid XVIth century various pulses to fight against this trend, of which Wei Zhongxian's tenure represented the last one, and in these phases focused on the state itself is when unsurprisingly the Ming are stronger. Zhang Juzheng ended the wokou and Mongol threat and issued the much needed single-whip reforms, Wanli presided a mini-revival of the Empire until his last 15 years and tried to tax the ever more sheltered gentry, and Wei Zhongxian managed to finally stall the Manchu threat and create an effective defense network in Liaodong. The best English-language works in this regard are "State Versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644" by Harry Miller, the first part of "A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598" where the Imjin War is contextualized in Wanli's reign, and "The Military Collapse of China's Ming Dynasty, 1618-44", that covers the Ming perspective on the last 2 decades of the Empire. The last two books are by Kenneth Swope.

The Wrath of Lee Khan directed by King Hu is one of the better Yuan Dynasty films to me. It was also Sammo Huang’s debut as an action director. This was a good series, and I enjoyed watching it.

Great series. Very informative!

great video!

Hi. What do you think about "The Last Emperor" by Bertolucci? How he depicted the Qing dinasty?

Nothing wrong with your pronunciation, I just realised eunuchs sounds like UNIX. "Ming government employed UNIX in high official positions" :D

I do think that focusing on film only to talk about ancient costumes is such a pity. With the TV series, you can go much deeper and clearer in numerous dynasties such as Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

The Wanli Emperor was also ruling during Japan's invasion of Joseon Dynasty Korea, better known as the Imjin Wars. The strain on Ming's involvement in that conflict was another factor in it's decline.

dope!!! i loved this series

Been waiting for this video for the last 3-4 weeks Really excited to hear about the Ming and Qing Dynasties along with the Revolution/Warlord/Civil Wars eras 1911-1949

If only there were thousands more years of Chinese history to continue the series.

@lordkent8143

5 күн бұрын

He actually sampled each dynasty and skipped a lot of not so significant or long ones. He could actually have spent one single video talking about just one dynasty before moving on.

@felisasininus1784

3 күн бұрын

I'd rather he go back to talking crap about modern China so I can make fun of him.

What an amazing series.

great series

Noooooooo. This wasn't supposed to end. :'(

Great video man ❤ the tv series Ming Dynasty and Imperial Doctress were great showing Ming era bureaucracy and clothing.

hes back with another banger

AYYYYYYY I love this little series🥰🥰🥰

I did not expect the Mongols to be tangentially responsible for my love of the Three Kingdoms period.

Such a shame this series is over, loved it!

This is how I learn that Kung Fu Cult Master, one of my favorite movies, finally got a follow-up after 29 years! But is New Kung Fu Cult Master a sequel or a remake? I'm having trouble finding out.

my favourite series yessss

The cinematic portrayal of this stuff is so cool.

@17-MASY

5 күн бұрын

I wanted to make some comparison to Islamic history The dates may not be parallel especially in the first half because the focus is more on themes: Xia/Shang - The times of the Prophets. Zhou - Dark chaotic age between the previous prophets and the rise of Islam. Qin/Han - The rise of Islam and the start of the Caliphate with Rashiduns & Umayyads. Tang - Abbasid Caliphate. Song - Ayyubids against Crusades. Yuan - Mamluks against Crusades & Mongols. Ming - Ottoman Caliphate. Qing - Decline of the Ottomans and colonization. Chinese republic - Modern time

Fascinating stuff