Chinese History in 20 Minutes - A Summary History of China

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This video is a brief summary introduction to the history of China in less than 20 minutes. Do you think Chinese history is long and complicated? I've broken down the important events into one outline. Hope you like it!

[@terencew3840]

the accuracy of your pronunciation of mandarin is astounding

[@tianning3787]

terence w he's probably a Chinese national who studied in England

[@user-zv4zg3ip1e]

Nope. Check out his channel a little more.

[@Mrs.miriam]

@@tianning3787 no.he is a westerner who has studied Chinese. Chinese has simple grammar( no verb conjugations,no object gender too) so it's not a wonder that many westerners can really ace the language.

[@Mrs.miriam]

@MICHAEL PIOTTO there are other languages harder to learn than Chinese.

[@rjlee3112]

First quality video on Chinese history I've come across where the narrator actually can pronounce the words properly.

[@yangyang963]

***** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia_dynasty the first dansty is xia. The earlier culture is liangzhu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liangzhu_culture

[@yangyang963]

***** and you must introduce first sino-japan war. it is so important to china and japan,and taiwan as well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War

[@SergeyBerezovikov]

Oh, yes, I also appreciate that.

[@Supernaltooth]

Man you are so great.. Even Chinese kids need many years to understand their history, but you made it in 17 mins. It's so great.

[@MrOldestPerson]

holy shit, china had been reshaped so many freaking times.

[@andygoody2599]

+MrOldestPerson Its almost as if it isn't really a single monolithic entity like the communist party would have you believe.

[@tubester4567]

China is a fascinating country.....

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

Yes it is!

[@user-og9yu3hn5z]

+Fluent in Mandarin.com Not mention Taiwan.

[@dragondescendant1]

+秦瀚 not that fluent then.

[@LovePH926]

I live in China :)

[@xinlicui4460]

Brandon Fike GOOD,我看好你

[@garytkq]

Thank you for this amazing narration. History is complex and this is a good overview for anyone who is keen to learn more, and could start to dive in deeper in each era. And yes, your pronounciation of the many chinese characters is pretty impressive. This video is great effort and bravo.

[@azmeldavincii3781]

Im from Malaysia..i can say..China is Awesome..

[@jerrytran9242]

Azmel Da Vincii thank you I’m a Chinese person and I’m glad to hear that

[@noir.e.l1093]

love how this is real facts w/o political influence. good job.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+NOIR. E.L Yeah I try to look at different interpretations, because history is so politicised in China, you have to check different sources to get all the information, both Chinese and English sources. That's the best way..

[@mankytoes]

+NOIR. E.L A lot of British people feel we get a lot of shit about our history, but I think almost all of us acknowledge that in the Opium Wars, we are basically the bad guys.

[@noir.e.l1093]

+tong shen sorry, don't quite understand your question

[@mytube2237]

+mankytoes ....best look into who control the West, central bankers ( loan shark scam ) out of mid-east = original usurper mafia who current ran world*s money creation ( counterfeiting ) financing system

[@entspannterleben]

This is a great introduction, just what I was looking for!

[@JieZhang]

thank you for your video for introduce china to english speakers. It is informative and I'd say, your Chinese is real good, it is so good that I thought it is made my some Chinese native speaker.

[@joehsu2454]

likewise.

[@YummYakitori]

Agreed. But at 5:19 the map of the Sui Dynasty is wrong.

[@konigsrustung8115]

Videos about Chinese idiom-stories with storytelling and commtens (spoken in German with English subtitel): Playlist: Playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWebZ5KNZtdoqsU

[@antonioying6088]

really a great job for you as a foreigner, I can hear out your mandarin is profesional

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+Antonio Ying Thanks!

[@jsindiaz4727]

Thank you for breaking this down. I admit, my introduction to Chinese history was based on a video game, but bravo to Dynasty Warriors for commencing my interest in Chinese history and thus, human migration. You've done me (us) the favor of supplying a time line i probably wouldn't have research on my own.

[@hmmmhmmm6917]

dynasty warriors is a good game :D

[@jsindiaz4727]

+Simo Hyvarinen agreed 😄

[@yqisq6966]

Dynasty warrior is a good game. But ironically, as a Chinese, I always find the Japanese voice over being more "authentic" LOL

[@EUGENIUS60]

Very informative excellent short presentation congratulations on your work and thank you

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+Eugene Auzou Thanks Eugene, you're welcome!

[@southamptononvideo2439]

Excellent commentary. I have travelled through China and found your description very informative and refreshing. Many thanks.

[@canman5060]

You have done a great job in summerizing the thousands of yoears of Chinese History in just under 18 minutes.I wish my chinese history teacher in Hong Kong can do the same.

[@TheLeaderr]

A minor mistake: the paper currency was introduced in the Song dynasty, not Yuan. A great job overall :)

[@KingofKpop]

Very nice summary of China history 101, well done. I think your view of Chinese history is more balanced.

[@bilalgharsheen2114]

You've summerized the Chinese history incredibly good; thank you & I appreciate your work.

[@JoshuaC923]

Thanks for taking your time to compile this video, great work!

[@caityreads8070]

I'm glad you bothered looking up how to pronounce those names so I don't have to :p

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+Northern Fried Chicken :-)

[@hanziforever3836]

First of all I know that you're amazing at Mandarin because I've seen your videos speaking but I noticed you pronounced sun as 'soohn' and not 'swuhn'. Just thought you might like to know. Awesome video.

[@sr.lillianrepak4933]

Fluent in Mandarin.com

[@yanli9698]

Li Zicheng didn't invade from Manchuria... The peasant rebellion toward the end of Ming dynasty first broke out in Shanxi province, western region of China.

[@tomitsara]

Excellent precious Chinese history summary for 20 minutes. Thanks for excellent work.

[@abhimanyuswati]

very good presentation, China history is very interesting but confusing. thanks

[@jackji2007]

China needs the person like you to publish the video like this to show a History of ours to the world. Keep up the good work.

[@richardgere9365]

Excellent presentation.

[@WmTyndale]

Wonderfully concise and informative narration. A great start!

[@jo-anjacobus538]

This was very interesting. Thank you. It tucked the small bit I knew into the larger scope of the history of China. That is always helpful. 5,000 years in under 20 minutes and I followed what you were saying. Well done. Again, thanks.

[@PirateJiang]

Thank you for your sharing. Your Chinese pronunciation is pretty good:) 贊👍

[@NeighborVadimBlyat]

brief and much more accurate than many western documentaries, and excellent Chinese pronounciation! That's a lot of respect to a culture when you pronoun their words correct. Subscribed!

[@feliciad4651]

Oooooh your pronunciation in Chinese is very good. Btw I think the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 should be also mentioned in this video.

[@KingofKpop]

Felicia D You meant Qing-Japanese war since there was no China state back in 19th century.

[@chiupolini]

Kochigachi Of course there was China. But it was not then the official name, which was Qing. But you tell a Qing person he is a Chinese, he would not disagree.

[@KingofKpop]

chiupo lini Check your own history carefully there was no nation called China before 1912.

[@chiupolini]

+Kochigachi As a proper name for a nation under the western notion, I think you are right. But the term China has been there for eon years to describe the political entity which was made up by the people who lived under Chinese culture. So as a term in describing a country set up by the Chinese has been long in existence. It is a common name, but not a formal name. Read this: 古時 「 中國 」 含義不一：或指京師為 「 中國 」 。 《诗· 大雅 · 民勞》： 「 惠此中國，以綏四方。 」毛傳：「中國，京師也。 」《史記· 五帝本紀》： 「 夫而後之中國，踐天子位焉。 」《集解》：「劉熙曰；‘帝王所都為中，故曰中國’。 」或指華夏族、漢族地區為中國（以其在四夷之中）。 《詩· 小雅 · 六月序》： 「 《小雅》盡廢，則四夷交侵，中國微矣。 」又《禮記· 中庸》： 「 是以聲名洋溢乎中國，施及蠻貊。 」而華夏族、漢族多建都于黃河南、北，因稱其地為「中國」，與「中土」、 「中原」、「中州」、「中夏」 、 「 中華 」 含義相同，初時本指今河南省北部、山西省南部和陝西省南部及附近地區，後來華夏族、漢族活動範圍擴大，黃河中下游一帶，也被稱為 「 中國 」 。 或指統轄中原之國，《晉書· 宣帝紀》： 「 盂達於是連吳固蜀，潛圖中國。 」，《晉書· 載記第十四》苻堅對其弟苻融言 「 劉禪可非漢之遺祚；然終為中國之所並 」 。 （「中國」指立國于黃河中下游的魏國）。 甚至把所統轄的地區，包括不屬於黃河流域的地方，也全部稱為「中國」。 《史記· 天官書》： 「 其後秦遂以兵滅六國，並中國。 」 秦漢以後， 「 中國 」 一名主要作為統一的中央王朝的通稱，但是並沒有任何一個王朝將 「 中國 」 作為正式的國名。 另一方面，在統一的情況下，中央王朝又常常自稱為「中國」；而分裂時期，「中國」則往往專指黃河中下游地區（即中原。 ） When you are describing a war between China and other countries during the Qing period, the common term used is Sino-Japanese war, or Sino-British war. Only the Japanese use the term Qing-Japanese war. Chinese use China-Japanese war. They all mean the same thing. Why try to correct others when you are not more correct than others?

[@KingofKpop]

chiupo lini Zhoung-guo is not China, the name China was originally referring to Cina which was Khitan. The Westerners who came to China at the time was when Khitan ruled Northern China. You're referring to central plain of China where middle of Yellow river, and many people who came and went, and it wasn't properly like "Chinese" nation today. If Mongol was still at Yellow river then their state would have called China by Westerners. Your China today is very modern nation which was formed after Xinhai revolution. Go to any University academic and ask them if "China" existed before 1912, they probably will say Chinese civilization not nation. Please don't mix up with ancient civilization and modern nation. Do you think Japan was existed before 18th century? No. You see almost all nationality that exists today only started appeared less than 1,000 yrs ago. Chinese weren't like Chinese today, it's not the same thing anymore. People often get upset over "origin" and "ethnic" question. It's not same. So called Han Chinese is pretty new compared to their neighboring people around China.

[@NangongReng1973]

From his pronunciation of the Chinese character, I am pretty sure this young Caucasian gentleman knows Mandarin.

[@NangongReng1973]

***** Yup, I will check out more of your videos.

[@spvcs3615]

I'm trying to learn it's hard

[@apei281]

He sounds like a Chinese

[@albertoocampo6785]

I think he's Brit

[@Expresso98]

Fantastic overview, Chris, thanks so much! I have a two-volume history of China, but it's sat on my bookshelves for years unread due to other priorities. Suddenly after just 20 mins I not only know much more, but am inspired to make sure I read it!

[@feriel9961]

Thank you so much for this helpful video ! I'm learning asian history at the university and your video made very clear to me crucial events in China, better to have a global point of view. I must say you are a better teacher than my actual teacher ! :))

[@sisizhe2011]

挖噢，真是不错的概述。另外你的中文发音非常好。我还以为是中国人在作背景叙述。最后的分久必合，合久必分的理解其实有重点。重点在合，而不是分。分的目的在于寻求更好的合。 下面我说一下为什么“合”在中国比分要重要很多。如果你不是很理解，可以无视。如果你感兴趣的话，我可以多说一点，或者借助google translate来为你解释。 这是一个非常深刻的人类社会学理解就是：汉族不是一个民族。在哲学黄金年代中国做到了国家统一。即秦朝。为什么在公元元年前后会在世界各地出现各种哲学家？原因是，生产力的发展令人类的族群意识从城邦扩张到了乡里。国家组成从一座座城，变成了连续的国土。而在此之前，国家依赖的族群意识只存在于“国人”身上，即城中的人。而城外的人称为“野人”。战争让这些没有族群意识的“野人”成为了最大的受害者。所以世界各地在这个时期涌现了很多哲学家来帮助这些“野人”构建族群意识。一方面让他们更好的为国家服务，另一方面让统治者能够相对合理的对待这些“野人”。 所以，虽然汉族原本不是一个民族。北方人，南方人无论从体型，脸型，到语言文化，饮食文化等等都不同。但是最后秦灭了6国，依然可以把这些人很好的融合在一起。这些人的族群意识是依靠在这个阶段逐渐发扬光大的哲学理念建立起来的。这样构成的中国并不是民族国家，而是文化国家。中国人的基础认同是文化认同。只要说中文，用筷子吃米饭，尊敬老人，中国人就会对这样的人有强烈的好感，并把这样的人认同为自己人。 所以中国历史上虽然分了很多次，但是最后都因为基本认同是文化认同，而避免了扩大地域人种上的差异。最终总能够合在一起。 这就是为什么，分久必合，合久必分，重在合而不是分的理论基础。

[@LiveWire276]

Chinese history is interesting. Greetings from an Albanian.

[@jikelu4424]

Thanks, greetings!

[@nimrodlevy]

AMAZING! a brief history to anyone who wants to start learning the Chinese history, also the doco is unbiased and objective as much as possible! good work! thanks!

[@Karma1062]

***** Not Mao but Teng xiao Peng who really opened up and industrialized China. And made China wealthy.

[@xiaojiang5690]

amazing short video. I`ll introduce it to my class. Your pronunciation is even better than me.

[@forlornpreponderance2299]

Very well explained but China history goes way deeper than this. The warring kingdom (the 7countries at war) could be detailed to write books. And three kingdom has two versions of literature. A historical version and a literary novel known as 三國演義 which is one of the four Chinese classics. And also wei did not conquered all three. It was jin which conquered wu.

[@birendrakumal6289]

The origin of Boudha was not in India its Nepal.plz correct the speech.

[@Dovid2000]

Very informative. Thank you for uploading this!

[@jackjamieson1120]

Well done on putting together this concise and informative for someone like me in Scotland

[@octavemuhirwa3565]

This has to be appreciated, it's a very wonderful work. You didn't mention Xia dynasty founded by Yu the great. isn't it the first to rule China before Shang?

[@vvonn9605]

+Octave Muhirwa No. There had been many rulers before Xia Yu.

[@celinejesus7703]

Xia Dynasty : start 4070 years ago, end 3600 years ago, ， Shang Dynasty start 3600 years ago, end 3300 years ago!

[@berkuluc8387]

And later Asia Hun is coming

[@fengqing3956]

come， only ur Turkey girls come n‘ fuck me！！！

[@xz1891]

Berk Uluç we fuck back in Han dynasty, and where is Hun, if any, now? U idiot

[@ChowMeinChowdown]

X Z they are miscegenated in Turkey, harbouring great dreams of a turk revival, and plotting terrorist attacks in Xinjiang 😂

[@brianli1212]

Dude, you have done a great job learning Chinese History! I am studying in USA and I am trying to let more Americans to get a better knowledge about China by teaching Chinese and Chinese culture. It is very encouraging to know a foreigner could be so interested in our culture and history.

[@Bozewani]

Beautiful in one short 20 minute video you explained the history of China this is a monumental undertaking and you did an excellent job

[@BloodClaws]

China was once like europe, ancient india or africa, it consists of many different races and kingdoms, they spoke different languages and have difference culture. but too many war throughout history have made china "united". the major races were han, mongol, manchurian, tibetian and many others. today we can't tell who is who, all simply refer as "chinese". Example if Nazi Germany were to rule all of europe for 100 years, all other languages were banned except german... today all europeans will be call german too.

[@xiaobaili2933]

+BloodClaws Im a chinese,think what you say is all right

[@josephholoien]

+BloodClaws this is very inaccurate.... The Roman Empire ruled over almost all of Europe. All Europeans collectively at one time have never been refered to as Romans. China consisted of different Kingdoms yes, but these states were simply places of power and not always at war. There are no "major races." There are Chinese people and outter nomadic tribes. There had been a lot of trade and diversity in the Han and T'ang dynasties, but the diversity wasn't some equal spread of many different people. The vast majority in large Chinese cities like Chang'an (modern Xi'an) and Beijing were the Chinese people. Today, many Chinese people still know where they originated from because of their surnames. People are refered to as Chinese if they were born in the land, just as an asian born in American is technically considered an American (even though people may call him Chinese). The Mongol man born in China is a Chinese, but if some know his surname they may refer to him as a mongol. We have many identities in the contemporary age and it is important to know them well so that we may understand the struggle of our ancestors. China, the country, is not 'like Europe,' nor is the land similar; rather you could say that the people in ancient China had developed into different kingdoms and dynasties much like the way that Europeans had developed into different kingdoms and monarchies (maybe) during their medieval age.

[@user-kc8bj8hc7k]

+BloodClaws but we know which ethnicity we belong to. In narrow sense, Chinese means the people of the Han, 90% of the population are the Han people. Chinese as a language was invented by the people of Han.

[@haha-ny8bm]

In China two thousand years ago in history books, Chinese people are a ancestors. The first dynasty of China there are a lot of countries, the owners of these countries was a relative of the dynasty rulers. They want to maintain the relationship of the country. Manchu, Mongolian. These people appear time late, but their ancestors and han belong to one of the earliest ancestor. China every dynasty recorded a a dynastic history as a heritage.

[@ladydee1945]

The only thing that africa lacks but one day

[@veradu5803]

Watching these make me proud to be chinese😀

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

Great

[@EmHuHuHu]

Thank you for making this video! Your pronunciation is very clear!

[@ChinaIcons]

A really great snapshot into a very dense history - thanks for posting!

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+China Icons You're welcome!

[@user-hd7ii8vg8g]

Before Shang dynasty is Xia dynasty.

[@SwetPotato]

+丁畅 说是有一部分学者还质疑，所以有时候不摆出来

[@gxk2000723]

现在已经挖出来了夏朝首都了，另外好像还挖出来一个8000年前的城市

[@0angeplume0]

+PassbyU 夏朝已經證實存在了。

[@chrislee3536]

基督教！？开什么玩笑!!!

[@wendylan2614]

+anythingnew 基督和夏朝有一毛钱关系？

[@eeaddasa5064]

You forgot the Northern Dynasty and Southern Dynasty after Jin, and also the Ten Dynasties Period which after the Tang Empire.

[@eeaddasa5064]

***** Northern Dynasty and Southern Dynasty Period are my favourite period of time, romantic and culture diversified. Anyway, you did such a great job!

[@linghonghor9393]

Hope that you don't mind if I'm downloading it and show to my students who don't speak and write good Mandarin yet. Great work you have done!

[@nothingtoseeherefu]

Thanks for the video! That was really interesting and concise

[@olokun]

Thank you. I tried watching CrashCourse's video on History of China. I just couldn't make myself keep listening to the annoying voice of John Green. This is so much easier to watch.

[@XXXXXX-pu2tu]

You are looking the informations at least 30 years ago. There is solid prove of Xia dynasty which is the era before Shang. Go look it up. i decided to not watch it then. fix it up please

[@alfredogomez-beloz1227]

I like your interpretation. You obviously know the language which is important to speak about it. Thank you so much. This is great.

[@SergeyBerezovikov]

Thanks for the great video. So much information for a newbie who decided to learn about Chinese history. It's overwhelming, but you gotta start somewhere.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

You're welcome!

[@DanielBin100]

Why Taiwan is always not included ?

[@charpharp]

its only 18 minutes summery, thats impossible to cover every region, right?

[@DanielBin100]

charp harp it only takes several sec to mention that

[@11muslim4life]

Daniel Bing it takes a few seconds to mention any number of things, actually

[@weitheceo]

I will try one day. Dutch, Spain, Zheng China, Manzhous, Japanese, Jiang Jieshi

[@EcstaticPrincess]

what about Taiwan? Besides the handover of Taiwan to Japan, and the retreat of the KMT to Taiwan (ROC) I don't see what else he should've added.

[@Floatian]

Actually I will say that maps of dynasties appeared in this video will not be recognized by the 99% of Chinese people, including I assume the majority of Taiwanese since Tibet, Xinjiang & Taiwan wasn't included to dynasty realms, which is quite an offence to Chinese people, and I believe Taiwanese strongly believe they are decedents of Huaxia People even they don't accept the Communist Party's rule. So I just can't thumb up or down for your video, I'd love to hear from you, maybe history classes are different for you from what I've learnt from ancient scripts and my culture. And good to you that I can identify you have grasped the vital aspect of speaking current Chinese mandarin -- the tones.

[@pulkitrjn]

i thought tibet included in china only after mongols.

[@Floatian]

vidyut well I didn't say the time, just generally speaking.

[@pulkitrjn]

***** -yea but i wanted to know, that tibet was conquered by mongols and then by china.

[@doorswindows5214]

vidyut Actually, Tibet was included in China only after 1959. Tibet was never conquered by China/Chinese. It was captured by Mongols "Yuan". Look at map. 8:19 After the Mongol yuan dynasty.. China was ruled by a native chinese dynasty. This chinese dynasty was called Ming dynasty. Look at map. 9:22 Compare 8:19 and 9:22 That huge chunk of land in the 9:22 map... to the SouthWest of China(outside China) is where Tibet is. After Ming dynasty, China was again invaded by a Foreign peoples. The Manchus from Manchuria. This Manchu dynasty was called "Qing". Look at map. 10:37 It is generally accepted that Tibet was never a part of "China". It was a part of Mongolia "Yuan", and Manchuria "Qing". The chinese government and it's people claim that Tibet has been a part of China since the 13th century... during "Yuan". But the truth is, during "Yuan" period... China itself was part of the Mongolian Empire. Same with Manchurian Empire "Qing". Tibet has been part of Mongolian Empire and Manchurian Empire... but it has never been a part of any native Chinese dynasty. Claiming that Tibet was a part of China, because they were both ruled by Mongols and Manchus.... is like saying America is a part of India because they were both ruled by the British. Tibet was however invaded in 1959 and captured by the CCP. And tibetan people have been protesting ever since. History books have been subject to modification within China. And many people there are fully convinced that Tibet was a part of China before 1959. Look at all the maps of the dynasties, and Tibet is only included in the two where China itself was ruled by Foreign people. "Yuan"/Mongolia and "Qing"/Manchuria. I hope this helps.

[@eijikenji7149]

urmed khongor there are no such thing as mongolia empire yuan dynasty is a chinese the ruler is ethnic mongolian due to their chineseness, they had strong argument with other mongol kingdom qing dynasty is a chinese the ruler is ethnic manchu they call themselves as CHINA in the treaty signed with british tibet has been part of china since yuan dynasty tibet dont have a king, emperor. tibet is ruled by monk tibet is a theocracy society. but they are under the sovereignty of CHINA, yuan dynasty. when ming dynasty toppled yuan dynasty ming dynasty adopted similar apporach to tibet because they dont want " any rebellion" any change might resulted in rebellion' they give title to dalai lama, monk. during ming rule, there are not king, emperor in tibet. because there are only one emperor in dynasty - beijing.

[@lingnemesis]

Really awesome work, one of the best 18 minutes spent! =)

[@mischa1880]

Very good intro to Chinese history. Thank you!

[@lidaboya3330]

kingdom anime made me here :D

[@user-yl6ch6ru8x]

lol

[@seyboho7850]

ur pronunciation is REALLY GOOD for a Caucasian!

[@mukraker1]

Fantastic! I don't care what anyone else says, I think it was great. Thank you for your effort. I was impressed. Good stuff!

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

Thanks Paul!

[@deanahn7862]

Dude, this is awesome. I am truly impressed by your knowledge of Chinese history. How did you learn all these? By the way, your Mandarin pronunciation is amazing. For a second, I thought this video was made by a Chinese person. Haha.

[@easysnake205]

dynasty warriors

[@lawviktor7610]

Where is the Xia dynasty before the Shang dynasty? As well as the very old slavery society before the Xia dynasty?

[@KingofKpop]

Law Viktor still unknown part of the history, it was probably neolithic cultures all around China settled by different chinese & non-chinese tribes

[@lawviktor7610]

Kochigachi Xia was a dynasty.

[@KingofKpop]

Law Viktor there's no evidence.

[@lawviktor7610]

Kochigachi ah ... you didn't see any evidence or there's no any historical record? I think there are some ancient records.

[@KingofKpop]

Law Viktor there is but it's just from one book. All other evidence is based from same book source and Xia wasn't Chinese at all it probably was more Xiongnu related.

[@karffee]

I'm so impressed you used the opening of Romance of the Three Kingdoms as a "conclusion" to this video, as I also heard it the other day from a Chinese culture commenter as a prediction of China's future

[@gambet0007]

very well researched, good job! Surprisingly pronunciation of names were also correct, this is quite rare. You were also able to give some background info of foreign origin rulers, which is good.

[@mouayang7474]

Chinese don't call themselves Chinese. They call themselves Hans. Chu Kingdom was a Hmong kingdom not Hans. The Han Empire was founded by Liu Bang a Chu citizen. Han Empire is a Hmong Dynasty not Hans. We Hmong people have fought the Hans for thousand of years. Both are history go way back the war of Chi You (First Hmong King) and The Yellow Emperor (Han King) We Hmong people lost many wars in China and was prosecuted. The Hmong people were hunted and kill like animals because we didn't want to be control by the Hans. We couldn't write or speak or native language or we would be kill. We wrote are language into are clothes. Hans thought it's was just design.

[@mouayang7474]

HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS

[@yourunwong4719]

That is interesting . this is something new to me.

[@mouayang7474]

King Chi You (Txiv Yawg) also call The God of War is the ancestor of the San Miao also known as the Hmong People. Leader of the Nine Li Tribe. Hes part of the Dongyi or Eastern Yi culture. One of the oldest neolithic cultures in China. The Hmong People once rule China in the ancient times. Chi You founded the Jiu Li Kingdom in eastern China comprising 9 clans and 81 subgroups. Chi You defeated the Yan Emperor (Yandi) The Yan Emperor went and got help from the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) and defeated Chi You in the Battle of Zhuolu in 2698 b.c. The Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Huaxia Chinese also known today as Han Chinese. Once the Hmong lost the war they went south and formed the San-Miao Kingdoms and was once again defeated by Emperor Yu of The Xia Dynasty in 2247 b.c. After losing the war they migrated south to Hubei Province and became the Hmong Wuxi then King Xiong Yi founded State of Chu (Kingdom of Chu) but alot of historian says Xiong Yi is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor which is false. Who ever has the last names of the Hmong 18 clan is Hmong not Han Chinese! 1. Chang (Cha) 2. Cheng 3. Chue (Chu) 4. Fang 5. Hang 6. Her (Herr or Heu)  7. Khang  8. Kong 9. Kue 10. Lee (Le or Ly) 11. Lor (Lo) 12. Moua (Mua) 13. Pha 14. Thao (Thor), 15. Vang (Va), 16. Vue (Vu) 17. Xiong 18. Yang (Ya)

[@mouayang7474]

A quick fact the Great Superstar Jet Li is Hmong (San- Miao) not Han Chinese.

[@yourunwong4719]

Moua Yang good，thank you for explaining . Do Hmong people have written history ？ you know Hmong people are called Miao people in China, what do you think of this name?

[@mikel7592]

too many mistakes in this video........

[@alexlutz758]

Fr

[@johnfei434]

3600 years of history... what do you expect

[@doreenlim649]

Fantastic summary!!

[@TommyBrisbane]

I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you for sharing.

[@charlesbeaudelair8331]

Great and very informative video, thank you!

[@eqlzr2]

Very helpful and informative. Thx!

[@edwinreyes2298]

this is a great information youtube. thanks. helps me alot on my project.

[@jkristin15]

thank you so much, this video helped me understand the flow of china's history a lot better!

[@deannkeys-pate9877]

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR HISTORY OF CHINA BECAUSE IT HAS HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.

[@MohamadFirdausCheIsmail]

This is amazing. THANK YOU. - from Malaysia

[@clemiedengara4547]

You know, for anyone who wanted to give a brief history of a 5000 year of recorded history, repeat recorded because recorded in the sense that it gave little or NO ambiguity of historical facts, you have done a tremendous job, bravo In just 20 minutes, it is extraordinary. I am a Canadian of Chinese descend and I am really appreciative of what you have done to enlighten the non Chinese about their history. I have been wanting to do that but I could not have done it better and definitely NOT in that allocated time frame. I always tend to dwell into greater details subconciously. For a foreigner as your name suggests, your pronounciation is spot on and one of the best if not the best for a non-Chinese, and with a Chinese modulation too. Thanks Christ

[@foxlaketube]

Wow! 5000 years of history in less than 20 min. Great job. I love it . This a great and quick review of my Chinese history. Take no prisoner ,take no critic!

[@guaromiami]

Thank you for posting!

[@karimaroc100]

thank you very informative and a great background for my exam on international relations

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

So glad my video helped you!

[@bangladesh52]

Excellent way to know Chinese history what I am looking for long time,Thanks

[@pengfeihao6142]

This is great video for brief introduction to China history. But actually there are several mistakes in it. One very obvious case is that LI Zicheng , who overthrow the Ming dynasty, was from south west not north east. Then he was beaten by the Man nationality, who were actually from the north east. After this, the Man nationality established the Qing dynasty and controlled China until 1912.

[@mjnelson5813]

Thank you for this clear concise overview of Chinese history.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

You're welcome!

[@yoqiu_]

very, VERY well done! I loved every bit of it. for someone who has much interest in eastern history, you create GREAT content!

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

+User thanks a lot for your comment, really appreciate it, and glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@matthewmann8969]

So all the dynasties in China where Mongoloid or mostly Mongoloid while Caucasoid and Australoid where on the sidelines mostly?

[@antonialaurengarlaschelli1764]

This is great! Thank you

[@asean8081]

Very good and precise summary of china history

[@ty8915]

Your Mandarin pronunciation is brilliant!

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

Thanks!

[@gregray7688]

Great job, clarified a few things for me. Thanks.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

You're welcome

[@cindykyd5559]

I like your video. Actually I use them for simultaneous interpreting practice! If you ever come back to Uk for some time. I would like to invite you to do a lecture here at Newcastle university.

[@gulbagirasaurukova1297]

a very nice explanation, thank you! in a shourt time give whole information about china!

[@nikolask.j.2703]

Great dispassionate telling, this. Thank you so much.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

You're welcome

[@kkw6388]

very nice summary~~~Accurate and Efficient

[@festman90]

Great job! very informative

[@honormain8299]

Brilliant. I have never heard history delivered in such an unbiased way.

[@FluentinMandarinDotCom]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@dougspray7160]

This is a glossed over history from a biased English view point. Any reasonable person viewing say the Opium Trade and wars must rank it as one of the greatest crimes against humanity ever. The scale of this trade was so enormous, more ships involved than in the Royal Navy of the day.

[@tulliatomassini1696]

Thank you very much, fantastic