Chinese Vs Korean Vs Japanese Emperors

[@aznSeddie]

I'm Filipino, but as a kid, I was always fascinated by comparative histories/cultures...especially between China, Korea, and Japan. So, this video was totally up my alley.

[@mahyakc8369]

Don't dream of a dragon , stay with the Eagle of the East.

[@puyihsieh127]

aznSeddie unfortunately because the Philippines great history was destroyed by the Spanish. The richness of our culture was lost. The Philippines was called the little dragon Lao Son is now Luzon. This little idiot and his friends forget about this in there videos. Let’s talk about his stupid fringe... he looks like aChinese Mo from the Three Stooges.

[@MarcusExum97]

@@puyihsieh127 He's not a little idiot just because his video didn't cover the Phillipino history. His video expressly was titled as such.

[@Borderose]

@@puyihsieh127 The Luzon Empire didn't get destroyed by the Spaniards...it basically gave the Spaniards power in return for fending off the looming threat of pirate admirals and rival chiefdoms. The Modern Filipino nation aren't just the descendants of the ancient Indo-Chinese Malayan rajahnates--but also the heirs of its conquerors. The Filipino wouldn't be the Filipino without Spain, and through Spain, as its Eastern daughter, it has the right to lay claim to the heritage and culture of the Iberian kingdoms and through those even the Roman Empire.

[@Dominicn123]

Pu Yi Hsieh lol great history? Yeah right lol phillipinos were literally just primitive tribal groups no different from Africa in looks and culture until the Spanish came along and modernized the country. This is a fact

[@SteviiLove]

I love being able to learn more about Asian cultures! they're so unique and for a westerner, they're very intriguing!

[@侯浩鹏]

thanks for your interest in our cultures.

[@TheChenDynasty]

Yay! Thanks for watching :D

[@hyeontube]

SteviiLove learn about indonesian cultures too 😉

[@TsukiyamaTrashIsBestTrash]

it's sad how many people in the comments are showing more appreciation for the thumbnail than the actual video content. *smh*

[@mapotofu1841]

Yup! XD

[@witch-of-jotunhiem]

I noticed the thumbnail and I like it but I also wanted to know the differences between the emperors

[@khoocheepeng]

do you think this guy gave u the right knowledge or he is trying to make money out from KZbin ?

[@ameliabeeedelia8241]

thanks for making this video, I was always curious about this but too lazy to look it up. you should do more of these. clothes, customs, and history

[@TheChenDynasty]

No problem, thank you for watching!

[@owokosohna5154]

The Chen Dynasty do you watch hetalia? It was on the thumbnail

[@RedSonya4]

Thanks for the video. Most people in the US seem to think that Korean history starts with the Korean War, and when I was a child, most of my classmates didn't even know where Korea was located. Thanks for helping to spread Asian history and culture!

[@TheChenDynasty]

No, thanks for watching!

[@levylozano1690]

RedSonya#4 korea is very fascinating! I recommend you to look up the 3 kingdoms period of korea.(sorry for my awful english)

[@MrLi-fd4hs]

When the map is opened, the Americans cannot find the location of the United States. The knowledge of geography and history of many Americans is scarce.

[@isabellanueva7852]

​@@levylozano1690ese me encanta

[@BalkanPizza]

I see Hetalia characters, I smash the like

[@soushimiketsukami4731]

Melissa Dobrea Japan looks like him

[@kyokosakura6724]

Melissa Dobrea and this is why people hate weebs.

[@BalkanPizza]

Critically Insane i'm not particularly interested in japanese culture or trying to claim it as my own as i am quite proud of my romanian citizenship. do you need to be reminded what a weeb is?

[@nareshesha]

Critically Insane Why?

[@TsukiyamaTrashIsBestTrash]

Liking a video simply for anime characters in the thumbnail, and not the actual video content does come off as a little weebish tbh

[@AsianBinLaden]

Qing Dynasty emperors: "we don't want our kids to fight, so we'll keep the heir to the throne secret." Yeah good logic manchus

[@12315yh]

Boves Z lol true

[@almatapia4533]

HETALIA

[@starz1729]

Alma Tapia what is hetalia??

[@dynastiummappinganimationp4046]

@@starz1729 it is racist one. I won't recommend it to you.

[@linchen4365]

I feel proud of myself as I already know majority of this facts due to my obsession of watching Asian dramas. Watching historical dramas will actually help you. 😁😊

[@Dtzeo503]

Lin Chen Historical dramas are the best.

[@oliviam469]

Lin Chen which ones are your fave? Out of historical

[@Dtzeo503]

Lin Chen I am currently watching General and I and i like it so far.

[@user-by7sq7nz5w]

Did you see "the empress of China" & "the princes weiyoung"? 😍😍

[@springbutterfly5769]

hi fellow ARMY

[@brettshair3151]

when I saw the thumbnail, I was like "you put Wang Yao and Honda Kiku, why not Im Yong Soo?"

[@tex-mex1996]

Why -_-

[@brettshair3151]

@@tex-mex1996 why not?

[@kaoyazi]

I think it's very interesting for the Phoenix to represent the Korean emperor because it usually refers to the queen.

[@unholydanger]

you forgot to mention the ONE and ONLY FEMALE EMPEROR OF CHINA - Wu ZeTian

[@KenKwameWrites]

For those who might like to know, "tian zi" and "tenshi" are actually written with the same Chinese characters: 天子.

[@scarlettdawn4570]

They used a hetalia character I must watch

[@daichishijima]

if this isn't me i don't know what is

[@katrinalin2496]

Chicken Permission Because the thumbnail has hetalia characters

[@kinirokuruta8523]

Scarlett Dawn Exactly what I thought 😂😂

[@brucecoming2799]

Han Chinese! Under Manchu rule Lu Xun’s, “Diary of a Madman,” and, “Medicine” November 9, 2015UncategorizedCannibalism, Short Stories, SuperstitionDaniel Luong Lu Xun’s use of cannibalism in his short stories are not to focus on specific instances of cannibalism in China, but rather to highlight certain faults rooted in Chinese society. “Diary of a Madman,” is a story about a scholar who through studying, comes to see China as a country built on cannibalism. The diary writer states, “The whole volume was filled with a single phrase: EAT PEOPLE” (Xun 246). As a student, the madman would study classical Chinese literature based in Confucian thinking; while meant to provide knowledge and lead to thought that would regard the reader as genius in Chinese society, the knowledge that the madman received changed his perception on the world and created paranoia. The diary bits differ vastly from the excerpt at the beginning, where what is perceived as a calmer narrator directs. One way to look at this is that Xun implies that different thinkers are treated as madmen in society and locked up without a voice. The Confucian classics were a mainstay acknowledged positively by most people in society; the very idea of finding fault in Confucian texts and implying that they corrupt people were not in favor until the early 20th century. Opposing rote memorization would lead to treatment as an outcast and one’s opportunities would be confined to a tiny area, much like the madman was confined in his room for many years, until he repented and was offered a government job after the elder brother said that the sickness was cured. The idea of cannibalism happening for thousands of years can also be attributed to the heavily stratified society in China, where power was in the ruling dynasty and top government officials. The strong devour the weak and eat them whole; in other words, those in the top live in an excess of luxury, while the poor have trouble looking for food. The madman would represent the poor majority, where being confined in one area represents domestication and control over him. The poor would be confined to doing their jobs and paying taxes in this same manner; their lives hanging in the palm of the ruling class. The fear of the ruler is also replicated in the text, where the madman doesn’t dare make any physical resistance towards his captors. The Mandate of Heaven which allows for legitimizing the ruler is part of the superstitious nature of Chinese culture addressed in, “Medicine.” The superstitions go to such extremes that people would buy a bun soaked in blood to heal tuberculosis. Ironically, this absurd legend contributes to killing the boy, as the burnt bun only encourages more coughing. Xun ridicules Chinese society of blind devotion of the superstitious when Uncle Kang continually calls the bun a, “Guaranteed cure” (Xun 256), even after the boy continually coughs in front of Kang. Relating back to, “Diary of a Madman,” the bun also represents a corpse, cooked after executing individuals who opposed the system and eaten by those in power (Xun 258).

[@derkamarad8431]

slave history of the Han Chinese broke the world record.....1000 years altogether

[@hithedragon7842]

I saw the thumbnail and then saw it was by you guys, and I was so excited

[@bangto1111]

Korea also had an emperor in the early 20th century. But it was forcibly abolished due to Japanese imperialism.

[@jiahuicao274]

WAHHHH Wang Yao!!!! ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎ ❤︎

[@girlroymustang9617]

Yeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@kofukuebisu7568]

Gotta admit, this is one of my fave thumbnails.

[@DedexxxArthur]

but where is it???it's not in the video :(

[@ektasharma8451]

I love it how you can make everything clear with flawless English. Thank you for making such videos, I really get to learn so much.

[@yuluoxianjun]

in fact only China's can be called emperor,others are kings

[@NapoleonAquila]

Wrong

[@stloveufir2071]

Indeed!

[@wildcard9010]

Ehhh depends on who you ask. The Chinese for sure would have only recognized themselves as the true Emperor, however according to the Koreans or Japanese they were indeed Emperors.

[@seaweed457]

@@wildcard9010 Nah, Korea was a vessel state, they are just 'kings' as for Japan I think they can be regarded as emperors( I guess?)

[@wildcard9010]

@@seaweed457 the Koreans did declare themselves Emperors in the late 1800's though. At that time according to them they were rightfully Emperors.

[@ochiaichannel1189]

I'm Japanese and had a lot to learn here! Thanks for the great video! Very very entertaining and educational!

[@witch-of-jotunhiem]

I want to assume that I'm not the only one that China and Japan ,from Hetalia, in the thumbnail.

[@YummYakitori]

Korea paid tribute to China and at times was a vassal state of China. As such the title of "Emperor" (皇帝) was only reserved for the ruler of China; whereas in Korea their ruler could only be called "King" (王). Korea and Vietnam adhered to this system faithfully where the Chinese monarchy was still at the top of the hierarchy. Japan on the other hand stopped recognising the Chinese monarchy as being superior to their own after the Kofun era in the 7th century AD; therefore yes the ruler of Japan was also called an "emperor" to show that they were on equal footing with China. Only Chinese emperors were allowed to wear the robe with nine dragons on it; and yellow was the colour reserved for the Chinese emperor. Korean kings were only allowed to wear robes with three dragons on it and they could only wear red or blue (NOT yellow)

[@Zenocius]

YummYakitori The Chinese and Korean robes looks great, not a fan of japans tho

[@2daysthoughts401]

Vietnameese Rulers were referred to as Emperor within their country and King on a diplomatic stance to China.

[@SINGINGINPUBLICMaryLee]

Oh My! Part of yours true, but it happen(Tributing to China) only during Choseon Dinastywhich is just last 500y. And the history of Korea is 5000y man~

[@2daysthoughts401]

The Manchus were under Korean domination much of their history.

[@SINGINGINPUBLICMaryLee]

Pew~ Have you learned about it? "Koreans were always dominated by other races, Manchu was one of them" Manchu area was Gogureo(BC37~BC668)'s land in the past man~ Even there was no Manchu... Plz check the Korea's history, hater. And I'm not going to waste my time from now. Actually, I prefer China than Japan, but you could ruin my preference. Bye

[@Sarah-hc3wn]

I seriously love every video u guys do!! Esp the stuff about the ancient stuff!

[@EveofPyrite]

I love the Japanese art style it's so beautiful

[@mapotofu1841]

Wait do you mean modern or traditional?

[@EveofPyrite]

Probably traditional but both are beautiful

[@mapotofu1841]

Yup

[@heartcity9038]

I

[@levylozano1690]

Alabanza weeb

[@catleaxmas5416]

I'm really a geek for stuff like learning about other cultures and history like this. Thank you for the video it is really informative and oddly entertaining!

[@ti6560]

Saw Hetalia never clicked a video so fast

[@ti6560]

Sydney Hawkins Omg Hamilton's face 😂😂😂 I can say the same my good friend, your profile pic has me wheezing

[@clarkkent7953]

you guys should make a podcast tbh this is so enjoyable to listen to

[@unibear6372]

you used Hetalia character , I love it!!!!!!!!

[@AkatsukiAG]

Uni bear i know right he used HELTALIA CHARACTERS!!😆😆😆

[@jdsteppenzyde]

I have this really pretty ceramic thingy from the Ming dynasty.... .... in my dreams. In reality, a large Ming vase that was being used by the owners for flowers was broken by the owner's cat 🐱.

[@brucecoming2799]

Now about the Han Chinese mannerism! First, when you talk to them and the subject is history, you will hear from them " CHINA WAS A SUPERPOWER AND THE CHINESE DOMINATED ASIA AND THE CHINESE CIVILIZATION IS THE MOST ADVANCED " ...Whether you are in China or USA or Germany or France or England or Japan or Korea or Vietnam or Arab or India .....wherever you talk to them they will brag and tell you this! .And if you dare to say a single word against it, they will immedeately spit on you or pick a fight or even threaten with physical force until you succumb completely and apologize to them! Funny isn't it? A RACE WITH OVER 1000 YEARS OF ENSLAVED AND INCLUDING FORCED PIGTAIL 270 YEARS AND 40 YEARS UNDER HARSH JAPANESE RULE ALWAYS LOOK DOWN OTHERS! HAHHAHA... TODAY THE SUN ROSE FROM THE WEST!

[@karasadewal3400]

I will teach you another truth! During the Han dyansty, only the han Chinese were identified with China! same is true with Jin, Song, Ming, .. ALl other races were not Chinese ..then.. Now starting Qing dynasty, it started to be known to outsiders as China! as QIng was a nation of multi races! see? But even Qing rulers never considered itself as the same as the Han Chinese! Thus, by law the ruling manzhous all had han slaves! This was the law! But the han Chinese were forbidden to have any slaves!

[@jxw3294]

yep, says a 2000 years vassal slave still kneeling and sucking chinese and american master for protection. Japanese enslaved entire 100% korean using 0 troop, LOL. Now, go worship chinese yin/yang flag and keep crying, LOL.

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

China is an amazing country with a rich history, it is only normal that the nations around China would be inspired by this ancient superpower. Just like Europe was build with inspiration from Rome and the Greek empire. Japan was fascinated with the Tang Dynasty of Chinese history and ONLY this short period. China removed them selfs from the ways of the Tang Dynasty and called japan old fashioned, but Japan stuck to the ways of that era, and today China looks at the Japanese culture with admiration for a part of their culture that is mostly lost in China today. So to call China motherland or master is a bit much, but Japan owes a lot of their culture and good manners to the Tang Dynasty. This is why the two nations are very different today. China is China and Japan is Japan, no masters no slaves just beautiful history🙏🏻

[@happy-vf9tp]

Ok, you know some thing about china and Japan, but comparing to ancient china, Japan is like an ant. If you have been to an museum in Kyushu or Kyoto or Tokyo, you will know Japanese they have nothing to show before 15 century

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

@@happy-vf9tp Japan has one of the most interesting hunter and gatherer communities in the world. They made the first elaborate pottery in the world and they never really stopped being hunter gatherers, this was 14.500 years BCE. If you know nothing about history, then do NOT claim stupid things like that.

[@pluto9343]

Don't brag, Chinese culture is too much to count, China does not envy Japan, it is Japan that always brags about having Tang culture. Tang Dynasty was a grand and prosperous dynasty in China, Tang Dynasty culture was inherited by the later dynasties, I don't know why Japan likes to advertise that it is the owner of Tang Dynasty culture, do not occupy what is not its own, just like WWII, Japan is now its own culture, not Tang Dynasty culture.

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

@@pluto9343 Yap yap yap is all im hearing, another sour person that twist and turns my words to something I did not say, Japan does not claim to own the Tang Dynasty, Japan bows in respect to that era, there is a HUGE difference. And I was not bragging I was admiring. You seem to know very little about Chinese culture and history so let me elaborate. Almost every-time a new Emperor would take his place the throne as the all mighty center of the world he would erase, destroy and in some cases even kill off every sign of the former Emperor. In many cases full libraries full of history books and documents was totally burned to the ground simply to make themselves more valuable. This is why it is called a dynasty, because it was the period of which the Emperor lived and died. The Golden period of the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties are periods a lot of peace and prosperity with focus on trade and science, language, history, culture and religion. Those times are long gone, because there was a HUGE period in Chinas history, where there was corruption, in settlement, war and stupid leaders like Mao who is single-handedly the biggest killer of human lives ever recorded in the history of this planet, with his STUPID and irresponsible “great leap forward” that lead to the great famine and in only six years 15-50 million people died. For many hundreds of years China suffered lack of structure, lack of self understanding and lack of progressiveness. This is why Chinese people act like farmers, because they are, it is only in recent years that the Chinese are beginning to find honor in their past and future again, and again rise to be the great nation that it once was. This is what I mean, Japan has not had any of those hundreds of years without their culture, without knowing who they are, they are firmly aware of what being Japanese means and they honor and respect that. This mentality comes from Taoism from the Han dynasty. This was lost for many years in China. If you do not know your history, then do not challenge me, I do not say things that are untrue and I never say it with the intend to hurt, so you must have misunderstood my initial comment

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

@@pluto9343 And by the way, you don’t think that the Malay people was effected historically, mentally and culturally from the colonization of the United Kingdom? If your answer is no, then you must be ignorant… just like Malaysia being influenced by United Kingdom, Japan was influenced by China in the past… it’s nothing more nothing less, I did not say anything about claiming a time period of bragging, and NO ONE was talking about World War 2.

[@trashalt2857]

I see a Mike video with Kiku and Yao in the thumbnail. Huh . . . **AGGRESSIVELY CLICKS THE "LIKE" BUTTON** *Edit:* Yes, I appreciate the video content, too. : )

[@rebekahchoi2402]

I am so glad I watched this I was able to learn more about my country, Korea.

[@nataliaarlovskaya6459]

They are good ,they used my weakness .....they used Hetalia and it's correctly used too.APH China to China and APH Japan to Japan. Mike knows his stuff *nods*

[@girlroymustang9617]

How about s.korea

[@lauras7409]

What's hetalia?

[@bucca2]

me: haha they used hetalia characters for the thumbnail: the comments: HETALIA?! me: *looks at the camera like I'm in The Office*

[@sakuramoon5774]

Following goes to show you just HOW long the Japanese Monarchy has existed. Pretty amazing feat. Japanese Monarchy 600 BC-Present 2,600 Years Cambodia Monarchy 69-Present 1,444 Years. Thailand Monarchy 1238-Present 775 Years Brunei Monarchy 1363-Present 650 Years

[@adan2099]

Are you joking? The history of Japanese civilization is only over 1600 years. In the seventh century AD, many small countries in the Japanese archipelago had not yet become feudal societies. In the seventh century AD, Japan absorbed the culture from the Tang Dynasty in China and gradually became a prosperous country.

[@shiyiwang4491]

You have to be joking though...Japan is NOT that old...you are an ISLAND, you absorbed Chinese cultures and made it Japanese culture...your kimono came from Wu empire dress in China during the Warring States period..

[@laurelkerossow9924]

I have been familiar with the Great Courses for many many years, and it is wonderful.

[@sase1017]

Not chinese, thats Manchurian who conquered China at the last dynasty

[@publiuska2204]

Manchurians thought they were Chinese too. They adopted sinicization, and now Manchu people are hardly any different from Han Chinese. Come to Manchuria and see for yourself, like the last emperor they don't even speak Manchu language anymore.

[@sgcl10658]

@@publiuska2204 His name was still in Machu name. In his memoirs, the reason he took the Japanese offer because his Manchu ancestor tombs were destroyed by Han ppl.

[@publiuska2204]

@@sgcl10658 Starting from Shunzhi Emperor(Fulin), they used pure Han names for royal members instead of Manchu-Mongol names.

[@富士藤-o2r]

This movie contains numerous misunderstandings for Japan. Japan was not involved in the cause of the Korean War (1948~1953). As Japan won the Sino-Japanese War (1984~1985), Korea was able to become independent from Qing (Treaty of Shimonoseki). However, since the financial crisis broke in 13 years, the Korean empire hoped to be consolidated in Japan.

[@moreshige]

OMG, You didn't mention the progenitors of each of the Korean dynasties like you did with the Chinese dynasties. The Koryo Kings, the time of unified Silla in the Korean pennisula, the respective kings of Silla, Bekche, Goguryeo.

[@isaacgray2909]

It would be very nice if Mike do a video on the Korean dynasties.

[@conho4898]

Because only the later periods did Korea declare themselves emperors. Before that, they were only kings.

[@moreshige]

tim tran...no, that's not true.

[@conho4898]

um yes...Did you learn Korean history? What part of my comment is false? Every Korean ruler in the past were kings, or Wang. It was only by the last 2 rulers of Joseon that they became Hwang, or emperors. The closest they got to being emperors before Joseon was during Goryeo, when some rulers declared themselves Taewang, or greatest kings. They never declared themselves emperors until the late periods of Joseon.

[@conho4898]

Please give me evidence on them using Kosogan and Uhrara as titles. I only know of Taewang and Daewang. And also give the title that Koryo used and sources.

[@albertvalencia4968]

Wow Mike! I'm on information overload! This was extremely interesting, and I know that I'll be watching this video many times. Thanks!!! I'm checking out the great courses plus right now.

[@haili2861]

nice thumbnail there. a little throwback to hetalia

[@catholic-ronin3682]

Emperor Kinmei was the 29th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign is said to have spanned the years from 539 to 571. Kinmei is the first Japanese Emperor for whom contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates.

[@TinaGong819]

HETALIA i see aph china

[@minharmonia]

Tina Gong and Japan :3

[@kyungza]

It was a cool video to watch. Thank you for the production of many cool videos like this one. A couple of corrections on points on Korea though. The words "emperor" was not only used during the time of Korean Empire. One of the most important events during the Goryeo dynasty is the "enforcement of the use of the word emperor for the Goryeo monarchs". During the three kingdoms, the word for their monarchs were not in sino-Korean. For example, for Shilla, the names of their monarchs evolved as "Geoseogan -> Chachawung -> Yisageum -> Maripgan -> Wang (King)", here the Geoseogan basically means the supreme and only ruler, it is hard to translate any of these Old Korean words directly to Modern Korean. Goryeo used "Emporor" to call their ruler, and apparently there were no problem using the word. So Song and Goryeo were LITERALLY friends, it would be interesting to see how they traded--and how Chinese people started to buy ginseng from Korean peninsula. LOL (it actually started from then) Then this brings me to the second correction. The tradition of considering China as "upper" country was a thing during the Joseon dynasty along with the adoption of confusianism, so it will be wrong to say "for 2000 years" but correct to say "voluntarily for roughly 200 years with Ming, then forcefully by Qing for, again, roughly 200 years". For the case of Goryeo is interesting, since they were very friendly and open to China due to the presence of Khitan--the common enemy. If you see the Korea-China relations before Goryeo dynasty, you'll see what I mean. Another important remark: one of the maps of Korea was wrong, I think Joseon was described a bit too large. Only countries that actually had Manchuria in Korean history are Goguryeo and Balhae and Old Joseon. I apologize if I sounded too "stuck up." I am quite interested in ancient linguistics, so had to give a shout.

[@JonaVicis]

I enjoy your history lessons. Are you a teacher?

[@JonaVicis]

Thank you

[@edwardchang4153]

I love this video. Mike found a way to explain the three nations without sounding bias.

[@ene9084]

y'all be like "I'm more popular online" and I'm here like bitch I can't even get top comment. 😂

[@sereneeclipes9867]

Blob Fishyyy OMG, ikr 😐

[@kawauusama1260]

Blob Fishyyy truee 😂

[@lilyheart8248]

Blob Fishyyy you did it

[@paethecookie8422]

Blob Fishyyy you made it to top comment! :D

[@muhammadalfatih2640]

Blob Fishyyy you aren't the top comment anymore

[@shinci8562]

Oh, my God. Where did Goguryeo disappear? Both Balhae and Goryeo, which succeeded Goguryeo, were imperial kingdoms.

[@福島みずぽ]

South and north korea's division is not caused by Japan. It is caused by the Korean War five years after the withdrawal of Japan. It is unpleasant to be taken responsibility of Japan. ... ... ... By the way, I think that you should pay attention to the differences in thought that is the basis of the royalty. The Emperor of China and Korea originated from Confucianism, the Japanese emperor got into Japanese unique Shinto.

[@no-ku6jp]

korea's division was a result of the cold war, america wanted korea to be not communist but russia wanted it to be communist. so not being able to settle on an agreement, they split it in two.

[@andrew_li]

I know that this is an old comment, however; It was said that "before the Japanese empire annexed Korea, and was eventually divided into two states". It was never explicitly said that the division was caused by the Japanese. However you could definitely argue that if the Japanese never invaded, Korea would never have been split. The entire reason why Korea was under the influence of the US and USSR's politics was because Korea lost its monarchy. The Japanese invaded and annexed Korea, then forced the Korean royals to intermarry with Japanese royalty. The Japanese screwed the place for 30 years left Korea in a state with no ruler, subject to the influence of foreign powers and different ideologies. It's a bit disingenuous to refuse all responsibility on the Japanese side.

[@arvinchesteruy2962]

joseon is an annex of china that is why the appointed crown prince of joseon needs to be approved by china’s emperor to be official and also in there was a time that joseon king is only like a governor of china even though he is a king

[@kimbot0028]

I love to learn Chinese culture. I'm being obsessed by ancient dramas 😭. I wish i can visit china after i finish my studies😎😕

[@baby0241]

Yay! I got here pretty early. Thanks for the interesting video!

[@tonysiragusa2326]

I started to watch for the food then got hooked on your other channels,not only great vegas buffets but educational Dynasty videos.....You got class Kid,fun to watch...pass your name to everyone I know to watch all three channels I watch..!!

[@katherinemalaga6269]

This is an amazing topic, I love learning more about history. You just earned yourself a subscriber.

[@sarahhush2201]

very fascinating

[@TheChenDynasty]

Thanks!

[@annainspain5176]

Interesting! I feel like I should take notes. Thanks for pacing the narration a bit, it was a lot easier to understand.

[@themaninthebox4906]

woah i didn't know they liked hetalia, i'm proud

[@BalkanPizza]

magolorifa fernilandluna i honestly think they just chose random animations as they didn't use the korea character, but details XD

[@sugaswirl8681]

magolorifa fernilandluna In their older videos, with collaboration sometimes, they did things about anime so they watch it.

[@sleepingman6273]

What about the history of the Han Chinese? Were they not forced to wear pigtail and subdued by the Manchus 250 years as second class citizen? In Japan and Korea each nation did not have " subordinate status" .. AM I right or wrong?

[@themaninthebox4906]

ᅵSleeping Man I don't know...we were talking about a comedic serie of countries but that's damn interesnting

[@sleepingman6273]

I learned the Korean history,too... Ask yourself if it is right or wrong. 1. Around 4th century Xianbei nomadic people conquered the northern China and made the Han Chinese as their slaves for about 150 years (then Chinese were the Han Chinese, and the Xianbei were not the Chinese).there were three Korean states still and nobody became slaves of foreign race... 2. Around 4, 5, 6th century, the Han Chinese escaped south to nowadays Guangdong and Fujian lest they should not become the slaves of the Xianbei, 300 years. There were still three Korean states in the peninsula and nobody escaped 3. When the Han Chinese were conquered by Liao people and became servants for 100 years, then Korea (Koryo) was still in existence and nobody became foreign servants... 4. When the Han Chinese became slaves of the Mongols and Nurchens for 150 years altogether, then Korea (Koryo) was still in existence and nobody was slaves of foreign race 5. When the Han Chinese became slaves of the Manchus 270 years and forced to wear pigtail and Ming was destroyed, Chosun dynasty was still in existence and nobody was forced to wear pigtail and Chosun refused QIng's order to wear pigtail.. Is this right or wrong? What a slavery Han Chinese history compared to the Koreans? right or wrong? It is NOW THAT THE HAN CHINESE ARE SAYING," XIANBEI, MANCHUS, LIOA PEOPLE ARE ALL CHINESE...." HJAHHAHHAA....... WERE THEY SAME AS HAN CHINESE FOR 2000 YEARS? DID THEY SAY "WE ARE SAME CHINESE?" WHAT A SLAVERY HISTORY YOU HAN CHINESE!

[@dumamou]

I just subscribed. I'm a Mexican with a history degree in Mesoamerican history. I know a ton about European history. I can hold my own about a good deal of Middle Eastern history. But I am incredibly ignorant about Chinese history and culture. I think its just that there is so much of it. Its been intimidating to look at before. You are breaking it down into bitesized bits I can consume. Kudos - keep at it.

[@superelias9792]

I know a Korean emperor Kim Jon um

[@이동연-c6d]

super elias Third emperor.

[@nippononna]

4:23 That picture is a Japanese Ukiyo-e ( a genre of Japanese art ). The city is Edo (Tokyo), not some area in Korea! You can see Mt. Fuji in the picuture.

[@louiswu6300]

Compare to china, Japan and korea are provinces.

[@parkermacdonald9255]

How ?

[@parkermacdonald9255]

China never conquered japan;therefore they can not be a province

[@teohjohnny]

To be honest, the size of south Korea is even smaller than provinces in China.

[@sunnydays6019]

Tureygua Ki you know that at least 60% of chinese speak fluent mandarin right? Additionally dialects doesn't necessarily mean complete incoherence as some dialects are incredibly similar to mandarin.

[@MCShvabo]

They were much younger and are geographically much smaller but nowdays, they are better in almost every way.

[@Madchris8828]

I just discovered your channel the other day from reccomended KZbin videos. I must say I have not been dissapointed. Your channel is both educational and entertaining. Thanks :)

[@savannahgoodwin7262]

Where's the Hetalia character? I think I missed that picture.

[@Solari333]

Savannah Goodwin thumbnail

[@savannahgoodwin7262]

solar I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE!!! OH MY GOD!!!

[@stvsueoka1]

LOVE this comparison video series!

[@amplifymysound]

Mike is the best

[@marcoarenaza54]

This was an awesome video, so much cool information!

[@wric01]

The 2nd oldest book in japan is written all in chinese. hehe

[@wric01]

Exchange students is common throughout history, no discrimination there. In fact every japanese royal has been sent to china since the tang dynasty to gain their education.

[@wric01]

Chinese/kanji was taught to your people through the passing monks, prior to that you had no language at all. Plus all your ancient palaces in japan were a products of chinese engineering as they were sent over to teach you how to build and still has the inscription on the foundation of these palaces. I'm stating facts, asked to be taught and we shall teach. Not a show of who's better or not which is what you are trying to promote.

[@wric01]

All that you state of modern life such as medicine, physics, science, economics, architecture, etc are knowledge pass on to asia through christian missionaries and western influence, give credit where it deserves as it is they that gave japan of the above mentions. To that credit to japan from a few foreign exchange students such as 孫文 or 汪兆銘 is not true. They were merely representatives/leaders of that time, it is the funding of russia that funded military academies in china, , it is the funding of overseas chinese that funded all the all infrastructure and trade to bring china to it's modern state as the qing dynasty was broke after sustaining all the invasions from western powers, it is the remnants of western nations that invaded china that left factories/beer etcs and manufacturing factories, like beer with Germany .

[@wric01]

Bare in mind japan exist only because of america, once the are out of the region japan will ceased to exist.

[@wric01]

洗脳教育?(brainwash education) doesn't exist anymore as this is a world connected on internet and furthermore foreign exchange students everywhere. Nothing i stated can't be found in books and historically accurate. Educate yourself and state facts not opinions.

[@darklightuk2]

This just show'd up on my 'recommended' ... very informative, thank you!

[@안호성-p6z]

Are you sure that Yuan dynasty is Chinese... it is surely called the Mongol Empire and known as Mongolian

[@karlmin8471]

Mongolian is now Chinese minority.

[@jhonnoel01]

안호성 hmm....Mongolian is part of chinese minority

[@teohjohnny]

Both yuan dynasty and qing dynasty are non Han dynasty but Manchuria Han relation were enhanced during kangxi emperor rein.

[@natn41r]

It's Chinese because the empire was based in China. Their capital was in Beijing.

[@MCShvabo]

They were not ethnically Han and they did not come from China but their headquarters were in China.

[@LittleWhole]

The last Emperor of China, Aisin-Gioro Puyi (爱新觉罗·溥仪) wrote a book in 1964 about his life growing up as the Emperor and his abdication, it talks about a lot of things like how he didn’t even know how to wipe by himself, I highly recommend the book. Sadly he died of anemia in 1967. Also, fun fact, his wife died in 1946 but was only buried as recently as 2006

[@GaysianAmerican]

im disappointed that 武则天 was not mentioned at all.

[@jianyuhua]

Yes !

[@Zzz-em6cy]

When you see ancient Korean and Japanese kings in robes copied from China then you know who the true Emperor is.

[@calloutmccallout3623]

@I like girls he makes perfect sense

[@saraishinisayoutubetroll3720]

China the most powerful and diverse among them

[@vevo9713]

idiot mao had their important cultures destroyed

[@zeiitgeist]

許準書 what were they?

[@momololo3223]

Not really lol, China tried invade Korea and Vietnam multiple times but mostly failed. What China did the best is exporting its confucianism culture to its neighbouring countries. So these countries like Korea, Japan and Vietnam adopted Sino culture, but still not belong to China, politically and in sovereign. Same can be said in Europe countries, the Roman empire exported significant amount of its culture like Christianity to all over Europe before it falls into dark age.That still doesn't mean Europe is belongs to Italy.

[@whimsical5641]

All I can see here is a Chinese guy who has a very deep inferiority complex. China lost so many wars against Korea even though they had the numbers. Like someone already said "Sui vs Goguryeo, Korea won every single war against Sui, contributed to the fall of the Sui Dynasty. Tang vs Baekje (China won), Tang vs Goguryeo (Korea won 2 wars out of 3), Tang vs Silla (Korea won), Liao vs Goryeo (Korea won 3 out of 3). There was no war between Ming and Korea because they were closely allied." You Chinese have to restudy your own history Not Those Dreamy Delusional Chinese Versions I mean. :)

[@whimsical5641]

I'm not talking about you relax. :) I don't even know why YOU response to this rofl. He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it indeed.

[@slowdownthere4802]

Excellent upload Chen.

[@soushimiketsukami4731]

*Hetalliaaaaa*

[@girlroymustang9617]

Yes 100 like I did it and HETALIAAAAAAAAA

[@alexandertan8592]

Should vietnam be included too? I mean ancient vietnam bureocracy was heavily influenced by the chinese.

[@luciarose4041]

I don't even know what the hell Hetalia is y'all extra af I'm just here because the topic is actually interesting.

[@truthmatters5536]

Japanese emperor is refugee form Korean when they have war among three kingdoms in Korea. He made the new kingdom called "Nara" that means "Nation" in Korean.

[@곰돌슨]

OK dude, 고종 is not the first emperor of Korean history, and 대한제국 is not the first empire of Korean history either. Korea had many different ancient empires which modern China claims as part of their history. China tends to think Korea been sub country who served for their glorious empires of China for whole time, but that's only during the last dynasty of 조선 which was established by a coup, and which justified itself by Chinese authority. But the previous dynasties were not so kind and polite to China since many of them defended against China, and some even planned to invade China(and one actually did.). If Koea was weak and kind to China, why do you think China always invaded the peninsula with enormous size of armies? One invasion recorded the largest number of soliers in human history until the first world war. If Korea was weak sub nation of China for whole time like modern Chinese people think, you won't even see Korea by this time because that weak Korea would have already been absorbed by the empire. But you see Korea now, survived from Chinese, Japanese, British, French, American, Soviet and many other invasions. We have our own thing dude. Don't teach the world wrong about Korea, as Koea try not to tell the world misconceptions about China. That's truly being neighbours.

[@jacksonsun9050]

곰돌슨 those were no empires, only kingdoms

[@zhinangu2750]

I'm Chinese and I agree with u, very objective

[@shlee3098]

곰돌슨 is the real thing. Koreans are proud of our history.

[@tegriffin1]

Really interesting, thank you for doing this video!

[@annatsukiya]

0:42 I think this is where PSY got the elevator scene idea from.. And the horse dance by the girl in white robe.. xDD

[@oley_houdini]

The location of the view (4:23) is not Korea, but Nihonbashi, Edo (Tokyo), Japan, with Mt. Fuji appearing in distance, while hatted people marching there look Korean.

[@melissamoscoso2782]

So the empress was OK with emperor having a bunch of concubines?

[@conho4898]

They had no choice. It was a patriarchal society. They didn't have a voice.

[@OK-otic]

Really great video, thanks!

[@parkchimmin7913]

Holy crap! Hetalia!

[@shitpostistan]

did not know i needed this knowledge drop. but imma drop this knowledge on my fam at christmas dinner.

[@YummYakitori]

4:13 The territory controlled by the Joseon Dynasty never spilled over into Manchuria let alone the Sakhalin Islands; that whole piece of Manchuria (Outer Manchuria included) was part of the Ming Dynasty and Joseon Korea was a vassal state of both the Ming and the Qing dynasties. The territory of Joseon is the same as the territory of North and South Korea combined today

[@omggiiirl2077]

YummYakitori True, maybe that's a map of Japanese combined territory of Sakarin, Manjukoku, and Chosen, during it's Pre WWII years.

[@levylozano1690]

YummYakitori argh i want to correct you but youre right! damnit!

[@yayoikisaragi7968]

charlene hughes-peseta Manchu-kuo was not part of Japan. It was a sovereign nation of Manchus (natives) and migrants. The rest were legitimately part of Japan at the time, based on international treaty. Not fantasy like the map in the vid.

[@tino3732]

The Filipinos were once ruled by Datus and Dayang(Kings and Queen) but since the Spaniards came, the country turned into a colony, and when the KKK Revolution(Not the Klu Klux Klan) we became a republic. Really wish we would come back to our culture.

[@xavieryoung5556]

As I know, Korea didn't have Emperors.Because it was China's dependent state, So Korea's top leader could only call himself Wang (King).

[@百地三太夫-z5n]

Some Korean still have a complex about having no emperor until 1897. They call Japanese emperor a KING despite Japan has no King since 7th century. haha

[@JohnJohn-ui6tw]

Stranger Lands They used "Son of Heavens" during the Goryeo Dynasty because China (Song) was unable to project military power and the Liao&Jin (whom also used Chinese titles) could not and failed to invade and conquer Korea.

[@JohnJohn-ui6tw]

Are you replying to me? Also when you say Korean, do you refer to the whole people of Korea or just the individuals that are ignorant? In any case I wouldn't call Korean nationalism a product of inferiority complex. Korean Nationalism is only strong because of resurfacing Jaeya Historians who keep making overzealous claims about Korea and the Chinese and Japanese News outlets often exaggerate it. Most Koreans are well educated and know the geographical circumstances of their nation. Heck, millennials call South Korea "Hell Joseon". In any case I hope you can judge the actions of a nationalists individually. Or maybe you were doing that and I just misunderstood your comment. Have a nice day Murai,

[@JohnJohn-ui6tw]

Even if you didn't, I still hope you read some parts about my comment. You seems quite strongly opinionated against Koreans

[@JohnJohn-ui6tw]

'Murai I've written about at least three small essays to reply to your question, but each one always seems to stray away from the topic. I'll try a more direct approach. "How many Koreans admit that they were vassals for a long time?" Korea became a vassal during the short Yuan Dynasty and Japanese displaced Qing Dynasty. So I'm not sure if you are categorising the entirety of Korean History as a vassal or not. But in my experience the majority will acknowledge that we paid tributes and sent gifts to the largest economical power in the world for the obvious benefits. (Silk Road, etc) "So they were guaranteed military protection" This only applies to the Joseon Dynasty. The Sui Invasion, Liao-Goryeo Wars, Jin Border conflict, 50 bloody years of Mongol Invasion and the short lived Red Turban Invasion of Goryeo was all fought independently by the Korean people because the Song was weak and feeble. Korea was often controlled by a Generalissimo (weirdly like Japanese Shoguns) and expanded heavily towards military reforms. So no need for military allies. You are certainly correct about the Imjin wars but I don't think any Koreans sees the treaties as nothing short of disappointment. Even Admiral Yi was enraged by the fact that the Ming had played into a diplomatic truce during the invasion and launched a naval assault on Shimazu's retreating fleet. So why are Koreans repulsed by the world vassal? I think it's because it's often used generalise the entirety of Korean history by nationalists to downplay Korean achievements and paint them as the "weak, powerless, Chinese slave" I've seen the term slave used to describe a Korean many times by Chinese nationalists. Japanese nationalists also state that we begged for their annexation. I'm sure that only netizens and small groups of Japanese people believe in this. But there's a certainly a large amount of mainlander Chinese thinking that Koreans are STILL the Joseon Sadae officials that loves their "big brother". I'm just sick of being portrayed as the Hermit. I think this is a very broad topic and cannot be answered so shortly without missing important information. If you'd like, there is a History website called Historum that we could discuss this on. It's an American website filled with history enthusiasts, authors and experts from all over the world. Again this is a personal opinion of a Korea born Australian, so it might be biased. Please feel free to criticise anything I've said.

[@shaiikoisbetter9152]

Btw, previous Korean dynasties like Goguryeo and Goryeo called their rulers emperors with Chinese dynasties also acknowledging this fact during diplomatic relations referring to the Korean ruler as emperor.

[@pearpearsnpeaches2862]

I clicked because I saw Hetalia lol

[@lauras7409]

What's hetalia?

[@tomatomafia2932]

@@lauras7409 Anime about humanized countries.

[@Citcat1]

I have been trying to learn more about my Chinese heritage because I was adopted from China so your channel is amazing so thank you! Also I love to learn more about Asian cultures as a whole because they are very intriguing!

[@janehenderson9102]

The capital of Korea used to be called HanCheng, which means the city of Han nationality. Then they changed it to Seoul.

[@terryvonmeyers3150]

I wish you have included the Ryukyu kingdom before we were annexed to Japan and forcefully renamed as Okinawa .

[@akramsma121]

it was name Ryukyu until the Meiji Restoration the people of Okinawa are happy after that

[@yomihibarino]

I see hetalia characters, I like 🙂

[@micae750]

The 33rd monarch of Japan, Suiko and the 41st monarch of Japan, Jito were women who was known as smart emperors．

[@joeyxie7892]

4:15 fake map

[@ksa_athena]

Yeah That map is Corea which is before Joseon :)

[@ab9840]

One thing is for sure, regular people from China, Korea and Japan (Not any of those rich Emperors) gave us Haier, Kia and Toyota. Sakichi Toyoda who founded Toyota came from a poor family. Kim Chul Ho the founder of Samchuly Bicycle and then Kia came from a humble family. In the 1930's he migrated to Japan to work at a steel mill. Zhang Ruimin is the founder of Haier group. He also came from a humble family. Turned around a not well known bankrupt refrigerator co. to make it the 4th. largest appliance manufacturer in the world.

[@wedmunds]

How to start an Asian comment war: 1. Post any of the following: - Korea was a part of China - Japan didn't invade anyone - China is the best country - Taiwan should be a country 2. Wait

[@jimchen4464]

How to start a Western comment war: 1. Post any of the following: - America has its own culture - Everyone is equal in the US - America invented cars - America invented computers - America invented planes - America invented nuclear bomb - America should be given back to Native Americans - Hawaii should be a country - America should get out of Asia 2. Wait

[@potatonoodlebear8035]

Jim Chen o o o o f

[@thisislinda3759]

Jim Chen looks like the western world only consists of America...

[@potatonoodlebear8035]

yuna lee and china help Korea defending japan invasion

[@anthonyhui1322]

Yes, there was an Empire, but was rather short lived. I collected the scarce coins of the Daehan Chaeguk (Korean Empire). There were two emperors, the Kwangmu and Yunghi Emperor, which where King Gojong and King Sunjong, etc.