Qin Shi Huang - The Rise and Fall of the First Emperor of China (Complete Series)

This is the complete series of the the rise and fall of Qin Shi Huang and the Qin Dynasty.
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[@silentspongebob5248]

This hit different when you read the manga called kingdom

[@magicplayer84]

Ah.. A fellow man of culture

[@user-dx2hf4ud9l]

l like kingdom ,The author is very talented, but he is not a historian and he is not enough to show us

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

Both Shin of the Hi Shin Army and Mouten of the Gaku Ka Army was sent to conquer Chu capital, with only 200K men against the advice of senior General Ousen, who propose 600K. After Shin failure, Ousen was sent with another senior general, Moubu, father of Mouten. They completed the conquest of Chu.

[@karuml9488]

legit!!

[@Suryadi-gd3dw]

is there any trusted source say that Ying Cheng was the son of Lu Bu Wei ? or it just rumor ?

[@user-ox3si3bm6f]

CHINA has literally tge best history and culture.. love from your neighbor INDIA... wish our govts can be at peace with each other 🇮🇳🇨🇳

[@WendingDing]

i m chinese, i wish too, hope u have a nice day!

[@mottscottison6943]

One thing you missed out why Qin succeeded is their hydro projects, such as the Dujiangyan, which gave them superb irrigation for agriculture and flood control in their Sichuan home base.

[@directxxxx71]

And the building of Linqu canal too, which is located in Xing'an County, near Guilin, in the northwestern corner of Guangxi, China. It connects the Xiang River (which flows north into the Yangtze) with the Li River (which flows south into the Gui River and Xijiang), and thus is part of a historical waterway between the Yangtze and the Pearl River Delta. In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang and the Li rivers, in order to attack the Baiyue tribes in the south. The architect who designed the canal was Shi Lu (Chinese: 史祿). It is the oldest contour canal in the world,[1] receiving its water from the Xiang. Its length reaches 36.4 km and it was fitted with thirty-seven flash locks by 825 AD and there is a clear description of pound locks in the twelfth century, which were probably installed in the tenth or eleventh century.[2] Its design also served water conservation by diverting up to a third of the flow of the Xiang to the Li. It was built to supply foods and other goods for his troops in conquering the southern part of China and today's northern Vietnam.

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Hey all, this is a compilation of the Qin Dynasty Origin series. Sorry that we haven't got an original content this week, but we're preparing a massive series on the Han-Xiongnu war. Catch us next week, as we cover Modu Chanyu, the most powerful ruler of the Xiongu Empire.

[@coltonvazvazquez1161]

Can't wait Amigo!! Take ya time

[@BOOOOOOOONE]

The anticipation is brutal, but I can wait 😁

[@condorX2]

After watching this and the TV drama. The real hero was Buwei. I'll show yall the TV show link after my short review. Buwei is so wise. He want to spare those that lost the war and use them for farming and farming means no starvation. And now he just captured 5 cities from Zhao without waging war. I wish he work together with the young king (15 years old) instead of doing everything by himself. Li si seem desperate to be relevant and he'll do anything to undermine Buwei long term strategy to unified the other states without large scale slaughters. I remember watching Li si on King War. He picked the stupid crown prince and left the kinder prince to commit suicide at the boarder by using a fake edict because he only care about himself. Li si death wasn't pleasant either after he got outplayed by an eunuch. I forgot how Qin fall, but I remembered it was due to heavy taxes and the king was out of touch with it people. Li Si didn't think long term like Buwei, such as looking out for the people. I remember watching Kings War and the guy who plays BuWei also played Han Xin. Han Xin advisor gave him a pretty good advice and that's to be the people person. BuWei is now the people person, but Li si will help king changed that lol. Review on Ep 19 I hate how the show make those two women so dumb on this episode. The empress had casually sex with anyone she wanted and the maid who served tea. None of them bother giving credit for the Prime Minister Buwei brilliant plot to get prince Yi from Zhao to become a hostage to Qin on his own. Not to mention tricking Zhao Prime Minister to return the once hostage Qin prince back to his native home with a simple rumor. The show is trying to tell me how the Qin Dynasty didn't last long because of all the dumb people surrounding the king. The empress and the maid can get their revenge once Zhao empire crumble due to infighting, but they want revenge now. The other thing I didn't about how BuWei is the mind behind Qin being so strong. He is a master strategist that care for the people. He have long term strategies that require patience. I feel like those 2 women and the King will ruined BuWei plan, a plan that will prevented mass scale slaughters from unification of China and how the people will be treated after the unification. After watching King Wars, where the warlords raise up to rebel again Qin rule, I can't help by blame those impulsive and stupid who surrounded the king. Review on Ep 22 Rip Gan Luo, the boy genius who convinced the Zhou state to give up 5 cities without using a single soldiers. The king killing him was unjust since they're both the same age, 15 years old. I sense jealousy and stupidity. Li si on this episode feel like a traitor who sow discord between the prime Minister BuWei and the king. Qin may accomplished a lot of things, but now I know it was mainly due to BuWei and his smart officials. Review on Ep 24 I feel like they just put any girl out there to be the king friend. Just dress up a maid and you have a fair lady. Update: the king mother is not very bright. She send her son gf back to Chu without realizing he's into her. And she wonder why her son won't greet her return at the palace gate. She and her son act rashly and easily falls into enemy trap. Review on ep 25 It feel so awkward to see the king fall in love with the lady from chu, where her father purposely throw her out to be trample by the king mount... The king mother is worst, she should knowwho's behind that girl and she keep falling for the old lady trap. Why can't they all get along? The lady from chu seem ok, but she's a victim being use by his evil father and grandmother to be their spy. 【ENG SUB 純享版】大秦賦丨Qin Dynasty Epic Full list kzbin.info/aero/PLUg6CGAXr7pkaJw56mF4Qw_-E-LV5i2kS

[@user-sx4wi4hi4g]

this story is from sima qian it might not be accurate

[@kchuen]

How does this not get a million view?!?! Awesome production!

[@semuapenuh]

Because of his accent.

[@ryannguyen7466]

Because people prefer the manga version more.

[@danieloktovian9523]

Because it's 42 minute, mf video about ww2 it's only 10

[@kiwijedi6442]

@@semuapenuh Better than some dumb, generic American accent where they can't even properly pronounce half the words of their script.

[@retrogamermax8287]

Because Chinese and Asian history in general is very underrated at least in the west it is.

[@german6600]

As an Chinese in Hong Kong, it is interesting to watch how you western people translate and understand our history, subscribed

[@emmapinn5216]

I've watched this twice now. Such a great presentation

[@Ritercrazy]

I want to admit why I keep coming back to this channel.... the animation is pleasing, the depth of information helpful. But it's the script and story telling that are just great. And I like listening to your voice, acting out the characters.

[@aldyval]

Your content is fantastic! Not only do I feel so educated but I am also very entertained. Please keep making more content about Chinese history!

[@UnrecycleRubdish]

Thanks for your great work! I think it's important that more people understand the history of China, especially during this period in history when the world is changing so fast. I also appreciate that you use proper Chinese pronunciation and show the Chinese characters as well. Your efforts do not go unappreciated! 🙏🏻

[@yadominatorstolesomejams5821]

This probably makes me more and more interested in finding out more history which also helped in my studies. It was amazing thanks for this amazing hardwork.

[@freycomm35]

Legalism was adopted by Qin far before the First Emperor took the throne. The video mentioned the Emperor used the power built up from past 6 generations. The reason Qin was able to build up her power is due to Shang Yang's Reformations, a significant event in Chinese civilization, in essence China today still is based on that Reformation. The First Emperor's ancestor Lord Xiao of Qin, in the year 356 BC (more than 100 years before the First Emperor) invited Shang Yang to Qin and Shang Yang put his Legalistic school of thought into full effect. In one generation, Shang Yang reformed Qin state from a backward feudal fiefdom into a centralized government and changed its culture from serfdom into a military powerhouse. You cannot understand modern China without studying Shang Yang Reformation in detail (the english wiki page is thoroughly inadequate).

[@ReSV1]

And Li Si just took the Shang Yang reforms and "improved" it. Though, it was too rushed. Qin's reforms after the unification was thought to be too rushed, as the rest of the 6 states (even though the rest of the 6 states had reforms similar to Shang Yang) that is why Qin was fragmented after he died relatively quickly. Han Dynasty adopted and "fixed" Qin mistakes by mashing Legalism and fiefdom together. Hence it was able to endure 400 years

[@konstantinosl6992]

Any good resources to study Shan Yang reformation?

[@ReSV1]

@@konstantinosl6992 hmmm. The best bet is to look for the book titled: "The Book of Lord Shang" I am not sure about the english version though

[@ReSV1]

Basically, it is Shang Yang views on legalism that is split in 3 parts The Laws, the political powers (manipulation of) and centralisation of the king/emperor's powers to only the king himself

[@dafuqmr13]

@@ReSV1 thanks

[@alexanderwaite9403]

OITSTANDING!! I love the history and entertaining tone and sly humor. The art work is awesome.

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

Brilliantly produced. This is fantastic content.

[@johnny5584]

Thanks for providing us with great easy to digest content. Was always interested in chinese history but very hard to find good sources as a non chinese speaker.

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Thanks, Skwan. A lot of Asian histories are really epic, so we thought it's a shame that hardly anybody is doing it.

[@johnny5584]

@@CoolHistoryBros Yes! Keep up the great work, hope your channel makes it big!

[@condorX2]

After watching this and the TV drama. The real hero was Buwei. I'll show yall the TV show link after my short review. Buwei is so wise. He want to spare those that lost the war and use them for farming and farming means no starvation. And now he just captured 5 cities from Zhao without waging war. I wish he work together with the young king (15 years old) instead of doing everything by himself. Li si seem desperate to be relevant and he'll do anything to undermine Buwei long term strategy to unified the other states without large scale slaughters. I remember watching Li si on King War. He picked the stupid crown prince and left the kinder prince to commit suicide at the boarder by using a fake edict because he only care about himself. Li si death wasn't pleasant either after he got outplayed by an eunuch. I forgot how Qin fall, but I remembered it was due to heavy taxes and the king was out of touch with it people. Li Si didn't think long term like Buwei, such as looking out for the people. I remember watching Kings War and the guy who plays BuWei also played Han Xin. Han Xin advisor gave him a pretty good advice and that's to be the people person. BuWei is now the people person, but Li si will help king changed that lol. 【ENG SUB 純享版】大秦賦丨Qin Dynasty Epic Full list kzbin.info/aero/PLUg6CGAXr7pkaJw56mF4Qw_-E-LV5i2kS

[@KhanMann66]

Most Chinese history are too short or in accurate. Glad to see someone actually delving Chinese history.

[@kuanged]

Lu Buwei was the Mayer Amschel Rothschild of pre-dynastic China.

[@flaxrinumezayanoa9433]

This is so well made. Thank you!

[@RandomShorts007AP]

Thanks for this short overview of Qin dynasty. I enjoyed the video but Lu Buwei was not such negative character as you mentioned here. He did many good things as well for Qin and that's why king of Qin always respected him even after many conflicts... And the actual reason behind his suicide was also different. Li Si and Han fei were my favorite chinese characters from that time period.

[@fannyalbi9040]

for a non chinese, u know a lot chinese history too well

[@stellarkym]

What is the real reason Lu Bu Wei commited suicide, then?

[@mi7435]

@@stellarkym I think that the whole suïcide thing was a cover up.

[@linderoes7832]

Lyu buwei or Lv buwei *

[@hidefreek6905]

Lu Buwei was one of the Qin loyalists who helped the establishment of the Qin empire. (But many of his methods were dishonorable and many of Ying's royal families disliked him) Here is the catch, the main reason for his suicide might cause by Qin Shihuang want to centralize power on himself while Lu Buwei disagreed with this centralized plan and chose benevolence for the future citizens of the empire. (Qin's state tormented other states' citizens and used them as disposable slaves rather than upright citizens) ...Combine with Qin Shihuang's paranoid, Soon about-to-be emperor would want to dispose of this influential prime minister. So the Qin emperor banished Lu Buwei to a faraway fief and forced him to commit suicide, so he could protect his family. (The popular method to dispose of political opponents and claimed the latter was sick or suicide out of shame)

[@cyhau83]

The entire plot of "Kingdom" manga is done in 42 min.

[@soham4741]

Changping leaves Qin :(

[@businessman1409]

My fellow kingdom enjoyer

[@InFinicious]

for those who read the Kingdom manga, 15:00 is chapter 757

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

Reminds me of an anime called Kingdom in which Qin Shi Huang is one of the main characters!

[@tsaqifqinurarif9325]

Sadly eisei become dictatorial in his olden days :(

[@longwlenguyen4214]

@@tsaqifqinurarif9325 Even the Manga creator claimed he wanted the manga to end at the beginning of the golden age of the Han Dynasty. It kinda fitting since the first Emperor of Han Dynasty, Gaozu or know as Liu Bang was literally a Shonen protagonist, originally he was a lazy scoundrel to a very poor farmer in the state of Chu, an unnoticed prison guard, but he had more powerful friends and great allies than Naruto and Goku with their friendnemies, he even tricked a noble to married himself a sexy wife, he do make a-lot of mistakes but win even more through sharp political mind and a very friendly charismatic Shonen like attitude, and had more plot armor and more intelligence than Ri Shin. But unfortunately he also an anti Shonen at the same time as he grownup he killed most of his allies to maintain power and refused to start a family until he was in his 40s or older but his wife the Empress are even more ruthless than he is, she ordered on his behalf to assassinated his most closest friend just to maintained their throne in China. Augustus maybe the greatest emperor of the Roman Empire because he already born into an aristocratic family, but it was Liu Bang define what it was to be a literal Shonen protagonist went from a unnoticeable friendly, care free dirt poor likable lazy ass with plenty of plot armor to the most powerful and important figure in the history of China. Hell even to this day the Chinese called themselves the Han Chinese in honor the former dynasty. This guy was both a Shonen at young age and Anti Shonen as well as he become older, why there is no manga or comic book about him it kinda ludicrous, Liu Bang could also make a great anime character since his personality are so likable.

[@TheBECK321]

@@longwlenguyen4214 which historical figures can match for *Shota* character?

[@longwlenguyen4214]

@@TheBECK321 Emperor Zhengde of Ming, he had a Harem so large that lots of women either starve to death or assassinated each others.

[@longwlenguyen4214]

@@TheBECK321 And Marquis de Sade a man from 18th century describe so cruel in sexual torture and believe he can do it all unrestrained by morality that the term Sadism came from him.

[@skafazzation666]

Absolutely excellent in every way!! Thank you

[@skhotzim_bacon]

Just leaving a comment so you get more engagement. What a fantastic video

[@panzhou2803]

LuBuwei actually did this political contribution and seize power of a country, this is the ancestor form of what now western political system works....

[@reaganlaut746]

General Li Xin is a main character in a manga called kingdom, he is indeed young and strong lol

[@rallicraze]

what the hell, I should have seen this channel long ago. well done. so entertained with the history and animations

[@karloli9455]

Just finished my second read of Kingdom. The next obvious choice was to go to KZbin and learn about the actual history.

[@jacobgrisham268]

You are the kind of person who got me obsessed with history, please keep up the good work!

[@hansdeyong4518]

Well done bro, this is good presentation, i love it. Compare it with the Qin epic tv series add so much insight.

[@qingshanyipian1936]

Wow. Absolutely amazing. Thanks. The story should be made into a movie project. A trilogy. Totally fascinating. It should become a huge hit.

[@haoxiangmin1667]

中国有很多很多电影和电视剧，戏剧，关于这些历史的。

[@fieldworkr]

Great video!

[@ChillDfect]

Very entertaining video; thank you!❤

[@mikeyseo]

your videos and presentation of the material is best bro

[@user-ke9ih6si7d]

Great job thank you 🙏🏻

[@dariosanchez7699]

Great video loved it

[@SimonSozzi7258]

I freaking love your channel 🙏 Respect

[@mottscottison6943]

Insanely good production.

[@anasevi9456]

incredible video, one of the best ways to reminisce after seeing the Emperor and the Assassin so many years ago.

[@AMBD90]

I love this narrator. So funny and cleaver and entertaining. ;) Thank you brother.

[@Abigdummy4life]

Fun fact, the book by Han Fei, the Han Fei Zi, also makes mentions of comparing a monarch to a dragon; no matter how tight you are in relation to them, "inverting its special scale" (pissing them off) will earn devestating wrath. This is known as Nilin (Gekirin), and applies to a lot of East Asian mythological creatures with docile dispositions. This is also where the names of Jam Kuradoberi's 214K move, Fei Long's Ultra Combo 2, Zhao Yun's Level 11 weapon in Japanese, the Pokemon move Outrage in Japanese and one of the techniques of C90's Kaku comes from.

[@ryoma15tennis]

all other kingdoms tried to conquer Qin kingdom, and so Ei Sei took it personally. His response, conquer all other kingdoms.

[@justsomeguyontheinternet.4398]

As it should be.

[@DiosesChinos]

super! SUBSCRIBED!!!

[@iAmFAUST]

I love these documentaries

[@moosegoose1282]

Ying Zheng being lu’s son is debatable

[@ManTheBuilder911]

I guess, We will never know.

[@christopherthrawn1333]

Excellent work 👏 👍 👌

[@f.furthest]

Very cool video bro

[@ulkerallahyarova9835]

I have subscribed after watching the king's woman. I a bit driven by this historical things. Thanks for bringing it to light

[@amirfarahbakhsh2960]

it is amusing that in persian we call china in the way you pronounced "Qin" , and how this name is similar to the name of the country "China"

[@hygog]

yes coz China was derived from Sina, as “shin-na”, the Sin or Cin come from Qin, and spread cross from middle asia, so yes, the word China’s origin is actually Qin

[@_Wai_Wai_]

@@hygog I believe the Romans called China , Sinae or Sina. And of course, Sinosphere or Sinophile are derived from this old name.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@_Wai_Wai_ and then the Chinese in turn called the unreachable Western empire the bigger China 大秦 as if Princeps Augusto had a bigger chin than Qin Shi Huang

[@enkii82]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 because Qin was the most western state of China, and the silk road from the west will get contact with Qin first. So, most Western (Persia, etc) will think Qin = China.

[@Parsley-pr9sv]

I just want to say is someone who’s always loved history I want to thank you for bringing a wealth of Chinese Korean Japanese history, but especially Chinese it is so hard for me as an American to find a decent video that isn’t whitewashed or politicized and just focuses on the history of the country and not the modern politics thank you because as a historian, I couldn’t care less about politics I just want to know the history of a beautiful country

[@yuritori2068]

Well done video, 🙂🙂🙂

[@tikaserlatio5877]

You make so much funnier and interesting to learn history!

[@petinjuhandal3.099]

was watching an anime called "Kingdom" and it's about the qin dynasty and Qin Shi Huang. very interesting story about chinese dynasty, maybe the second dynasty that i'm interested in after three kingdoms era

[@wric01]

Game of thrones , 5000 years of it. A common downfall of all dynasties is inner battle between family that tore itself apart, thus allowing outsiders to take over: Qing dynasty, Mongol yuan dynasty.

[@kindallnight1615]

What do you mean both Qing and Yuan were distablized by the future dynasties

[@evapaparisteidou9040]

Good！You should include subtitles.

[@myZenjourney]

Very cool bravo

[@averyeml]

Your collab with Xiran brought me to your channel, and I’ve always wanted to learn about Chinese history. However I didn’t know where to start, since I’m 100% clueless and would like to go relatively in chronological order. This video was PERFECT! I hope you do more of these as you flesh out more dynasties and stories.

[@edukid1984]

There's an excellent series of 30-min lectures by an American professor in English on KZbin called "From Yao to Mao" that covers the entire span of history from prehistoric China to the modern PRC. You should check it out - it's relatively unbiased and not riddled with prejudice.

[@supahsmashbro]

Ugh Xiran is very propagandized, not that she doesn't know a lot. She stuck in the AngloBox

[@averyeml]

@@supahsmashbro okay? It still has opened a lot of people up to a new genre of KZbin that previously we were unaware of or uninterested in.

[@GoFartherPodcast]

Criminally underrated channel here

[@t0xcn253]

Wow this is a masterful exposition of these otherwise very complex and potentially confusing events. Fascinating and highly entertaining way of telling these important stories!

[@JulienTeyteau]

Wow, that's a good story!

[@zhuhao8640]

wonderful movie!

[@jes2276]

How long does it take you to put one video together? This is great

[@fung0r]

excellent

[@wuxiagamescentral]

One thing not mentioned was how proactive Qin was in promoting the family's welfare. Ying Zhen knew such a grand undertaking would take many years and as a result of the countless wars his population would be greatly diminished. Without being able to replenish his levies and future leaders capable of commanding those levies his reign would easily collapse under the weight of itself. So he greatly advanced technology, agriculture, culture, and also implemented policies that allowed talent to come up regardless of status.

[@skyyyasd]

there is a manga about this history it´s called ¨Kingdom¨ and in my opinion is the best manga ever created

[@3GH_Ty]

It is without a doubt

[@CNX625]

I believe legalism is useful during a civil war when you're trying to establish order. Now I think about Cao Cao most likely exhibit legalist ideas/policies. 🤷‍♂️

[@freycomm35]

This video didn't fully explain Legalism. Legalism at the root is about having clear regulations for everything, and punishments for breaking the detailed laws. In essence, it is what modern legal system is all about. Comprehensive laws for every aspect of life, so people can have something solid to rely on when someone is not doing their job. It is about listing out the responsibilities for each positions and situations so when something goes wrong people know who to fault (starting to sound familiar now isn't it?) The Chinese thinks this kind of detailed laws are oppressive, because before China adopted Legalism (and after Qin dynasty). China used more of a constitutional approach to law with offenses be interpreted individually. For example, broad laws such as "do not kill, do not steal, do not do scams". But Legalism requires every little type of killing listed and each type's punishment set forth. Does it sound familiar now? China today, even though adopted the western style of laws, still don't really apply them to minor crimes (like brawling on the street, petty theft, domestic squabbles etc), because as aforementioned, Chinese culture thinks that kind of implementation is tyrannical. The ruler can control the nation, but not little aspects of people's lives.

[@Bobo-ny3er]

Legaism, i think, is like proto-fascism

[@xjackietranx]

@@freycomm35 totally dude. When I was reading Han Fei book. I was like dudeeeeee, this is exactly how modern laws work!. I was at awe at how brilliant Hanfei books were. He was way ahead of his time, and because of his brilliance, it costed his own life. He knew that and did it anyways. What a brilliant mind. Love him

[@alsmithjr76]

Nice

[@angelitabecerra]

All your animations are amazing but that dragon is superb

[@ReviveHF]

My popcorn is ready

[@PoggoMcDawggo]

I love their little bounces when they get happy or mad.

[@simplus1980]

Everyone here is mentioning a manga named Kingdom, I'm thinking of an old PC RPG named Prince of Qin where you play the role of Fu Su who decides upon receiving the fake edict ordering to commit suicide to go see his father to confirm the order. He finds out his father his dead, meets Liu Bang and gets pretty worried about fate of the Qin dynasty and... why did I stop playing that? Ah, yes, gameplay was unfortunately somewhat subpar, but I very much wants to go back and play it now. Also want to go play some Romance of the Three Kingdoms as well...

[@user-px1ec1wh5j]

Marvelous work indeed. Really enjoy it. However, Lu Buwei was a merchant from "Wei""衛" not "魏", wasn't he?

[@kushchronic697]

Thank for hard work i alway interested in history and i know that chaina have a big role in ancient world and i been wacthing alot of chainese movie in thailand when i was a kid

[@_Wai_Wai_]

8:12 Hold up the Wheel of a Cart with no Hands.... !! Wow!!

[@saefulloh7161]

i came here after watching all episodes of qin dynasty epic 😅

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

3:02 lol, Qin is basically Prussia of China. Even both of their empires ended pretty quick.

[@tonkinthehanoian1843]

IKR!!!! IKNOWRIGHT!!!!

[@cgt3704]

33:34 that coffin reference, man

[@Blood_faerie]

Thank you! I kept looking for a video that pronounced his name but all these historical videos just referred to him as "first emperor".

[@user-qd6vw4cu3p]

嬴政or赵政

[@kenji2realreviews328]

Hi Shin Unit Yeah..Lets go Shin!!!

[@emanuelkenedy8094]

If I were the emperor I would have started believing that one day I will die, and prepare for my future grave life...when my spirit won't be able to do anything to anyone who is destroying my legacy

[@die5303]

TQ..Kingdom Manga bring me here..

[@Gooong]

I did not expect to learn why 'stupid' in Japanese has the kanji for horse and deer today. Quality video.

[@Zxaparts]

41:30 this is just my speculation but qin shi Huang probably notice that among his successor in his eyes they are all failed to rule china as an emperor, he instills a terror in every citizen with his name that makes them to prevent rebelling his a symbol that terrorized those who dare to rebel that's why he was so obsess in immortality he knows that it will take time for citizen to accept unification and if there is no emperor who is like him that can prevent people from rebelling then all of his hard work for unification is in vain

[@Garowen]

A lot of people die around Lu Buwei... Usually in a history like that, there is poisoning involved.

[@VanDonMyWay]

27:42 can't wait for this event in Kingdom

[@justsomeguywithoutamoustac9985]

You mean Shin getting killed

[@kuronoch.1441]

@@justsomeguywithoutamoustac9985 No, he got retired just in time. Mouten however stayed and got killed with arguably his whole clan. Shin's descendants went on to found the Tang dynasty 8 centuries after.

[@justsomeguywithoutamoustac9985]

@@kuronoch.1441 wait his descendants found the Tang dynasty

[@ballsack6547]

No Hands ..... good one .

[@drunkardhu6517]

I love your attention to details, especially on Zhao Gao at 37:18 mark. There are rumors that Zhao Gao wasn't actually castrated as an eunuch. As for Han Fei, there's a Mainland Chinese animated show called "秦時明月之天行九歌" which based loosely about him. On the other hand, Henry Huo did the theme music for that show kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZnVZYChiNqrp9k

[@anthonyt219]

It makes me sad because I like to believe the real Ying zheng was like the anime version. Charismatic and honorable. But the real one just sounds like a power hungry madman

[@fhffvgju6299]

Kingdom fans where u at

[@WildBillCox13]

"The creaking cacophony of ten thousand crossbows being cocked."

[@condorX2]

After watching this and the TV drama. The real hero was Buwei. I'll show yall the TV show link after my short review. Buwei is so wise. He want to spare those that lost the war and use them for farming and farming means no starvation. And now he just captured 5 cities from Zhao without waging war. I wish he work together with the young king (15 years old) instead of doing everything by himself. Li si seem desperate to be relevant and he'll do anything to undermine Buwei long term strategy to unified the other states without large scale slaughters. I remember watching Li si on King War. He picked the stupid crown prince and left the kinder prince to commit suicide at the boarder by using a fake edict because he only care about himself. Li si death wasn't pleasant either after he got outplayed by an eunuch. I forgot how Qin fall, but I remembered it was due to heavy taxes and the king was out of touch with it people. Li Si didn't think long term like Buwei, such as looking out for the people. I remember watching Kings War and the guy who plays BuWei also played Han Xin. Han Xin advisor gave him a pretty good advice and that's to be the people person. BuWei is now the people person, but Li si will help king changed that lol. Review on Ep 19 I hate how the show make those two women so dumb on this episode. The empress had casually sex with anyone she wanted and the maid who served tea. None of them bother giving credit for the Prime Minister Buwei brilliant plot to get prince Yi from Zhao to become a hostage to Qin on his own. Not to mention tricking Zhao Prime Minister to return the once hostage Qin prince back to his native home with a simple rumor. The show is trying to tell me how the Qin Dynasty didn't last long because of all the dumb people surrounding the king. The empress and the maid can get their revenge once Zhao empire crumble due to infighting, but they want revenge now. The other thing I didn't about how BuWei is the mind behind Qin being so strong. He is a master strategist that care for the people. He have long term strategies that require patience. I feel like those 2 women and the King will ruined BuWei plan, a plan that will prevented mass scale slaughters from unification of China and how the people will be treated after the unification. After watching King Wars, where the warlords raise up to rebel again Qin rule, I can't help by blame those impulsive and stupid who surrounded the king. Review on Ep 22 Rip Gan Luo, the boy genius who convinced the Zhou state to give up 5 cities without using a single soldiers. The king killing him was unjust since they're both the same age, 15 years old. I sense jealousy and stupidity. Li si on this episode feel like a traitor who sow discord between the prime Minister BuWei and the king. Qin may accomplished a lot of things, but now I know it was mainly due to BuWei and his smart officials. Review on Ep 24 I feel like they just put any girl out there to be the king friend. Just dress up a maid and you have a fair lady. Update: the king mother is not very bright. She send her son gf back to Chu without realizing he's into her. And she wonder why her son won't greet her return at the palace gate. She and her son act rashly and easily falls into enemy trap. Review on ep 25 It feel so awkward to see the king fall in love with the lady from chu, where her father purposely throw her out to be trample by the king mount... The king mother is worst, she should knowwho's behind that girl and she keep falling for the old lady trap. Why can't they all get along? The lady from chu seem ok, but she's a victim being use by his evil father and grandmother to be their spy. 【ENG SUB 純享版】大秦賦丨Qin Dynasty Epic Full list kzbin.info/aero/PLUg6CGAXr7pkaJw56mF4Qw_-E-LV5i2kS

[@drswag0076]

i think the villain in the third Mummy movie may have been or was inspired by Qin Shi Huang. the story is that the Dragon Emperor was skilled in elemental magic and sought immortality he sought the help of a witch who read a spell written in Sanskrit however that spell was a curse on him and his army. they were all turned into terracotta statues and after dealing with Imhotep in Egypt the O'Conner family deal with this mummy this is set in 1947 after WW2 and before Mao Zedong's communist rule.

[@X.Y.Z.07]

Well the Tomb in the Mummy 3 Movie pretty much inspired by the Terracotta statues... Which is Qin Shi Huang Tomb...

[@drswag0076]

@@X.Y.Z.07 exactly.

[@gloriacabotaje5478]

Kingdom lol.. best anime ive watch

[@emiliocamachoerice6380]

Does anyone know the name of the first song

[@hidefreek6905]

About Qin Shi Huang most accomplishments general the father and son Wang Jian and Wang Ben. Both of them were very skilled and had a very keen sight in both warfare and state politic. The main reason Wang Jian chose to retire first was that he knew Ying Zheng's personality and if he was too honest and loyal he would be executed like BaiQi. So before he marched the army to war. he will ask for the reward first [Qin's reward rule was the general could take the land he conquered in the name of Qin, But YingZheng and LiSi tried to abolish this rule for complete totality divine rule ]. Qing king thought he was a foolish greedy person who cares only for fief and rich and didn't have any suspicion or paranoia on him. [that's why his family survive the purge committed by both Qin Shi Huang and Qin Er Shi]

[@silversurfer2977]

Europe is now trying to become one, but china did that 2000years ago.... Respect to Qin xi hwang

[@alexlo7708]

Hitler once tried. But not by fair principle such legalism , but nationalism and racism. So he failed.

[@BeyondTheAverageFilm]

Europe has been? Seems like they're further and further breaking away

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

I like Europe's (EU) way better. Less bloodshed. Less dictatorship. I can not only question the leadership of the EU, but I can also badmouth and parody them. Love democracy and rule of law (not legalism).

[@rohanofelvenpower5566]

why would we become one? theres are some languages and different traditions. It doesn't make sense.

[@madusvan]

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m yes, nobody likes their neighbors to be united as one.

[@leahbj7944]

Really enjoyed this simple history lesson - and the lesson about calling the deer a horse!!! Excellent work. Thank you!

[@f.furthest]

You're so right about QSH mistake

[@MaskedRiderGale]

Is it me or does your accent sound....Singaporean/Malaysian?

[@ReSV1]

In defense of Lu Buwei, there were a few books named that way, mainly from Zhou dynasty era towards the end of Qin. They were Zuo Qiuming's spring and autumn annals (later renamed as Zuo Zhuan) and Master Yan's spring and autumn annals. The reason why it is called that way was because the way ancient China, Chun Qiu (春秋) meant "a year" and was probably a generic term for annals at that time. Secondly, the debate whether Ying Zheng is Lu Buwei's son or Ying Yiren's son. I have no doubt that Ying Zheng is Ying Yiren's son. There are a few reasons for this confusion. 1) Basically, the fundamental reason for this debate or rather the fault lies with Sima Qian - When he wrote Shiji (records of the grand historian), he split it between Lu Buwei's biography and the Chronicles of the first emperor of Qin and both of the records he wrote in it was the birth of Ying Zheng. In Lu Buwei's biography, Sima Qian wrote it as Ying Zheng was Lu Buwei's son and in Chronicles of the first emperor of Qin, he wrote Ying Zheng was Ying Yiren's son 2) The reason for the split of the records whether Ying Zheng was Lu Buwei's son or Ying Yiren's son was due to the hatred for Qin and its reunification, specifically from the (surviving) nobles of the 6 states. It alleviated some of the hatred towards Ying Zheng and Qin, and over time, this rumour became widespread and Sima Qian just wrote it down on and split it to two different accounts. Furthermore the hatred of Qin was also that the 6 states always viewed themselves as the "proper" Han chinese and stood above other outsiders, but not Qin who is "dirty" as their territory borders with the Xiongnu and Rong tribesman. 3) The third reason for this was the infidelity of Ying Zheng's mother, Zhao Ji - She was, at first Lu Buwei's concubine. Then she was given off to Ying Yiren, who died shortly after ascending to the King of Qin. To fill the void of being a widow (and for sexual cravings), she first turned to Lu Buwei. However, due to Lu Buwei's meteoric rise to power, he thought of washing his hands and involvement off Zhao Ji, and introduced Lao Ai to her as a replacement and to add more insult to Ying Zheng, Zhao Ji bore 2 son from Lao Ai. Furthermore, Lao Ai conspired to rebel to make his sons as kings. To make matter worst, Zhao Ji agreed to the plan. As you can imagine, how Ying Zheng felt at that time, and this became a fuel for the rest of the 6 states to humiliate Ying Zheng parentage. The earliest "if your mother is such an infidel, can you also be 100% sure you are from Ying clan of Qin?" In conclusion, with regards to the above, I believed that Ying Zheng was the son of Ying Yiren. Furthermore, I think that the circumstances of Ying Zheng's parents can viewed it in a scientific way. if Ying Zheng was not the son of Ying Yiren, he would likely be discarded and Lu Buwei would have been executed for this. Ying Zheng must have physically resembled Ying Yiren or had traits that is similar to him (certain birthmarks, eye colour or facial features that only Ying Yiren knows of), for Ying Yiren to recognise him (Ying Zheng) as his son.

[@Unknown-pq7kf]

Completely agree, in my opinion the video had multiple parts where conspiracy and opinion was used without clearing up. There are also parts containing questionable information like saying Qin Xiao Wen Wang (Yiren's father) died one year after ruling. However, in Shiji (Chronicles of Qin) it says he died on the third day 1-3 am after becoming the King of Qin. 《史记·卷五·秦本纪》：孝文王元年，赦罪人，修先王功臣，褒厚亲戚，弛苑囿。孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒，子庄襄王立。

[@ReSV1]

@@Unknown-pq7kf Ancient chinese people mourning period (as kings and nobles) is a year. During that year of mourning, you cannot call yourself as a king (officially). This is in part due to the filial piety tradition ancient chinese adhere to. Shiji direct translation was correct. But the part where people got misunderstanding was the three day part. King Xiaowen was actually king (unofficially) until a year of mourning period is completed. 孝文王元年，孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒，子庄襄王立 - During the first year of King Xiaowen official rule, he ended the period of mourning. He ascended to be the King of Qin, however, 3 days later, his son, King Zhuangxiang ascended to become the ruler of Qin From here, it clearly states that he ended the mourning period in october after a year. Which means he actually ruled (unofficially) for a year and after he officially ended the mourning period and officially ascended the throne, he died 3 days later

[@Unknown-pq7kf]

@@ReSV1 Yes you are right, he was ruling for a year, 孝文王名柱五十三而立立一年卒 - 史记索隐 The reason why I thought it was only three days was because in Qin calendar a year start in October.

[@siconsansly7357]

That history is have in the anime?

[@bitkower]

Hey CJ, Maybe you can do a video on the Jixia Academy? Seems like an important place in the development of many important schools of thought and their texts that we often think of as being totally separate from each other. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jixia_Academy?wprov=sfla1

[@antonispangalos]

Small correction, Qin Shi Huang's personal name was Ying Zheng and not Zhen, while his dad's personal name at the time was Yiren and not Zichu.