Introduction to Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

In my opinion it's the greatest novel ever written. Covers the spectrum of humanity and is beautifully written. I regret not knowing how to read Chinese so I could take it in as it was meant to be.

[@VigaHiga]

Who drew these, honestly, they're beautiful

[@PhoenixTsukino]

I actually own this novel. I haven't read it yet cuz it's massive, densely written, and it scares me. But I plan on reading it next year as one of my New Year's resolutions. Will you please do videos for the other 3 novels? I'd love to know more about them.

[@taroultraman1]

+PhoenixTsukino You should read ROTK first after that Journey To The West and Water Margin. I think Three Kingdoms is the best out of three. I've never read Dream Of Red Chambers so I can't tell if it's good or not

[@DarthJF]

+PhoenixTsukino you should get to know the story through some other media before you read the novel. Watch one of the tv dramas or even play Dynasty Warriors. I started reading the book just recently after owning it for years and knowing the most important characters and events beforehand makes the novel much more enjoyable. Now I can appreciate the writing instead of making notes about who's who.

[@PhoenixTsukino]

Samuel Wu Cahyono Okay. Thanks for the advice! ^_^

[@PhoenixTsukino]

***** I have played Dynasty Warriors before though it's been a while. It was actually the reason I bought the novel. ^_^ I've also seen a video game called Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I should probably look into that as well. Do you have a recommendation for TV drama?

[@DarthJF]

The tv drama I've seen is Three Kingdoms from 2010 and I can definitely recommend it. You should be able to watch it from some drama streaming sites etc. There's also earlier one made during the 90s, but I haven't seen that one yet.

[@TheLincredible]

the only reason why i'm so knowledgeable about or even interested in the three kingdoms is because of dynasty warriors. That was a great frickin game.

[@timetochronicle]

It was mine too. But there's a shitload of anime and manga that also uses the three kingdoms as a theme. Off the top of my head you can have a faithful adaptation of the original classic novel, to yaoi bromance, to insipid high schools fighting each other and showing their pantsu. Also it was sued as the setting for what I think, arguably, was the best game Sega ever made - Sangokushi Taisen

[@ambassadoryee3756]

dynasty warriors is fun, and funny, but rotk is a much better game. dw4 had a dank soundtrack tho

[@efmusic04]

Dynasty tactics and rtk series are a lot better though

[@demianhaki7598]

I love these introductions to classic Chinese works. Please do more!

[@jzhang308]

What happened to dan's elbow

[@xangraneko2290]

+AcnoGAMING he had a climbing accident on his trip.

[@vietlee4290]

Wonderful storytelling 5 out of 5 Potatoes

[@joycel1705]

You watch literally every single KZbinr on here!

[@Sunkizer]

do i know u from just kidding news ???

[@annieruan7101]

+Viet Lee the camera quality of this story is a mashed potato

[@ItIsYuNotMe]

+Sunkizer s thats where i mostly see him

[@josephnguyen9234]

Viet Lee Viet lee! Didn't expect to see u here

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

The only thing I disliked about Three Kingdoms was the negative bias against Cao Cao.

[@beckylikesushi]

Really? I never talked to anybody about Three Kingdoms but Ive heard lots praise for Cao Cao and his military tactics. Perhaps outside of praise for military strategies, he was not so nice or forgiving in his younger years, but I think he softened a lot in his older years. Even that part where he "borrowed" the head. Apparently, from my understanding, there was a miscalculation or mistake in the food supply lines, resulting in a lot of hungry, grumbling soldiers. Wanting to avoid any, discontentment or resentment towards him, Cao Cao then asked for the head of the head (pun no intended) of organizing food supplies... With a scapegoat, many soldiers were silenced with the delivery of "justice", and those that saw through the ruse were cowed into silence. Overall, it was pretty smart move, perhaps barbaric with modern standards, but considering so many men were dying left and right, one servant's life was well worth the stopping of solider complaints

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

beckythebecky That side of him wasn't really shown in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In real life he has a much better reputation.

[@TuneToDave]

aah he's a bitch.

[@TuneToDave]

positiving Cao Cao is one of the community party of China glorifying their first ideology father figurine

[@beckylikesushi]

TuneToDave ..?

[@mazhert5883]

The Bromance of Three Kingdoms

[@minuteman3317]

The No-Homo of Three Kingdoms

[@VyNguyen-ss3pc]

OMG THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO OF THIS TOPIC ON THIS DATE!!! Im competing in a national history day competition with the htree kingdoms and you guys saved me hours of research! i love you guys so much and hope you guys keep doing this in the future. ❤❤

[@chloechang8810]

Omg, I'm so excited. I always love your storytelling. It's awesome, cause now I understand what my dad is talking about now! You guys stay awesome and the artist as well!

[@audreyturnah2352]

I watched Red Cliff and loved it. Didn't know it was based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[@michellecrocker2485]

I can’t say enough how much I miss these videos

[@jordannewthomas3293]

I remember originally learning of this from dynasty warriors but that just made me want to learn more about the source and that was very interesting.

[@hemidas]

So, a Chinese Game of Thrones?

[@trunghieuluutran7622]

Jovan Mitrić yes, but without dragons

[@hemidas]

Trung Hiếu Lưu Trần No incest as well? XD

[@trunghieuluutran7622]

Jovan Mitrić well, yes

[@zhennixu476]

You mean a Fictional Romance of Three kingdoms

[@Tony-kj7ui]

yes alot of chinese history is similar to game of thrones if not more brutal in its 5000 year history. and yes there was incest similar to jaime and cersei

[@sushishogun2486]

Cao Cao 155 A.D-March 15,220 A.D was great hero in Chinese History

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

“Speak of the Devil, and Cao Cao appears.”

[@fellowtemplar5679]

Say one more word and Cao Cao'll come for your wife.

[@mochiinuo]

Fellow Templar 说曹操，曹操到

[@Poisonofmemory]

Oh yes, for those confused, this is a novel, which is partially based on real history. The major and many minor characters in the novel is real but a lot of the stories are made up.

[@mynameis677]

Hm, I didn't know about Yi. It's a positive concept. I like it.

[@KeiShifu]

You might care to look up the 5 tenets of Confucianism: Yi, Li, Ren, Xin and Zhi which address 5 fundamental qualities a noble person should possess. Yi refers to righteousness, Li means propriety, Ren is kindness, Xin promotes faith and Zhi means knowledge.

[@tralhas]

Actually, Koei (producer of Dynasty Warriors) also have a strategy game about the Three Kingdoms era, Romance of the Three Kingdoms or "sangokushi" in Japan.

[@stephenbianchi7141]

didn't know they made DW! cool stuff.

[@ahaprince]

+Tales Oliveira San 10 is the best of the series, for me.

[@tralhas]

I'm more oldschool... ROTK IV: Wal of Fire... I play this game since 1996 =P

[@3pleYT]

+王富贵 warriors orochi 2 will always be my fav

[@ambassadoryee3756]

10 has a pretty dank soundtrack. i only played 10 and 11. different, both good

[@weilizhou7661]

With all due respect, your explanation about Yan Yi(演义) is completely wrong... It cannot be translated that literally. 演义 is actually a kind of literary genre, which is fictional novel base on real history. The book 三国演义 is mainly based on the history book:三国志.

[@MagicalKid]

+Weili Zhou (Will Z) Yeah kinda like 封神演义

[@shio9517]

I know right XDDD His misinterpretation keeps making me laugh

[@asianparent5416]

This is my second fav chinese movie omg journey to the west 1996 -1998 is the best one

[@fjLKA]

Actually, I only know about this from the John Woo film Red Cliff. Never ever played Dynasty Warriors. But now I have to cram Three Kingdoms history because of Total War's upcoming title.

[@HamasakiFanz]

SPOILER ALERT: NONE OF THOSE 3 WON, SO NONE OF THEM RULED CHINA LOL

[@TheDTD500]

+HamasakiFanz Goddamit Sima Yi............

[@DW71000]

Because the Sima Clan just came up, after Sima Yi died Sima Zhao conquered Shu, then Jin was created by the Sima Clan and Jin conquered Wu.

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

In truth, no one won, not even the sima family, because the jin dynasty is one of the worst dynasties in Chinese history.

[@Ag-dj9cp]

HamasakiFanz Sima Yi “won”with no efforts, all of the greatest heroes of the land have died and he was the only one left, so it would be natural for him to create a dynasty easily.

[@BoredBricks]

Mao and his Communists won China.

[@Kalanhikov]

OMG, I love your drawing :D. Honestly, this is one of the best books in China, and appeared as one of the best TV series in China too (the 1994 version I think).

[@goodshow5528]

cao cao was actually a good leader kind of in the movie Three kingdom not romance of the three kingdom the actor was so awesome in that movie as cao cao

[@therlegacy]

Wow, I'm a Singaporean Chinese but I've never really quite understood this San Guo Yan Yi. Great video summary for me to have a basic understanding of what the chinese are actually talking about

[@tiffanynguyen9908]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, LOVE YOUR PERSONALITIES, LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! Now I gotta go study for 2 tests so byeee!

[@demianhaki7598]

"Red Cliff" is such an awesome movie. Only reason I knew many of the characters names here.

[@NapoleonAquila]

No 2010 Three kingdoms série

[@infidelheretic923]

Just listened to the “Borrow your head” part. The context was that the army was short on food and on the verge of defecting. So he ordered the guy in charge of rations executed for “stealing grain” when it was he who ordered the guy to give smaller rations in the first place. Essentially feeding his army less and using him as a scape goat.

[@01NuiNui]

Husband's favorite story. He can watch the drama over and over again.

[@greenghost2008]

Total War is making a Three Kingdoms game.

[@anniuyen]

Only know this from John Woo's 'Red Cliff' with Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Lin Chiling, and Vicki Zhao Wei. Love that version the most.

[@HotPepperLala]

Would somebody please provide Lu Bu with a decent challenge?

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

How about Diao Chan? Yeah, no man can beat him but a woman can.

[@jordannewthomas3293]

Now I'm having flashbacks of getting two shot by enraged lu bu back in the day.

[@minamitakayama]

Love your story telling episodes, please make more of them :D

[@TheCaramelo478]

someone knows The Ravages of Time ? Great manhua.

[@carlwalther3461]

Really liked and enjoyed your telling of these epic stories.

[@TheMetamorphoses2003]

"The concept of *Y E E* ."

[@snakeenjoyingacanofbeans5219]

This is a great read! I've read it three times.

[@mrspeigle1]

downloaded the book in English, it's definitely a page-turner I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to read it.

[@rajsingh-go1yy]

What happened to Dan's arm

[@DavidAguilar-wo6ho]

Dynasty Warriors 4, that’s what started it all, glad I bought that game, perfect hack and slash game for me and perfect gateway into Chinese literature, language and culture!

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

Remember: This is a romanticized account of the events. Many details are depart from historical records, and certain events in the novel never actually transpired in history.

[@masterhec051]

these video very educational. I am glad to have learn so much from ya. I have always been into the chinese/asian culture. I will contiune to learn more about this culture until the day i died. It never disappoint me the story i hear and the way of life i see. it is amazing

[@amyridds829]

This is reminding me of 1066 with three people battling for the throne, the reasons are pretty similar too. It's kind of a 'history is doomed to repeat it's self' case but not.

[@im50yearsold]

Cao Cao did nothing wrong

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

Indeed, besides killling 100,000 civilians and ransacking Xu Province, burying surrendered troops of Yuan Shao alive, allowing Cheng Yu and Man Chong to cannibalize and torture people, slaughtering the families of Dong Cheng and Ma Chao, executing his own stepdaughter Lady Cui because of her glamorous clothes, raping Zhang Xiu's aunt and abusing the child Han emperor as a tool to invade other regions, he’s no Wei a tyrant.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@@Megumi_Bandicoot well, in this era, it's kill or be killed. I like his motto, "It's better for I to betray the world rather than the world betray me." And it did worked. Despite his cruelty, his kingdom managed to stick like glue and eventually Wei is the victor of the Three Kingdoms. Yes, I know the Sima clan toppled the Wei dynasty and became Jin, but they still inherit its military and economy. And I like the "no Wei". I see what you did there.

[@theknightofbadassness301]

Waited for this for soo long!

[@TheLatanweb]

hmm... why does the zhuge liang with the sun quan? the guy with the fan? because he is liu bei advisor, not sun quan? in red cliff event, wouldn't be right to draw zhuge liang with zhou yu?

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Yeah... Sun Quam kinda took a backseat with the battle of Red Cliff. Zhou Yu, as commander in chief of Wu forces, led the battle. Zhuge Liang was kinda on loan to Wu to form the alliance. Which began to broke apart when they all want Jingzhou.

[@shaggycan]

When you are done reading the book you have this duality running through your mind that ultimately all the struggle and death and hardship was really for nothing, but at the same time the deeds that were done would live forever in the human spirit. It has a similar sadness to it that the Lord of the Rings generates. That sadness is the hallmark of a great work.

[@grampawong]

Who is the illustrator? Excellent drawings. I would love some of this person's art

[@hamidious]

I always wondered who was who in Romance of the three Kingdoms strategy games, now I at least understand it a bit and feel like I must read the novel.

[@fabiomgm1293]

I need to read this.

[@shailyzolfaghari5177]

there used to be an anime on TV when i was very young, like 3 or 4, that was the story of the three kingdoms... now it all makes sense... Cao Cao was really mean in that cartoon... and Quan Yu had like an awesome mystical horse... so many childhood memories suddenly make sense now! except when they swore the oath of peachtrees, there was a girl too who was like friends with all of them but really secretly wanted Liu Bei i guess... the cartoon was called the legend of three brothers or some such thing!

[@deaththekid619]

i think these are the best videos

[@John333Scout]

This makes Total War Three Kingdoms trailer make so much more sense lol.

[@upondlite]

I was getting K.O.3an Guo feels after watching this.

[@NanaMamaS]

Hey guys, I love your channel. I was wondering if you could do a video on the I Ching. I'm interested to see what you come up with regarding the history and context, and use of the Oracle in the past and present.

[@point2600]

Will they do one on outlaws of the marsh i know they are troubling but it's a good read?

[@loganwetterling7331]

I really want to read all of those books!

[@ultradyong]

Who are the three most scheming people in three kingdoms.

[@jamesscott7944]

Order of the Peach Garden just reminds me of Caesar's Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompei.

[@Rabbitachu]

Love videos like this! 🙆

[@TT-ot6np]

Can you do a video about Cao Pi and Zhen ji?

[@lI-tm2pn]

They barely even did a video on the three kingdoms lol

[@ONIGIRIKINGU]

Zhen Ji Zhen Ji not a real person and was not even there in the three kingdoms

[@NapoleonAquila]

@@ONIGIRIKINGU bullshits

[@Texicanobrasil]

hahaha, I like the elbow, some road rash, looks like someone has been crashing a motorcycle? Thanks for the info summary , xie xie nimen.

[@kylemassey4060]

I got this book but the translation I bought is really weird, it calls people Liu Pei, Ts'ao Ts'ao and so on.

[@timetochronicle]

That would be Wade-Giles translation, which is how they transliterated the names back in the 18th century The modern naming like Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Ce uses the Hanyu Pinyin style of Romanization. I find that the Wade Giles version is more phonetically attuned to how the names would actually sound, but the Hanyu Pinyin looks a lot nice and presentable.

[@bushhhyy]

Yellow turbans for life

[@dgilman3648]

In first played the NES version and I loved it. I learned capitalism, leadership qualities, diplomacy, taxes, and war.

[@seanhennessy6667]

one of my favorite books.

[@akakiey]

Please do more videos about this topic! Like Dynasty Warriors!!!!!

[@tb1rd66]

This is awesome. Great video

[@oumaimahafraoui2492]

what do you use as application to draw?

[@tomcatpak]

Good stuff! Thank you for sharing. Might I add that it is from this 14th century that the Chinese people started calling themselves(Ming Dynasty) as "the Middle Kingdom(중국)."

[@tomcatpak]

+tomcatpak Also, you guys drew the Wei territory wrong. At that time, the Korean Kingdom of Koguryo occupied pretty much major part of Manchuria.

[@tomcatpak]

***** I'd say Yes or no. The Gongsun clan's reign and then defeat by Wei in Yodong province was kinda ephemeral, before Koguryo's restoration and further big territorial expansion into Manchuria, no? Even if you are right, I think the beginning plot should then include also the Gongsun clan, not just Wei.

[@tomcatpak]

***** Yes, I know that the word 中原 was there before. However, it took a new turn, when the Ming Dynasty started proclaiming itself as the "Central Government" of the universe. That's what that word 中國 came from. The peripheral nations were just "regional governments" because Ming was the central one. That's how the Ming dynasty developed the meaning of 中原.

[@tomcatpak]

*****​​​ Han just called themselves as Han. And they were very proud to do so. I don't recall them calling themselves as the "middle kingdom(中國)" in any ancient scripts. The idea of central plain is not that old to begin with.

[@KS-wy6ky]

So if China is Shu, Russia is Wu, and America is Wei, then who double cross America? Could it be India? Or EU?

[@yugai21boss]

And becuase of Dynasty Warriors i also watched the 2010 tv series of it.And i'm glad i did.I'm just curious if there are any series or films made showcasing the Sengoku period of Japan?And if so wich are the best ones to watch?

[@DarthJF]

+michael ruhl NHK in Japan produces annual year long history series called Taiga dramas and many of those are set during Sengoku period. You might want to check out some of those if you can find fan subtitled versions.

[@dibaliklangit6023]

+michael ruhl that ROTK2010 only good if you want to know more about Cao Cao. meanwhile the most dominant character in the novel is Zhuge Liang

[@yugai21boss]

DevonVianto You mean because of the saying.A dead Zhuge scares away the living Zhongda. Or because of his stragegies?

[@dibaliklangit6023]

because he has the most appearance (chapters) in SGYY

[@TempuraAttack]

I don't know you're still searching, there's a japanese drama of sengoku period, retelling the story of Naoe Kanetsugu (you can find him in Samurai Warriors :p) and stating the fall of the shogun to the unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Name is "Tenchijin" (2011)

[@Lennon9191]

Who drew the lovely drawing!?

[@lsulasno3964]

How about a video on the black face Pao?

[@link123a]

great video! keep'm coming

[@Mandi2ooo]

Can you guys do an intro vid to the 玄武门之变 incident?

[@DarthJF]

First you guys make a video about Monkey King when I'm reading Journey to the West and just when I finish it and start with Three Kingdoms you make one about ROTK. Are you guys stalking me?

[@crisyluv25]

there's an actual possibility that Cao Cao may be my family's ancestor since i kind of have a rare last name of Cao

[@Lilly-op7hm]

Yess Dynasty Warriors...I got all of them

[@hyltoniali257]

Liu Bei's kingdom suppose to be 漢Han! Not 蜀Shu（abbreviation of region of SiChuan“4 gorges”） Since he declared himself as the Emperor of Han then one can tell his ambition to restore the Han Dynasty. However the name “Shu” was given by CaoPi（eldest son of Cao who overthrown Han） of Wei to discrimate his rival kingdom

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Well, Cao Pi did force the real Han emperor to abdicate, so he picks up the title as emperor of Han. Liu Bei, using his ancestry as a political tool, declared himself emperor of Han as well. But it's confusing to write or say "Han forces clash against Han forces". It's better to discriminate each side so we know who's who

[@Pattayaman999]

Hey Mike and Dan, love your KZbin channel. Love these history lessons and especially the food eating shows. It proves that anybody can make it on KZbin even if the hosts are kinda ugly...haha, just joking..OK maybe the guys are hideous. Keep cranking out those videos!

[@ocean4790]

Dan, Mike talk about 草船借箭

[@gaoxuu]

Do dream of the Red Chamber please

[@buzzlightyear2938]

Is Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei face like your chinese face by now?

[@seanhennessy6667]

sorry for the loose english romanized version my laptop doesnt have Han key

[@vvindgms2638]

Lol, I've learn a lot of the Chinese history from a video game called Dynasty Warriors!

[@kemy9507]

what happened with ur arm 😵

[@theknightofbadassness301]

Qi: pronounce chee, Cao Cao: pronounced tsow tsow, Qin: pronounced chin.... come on really China, really!

[@seanhennessy6667]

well anything about san gao yan yi

[@user-wt6yo9ld4v]

Intro to Water Margin next please

[@haoweishi1340]

amazing book

[@cuzcohusky3533]

I love this

[@godzilla-zf4qo]

cao cao very similiar to his dynasty warrior counterpart

[@jeanjasmine]

I just love you guys, I really miss Asians: culture, food, history, people, Asian laughs... and so on.

[@Generation4EvaYoung]

0:11 WHOOOOA! What happened to your arm there?!?!

[@Luisin88]

You drew a cute Kongming.

[@joejoewoo1]

Liu bei's kingdom is called "Han（汉）" not "Shu（蜀）" as Liu claims he's the legitimate heir of Han dynasty. Also three kingdoms only happen towards the end of that historical period. It's not like these three warlords all start with one kingdom and vie for uniting China. Most of the time Liu Bei and Sun Quan were just trying to stop Cao Cao's march. By the time the battle of Red Cliff happened, Liu Bei didn't even have his own territory. Historical accuracy please. Just because the hosts are Chinese doesn't mean research could be sloppy.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Well, to kinda differentiate that from the Han dynasty, it was known as Shu Han. Shu being the name of the region where Chengdu, the capital, is.

[@blueandyyb]

Nope. Yan Yi (演义) does not stand for "performing Yi." It's just how Chinese call historic novels. Source (in Chinese): baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%BC%94%E4%B9%89/2458048