An Lushan Rebellion - One of the Bloodiest Conflicts in History

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Clickbait title: Rebellion that killed 40 million Chinese - An Lushan - The Bloody End to a Golden Age
After usurping the Imperial Throne from the Sui Emperors, the Tang Dynasty began the golden age of Chinese political and military power, as well as its most creative period of art and culture. But golden ages cannot last forever, and this documentary will show how the An Lushan rebellion shook the Tang to their core.
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Sources:
Denis C. Twitchett - The Cambridge History of China - Sui & Tang
Mark Edward Lewis - China’s Cosmopolitan Empire
Jonathan Karam Skaff - The Tang Frontier Military & An Lushan Rebellion
Charles D. Benn - Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty
Christopher I. Beckwith - Empires of the Silk Road
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@AngidadGaming]

Ok no problem

[@diaphouswilter7364]

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[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

An means Bukhara

[@nicholasnelson8641]

Suggestion. Future episodes regarding specific battles of the An Lushan rebellion. In particular I would like to see an episode that biographies the Tang loyalist general Zhang Xun and his leadership at the battles of Yongqiu and Suiyang.

[@gezguchinomadi4880]

@Kings and Generals Your Videos always remind me of my favorite strategy war game Age of Conquests IV

[@Mattyhollis]

Before I began writing this episode I had heard of the An Lushan rebellion, but I never realised how existentially tragic it seemed. I hope you guys enjoy the video and thank you for watching. :)

[@ThisisBarris]

Hey man, I've started to realize that you've been writing a lot of the episodes lately (sorry if I'm slow boarding this train). First, I'm baffled by how quickly you come up with these scripts, and second, thanks for the great work.

[@vguyver2]

I am thankful you did. I would tell people about this rebellion and feels like no one has ever heard of it. I often bring it up due to the human loss and how people like General *Zhang Xun* and An Lushan can be two ends of a coin in a nightmare of war.

[@umaransari9765]

Matthew Hollis thank *you* for great work

[@JohnSmith-xc3zu]

Matthew Hollis In Chinese history, this rebellion was carried out by two major Rebel leaders, An Lushan and Shi Siming. The latter seemed to be ignored in your video. Any reason for that?

[@Mattyhollis]

@@ThisisBarris Thanks for the acknowledgement. I always aim to increase the quality of my research despite the speed I pump stuff out. :')

[@Mrkabrat]

Moral of the story: Do not behead your veteran generals and dont use your other head to think

[@antonfeng1434]

The truth is not as simple. While I completely agree with your second point, the first point might not be true: An Lushan is himself a veteran general. The reason Emperor Xuanzong executed Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi was that he was afraid they would rebel too. They held their troops at Tong Pass without any further actions. The fact was that their army would be no match for the rebels in the open ground, but the Emperor did not know that. They were in control of a large army, and Gao Xianzhi himself was of Goguryeo descent. The court, especially the emperor, were in great fear that the two generals would follow An Lushan's example, in which case he would be doomed; also, the empire's fiscal situation did not allow the large troop to be fed for much longer. The Emperor's fear and anger was even escalated when some other people deceived him into believing that Feng and Gao embezzled the soldiers' salaries. Being the supreme leader, it is very hard to gather the correct information, and mutual trust between the monarch and the subordinates is often jeopardized, especially in precarious situations like that.

[@seyedhasanzolanvar]

The second point is much more important .....ha ha

[@yuanruichen2564]

The smaller head.Imao

[@jayliu6076]

Let the experts do their job is how I would put it. There are eunuchs in every organization. A good leader should be able to tell them apart.

[@antonfeng1434]

@Hulagu Mongke The emperor does not know who is ambitious and who is not. He can only speculate based on the limited and often distorted information he has.

[@98shot]

Y'all should do the Battle of Suiyang. It is legit insane. 10k vs 150k, with the Tang defenders cannibalising the local population (and their own concubines) to survive. In the end, the Yan secured a very Pyrrhic tactical victory losing 1/3 of their forces, and ended up losing the strategic initiative.

[@sjwarialaw8155]

yeah, not even a mention in this video was quite disapointing, this is one of the most crazy events in world's history.

[@adonissherlock]

>30,000 civilians were eaten DECISIVE TANG VICTORY

[@blueberrybuttercake2942]

@@adonissherlock War in China be like:

[@chilliam00]

@@blueberrybuttercake2942 Haha we all came from the same video. 😂

[@Dancingleaf243]

Yea kinda disappointed the Battle of Suiyang isn’t mentioned.

[@KC-de1ds]

For the additional information if anyone wants to know. An LuShan was killed by his son An QingXu, which forced one of his general, Shi Si Ming to surrender to the Tang court. An QingXu got besieged, and asked Shi to help, so the latter rebel against the Tang, difeated the Tang and killed the former to usurp the throne of the Yan Emperor. The end of this rebellion is when Shi's son was defeated by the Tang, not before killing his father and usurped the throne first. Talk about it runs in the family.

[@snarfer5612]

Wow, talk about a game of thrones..

[@RicardoPerez-rz8pu]

That's more different than Game of Thrones

[@ebitda8611]

My ancestor Guo Ziyi was a general in this rebellion. Few years ago i visited the town in China and we still have his status in the temple after a thousand year.

[@hungthouc4213]

Guo Ziyi and Li Guang Bi

[@nagabettafarm4729]

And so disappointed that us ancestor don't mention in this story

[@hxg8348]

我也是郭子仪的后代

[@user-tt9gt1ce8z]

我的祖先是安禄山手下的一个将军，后来投降唐朝了

[@srxjk8186]

as a native Chinese born and raised in China, I find this channel understand Chinese history, culture and civilization quite deeply, very impressive, keep up good work, thank you

[@birdyashiro1226]

啸雪srxjk 我tm感觉了复习了一遍高中历史

[@birdyashiro1226]

啸雪srxjk It's a review not understand ^^ i guess

[@mutton9622]

这频道把武则天画成过东南亚农民，貌似男女都没分清。

[@juanlu3958]

被洗腦馴化人種改造的中共奴國人你們好嗎

[@mutton9622]

@@juanlu3958 你好，我家住在加拿大，在文明国家你说的这话够学校公司开除你的。

[@johnyricco1220]

Before the An Lushan rebellion China had a cosmopolitan culture where people often dressed themselves in foreign fashion and were open to foreign ideas and religions. After the rebellion China grew suspicious of foreigners and became much more conservative and isolationist. Never again would foreigners rise to the rank of general. The later Tang abandoned Central Asia altogether to focus its attention on south China. It's often wrongly assumed that the Battle of Talas ended Chinese influence in Central Asia, but were it not for the An Lushan rebellion it's very likely the empire would push back against the Abbasids.

[@johnyricco1220]

@@trevrockrock16 Things that didn’t happen for $2000 Alex

[@johnyricco1220]

@@trevrockrock16 Enlighten us what century Christianity arrived in China and show sources to support your persecution complex

[@johnyricco1220]

@@trevrockrock16 You were given two opportunities to prove your ludicrous claim and you didn’t even dare try. That’s because you have been exposed as a delusional liar. Go and con the dim witted morons you’re used to. Bye loser

[@unglaublichcharlatan3600]

SuperTRev China didn’t see significant Christian population until the 19th century, where did your “2000 years” claim come from ? Counting from 2020 backwards 2000 years was 20 AD , where Christiandom barely spreads in the Levant region in the Middle East , let alone Europe ... where did the oppression come from if the believers are simply not even there in China ???

[@brickstick2152]

Emperor: An lushan why are you so fat? An lushan: why because my belly is filled with loyalty your majesty. Proceeds to throw the bloodiest rebellion because he got fired.

[@epicgamer2727]

If anyone wants a somewhat fantastical retelling of portions of this rebelling I HIGHLY recommend Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay. It was based off the events leading up to it and is wonderfully written and a masterwork.

[@Hurmeri]

Amen to that.

[@jagvillani338]

Came here to say the same. Amazing fictionalization of the period.

[@epicgamer2727]

@Nom Anor Normally I'm not a fan of it, but in this case it might be more fair to say it's a story that is loosely based upon historical events. There is mystical elements, such as ghosts existing in the world and the characters are more or less original or based upon historical figures. Mostly I would recommend it because it is such a well written book and well told story. It's a very very good writer at the top of his craft providing a story in an interesting setting. No reason you can't enjoy that AS WELL as the historical facts :)

[@casper191985]

@@epicgamer2727 does the story include toes?

[@OmegaTrooper]

"Reunited for the first time in centuries, since the Han." *Weeps in Jin dynasty*

[@diemannschaftweltmeister8197]

Well, Western Jin's unification of China lasted only about half a century. I won't say this can be viewed as a truly unified period of time in Chinese history.

[@alexv3357]

@@diemannschaftweltmeister8197 And it's not as if China was really at peace during that time either. They never really managed to secure the country and spent nearly every moment of their existence putting down rebellions or repelling invasions

[@alexting827]

@@diemannschaftweltmeister8197 It's still unified. It's just unstable....

[@alexting827]

@@alexv3357 Uhhhh it was at peace....until that unfortunate SimaZhong who was developmentally disabled....and cue War of the eight princes leading to the ascension of SimaChi and then facing northern invasion just kind of...died....cue eastern Jin *which was rather stable. The north just explodes. So them "putting down rebellions" was more like a family succession crisis because of SimaZhong's incompetence. It wasn't like a the An lushan or other rebellion in that sense. Besides it would still be united. XD

[@HistoryTime]

This is super useful and timely for me as I recently began delving into Tang China (perhaps the greatest of all early medieval powers) Thanks guys!

[@dovahkiin3379]

I would say the umayyads were most likely the greatest of early medeival superpowers followed by Tang dynasty

[@papercat2599]

@@dovahkiin3379 no tang at its hight is wealthier more populated and bigger than Umayyad. Post an shi rebellion tang become weaker that’s true

[@qiqichen-zt8ig]

@dovah kiin Do you think that's possible? At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, it accounted for 58% of the world's GDP

[@htjohn205]

​@@dovahkiin3379 Umayyad not powerful when compare with Tang Empire.

[@austinli8891]

@@dovahkiin3379 ummayad has rookie numbers compared to tang

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Yo apa Khabar Malay archer HiDUp Melayu

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FYI to those curious: His signature is in Arabic script but is in the Malay language, and it says “Pemanah Melayu” meaning “Malay Archer”.

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Malay Archer White Huns are Turks

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@@luqcrusher the arabic is "famanah malayu" phonetically, am i right?

[@luqcrusher]

White Album Nope. The letter “Fa” has 1 dot above it. If you look closely, the first letter he wrote has 3 dots. In Malay, we adapted the Arabic script and made some of our own extra letters to fit more sounds. So the “p” sound is represented by a “Fa” letter but with 3 dots. More examples: to make a “v” sound, we added a dot above the “wow” letter. To make a “ch” sound, we put 3 dots in the “jim” letter which normally has one.

[@rawbird5341]

"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times."

[@nomooon]

i feel fortunate to have scrolled down so far, because of this awesome quote.

[@Bazerald777]

U.S.A. has been so powerful and peaceful for so long that their people has begun to weaken, softer and way too sensitive over trivial meaningless things. If U.S.A. were to defend their home soil in a war in a decade or two, their glorious nation won't even be able to hold out for more than few years before collapsing.

[@mattaffenit9898]

@@Bazerald777 Because invasions of that sort happen all the time in this hemisphere... oh wait... nukes...

[@LordChesalot]

Nerd

[@950110k]

Good times create rebellion then destroyed

[@Fman0909]

Excellent work as usual. You should do a series of the turmoils mentioned in the beginning of the video in chronological order (a sort of major event series of the century across the globe).

[@JasonDoe1000]

The Carolingian unrest is really not that special, the former royal dynasty the Merovingian dynasty got officially replaced by the carolingians, who held all the real power in the frankish realm without much struggle as they actually appointed him first (the merovingians had little power in the end)

[@umaransari9765]

Abbasid Revolution is must

[@umaransari9765]

But they should make video of Tibetian Revolution as we have very limited information on it Merovingian overthrow by Pepin is also interesting

[@user-uw2gs5gz7f]

The Anshi Rebellion has a series of follow-up effects, such as regional differences between the North and the South, which continue to this day.

[@trollXmakefunner]

China belong to Mong.

[@jimwade3818]

Great episode! A bit of history I didn't know. I hope your podcast has some material on this episode. Keep up the great work!

[@whpoon7078]

After Xuanzong executes Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, the commander was replaced by Ge Shuhan, a Türgesh who is also a famous and experienced military commander in chinese history. And he is using the same strategy as his predecessor Feng Changqing, hold in the Tong Pass and wait for reinforcement. So I think it is rather incorrect to describe him as a sycophantic subordinate.

[@uAozzie]

I was the one that requested this video a while ago. Thank you it looks amazing.

[@Dragons_Armory]

Factoid: The general Gao Xianzhi is both a Tang citizen and a Korean ex pat. His clan were descendants of powerful generals of Goguryeo. Despite his defeat at Talas he was one of the better commanders during the era and his military record is respectable. His execution, mainly at the instigation of the eunuch Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠) who accused the 2 generals for cowardice was one of the worst decisions that could have been ever made during this entire conflict. For reason I can't help but picture Bian Lingcheng like anything other than like Grima Wormtongue.

[@megakedar]

With the way eunuchs and other court officials plotted against various generals all the time, it's an open question that even if An Lushan had remained loyal, they would have found some way to execute him anyway. The Tang created an unworkable civil-military model.

[@umaransari9765]

Dragon's Armory he was winning Battle of Talas before defection of Karluk mercenaries

[@robbleecn]

@@umaransari9765 Gao Xianzhi is not a Korean. There was no such a nation or a county called Korea existed in that age.

[@umaransari9765]

Jim Lee btw I didn't said he was Korean But I read somewhere he was of Goguryo descendents which was one of three states that rules Korea I guess Others were Silla and Balhae Please tell me if I am wrong

[@ahrrhd]

@@robbleecn He was a son of a Goguryeo general, and Goguryeo is part of ancient Korean history. In other word, he was ethnically a Korean with Chinese citizenship

[@Daradajee]

Gao Xian Zhi was perhaps the greatest adventurer of the Classical Chinese world. A shame he had to face such a brutal and inglorious end.

[@thewanderingrey8830]

Didn't his relatives still survive and continue to serve subsequent Chinese dynasties?

[@LanceCorpsman]

In my humble opinion, i would say Wang Xuance is the greatest one, even tho most of western historian never heard of him.

[@Akkise]

I'd say that Zhang Xun was the greatest.

[@user-kd9iu3od3w]

Nope, Ban Chao is the real legend, Gao Xianzhi is not even close to him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Chao Ban chao go to the Tarim Basin with only 36 warriors and bring back the whole western region to the Han Empire.

[@KBKim-jt6uj]

General GAO XIANZHI is Korean, GO SUN JI(고선지) in Korean. the son of general of fallen Korean kingdom, Goguryeo.

[@thewanderingrey8830]

Kings and Generals; you should make a feature about the legendary general Guo Ziyi of this same period (Tang Dynasty). He ended the An Lushan rebellion and had several masterful ruse under his sleeve - like riding alone to the Uyghur camp when they were allied with the Tibetan Empire to attack Tang, convinced them to switch sides, and attack Tibet instead. Legend has it that he was so sick of battle that in his death he requested Jade Emperor that he became God of Wealth and Happiness instead. He was also reportedly a Nestorian Christian Chinese.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Will think about it!

[@thewanderingrey8830]

@@KingsandGenerals

[@chichimamakokomashey1563]

@Vincent Young Tibetan empire fragmented due to the civil war not Guo Ziyi

[@lungfelix2000]

Just point out that the title of a retired Chinese emperor should Tai Shang Huang 太上皇 not Shang Huang. And the advisor who asked Li Yuan to assume power was his son Li Shimin, later known as one of the best emperor in Chinese history, Tang TaiZong. But Li Shimin assumes power by killing his siblings and started a coup against his father (which Li Shimin didn’t kill his father). So his father was the first ever Tai Shang Huang in Chinese history.

[@tinjazhang4099]

F lung 而且时间和地图这块也不准 打朝鲜的时候都过鸭绿江了 他这个地图提都没提

[@user-fd3fm5xr6j]

汉朝刘邦父亲是第一位太上皇

[@vinodvarghese78]

Interesting video. Thanks for creating and sharing it here. Cheers!

[@KaisaMachinimas]

Well done, really enjoyed watching, thanks!

[@its_johnH]

Decisive Tang Victory meme

[@sodori]

Lovely video. Also want to add a little note for Feng ChangQing. Outnumbered (60k vs. 150k) and outclassed (militia vs. battle hardened veterans, Feng fought the Yan forces five times around, outside, at and within Luoyang. Personally, his continued defensive actions (and rallying a defeated army formed of levies five times) is very underrated.

[@aaronmarks9366]

Absolute Mad Lad tm

[@davidrosner6267]

Thank you for another great video on Chinese history! Keep the great videos coming!

[@KC-de1ds]

Huang Chao Rebellion in the later Tang period is also an interesting story to tell. This major uprising see the occupation of the Tang capital again which almost completely destroyed the Dynasty. The Tang fought back and bare survived, an empty shell of its former glory, clinging on until their ultimate destruction in 917. Tang Dynasty should be the Dynasty that has most emperor fleeing from the capital city without actually falling.

[@yizi1342]

纠正一下，是907年唐朝灭亡

[@vaninhhuu3215]

even more funny he failed at the imperial exam, does it sound familiar?

[@JohnSmith-xc3zu]

I have to say that the narrator really did his homework. The prononciation of the key characters’ names are quite acceptable for non-mandarin speakers. By the way, this event in Chinese history is called “安史之乱”，which can be roughly translated as “The “rebellion of An and Shi”, last names of the two major rebel leaders.

[@khanandrew6035]

As a Chinese, I salute your work! When reviewling Li Linfu's behavior, I can recall Euorpean's politician did just the same thing a few years ago, well people sometimes just can't learn from the history

[@christiannovia893]

Great work as always, really wish I had this series as an added tool in college

[@blockmasterscott]

Wow, I had never heard of this war. Thanks for posting!

[@charlesphillips1468]

I love the Chinese history content, which has long been missing from the West. This, along with the War of the Heavenly Horses and the video on Sino-Roman contacts provides continuity to a large swath of 1st millennia Chinese history. Thank you.

[@geofrey670]

Just marvellous history channel thank you for your hard work and dedication to history

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for watching :-)

[@shaungrinterroofing4702]

Thanks mate always look forward to your well made vids :).

[@zachba2404]

one of the most amazingly presented stories on youtube! ive watched it 10 different times lol

[@TheSamuraijim87]

Great video! It's a really strange phenomenon just how many interesting turning points in history hinge on the continued leadership of one individual, and how the removal of that individual from the scene can ensure the complete collapse of a state or a movement. Pyrrhus of Epirus, Sertorius, Antiochus III, Cao-Cao, Charlemagne, Abd al-Rahman III and Al-Mansur and so many others come to mind.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you very much!

[@ThisisBarris]

China's history is truly incredibly bloody, which makes you wonder how their population grew to such sizes. Sure, they have a large land mass but so did the whole of Europe, yet Europe never reached a population size as big as India or China. I had a friend who thought it was because China's history was relatively peaceful compared to Europe's but that is far from true, especially with the war of the 3 kingdoms. The most plausible theory I've read so far was that rice, which was the base crop of Asia, has a much higher energy content compared to other region's base crop such as wheat in Europe or Corn in the Americas. The high population is probably the reason why China's was so bloody, too. What are your thoughts K&G? Anyway, another great videos guys. I love how you focus on these part of stories that you don't otherwise learn about if you're not from the region or don't specialize in History.

[@ThisisBarris]

@Anand the godtuber China's history was extremely bloody with tons of tribal infighting and all. I don't know what was bloody, but the fact that that region had higher populations promoted bloodier and more conflicts.

[@ThisisBarris]

@Ryan Düren Interesting input, thank you. I did read that rice could be grown multiple time a year. So yeah, I guess that fact that rice was their base crop significantly contributed to their population growth (and their agricultural techniques too).

[@ThisisBarris]

@Anand the godtuber Yes, protein makes a stronger population (like any balanced diet would) but I think the population size ended up winning. When humans went from hunting and gathering to agriculture, we "decided" that population size was more important than population health. In fact, mankind lost a dozen cm when it switched to agriculture but in the end, population size won over pop health. Also, Europeans' diets were mostly made of wheat, unless you were a nobleman.

[@shaolindreams]

We had the Black Death in Europe remember. Resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia.

[@RocketPropelledMexican]

China has multiple civil wars with a greater death toll than WW1 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll

[@chinooboyliao7289]

Thank you so Much for your time to make these amazing video’s. Keep it up my friend.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@KarausTheReTeller]

Again amazing work, as always, keep up this nice work!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@lishiping84]

As a Chinese and a big fan of history. I would say this is a great video. This episode of history is one of the most important part in our history textbook.

[@creamychoclatelobsterwarri979]

Your history books are filled with communist propaganda

[@ML-mi7ns]

CreamyChoclate LobsterWarrior. Not the ancient ones.

[@JodenPaoloPeroy]

More Asia please? *cough* Imjin War *cough* Great vid!

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is on the list. :-)

[@dongf2618]

@@KingsandGenerals please do it from perspectives of Japan China and Korea. So far the books on this subject are mostly written by people who studied on Japanese history and had bias for Japanese references.

[@umaransari9765]

They said in their video of Battle of Sekigahara that they will make video of Hideyoshi invasion of Korea

[@reieben886]

@@KingsandGenerals yes, Imjin War nice, i'm waiting for it

[@zurinarctus1329]

@@KingsandGenerals You should do the Vietnamese war of independence in 963 AD against Tang and Southern Han or Lam Son Uprising in 15th century.

[@JasonDoe1000]

Great job K&G (just as expected from you guys), ever since the Battle of Talas in which it was mentioned I was looking forward to this video coming out

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you :-)

[@903lew]

This is bloody excellent stuff. Production values are great and the soundtrack is the best in the business. Could you do a piece on Siamese/Thai history? King Naresuan is quite the fascinating character.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Feels like an EUIV Golden Age promotion... Great vids as always.

[@luisguhong]

you are the best battle history in youtube!!! thank you!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@MuhammadArshad-yx8sk]

Excellent Video as usual.pls tell us about crusades history.

[@Arcaryon]

Excellent video, one knows so little about this part of the world as a European, it is always interesting to learn about new historic events and your channel makes it so much better than just reading the information. Thank you for all the good work, keep it up!

[@lumthegreat]

Many Chinese nowadays still refer themself as tang people or as "tong yan" in Cantonese..

[@KingsandGenerals]

Interesting. Always thought that the popular term was "han"

[@heavenwatcher100]

@@KingsandGenerals Han was the name used for the ethnicity. Tang is used more often in occasions related to Chinatowns. We call Chinatowns Tang renjie in Chinese.

[@Kevin-cz8qj]

Qin, Han and Tang, first three dynasties of China, can represent China someway. "Qin" transformed to "China", Han became the ethnical name for Chinese, and Chinatown is call "Tang Ren Jie", or "Tangese Street" in Chinese.@@KingsandGenerals

[@Liquidsback]

@@Kevin-cz8qj No love for Sui, so I will sing a Song and Ming my own business. Thank you I will show myself out.

[@Kevin-cz8qj]

Let us Xin the Song together.@@Liquidsback

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

Another awesome episode 👏

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@user-db7vy8sf2h]

Another amazing Video! I'm loving this series of videos about Asian history, still doing a amazing work 😘

[@5bigdonkey]

For some reason your videos never show up in my subscription feed but luckily they still pop up in recommended within a few hours

[@KingsandGenerals]

Interesting. Do you have the bell button on?

[@sfm3256]

I never new Abbasid troops fought in a Tang civil war. Fascinating.

[@alexlo7708]

Yes, afterward they stay there as big nobles and power play with others power facts.

[@alexlo7708]

@A I saw it in Hongkong historical TV drama.

[@johnnyzhang4683]

As you made a video about this rebellion, I will say that one of the best Chinese calligraphy piece was created during the battle against An Lushan. Requiem to My Nephew, painted by Yan Zhenqing (709-785 AD), is really a masterpiece. Now this rare piece is lend to Japan's Tokyo National Museum. The exhibition is Unrivalled Calligraphy (Jan 16- Feb 24). If anyone want to see a 1200+ years relic, go there NOW. This is an encounter of the whole lifetime. (I don't want to debate about the political meaning of it here, just introduce a historical relic related to this video.)

[@andikasa5621]

Thank you very much for this greatness historic material .....Ur contribute deserve a golden medal.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, more on the way!

[@-----REDACTED-----]

As always a stellar video! Thank you very much! (More of East Asia, please ❤️😁)

[@rayanhey2411]

The Taiping Rebellion :"Hold my bear !"

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

An Lushan, overthrowing dynasties before it was cool

[@Magos_Fritz]

*and then I get mauled to death while holding your bear.*

[@ekn_38]

🐼

[@History_of_China]

Hong Xiuquan : "Hold my 啤酒"

[@charliezhang6820]

Yeah Taiping rebellion was more bloody than Anlushan's, but the Qing dynasty has around 400 million people but Tang dynasty has less than 100 million of population for sure. In Tang dynasty China, the government already had offical population statistics based on number of households; i don't remeber the accurate number of population but i'm sure it's far less than 100 million.

[@halgaci]

some background information the speaker did not mention in the video: An Lushan is a translation of his sogadian name. Lushan means Rokshan, the masculine form of Roxanne. And the reason for the Tang empire to rely on such non-Chinese speaking generals is that it couldn't mobilize enough soldiers from it's hinter land anymore. As more and more peasants went to bankrupt and fled, the empire could not find enough soldiers and had to hire barbarian mercenary to defend it's border against nomadic tribes from central and northern Asia. Similar to what took place in the Rome empire in the 4th century.

[@jurgenchristiansen6075]

Again, Great video. Hard to believe warfare like this happened.

[@Darth_Enigma]

Subscribed yesterday, you upload today. Now that's what I call a lucky coincidence!

[@FaithfulMinds]

It's disputed to regard Goguryeo (Gaogouli) as a Korean country, considering Tang's important general Gao Xianzhi is a Gaogoulian in this rebellion, and nearly half of Gaogouli's population has been moved to inner China after been defeated.

[@cheungchingtong]

Goguryeo was not a KR country, and you are welcome.

[@majmark1977]

At this time, the rise of Tibetan cut off the connection between the Empire and the Western Regions（It also called Xi Yu in video）, but Tibetan was unable to control the Western Regions. Imagine that a group of Left-behind troops of the Tang Empire not only had to fight against Tibetan but also could not get the support of the Central Empire. Even in the most difficult times, they still ruled in the name of the Tang Empire and hoped that one day the Imperial Army would come. They persisted in this way for nearly a hundred years, but the Empire did not know it and abandoned them long ago. What a tragic group of soldiers. It's really a good movie or novel i think lol

[@wbyoung4280]

True, according to some genetic studies, modern Uighurs have 20% of the Han chinese Y haplogroup genes, which should be left by those soldiers.

[@user-du1pk2zi6s]

大唐歸義軍

[@kurthamm7734]

I love these. Keep up the good work. Also; It would be nice if you included the mods you use in your credits.

[@RedTrauma]

Never heard of this conflict. Thank you for your glorious video

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@arashnozarinejad9915]

This documentary gave me chills, maybe more standalone documentaries about golden periods of different dynasties would be a good idea.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, we will see!

[@ericconnor8251]

Great video, but huge correction: the Sui Dynasty reunified China for the first time since the Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD), you know, the one that followed the Three Kingdoms and was founded by the Sima family in the state of Cao Wei. The Jin existed between the Han and Sui dynasties, although they lost northern China in 316 AD to the nomadic Mongolic barbarians (Wu Hu), including the Xiongnu, and controlled southern China until 420 AD.

[@yunli3576]

Absolutely right，but Jin（晋） Dynasty was poorly appraised in Chinese history, so，maybe people were reluctant to mention it.

[@ericconnor8251]

@@yunli3576 I think later Chinese had a favorable opinion of Emperor Wu of Jin (Sima Yan) overall, but he made the terrible mistake of nepotism and empowering his relatives who fought for control of China after his death in the War of the Eight Princes.

[@user-lc1jc5sy5b]

​@@ericconnor8251 he's good man

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

awesome and detailed vid as always, keep it up

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, we will!

[@batuchen6103]

Great Video! P.s Decades-lasting Tang-Gokturk war and Tang-Goguryeo war would be epic I believe!

[@AaronM909]

Love these Videos on China History would like to see more on it as well

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks, more on the way!

[@lilithshopping7904]

This video is so well made.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@1plusAidan]

I don't even play World of Warships but they seem to fund a good chunk of all the great history content on you tube. so thank you World of Warships.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Yep, really helpful :-)

[@TheBFT]

The Age of Empire sounds are always the icing on the cake for me with these videos.

[@SeleucusNicator]

Another excellent video. I just recently started learning more about the Tang dynasty. I watched the South Korean film 'The Great Battle' a while back and being part Chinese, I'm disappointed in myself for not learning about this time period until now.

[@dongf2618]

that movie is heavily dramatized. A lot of the things in that movie were fictional, including the name of the main character which was actually not recorded in the official history and first appeared in novels written in the Ming dynasty. Also, Taizong's eye wasn't shot by the general. This part also came straight out of a novel and not recorded in official history either.

[@SeleucusNicator]

@@dongf2618 I know. I could tell just from the troop numbers alone in the opening battle that the story would be exaggerated. I don't watch historical fiction movies and shows for a history lesson (we have K&G videos for that) but for entertainment and the chance that they can get me interested in a period of history I never studied before and the film succeeded in both respects. I've also been watching the 2010 Three Kingdom series, which is also different from both the actual events and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[@lifescience2050]

my advice don't take South Korean movies (even their documentary) serious. it's notorious that South Korean historians have been fabricating their history for unknown reason.

[@workaholic6]

The movie has nice battle scenes, and other than that, nothing good about it. Just search on wikipedia on the topic of "siege of ansi" you know how fake it is.

[@heavenwatcher100]

@천승헌 You are right. Honestly speaking, there are some ok Korean historical movies/drama series, like 惩毖录(징비록). In comparison, many others including 'the great battle' were total disgraces. But again, it's common for the movie industry to distill its own ult-right nationalism. Some CN dramas regarding Japan were not better, either. I hope there's an upcoming series about the Imjin-War or Tang-Silla alliances vs Baekje and Japan alliances（e.g. Battle_of_Baekgang）. Taking accounts from all three nations would be optimum.

[@Zantides]

100% thumbs up, just how we like it.

[@KingsandGenerals]

:-)

[@AngidadGaming]

Awesome, good video loved d way u narrated

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Super Kanal, alles gut dargestellt und verständlich... stimm alles!!! 💚🐺👍💕

[@lipinglin1994]

I remember this quote in The Dark Knight. "You either die as a hero, or live long enough to become the villain." Eventually, everyone will face their own demon in their life time if they lived long enough. Xuanzong was too old to rule, his mind is clouded with luxury and accomplishment when he is going into his 50's. It is sad to see Tang goes the way it is after the rebellion, but it is clear that without this rebellion, Chinese history cannot move forward and bound together more and ever closer than before. The rebellion made later dynasties realize in order to get hold of power, entrusting foreigners is not a choice, and that is why China was kept as a whole. The shaping of national and civilizational identity is forged through this part of history and forever influencing the Chinese after centuries to come.

[@roywang1294]

Thanks for making this documentary! You might be interested in general Guo Ziyi and Li Baoyu for this conflict.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@LM-pd6wj]

I love this channel!!

[@dimitrir.2112]

By the time I wake up, a new episode is added to a series. Very peaceful and relaxing way to wake up. Ironically.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad you are having a peaceful life. :-)

[@andersschmich8600]

I would love to see a video on the Tang-Tibetan wars! I know almost nothing about them, but they seem fascinating.

[@FatherLand56]

me too

[@dwitelite]

Wow! The Music & Pronunciations are getting better. 😮

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@vguyver2]

Yes! I was hoping you guys would get to this.

[@KingsandGenerals]

More on the way!

[@spacewalker9527]

good work 👍👍👍

[@stivensondivenson4574]

That why y respect and love your chanel for history who y never teach in my college,y really love China history and respect chinese people,one more think good luck man.

[@justinpeanuts9767]

More Chinese history please.

[@muhammadnursyahmi9440]

Agreed, Chinese history are extremely interesting, and often tragic as well.

[@Dash24724]

Great channel! helps with the back story of the total war series lol

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@malkalthani421]

Great episode

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you!

[@zoekarlsealland3139]

1.I have uploaded the Chinese sub and I really want to get the permission. 2.I collect the some comments form @F lung @MG47 3.00:11 There is an translation error in the history textbook of China, which cause most of the Chinese know “Charlemagne the Great” rather than Charles the Great. 4.01:46 Jin dynasty(266-420) was the first dynasty who reunitied China after the Three Kingdom period. 5.03:03 The advisor who asked Li Yuan to assume power was his son Li Shimin, and the puppet emperor he installed was Yang You(Emperor Gong of Sui) 6.03:31 Golden age : Prosperity of Zhenguan(Emperor Taizong) The legacy of Zhenguan(Empress Wuzhao) or Prosperity of Yonghui(Emperor Gaozong) and the Prosperity of Kaiyuan(Emperor Xuanzong) 7.04:18 One of the most famous pottery was Sancai 8.05:38 It’s quiet common for the Chinese emperor to seek immortal when he reach his middle and Xuanzong’s favorite courtesan Yang Guifei(Yang yuhuan) 9.05:40 Lilinfu deal with Weijian, Huangpuhuming, Lishizhi, Wangzhongsi, and Yangshenjin one after another during his purge, and even manage to weak the position of the crown-prince Liheng 10.07:05 Yangguozhong was either a second cousin or a cousin of Concubine Yang. 11.11:48 The Mutiny of Mawaipo, Concubine Yang was killed by the emperor too. 12.12:23 The first shang-huang or Tai-shang-huang was emperor Liu bang’s father Liu Taigong.

[@LM-pd6wj]

Make a video about the campaigns of Li Shiming!!!

[@grantingtherant1465]

You are a godsend. Back in 2017, I found out about this and immediately became obsessed, but the youtube coverage was severely disappointing, with only a single documentary on Empress Wu being the closest thing remotely related. Fucking overdue subscription

[@artificialgravitas8954]

Love your use of CK2's music, fits well!

[@vladpetric7493]

“The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.” ― Li Po This piece of poetry also translates beautifully in English.

[@juanducas6967]

Decicive Tang strategic victory

[@affandi99]

This is just simply....gorgeous 😊

[@KHK001]

Perfect! As always :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you :-)

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

No mention of Guo Ziyi? The Tang emperor was quoted as saying something like " This is my empire yet it was rebuilt by your hands"

[@yecloud]

我是进来看有没有土耳其人又把安禄山当他们祖宗的，结果真的有哎……

[@smileman9556]

哈哈看多了见怪不怪，花木兰下面都有人喊hun祖宗的土鸡

[@chinaviral2715]

SmileMan 到处认爹 没历史的民族

[@LiuweiChen-bk5ch]

好好一个希腊的亲爹不肯认，非要认野爹

[@user-vc8ut3yv4c]

狗中哈士奇 国中土耳其

[@llll7813]

分子遗传学土耳其人突厥血统少得可怜，结果人家认突厥为祖宗

[@ahadahsan1]

My favourite Channel on the internet