Nanman: the Lost Tribe of South China DOCUMENTARY

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New Kings and Generals animated historical documentary on the history of China and East Asia will focus on the Nanman, also known as Hundred Yue and Baiyue, who were the indigenous peoples of Southern China and Northern Vietnam. This video will cover their society, economics, warfare and much more, focusing on the conflicts between them and Han Chinese during the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
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Script: Leo Stone
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[@KingsandGenerals]

Support us and your Total War addiction: store.steampowered.com/app/1299591/Total_War_THREE_KINGDOMS__The_Furious_Wild/? - This is a truly massive expansion!

[@ArpanDe]

Nice video

[@user-np9nf5rj3i]

Point out a mistake, Dongyi is not in North Korea, it is near Shandong Province

[@juliuscaesar8925]

Great Video! Very Enlightening.

[@Perfectedketchup]

Total war addiction is a pretty accurate description of what I have

[@khuret1773]

I think you You missed out on Eastern Part of India region bordering Myanmar Where we have Lots of tribes, different dialects... DM me

[@Milos111Zivkov]

These people were treated by Chinese the same way Romans treated Celts. The parallels are very weird - both were amazing blacksmiths, divided into hundreds and thousands of different clans and tribes with varying language differences. Celts were amazing horsemen while Nanman were great sailors. Both got assimilated by those who considered them barbarians. Amazing.

[@Milos111Zivkov]

@@cudanmang_theog Vietnam stronk!

[@thewanderingrey8830]

I wonder if there are tribes in Europe that consider themselves to be direct Celtic descendants with Celtic languages. Even Vietnamese people can still claim kinship to some of the tribes in China that speak Sino-Vietnamese languages. The "assimiliation" of Yue was never complete with the presence of many of their direct tribal descendants making up of China's recognized minorities...

[@obsidianstatue]

@@cudanmang_theog LOL not assimilated politically, but culturally, vietnam is just a small version of China. it's a shame that you guys couldn't develop a written language. and had to adapt the Latin alphabet. should've kept the Chinese characters or alter it to suit your spoken language.

[@rickr9435]

@@thewanderingrey8830 the irish?

[@TKN_NTBY]

@@rickr9435 Exactly what I thought, Also Weish I guess

[@isaweesaw]

I love this channel's obscure topics. I'd never heard of 90% of this stuff till you guys came along

[@navox933]

I also really appreciate Creative Assembly for always sponsoring those vids, i love playing Total War and watching this always gets me in the mood.

[@labkone3921]

FAQs

[@juliuscaesar8925]

Me too

[@summersong5876]

SCINTILLAM DEI whats the name of the video?

[@Mephisto43]

Obscure to the Western world. Not to China and South-east Asia for example.

[@samiamrg7]

They’re legacy reminds me a lot of the Gauls of Europe. A lot of information about them comes from records written by other cultures who considered them “barbarians,” but they in fact were extremely diverse and had a sophisticated culture. They were eventually conquered and assimilated by a powerful neighbor, but still live on in surprising places.

[@samiamrg7]

Even the Trưng sisters are comparable to Boudicca and the last-ditch uprising of the Icenni Gauls.

[@weishi9804]

​@@samiamrg7please look up monument of Sister‘s conquer, the sister wad sold out by tribe chiefs, in return for continuation of right over lower class Vietnamese.

[@weishi9804]

The sister choose wrong Chinese Emperor to rebel, who hold the record of leading 10,000 men to defeat 400,000 army.

[@damiann4734]

​@@weishi9804Doesn't matter if the Trung sister lost then. They started a legacy and won in the end.

[@fayhay8011]

The thing of what happen to the Nanman & not to the Celts is that the Nanman transforms into 3 distinct groups (Kra-Dai,Austronesia,Austro-asiatic) & one of them manage to explore & settle almost half of Earth's globe (Austronesia)

[@anchovytrex]

Brilliantly done. Especially the visuals and the art. And amazing research on your behalf mate. Cheers! Looking forward for more ❤️

[@thewanderingrey8830]

Shamoke: "All we had to do, was follow the damn river, Liu Bei!"

[@FD_Stalker]

Liu Bei:" Yeeee... no I like the shade of the forest."

[@sim8051]

Lmao only the real will get this one

[@bryan3792]

@@FD_Stalker Next day, **fire**

[@Derna1804]

@@sim8051 Luo Guanzhong likes his armies well-done.

[@nore5992]

Only the OG will remember this

[@caocao4731]

Speaking as a Northern Thai;(albeit of Han Chinese descent) I went to Yunnan on vacation and visited a town dominated by the Dai people.(Xishuangbanna in mandarin) Their cultures and traditions were exactly the same as at home, even the food, and the local dialect.

[@kleuafflatus]

Haha my friend told me the same thing, but the other way around: her grandma is from the countryside of Kunming and speaks a dialect. She went to north Thailand with a group of friends last year and only she understood what they were saying

[@R4x0]

@@MrGod47 that's what I heard too. Now we have corroboration.

[@ngevacorp]

Maybe ppl ran off to the south to avoid the war and took the land and became Thailand

[@caocao4731]

@@ngevacorp That's exactly what happened. It wasn't a single event, but a slow migration south that basically kicked off each time a Chinese Dynasty collapsed. By the time the Tai people arrived in what is now Thailand, the Cambodians were weakening as an empire. We just sort of...gave them a push down the stairs >_>. I think that's why they hate us, ha ha.

[@LeSethX]

I like to think of myself as knowledgeable in history in general, yet amazingly I had never even heard of the Nanman before this video (although I've never accepted China's claim that over 90% of the country is ethnically Han Chinese)

[@Jumpoable]

Cantonese here. An absolute MASTERPIECE. I prostrate to your scholarship & production skills. I've never seen such a detailed English summary of Nanman & Baiyue. Only 1 thing, it's Meng Huo not Hou!

[@jackjackyphantom8854]

Cantonese are a subgroup of Han-Chinese, isn't it? The Natives of Guangdong and Guangxi were the Tai-Kadai peoples, and Zhuang for example are a surviving indigenous group in Guangxi.

[@rqjj1502]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 Cantoneses are mix of Baiyue & Han. Han culture and gene in dominant position. Similar with Hokkiens. People in Guangxi are more similar to Baiyue than Cantonese. The Hakka is the Han immigrant for Central plain.

[@rqjj1502]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 The invasion and conquer from Han to Baiyue is long ago which make it impossible to distinguish clearly Han and Baiyue people In China.

[@rqjj1502]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 The assimilation start approximatly after Conquer of Baiyue in Han dynasty. At that time the North China (region such as Henan, Shandong) have significant population and economic superiority than south. There are sevaral migration activity from north to south after that for war and natural disaster, which weak the influence of Baiyue in south and move the economic center to south (till today). That is why south Chinese language is so different with the mandarin (which is from north).

[@rqjj1502]

@@jackjackyphantom8854 Han Chinese have huge population number advantage than group around because of many reasons, which significantly help to assimilation. These assimilation also amplify the Han or we so-called Chinese. That is why we have so large Han Chinese group today. Similar thing happen on Manchu conqueror. They move to Han culture under the incredibly huge population dominant of Han Chinese. Their area of origin, manchuria, also become Han Chinese region by the migration activity called ChuangGuandong at the last phase of Qing empire.

[@chekim2]

This episode is exceptionally well written, the chronology, the names, the convergence of various countries/people's origins, the maps, everything is top quality, highly educational and very entertaining nevertheless. I've watched many episodes on this channel, they are all pretty good, but this one stand out by a far margin ahead, IMO. THANK YOU.

[@fredgunon7066]

Thanks the archive of the Chinese documents...some documents of the encounter with greek and other civilization is still exist nowdays

[@Edwin-ku2cg]

Fun fact: The diplomat Han Wudi sent to Nan Yue was a former lover of the Nan Yue Queen Dowager. They rekindled their old flame and were slaughtered by the Nan Yue court. That gave Wudi the pretext to invade.

[@brokensky2378]

Han Wu Di was like the Trajan of the Han Empire. The guy fought a massive war against the Xiongnu nomads, and routed them in their homeland.

[@cristhianramirez6939]

When will kingdoms learn? killing diplomats and emmisars is calling for war

[@hantingliu882]

That sounds like a set up in first place

[@masterj2245]

Actually, Han Wudi（汉武帝） is his title, which means The Emperor of Martial of Han Dynasty. His real name is Liu Che(刘彻). All of the emperors in Han Dynasty have the family name Liu（刘）.

[@stevengreen9536]

@@cristhianramirez6939 It seems in the past when a ruler or the court got angry.They would forget the rules concerning the treatment of messengers. :/

[@MegaBreheny]

Thanks so much for this overview of ancient Chinese history, it really helps broaden my perspective.

[@luciaom9929]

This was wonderful to watch, very informative, and what a beautiful graphics!

[@LaughableSynonyms]

Im Maori and I wholeheartedly believe that some of my ancestors came from somewhere near the South China Sea. It's no coincidence that our language is exactly the same or has similar words to our Asian counterparts.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@Paul Frei plus more protein in their diet.

[@A_K808]

Do you think it's just Maori or all Polynesians?

[@A_K808]

@@LuisAldamizWell, I'm in college right now, and what I've learned in my Hawaiian studies class (I'm Hawaiian, btw) is that the Polynesians originated from mainland southeast Asia to south Indonesia and then found their way to the Polynesian islands. IDK how true that is, but it's a possibility

[@user-qv5cs4lc9t]

@@A_K808 Taiwan, Mainland Southeast Asia are different.. they are Austroasiatic not Austronesian.

[@user-qv5cs4lc9t]

@Charles Huang Not really lol

[@Smegitysmegsmeg]

Long time podcast and youtube lurker. I must say, thank you K&G for providing consistent and thought-provoking content. Keep up the good work!

[@judsonwall8615]

This is really one of the most beautiful videos you guys have done. Beautiful in its art, story, and message. Well done.

[@mfundonkosi6927]

Loved this documentary. Beautiful. So much appreciation for Kings and Generals.

[@michael43216]

The art in this video is breath taking. I don't know how you do it.

[@Neatling]

Thank you for making me aware of this obscure part of history. Very interesting and well put together video.

[@wewenang5167]

The Malays still used that palm wood armor during Portuguese occupation in the Peninsula. We call the wood Kayu Nibong. it is super hard, even the British said this in their records that an 18 century rifle bullet cannot penetrate it. That is why most fort that was build by Indonesian and Malaysian and also khmer used Nibong wood as palisade.

[@user-yc4kt8lm2q]

可以用火呀😂诸葛亮周瑜都用火消灭了南方少数民族

[@George-ph6qo]

I am stunned by the level of detail you managed to assemble. I can remember a snippet of history from a recent Vietnamese worker at my job. It was fascinating then and even more so forty years later.

[@carlosnevarez4003]

Hah! I remember the Nanman from ROTK 8. Once you conquered the Southwest provinces, they paid tribute to you and offered you Elephants. Thank you for covering China during the this period ^.^

[@BritskNguyen]

I hate that campaign, the elephant can knock you down and push you down to a corner and you're dead because when you stand up you're immediately knocked down again.

[@sl6706]

ROTK 8 will always be my favorite of the franchise.

[@carlosnevarez4003]

@@sl6706 Same here. Lord knows how many hours and smokes I sank into that game 😂

[@NobleKorhedron]

ROTK...?

[@andymeese8249]

NobleKorhedron Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[@jajas2]

What a fascinating video. Kings and Generals may just be the most interesting channel on all of KZbin.

[@DIGAHub]

Wow! This channel makes really high quality documentaries, and this video explained the history of Yue very well!

[@bencera6067]

Fascinating! I came for the battles, stayed for the great history and cultural lessons. Well done.

[@ranvabclc]

Our tribe (Biaju/Ngadju)ancestors came from Yunan Region in Southern China...Even now in our island of Borneo, there are hundreds of tribes with different dialects and languages yet share almost identical cultural roots with each others, hence we refer to all of our tribes as D'yak/Dayak (Which means: "People" or "Those who dwell in") then followed by region or villages where it came from. As example, my tribe is Dayak Biaju/Ngadju which means "Those who dwell in inner region of the island" or "People of the inner region". Our closest kin are the Dayak Ot Danum (Those who dwell on the rivers/riverside), and Dayak Bakoempai (Those who dwell on the grasslands).

[@juch3]

The more recent out of Taiwan theory is more widely accepted now as it has better linguistic evidence supporting it.

[@Patrick-wr9bg]

Yup,dayak people linguistically and culturally related to the Malays and Indonesian ancestor Austronesian people as stated in this video

[@Supitcha2023]

Can we understand each other? I am zhuang Nanning Guangxi ( Quang Tay).

[@chinmungkuan8551]

I'm from Sabah too , never know or hear dayak from Yunnan . Where you get the info ?

[@maryllthemusicman1318]

@@chinmungkuan8551 his info is likely from the older theory of proto-malayic migration down from Yunnan into Sundaland/Maritime SEA while a large genetic component of those living in Western SEA is from these peoples, likely the progenitor of Austroasiatic languages (Vietnamese, Aslian, Cambodian, Munda), the majority genetic component and definite linguistic origin of the peoples of the Malay Archipelago (ergo including the Dayaks in Borneo) is of the Austronesian family that started in South China before moving over to Taiwan around 3000~2000 BC The "Out of Taiwan" theory is currently the newer and more accepted theory of the two

[@gudea5207]

Kings and General: the craziest part is they let this guy go seven times Me: there’s a man who can control animals like a land aquaman and this is what you are concerned about

[@QuangHoang-ps3mm]

Should he be called Terraman ?

[@umjackd]

@@QuangHoang-ps3mm AniMan is a hero name that's surprisingly not used yet...

[@fern1009]

At least they clarified why the Nanman can use Tigers in the Total War DLC - although I've yet to hear if that feature is turned off or modified on the non-romance mode as with most other elements from a romance run.

[@Cassandra_Solidor]

@@fern1009 They are not. Records mode also allows Elephants, tigers and some of the abilities.

[@death2denemy]

Lol!!

[@MasaroZilian]

This might just be the information i've been looking for for years

[@peiopascualhernando2236]

this is one of the most important channels in the whole youtube

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@julioramos1544]

Man, I've been watching your guys' vids since you made it to the frontpage of reddit that one time a few years ago. Thanks for all the content!

[@brandonjoy8639]

This is easily, the go to channel for world history. I've learned more from this channel in 1 year, than I did in 4 years of schooling. ✌

[@jkim6200]

Thanks for the upload. I had been exposed to much of the information before, but this was the first time I was able to see it in a compiled form and in English.

[@amiwho3464]

Wow, I really enjoyed this one! Excellent work! Thank you! Thank you!

[@jylefranzcayabyab2982]

At last, an episode for the Baiyue people. I used to look for episodes like this as well as like the imjin war. Finally, you created one with a kings and generals version. Great Video!!!

[@DutchSkeptic]

This is beautiful! I first read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms when I was about 13 years old (when Dynasty Warriors had picqued my interest), now I'm almost 30 and finally I've got an answer to where the Nanman came from and what happened to them. Thanks K & G!

[@DaiMie]

I always wonder who the Nanman were and wonder why I got a weird affinity for them. But I still end up siding with Wu in the end. I never like Shu cuz Liu Bei a fucking cannibal. Fuck that guy.

[@chessonso2610]

HOKKIEN, CANTONESE, VIETNAMESE, HAKKA, TAIWANESE & TAIWAN ABORIGINES, ZHUANG, YI, MIAO, TANKA etc. All are brothers and sisters - Descended from THE PROUD and RICH BAI YUE PEOPLES.

[@skeptic781]

Thanks for clarifying your name so there's no confusion

[@damiann4734]

They are hiding in Vietnam haha

[@BarHawa]

@@chessonso2610 Hello, I am Polynesian and descend from Taiwanese aboriginals. Would it be a stretch to say that we're connected?

[@tranquil_dude]

Two major aspects of general Yue culture not mentioned in this video are their headhunting (猎首) and affinity for water battles (好水战)。 Also, there's another notable woman warrior among the Yue, who was usually just referred to as the Maiden of Yue (越女) in the historical records. She was an accomplished swordswoman during the Warring States period, said to have come from the "Southern Forests" near or within the State of Yue. She expounded one of the earliest attested martial arts theories in China (complete with application of Yin-Yang concept). She imparted her skills to the State of Yue's army and thus had a hand in helping the State of Yue to conquer the State of Wu.

[@tranquil_dude]

@江永生 the 越女论剑 story was first mentioned in Han Dynasty records. Afterwards it was also referenced in other places, including a martial arts treatise by Chang Naizhou, all predating Jin Yong's time. Jin Yong's contribution is just that: to turn it into a novel.

[@ColoniaMurder20]

woman in the Philippines still follow our ancient culture today.. woman in our country always lead our country and hold higher position in government.

[@yosudathapa6150]

Can you please share more about the headhunting part because, in India the ethnic group of Nagas people has the historical background of headhunting, and they are one of the tribes Communities and according to the folklore and wars tactics they are really good in hiding.

[@ColoniaMurder20]

@@yosudathapa6150 headhunting is very common among tribes in Maritime Southeast Asia during pre colonial. here in the Philippines we have famous female headhunter tribe against japanese during world war 2.

[@yosudathapa6150]

@@ColoniaMurder20 oh that's really cool, even here during the British colonial rule they were not able to capture the Nagas area because they were really good in war tactics and they practice headhunting and the person with the highest number of enemies heads are considered as warriors .thank you for the informations

[@wonderofwooshin9416]

*_LOVE IT! You made nice video.­­_*

[@charlielee5906]

As a speaker of Cantonese, i can understand some Vietnamese words amongst other words from south East Asian countries. Very interesting 🤔

[@gnak2]

well vietnamese do refer cantonese as brothers and more closely related to them than chinese

[@charlielee5906]

SCINTILLAM DEI go for it. And it sounds like a rollercoaster cuz it has 9 tones compared to mandarin which has 4 😂

[@nguyenquang4707]

Me too some Vietnamese and Cantonese words are suprisingly similar. In addition, my father is Taiwanese and my mother isVietnamese therefore I realize that vietnamese and hokkien (a language is widely used in Taiwan) are quite similar.

[@boruizou4285]

@@gnak2 Lmao，I Chinese and cantonese，dont associate me with Vietnam like we are the same people.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

it is because vietnamese also mainly borrowed from cantonese during classical chinese era

[@EternianIrish]

Outstanding production and interesting as always. Thank you so very much.

[@lsp285]

A great one to watch. Thanks for your work!

[@jinsho2741]

I am so glad you are doing this!!

[@f3wbs]

Kings and Generals always coming in the clutch.

[@scooterati7066]

Always got the best videos and topics. Learning while being entertained.

[@walrus1074]

Jordan-esque

[@fungisrock8955]

@GoodGirlKate the second tour lol

[@kimjongunchien5652]

@GoodGirlKate This video so wrong about My country Việt Nam because this is history of china write .Everry thing is wrong because china aways p,redatory in every time in history of human. Ancient they p,redatory culture now they p,redatory technology of EU and USA . 1 bilion 400 people so idio,t .jj

[@chessonso2610]

HOKKIEN, CANTONESE, VIETNAMESE, HAKKA, TAIWANESE & TAIWAN ABORIGINES, ZHUANG, YI, MIAO, TANKA etc. All are brothers and sisters - Descended from THE PROUD and RICH BAI YUE PEOPLES.

[@barbiquearea]

All because of LGZ's fantastically exaggerated tellings in the Romance, many historians doubted Meng Huo even existed. Now the reason why Zhuge Liang had fire spewing contraptions was because of the fabled wicker armor (which was probably just Rattan) the Nanman soldiers wore, which incidentally made them invulnerable to attacks while also allowing them to fight with incredible speed and swiftness. This mystical wicker armor made Meng Huo's troops nigh unstoppable but like everything else made of wood was susceptible to fire. So Zhuge Liang needed to find a way to burn Meng Huo's troops, which he did by inventing a anachronistic flamethrower. Zhuge Liang's incendiary weapons by the way was most likely based on the Pen Huo Qi (噴火器) or "fire spraying device". It first made an appearance on the battlefields of China in 919 CE during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which took place at least seven hundred years after the Romance of the Three Kingdoms timeline. These types of flamethrowers could shoot a continuous stream of naptha and was a highly effective weapon. They could be used to burn down enemy fortifications, mounted on walls and towers to rain down fire or project walls of flame against incoming hostile forces, and can even be placed on a four wheeled pushcart to sow terror on the battlefield.

[@thanhmai2878]

Ho Lee Shi personally I feel like the elephant part is legit because many Viet armies in history were famed for using elephants.

[@mxn1948]

@Ho Lee Shi the tigers are probably fake, the elephants are probably real, chinese states in the warring states period used them in war

[@fyang1429]

@@mxn1948 the warring states period was over four hundred years before the three kingdoms period, at which elephant was already extinct in northern China. I had read somewhere that they were still used until 5-6 century CE in the southwest though.

[@Gongolongo]

@@mxn1948 tigers are real. They just can't be controlled so well to be used in large scale in an army though. War tigers are a thing in ancient China, just not very common.

[@Gongolongo]

The flamethrower only has archeological evidence dating back to 919. But most people who study Chinese history know that there are new findings very often proving things that seem anachronistic. For example, Qin Shi Huang Di was thought to be a mythical figure head from 4000 BC. We recently found his necropolis and proved he is real only about 30 years ago. When I was younger, the first Chinese empire with evidence was about 2000 BC. But now we have evidence that shows existence of an empire 8000 BC.

[@iray3242]

So cool that this topic was covered. I remember reading the book and wondering about these people and what became of them.

[@mosesracal6758]

Its very interesting, as someone who is part of the Malayan people group, the possibility that our very culture was once a culture borrowed but forgotten is very fascinating. Especially the tattoo, which are an integral part of all Southeast Asian and Pacific peoples. To have such an influence in our culture - it is surprising to have never heard of the Baiyue. The Baiyue were basically the Pheonicians of the East, colonizing large swaths of maritime Asia and the Pacific.

[@but_at_what_cost]

百越并不是一个民族，南蛮和百越也不是一回事，这视频懂得一点皮毛就在那里胡说八道。汉语叙事体系称所有南方未开化的人和地区为蛮，夏商时楚地（今天湖南湖北）是南蛮、苗蛮。百越在基因上是接近的，但是发展程度天差地别。5000年的良渚人，也是越人之一，已经有国家形态，建设了全世界最早的水利工程。而汉朝时期（2000年前）的越南还是穴居状态，非常原始。

[@MarkzOng]

The worst part happening in the southern part of South East Asia is the importation of Arabic culture that has little roots to this region. The folks only want to destroy and assimilate others into the desert belief. Unfortunately many local blindly follow and a lot of historical practice and belief are forgotten or deny.

[@ge7sur3nka34]

what is malayan culture?.

[@MarkzOng]

@@ge7sur3nka34 a good example are Tarian Mak Yong and wayang kulit. TMY is even banned in PAS states as it deem unholy ... You probably doesn't even know what's your culture heritage when asking what's the culture. Too bad a lot of folks are brainwashed since young of everything outside of what some 7th century man did is not right. They lack logical thinking or critical thinking for themselves.

[@ge7sur3nka34]

@@MarkzOng I am from Mori tribe and even tho i know wayang kulit, it is a javanese culture, certainly not mine and malay. Back to my question, what is malayan culture?

[@luigidisanpietro3720]

We studied this migration down south theory in the Philippines... (out of Taiwan Theory) Our professor, being an Archeologist and Anthropologist stated how ancient tools dug up was older in the northern parts of the country (Batanes Islands,) but younger to the southernmost regions of our nation... A "pattern of migration southwards." This study is relatively new and alien to most Filipinos, since the accepted version was that our ancestors came from the South....

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

sadly they completely glossed over the philippines again in this video

[@duovaduo1653]

Can you suggest me some books on the migration topic 🙏

[@duovaduo1653]

@Zhejun Zhang do check out the Naga tribe of North East India, my tribe may be the remnant of the Nanman tribe.

[@glennzoo]

In the 19th century it was assumed that Filipino's are descended from Malay's, the Taiwan connection wasn't established yet. Sadly the Philippines didn't catch up with the facts yet.

[@duovaduo1653]

@Hernando Malinche How do you know that the Nagas are Sino Tibetan ?

[@antoniodeodilonbrito7643]

Haven't even watched it and have already pressed the Like button! That's how much I value the content made by Kings and Generals!

[@SlayerRiley]

@GoodGirlKate man, you sure love commenting on this channels videos, no blame tho

[@fundyracer5648]

Great video, especially the music and the whole Chinese style!

[@ulysesjoos6628]

The drawings and animations are top notch! love the style

[@otgunz]

thanks

[@Curtistopsidae]

This might be my favorite Chinese history video. It's so hard to find info on the Yue or really even any historical minority of antiquity, and you not only presented it beautifully, you somehow did it *from the Yue perspective* despite the lack of great sources. Keep the vids like this coming!

[@cratoss.4772]

If it weren't for kings and generals I'd never have known of this. Thank You for making such interesting content guys.

[@jingwufang1796]

learned so much, thanks!

[@jonathanwhite8904]

I've read a lot of books about Eastern history and listen to podcasts and other KZbin videos about Chinese history and I learned more about the history of this region from your 20 minute video then all of that stuff combined.

[@wilhelmreinhardt4643]

The Yi people (Tibeto-Burman) of southern China actually recognize Meng Huo as one of their ancestors.

[@chessonso2610]

HOKKIEN, CANTONESE, VIETNAMESE, HAKKA, TAIWANESE & TAIWAN ABORIGINES, ZHUANG, YI, MIAO, TANKA etc. All are brothers and sisters - Descended from THE PROUD and RICH BAI YUE PEOPLES.

[@mekichiew8282]

@Jacky Phantom well duh, but not like we ain't got baiyue blood in us, heck, historical "han" kingdoms that would pop up from time to time during "China done fucked up" periods still uses their baiyue names (Wu, Min, etc.). Let's put it this way, even if you're only 30% black in the US, that still means you're DESCENDED (Not black, but DESCENDED) from black people. So your argument is moot.

[@MRT-co1sd]

@@mekichiew8282 It's more like 2%.

[@mekichiew8282]

@@MRT-co1sd Eeeh, i would say it's more like up to 15% the further south you go from SuNan(South of Nanjing, North South divider of China), we're pretty distinctive physically from the northerners.

[@magine7682]

as an YI people，i am more like the self-called nationality name “Nasurp”，Menghuo‘s history is stigmatized in pop culture ，especially by the fictional book The Romance of The Three Kingdoms 。and sadly most of the Yi people were assimilated in YunNan province， they’ve forgotten the root of their own culture， lost the identification of the nationality， they are ，most of them ， no different from Han people。 and more，Nasurp has a very unique culture system，mythology，origin，history，religion，language，lifestyle。there are many nationalities have extincted in history，thank god we remain exist （about 10 million population so far）。

[@JOGA_Wills]

"You shall never subdue me Zhuge Liang, Never" - Meng Huo, King of the Nanman

[@liveshow123456789]

The broader idea is that it will never subdue the Baiyue people. And to this day it is impossible to subdue Vietnam after 2000 years

[@gcyang1939]

then been captured 7 times😂

[@liveshow123456789]

Jorel Williams Chinese fiction story. Can't believe anything Chinese

[@NoverMaC]

@@liveshow123456789 never is a strong word

[@user-be7fh7wi4q]

@@liveshow123456789 Oh yeah? Why believe in Chinese money and sell your women to those poor Chinese peasants?

[@yao842]

Really high-quality video. Hope that one day you could make a video about wars in China's Warring States period. That would be fascinating!

[@VikingLord101]

I’m glad you made this video

[@zechangl3903]

and interesting thing is, the chinese name of Vietnam is "Yue Nan", which means South of Yue

[@baochi456]

Or Yues of the South.

[@baochi456]

Or Southwards? Cuz Viet/Yue means forward?

[@keisukeketa4490]

嘉隆元年（清嘉慶七年，1802年），阮福映建立阮朝。次年表请清朝册封“南越国王”，最终清仁宗嘉慶帝改以“越南国王”之名冊封，阮朝正式国号即为“越南”。这也是越南国名的由来，取代之前的名称「大越」，一直沿用至今。 “ 阮福映表请以「南越」二字锡封。上谕大学士等曰：「南越」之名，所包甚广。考之前史，今广东、广西地亦在其内。阮福映即有安南，亦不过交趾故地，何得遽称「南越」？该国先有越裳旧地，后有安南全壤。天朝褒赐国号，著用「越南」二字，以「越」字冠其上，仍其先世疆域；以‘南’字列于下，表其新赐藩封；且在百越之南，著于《时宪书》内，将「安南」改为「越南」。 ” -- 《嘉庆重修一统志》卷五五三 Năm Gia Long thứ nhất (Năm Gia Khánh Thanh triều thứ 7, 1802), Nguyễn Phúc Ánh kiến lập Triều Nguyễn. Năm sau dâng biểu xin Thanh Triều sắc phong "Nam Việt quốc vương", cuối cùng Hoàng đế Thanh Nhân Tông Gia Khánh đổi tên ra sắc phong thành "Việt Nam quốc vương", Triều Nguyễn chính thức lấy quốc hiệu là "Việt Nam". Đây cũng là nguồn gốc tên nước Việt Nam, thay cho tên cũ trước đây là Đại Việt và dùng cho tới ngày nay. "Nguyễn Phúc Ánh đề nghị xin sắc phong hai chữ "Nam Việt". Các thượng dụ đại học sỹ (những người soạn chiếu thư cho hoàng đế) nói: cái tên Nam Việt vốn bao gồm vùng đất Quảng. Xét theo sử cũ gồm vùng đất Quảng Đông, Quảng Tây ngày nay. Nguyễn Phúc Ánh có được An Nam chẳng qua chỉ là vùng đất xưa của Giao Chỉ, sao có thể gọi là Nam Việt được? Nước ấy trước kia thuộc đất Việt Thường cũ, sau này hoàn toàn nằm trong vùng đất An Nam. Thiên triều nên ban quốc hiệu là "Việt Nam", đặt chữ Việt đứng trước biểu thị vẫn là cương vực đời cũ, ghép chữ Nam đứng sau là tên mới được sắc phong, lại là phía nam của Bách Việt, được ghi trong "Thời hiến thư", vậy đổi tên "An Nam" thành "Việt Nam". "Gia Khánh trùng tu nhất thống chí" quyển 553.

[@baochi456]

@@hanyawang4324 nhưng mà theo sử thì có vẻ họ là một liên minh giữa các quốc gia có văn hoá giống nhau? Theo sử thì hai bà trưng còn tập hợp được các quận ở miền Nam Trung Quốc được mà?

[@baochi456]

@@hanyawang4324 sử ta thì thế rồi nhưng sử Trung cx chép thế mà ?

[@mickker841]

This was a great video on a subject hard to find info on. Having been to Hunan and Guangxi in particular, and seeing the minority people like the Miao and Zhuong it explains a lot. Also the museum in Guangzhou of the tomb of the Nanyue emperor is worth seeing .

[@UnearthedScat]

This is exactly what I was looking for when I saw the Nanman DLC coming. I didn't know anything about them and wanted to educate. This is the best video I have found so far! Thank you Kings and Generals and Total War for sponsoring it! :)

[@StukovM1g]

I never knew any of this! Thank you for teaching me!

[@trisblackshaw1640]

Your artist's depiction of that dragon-summoning ceremony will prove the stuff of my nightmares in dreams yet to come. Great video, guys, as usual.

[@otgunz]

it is nice to scare you with paper and ink! Thanks for watching! :)

[@trisblackshaw1640]

@@otgunz I assume you are the artist? Your work is excellent. Congratulations!

[@Ryan12458]

This is incredibly detailed and I learned a lot about my heritage. Thank you so much for making this!

[@LookHereMars]

Great video I first learned of the Nanman from playing Dynasty warriors as a young lad.

[@awesomeboy4353]

Thank you for the video

[@niamtxiv]

Urm, the Miao are natives to the lower yellow and yangtze. We are descendants of Chu.

[@garrethgoodworth2494]

Thank you for doing this!!! Makes me want to play Dynasty Warriors again

[@anhlam7131]

Kinh Vietnamese are not related to Han Chinese. But some Southern Chinese are related due to common ancestory of Bai Yue/ Bach Viet tribes. Cantonese for example are a mix of Han (Qin Dynasty) and Yue tribes. Kinh Vietnamese are admixture of two Bai Yue/ Bach Viet tribes that used to live in Southern China. The Ou Yue/ Au Viet and Luo Yue/ Lac Viet. More likely mix between Tai-Kadai/ Kra-Dai and Austroasiatic speaking people.

[@nak.lanang]

Base on DNA viet people are definitely relate to han chinese, for bai yue i think they are ancestor of austronesian people who spread to oceanic island

[@NgTye]

​@@nak.lanangnope base on DNA viet people definitely relate Thai people

[@ossieostrich69]

Amazing content, expertly presented.

[@laaarry5533]

They are not lost, they are living in Southeast Asia now

[@moslyjeb3090]

Vietnam exactly. Saying they living in SEA is like claiming all the SEA are Yue. The Viet in Han script means Yue, and Nan means Nam. And 86% of Vietnamese populations is Kinh

[@kimtoannhan7275]

They are not lost. They even has their old Nation- Vietnam ( yuenan).

[@002starboy]

@CHK MKHan There is no such races called Chinese!!! Only the Han race from the north and the Viet races from the south. The term 'Chinese' is the combination of many nations, including those from the Baiyue, the Hundred Việt. So, technically people can say that half of the Chinese now are the Vietnamese. Who knows maybe your ancestors thousand years ago were the Yue too bro.

[@dwargonedragon794]

@CHK MKHan Have you seen genetic tests on Vietnamese people? All that I've seen are almost half "Chinese", probably Han.

[@dwargonedragon794]

@@moslyjeb3090 I don't know about that. Some mountain tribes in Island Southeast Asia still practice tattoos and had cliff burial. They have a claim bec they are Austronesian speakers not Austro-Asiatic like the Viets. Although these BaiYue might be a mix between Austronesians and Austro-Asiatics. Those close to Vietnam might be the Austro-Asiatic BaiYue and those close to the coast are the Austronesian BaiYue.

[@MrHeadSet1]

As a Southern Chinese, I have always wondered why our cuisine are way more similar to Vietnamese cuisine in comparison to Northern Chinese cuisine. In addition, some Cantonese words sound more similar to Vietnamese than Mandarin. After watching this video, a thought came to my mind, that I realized that historically all Chinese dynasties were founded in the north along with captials that are always located in the North and that we of the south are always ruled by Northerners. We are a conquered people that are absorbed and assilmilated into the Chinese state. 😂

[@hagongda123]

又来冒充了？哈哈

[@cgm007]

你只能代表你自己，湘菜川菜浙菜粤菜真的一样吗？？😅

[@hagongda123]

@@cgm007 KZbin上好多越南人冒充

[@Unfrozen_Caveman_Lawyer1]

I think history would have taken a better turn if the south ruled instead 😉

[@Imyourfather3]

你被征服牛魔了 除非你是少数民族，不然自己滚回去查一查家谱， 汉朝时期的南方人口还没一两百万，今天大部分南方人都是北方人移民，特别是东南

[@flyingzone356]

An amazing and highly informative and educational video!

[@ArnoBach]

Thank you,I enjoyed listening to it.

[@ericconnor8251]

Great video and I hate to nitpick, but the Trung sisters of Vietnam rebelled against China’s Eastern Han dynasty in 43 AD, not 43 BC, which would be the Western Han period instead. Otherwise a very informative video. Thanks.

[@SonPham-nx3sy]

I think Trung sisters rebellion is biggest part , but Video just focus to total war commercial.

[@xwah5016]

Cư dân Mạng lmao ok sure. Blaming on the ccp for that.

[@kennywong4239]

@@cudanmang_theog Do you know what is actually the cause of the Trung sister rebellion. It is overglorified by the Vietnamese until the true reason is obscured. Around 25 AD, China's Xin Dynasty just collapsed and the whole country was in turmoil. One of the Trung sister husband was killed by a tyrannical warlord, not unlike something 200 years later. They rebelled for vengeance but later wanted to be warlord themselves (not surprising) but was quell by the Han armies which succeed in uniting the whole China.

[@kennywong4239]

@@cudanmang_theog so, what was the ACTUAL cause of the uprising then? You didn't answer the question. Wikipedia stated very clearly it was due to Trung Trac husband being murdered by the tyrannical warlord and she cannot find anyone to address the unjust because the whole of China was in chaos then. There is nothing nationalistic here.

[@larryl1517]

@@SonPham-nx3sy There isn' even a battle described. Clearly commercial, lol

[@k.h.1267]

Their culture also survive in Japan, like blackening of teeth, rice culture, architecture, tattooing etc. I would also say that huge portions of Chinese culture are of Nanman origins.

[@TheXanian]

Japanese have very little to do with Southern Chinese and SE Asians from a genetic point of view. They're overwhelmingly Northeast Asian with high amounts of Devil's Gates or Proto-Tungusic in their genome. It's possible that they borrowed some Southern Chinese culture, but as a people they're rather distinct.

[@xrli]

TheXanian Well, Yamato is a mix of Northern Asian (Yayoi) and Jomon (Southern Asian), even though the Yayoi dominated the Jomon.

[@moncynnaesuuard]

@@TheXanian and paddy wet field how did yayoi receive?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

The Okinawans probably could be related, especially the ones living om islands like super near Taiwan.

[@TheXanian]

@@xrli Jomon aren't Southern Asian. They had separated from the main continental Asian groups quite early and are neither close to Northern Asians nor to Southern Asians.

[@msangelinejoe]

Thank you for the knowledge Kings and thank you Dynasty Warriors for opening my eyes to Chinese history 🧡

[@chefsanders9151]

Ive been to Viet Nam a few times. The Trong Sisters are considered the first of a long line of leaders who fought for Vietnamese independence that ended with Uncle Ho. They are revered and honored.

[@chessonso2610]

The BAI YUE: Ancestors of Southern Chinese people

[@balo700]

Hi, the Trung Sisters, not Trong

[@Harthorn]

@@balo700 Vietnamese women always strong, in past and in present :)

[@Mikelowrey90]

The trung sisters are heroes. Can’t say the same about Ho chi minh

[@TheVietarmy]

@@Mikelowrey90 wtf Trung sisters rebellition was AD 11 AD 43, ho chi minh was modern vietnam , its fuking odd to compare people at different history

[@jurtra9090]

Any Dynasty Warriors fanboy here?

[@thusspoke08]

Feel the power of my magic!

[@levynous4500]

yep！

[@anicitra5927]

Cao cao #1

[@robwalsh9843]

I never stopped loving the wussy cries of "OH!" when you swat down enemy soldiers.

[@rodrigochiberioseixas193]

OH BOY!

[@deadlypanter2048]

Found this video from steam where 3 kingdoms made an post about this video. It is so cool that they did a shout out for a creator

[@KingsandGenerals]

Really good marketing team :-)

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@KingsandGenerals can u don one on xiromh ,dong yi ,beidi and others

[@lunharphalanx0259]

@@KingsandGenerals Why Didn't You Mention Philippines Do You Hate Us

[@mscompare1837]

*Thanks for your information*

[@gzpo]

Good stuff, thank you.

[@NibNumbly]

Spent a lot of time with Vietnamese people (Southern and Northern). Their history is extremely interesting and the peoples are much more diverse than most assume. The Southern, Northern, Central highland (Montagnard) people are very different from each other.

[@stevengreen9536]

This video was very informative.I always wanted to learn more about the Nanman.Also i am glad that their is finally a Three Kingdoms game that is attempting to accurately portray Meng Huo historically.Instead of the human joke he was made out to be in previous titles.

[@jackeyarise4870]

I am Chinese, I can tell you exactly that Meng Huo is a virtual character

[@stevengreen9536]

@@jackeyarise4870 Then who lead the Nanman back then?

[@jojo250394]

Hats off to this channel

[@rdchampion5078]

Thanks for this video. I learn more about my ancestors.

[@normtrooper4392]

The story of humanity is a tapestry woven with joy and tears. I shouldn't be surprised China had such an interesting early history but I wasn't expecting this. What a great story. Thanks for making it.

[@user-yo6qk9ds2q]

It is East Asian history, not Han “Chinese”, because different regions have different cultures and stories.

[@saretgnasoh7351]

@@user-yo6qk9ds2q the main story happened in area that now become china. So it's correct to say china history, that influence it's neighborhood

[@jackxiao9702]

mostly tears. life mostly sucks.

[@user-yo6qk9ds2q]

@@saretgnasoh7351 my people came from the yue people living under the yangtze river. we moved south, and i would not associate that history with a modern day country because it is only specific to that region. It is misleading to give something in the past the name of another thing that did not exist until thousands of years later.

[@saretgnasoh7351]

@@user-yo6qk9ds2q that area STILL China area NOW. Fact doesn't care with your feeling.

[@vunguyenhoang2922]

As a Vietnamese who studied history, this is a well made documentary and very well done to you, Devin, Leo and the other Kings and Generals.

[@duovaduo1653]

Hi, I'm also a history student from North East India . I'm interested in this migration study, can you suggest some books for further reading 🙏 I'm planning to write a thesis on my tribe. My tribe i.e. the Naga is quite similar with the above mentioned tribe . We are ethnically and culturally akin to the Chinese people

[@vunguyenhoang2922]

@@duovaduo1653 As they mentioned in the video, the records of these peoples are rarer than diamond, all we have left are lores and legends. But in our culture, the Hundred Yue (we call them Bách Việt) were mostly eradicated after the Qin and Han's conquests. Only the Lac Viet (our direct ancestors) and Au Viet (ancestors to the people living in modern day Guangxi and Guangdong and the northern parts of Vietnam). I can't suggest any book but maybe you can try contact the Association for Asian Studies, maybe they can help. Good luck to your thesis

[@kenh758]

Vu Nguyen Hoang Au Viet are in modern Zhejiang province. They inhabitants were named after Ou River or Ou Jiang (甌江)

[@TheFFFF3]

Great illustration and explanation thank you

[@simenonhonore]

Fascinating exploration of this part of Chinese history, particularly in its connexion with neighbouring peoples.

[@DanfuLiu]

Now we know why the Viet hates China that much

[@SVanTha]

The oldest walled cities in China are actually not from the north, but from the south and from the regions of the Hundred Yue and Nanman. Their ancestors were the first to have large scale rice agriculture which allowed their civilizations to develop into city-states similar to Greece. Archaeological finds not only show the fine metallurgy mentioned in the video, but fine pottery and jewelry (earliest forms of worked jade was found in the south). Evidence from other ancient sites in the north and south showed a series of trade networks. As for the people, the genetic evidence found at ancient sites match those of modern Austronesian and Hmong-Mien speakers. It's very likely that the ancestors of these groups of people made up the Nanman and Hundred-Yue people.

[@yeluabaoji7222]

China and russia are the two giant monsters killed and erased many civilization nearby them. The Luo Yue, Lac Viet were the ancestors of the ethnic Vietnamese

[@generalvonkek2496]

@@yeluabaoji7222 Nah, they did nothing wrong.

[@Intranetusa]

@@yeluabaoji7222 The Lac Viet were ancestors of both modern Vietnamese and modern southern Chinese people. And with southern people such as the Yue tribes migrating north and with different northern Chinese ethnic groups migrating south, they all got mixed over thousands of years. The modern southern Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc people are a mixture of many different ethnic groups due to migration, conquest, etc. As for erasing smaller civilizations or assimilating them, all civilizations and empires that conquer other nations do that.

[@anandakang]

Gotta give huge props to Devin for constantly striving to get the Chinese and Vietnamese pronunciations right in this video (with the glaring exception of Meng Huo, although I'm certain the error wasn't his fault). My father is Chinese with Minyue ancestry and my mother is Filipino so it looks like I'm of Yue descent both ways. Great video, very informative, thanks for putting this obscure but interesting bit of history out there.

[@user-vl8dy1os6r]

I love this channel.

[@kancelariamuchomorek]

great one!

[@kuzotenuh6062]

As a Naga from indo burma with over 20 tribes completely unassimilated till a century ago, I guess some of Nanman tribes are not lost. Practice of animism, weretigers, tattoes, mohawks, warring tribes, believed to have moved of southern china to escape the tyranny of a king about 2000 years ago. The pictures depicted in the video and the game as well are strikingly similar.

[@chinmaymurthy2752]

Kuzote Nuh A similar process to that in the video happened in almost all parts of India except the 5 southern states

[@kuzotenuh6062]

@George Nathanael Records of Naga settlement dates back 2000 years, i.e as early as the rise of Qing dynasty. Anthropologist J P Mills had described the tribes Kuzha and Chokri as eastern Angami ( a sub tribe of Angami) based on similarity of dialect, without understanding the traditional complex which created dispute. Naga tribes did came from the Yangtze or Yellow river region. My perception of Nagas is more of the conflicts in the first part of the video. Naga tribes are a conglomerate of a variety of cultures based on the variety of priesthood and its original practices. A taboo for a tribe can be legal for another tribe. War can continue between villages or clans for many generations while keeping peace with another or forming allies to protect each other.

[@thepatriot5011]

Very Good analysis. Naga's may somehow be related with the Nanman. Without written records its hard to come to that conclusion but Most of Traditions and cultures of the Nanman are quite prevalent in the Naga societies today.

[@ezwan7656]

Naga tribe also similar to natives of borneo culturally.

[@youngboi3727]

@@kuzotenuh6062 Nagas are the native people of Naga region. They don't have any legend or myths of migration from somewhere else. All the Tenyima people claim to have originated from Khezhakeno which is near Nagaland-Manipur border. And Ao and related groups claim origin from Lungterok, which is again found within Nagaland. There is no archaeological evidence of Naga people migrating from somewhere else.

[@GMAN_INK]

This was super interesting! As a descendent of the FuJian and GuangDong regions this was really eye-opening and very cool to watch as an Asian American.

[@sandorclegane6715]

Outstanding, mind blowing.

[@jeromeclaessen3921]

The art is mesmerising!

[@AuomAk]

Great documentary! I'm an American born in America, our people call ourselves Hmong, known as Miao in China. The Hmong people were a tribe in Laos who allied with America during the Vietnam War, my parents fled Laos into Thailand to seek refuge. Then migrated to the United States as refugees after the war. The last Miao rebellion against China was in the late 1800s. Having lost the war, many fled south into Laos and came with a new name Hmong meaning free.

[@kenh758]

A very good possibility that the NanMan name used implied “free” people of the south back then.

[@kemuyun5554]

苗族最开始生活在中国的黄河流域，我们最古老的民族之一

[@stump4522]

We Hmong are not Nanman bro. Our ancestor don't ride elephants or tatoo. Although its sounds cool.

[@AuomAk]

@@stump4522 Who said we were NanMan?

[@user-kk1iv3xq1i]

苗不是汉的一枝吗？

[@vaevictis5878]

Can you do a video on Pompey and his conquest of the east?

[@zylbygdfn6542]

Hahaha hahaha

[@dyaaong6030]

Interesting video!

[@somerandomguy9942]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms... Thank you Kings and Generals!!

[@R3GARnator]

The Han chinese lived on open plains, while the Nanman lived in jungles and mountains. That's what made them hold out so long compared to everywhere else inside the walled in pen that is China (mountains and deserts block most access to the outside world not through the sea).

[@nganguyenthi4736]

Not really , vietnam was low land farmer in red river delta not mountain people ( heck red river delta are pretty flat

[@littleninjavangchhia9099]

Originally han chinese are also forest dwellers and have tatoos on their face and body.

[@RealManHasLongName]

@@littleninjavangchhia9099 Ha, we wish we have some real forests. All we have in central china are plains and crops. Thanks yellow river.

[@littleninjavangchhia9099]

@@RealManHasLongName There is no forest in yellow river?

[@dwargonedragon794]

@@littleninjavangchhia9099 No. The ancestors of Han and Chin people are nomad herders who built temporary cave houses. Some still do it to this day. Central China is pretty much an open plain.