Princess Pingyang Co-Founder of Tang Dynasty (feat XiranJayZhao) - Tang Dynasty Origin 2

[@CoolHistoryBros]

If someone didn’t establish her own empire, then she has no right being a princess. Should this be the new rule?

[@adampleasants2078]

Yes.

[@federicoandrademarambio2913]

I was waiting for this video and this collab!!!

[@CleverCover05]

I would call that an empress, but since she gave the rule to her dad I guess she can be excused.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

definitely kinda like if augustus didn't establish his empire (sorta, it changed nothing at all), he had no right to be caesar's heir (as leader of the populares party)

[@conho4898]

LMAO the Xiran collab is so unexpected

[@Borderose]

Nah, I immediately thought of Pingyang. She was, like, the only one. The Princess General. Also, her brother was THE Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong). I'm even writing a space opera with the main characters loosely based on them.

[@robinfa1477]

That sounds awesome

[@kidd32888]

We need to see that!;

[@Tleanantz]

Very nice

[@LukSter18998]

Show us

[@grayonthewater]

Oooh space opera!

[@Chezaira]

I love how acturate the pronounciation of Chinese names in this video! English videos usually just don’t bother the phonetics of the names.

[@keithkoh7112]

I mean it’s made by Chinese...

[@Chezaira]

@@keithkoh7112 ah, no wonder...

[@xingwang9246]

only he didnt. He never pronouced SHI or CHI sound right.

[@joedawg199]

@@xingwang9246 I’m pretty sure it’s a Southern accent. I’ve heard Cantonese speakers struggle with “sh” and “ch” sounds because those sounds do not exist in their phonology.

[@xingwang9246]

@@joedawg199 No it's not. despite of the shi/chi sound, he dosn't have other typical sounthern accents. I don't think he's a Chinese native speaker.

[@robinfa1477]

I'm amazed because I write fanfiction set in the Sui/Tang period, so Pingyang comes out in the story. It's hard to find much information about her, making this video pretty exciting (more than usual I mean). I had never heard the millet story. Xiran is also perfect for this! I love her videos too and never expected to hear her as Pingyang.

[@AN-ou6qu]

Fan fiction? With what characters? :0

[@robinfa1477]

@@AN-ou6qu Mulan but she was born in the Sui dynasty rather than Northern Wei. She's the main character I guess. There are also historical figures as well as some characters from a few K-dramas and C-dramas set around that time (a lot of these also being historical or legendary but there are originals). Queen Seondeok is her friend, for example. I also have a lot of OCs.

[@Dtzeo503]

@@robinfa1477 Omg that is so cool i used to read fanfics when i was younger. I have a lot of ideas in my head maybe i should learn how to write so i can write my own stories and publish them.

[@robinfa1477]

@@Dtzeo503 Yeah, fanfiction is awesome. Most of mine is in my head too actually.😁 Also, I think I have the same mask you have in your profile pic.

[@Dtzeo503]

@@robinfa1477 mask twinsies lol

[@golden_starlight_]

i've only known about princess pingyang for ten minutes but im already in love with this warrior sugar mommy princess

[@gene.digger]

Disney picked the wrong lady. Hope to see this channel grow, keep up the great work.👍

[@aliciasschorra1306]

Yes i hope so too.

[@boyanpenev9822]

The lady was okay, the first animated film was fine. The way they did it was crap.

[@t.k.abrams4720]

I dont think thats the point. I think there should be allowed to be more than one Chinese-inspired Disney story. We need Xiran Jay Zhao to make her books into movies lol

[@boyanpenev9822]

@@t.k.abrams4720 Ideally, it should not be left just to Disney. They can only make so many stories and have an entire world's worth of cultures and history. Plus, as a major corporation they will always have certain concerns in mind. Otherwise, it just ends in a "why is Disney focusing only on A, B and C and ignoring X, Y and Z."

[@t.k.abrams4720]

@@boyanpenev9822 no what im saying is that instead of doing all these dumb *ss remakes like Mulan, which completely destroyed the story it came from in the newest version. Same with the new Aladdin which took the story much further away from the source material as well. They could have actually adapted good stories that already exist in those cultures. If Xiran were part of that company she probably wouldn't let that happen lol

[@ixWinnie7]

In Xiran's video about Over the Moon, didn't she say she was a *"descendant"* of the Li clan? Was her voicing Pingyang intentional since Pingyang came from a line of Li's? Or am I just overthinking lol

[@vmerkwurdigliebe3751]

Li is basically the top surname regarding population in China, with many clans started to use it after emperors gave this name to them (yes, tang emperors loved doing this). Clan tree? Yes maybe you can trust some family trees date back to about 600 years ago. More than a thousand years? LMAO.

[@rowdynerd6793]

@@vmerkwurdigliebe3751 it really depends whether your family have documents on it or not. I'm not joking, my family, despite being an immigrant family, has a genealogy book on my father's side of family that traced back thousands of years. My father said my grandma even went back to mainland to confirm whether it's true or not, and found my grandfather's long lost siblings with it (they are separated in the sino-japanese war).

[@vmerkwurdigliebe3751]

@@rowdynerd6793 You believe in anything that is written down? Cool I am writing you an IOU now.

[@Dhdjksjsnsnsnnsnsna]

@@vmerkwurdigliebe3751 and op is supposed to believe your reply just cause you wrote it down? Lee isn’t the “top surname”. Wang and Chen are. It takes ONE google search to find that.

[@vmerkwurdigliebe3751]

@@Dhdjksjsnsnsnnsnsna That is exactly my point. And, what is Chen? 陈 or 张？Be more specific.

[@jonsong4592]

Yang Guang isn't some diabolical villain. He was just too impatient, and wanted to go through 50 years of progress in 5. Manpower is limited, but he kept overtaxing it without letting the people rest. The Grand Canal would've been praised if Yang Guang had paced the construction better. (and not follow up with 3 consecutive invasions of Goguryeo). But he gets painted as an absolute tyrant who only cares about self indulgence because it would be a better story if the Tang overthrew a disney villain instead of an emperor that badly managed his empire. Yang Guang was an ambitious and hard working emperor, who was too ambitious and headstrong, running his country into the ground. There have been speculations that his failed invasions of Goguryeo was just his 6D chess attempt to drain powerful families of manpower in order to weaken their hold on the empire. And that the powerful families retaliated by fanning the rebellions that led to the demise of the Sui. Also, the peasantry got fed up with his incursions into korea not because they died fighting there, but rather they died on the way there. Peasants were always drafted in order to become logistic support for the main army as 民夫. Everytime Yang Guang decided he wanted to take a vacation in Korea, tens of thousands of peasants were forcibly drafted from their homes, told to march across the country to the north, supplying their own food to probably just die of a random disease or exhaustion before even reaching the army. The peasants really hated this, because if they died in battle, their family would at least receive some kind of compensation. Dying on the way to being drafted as laborer's, or being captured/killed after a loss as a laborer awards their families with nothing, and usually led to the family being ruined. Yang Guang is the classic case of "步子迈大了，容易扯到蛋" - Take strides too far, and you might rip your nuts.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[@dragonrykr]

I was always sad that there weren't many cool documentary sites that focus on Chinese culture (as there are for Korean or Japanese cultures), so I was really pleasantly surprised to discover your channel! As a person who's majoring in Chinese studies I find them really helpful and informative, keep up the good work :)

[@happywhale1786]

no need, China is China. not another colony like japan or south korea. 无知是蛮夷的损失，而不是我华夏的

[@ReviveHF]

The armour styles are indentical to the historical drama called 《Longest day in Chang An》.

[@barbthegreat586]

One of the best series I've ever seen.

[@Starfire10982]

I literally love that series.

[@huangwanxin3688]

That drama was one of the most historically accurate Chinese history drama in recent years. I recommend it to anyone interested in Chinese history, especially that of Tang Dynasty.

[@aveanatas4236]

Where can I watch that historical dramaa?

[@johnclark8108]

We love Xiran! The best of China and Canada in one person

[@paige95951]

"No body get to complain about my cooking anymore" oh god! I'm touched. I bet this is how emperor Taizong teased Wu Zetian as well when she helped him with all of those documentory stuff. I knew it. His little sister cannot cook very well either. 😂 😂 😂

[@billh6010]

The Tang's Li clan was so badass that even the female members had balls.

[@papercat2599]

Tang had some of the strongest lady in history. Don’t forget wu ze tian.

[@bigbrotherspictures9683]

@@papercat2599 The only unarguably de-facto empress of China was probably Wu Ze Tian. Another one who was arguably de-facto empress I think would be Lu Zhi of Han, but certainly didn't come close to Wu Ze Tian in terms of power.

[@vmerkwurdigliebe3751]

@@bigbrotherspictures9683 *Lü Zhi. Wu Zhao was properly crowned, she was not only an empress de facto but also an empress de jure.

[@bruceli5726]

Princess Chang ping and her mother also try to become the emperor after wuzhetian woman in Li family are badass

[@bigbrotherspictures9683]

@@vmerkwurdigliebe3751 my bad I missed that fact. thanks for the correction.

[@marydoryan7231]

I feel like Disney made a reference to Pingyang when her disguise name was Ping. I could be wrong and it could be a coincidence but I'd like to think they did their research.

[@chocolatecharley99]

They did so much better in the animated version of Mulan than in the recent live action. Everyone who is interested should see Xiran Jay Zhao's review on her KZbin channel

[@marydoryan7231]

@@chocolatecharley99 yeah i think so too. I saw the video!! So informative

[@powerist209]

I thought it was a bilingual dirty joke. Mulan's family name being Fa/Hua, Hua Ping being a slang for "gay".

[@fluffycat1293]

@@powerist209 i thought it was a play on words too, but not sure if it was intended as a gay joke. ‘Hua ping’ is much more well known for being slang for someone who looks pretty externally but has nothing of worth internally

[@djmutt2000]

@@chocolatecharley99 the said live-action Mulan has the titular protagonist going to war because “God told me to”. WHAT.

[@BloodnSteel]

Another epic, interesting video here. And great cameos by Xiran there, interesting to see you guys cooperate to bring forth a better product. Keep up the great work in general, these videos are always educational and interesting. Not enough of this sort of thing in English Language History accounts.

[@keepmarchingalexis]

I took Mandarin for five years in school, and I came across yours and Xiran's channels in my quest to relearn what I've lost. I love your content.

[@unnamedchannelidk9609]

“And her army of righteous simps” Im screaminggghh 😂😂

[@xicheung7867]

😂 I nearly spat out my coffee.

[@SaretGnasoh]

I miss that, at what time?

[@unnamedchannelidk9609]

@@SaretGnasoh 0:31

[@SaretGnasoh]

@@unnamedchannelidk9609 thanks

[@jlassijlali290]

Kyou kai army

[@everythingexploration707]

Ok, time to check if there's a chinese drama center around this wonderful woman😍

[@DangerNoodle68]

The comments are full of nerds and *I love it.* Great video by the way, I’m gathering information for an assignment.

[@dudeman1983]

Oohoo yay! Of course Xiran Jay Zhou would voice the rebellious princess.

[@HistorywithCy]

First thing to show up in my feed! Starting my day with this, thank you!

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Samey!

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@CoolHistoryBros please do one on Chinese/ asian jurisprudence

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@CoolHistoryBros on how was law viewed in asia

[@_mar.v_]

I'm really dying to see this as a cartoon/comic/movie. This needs to be spreed!!

[@self-parternerd8661]

- This is how I imagine the casting dialogue between Cj and Xiran: - XIran: "Tell me again, what do you need my these voice-lines for?" - CJ: "A historical biopic of Princess Pingyang!" - Xiran: "Sorry but "Well boys, say hello to your new sugar moommy!" sounds a bit sus!" - CJ: "That's for the...legendary part..."

[@aliciasschorra1306]

Came to this channel because of the cooperation work they did last time with a other japanese history channel. Glad i did i love this channel after only watching 1 video. Hope to see it grow a lot past the 1 million

[@andreasamardzija1496]

Xirin's role was exactly I imagined it might be haha in a good way. Update: was not expecting that dialogue. Amazing

[@jonathanredacted3245]

*gets the stupidest grin when he hears xiran jay zhao*

[@Lol-ll5gh]

Omfg I love Xiran so much I was not expecting her to voice one of the people cx

[@CobolYu]

Another awesome video! Probably the first English youtube video I've seen dedicated to Princess PingYang. The bubble tea and animal sidekick was especially a nice touch haha! Maybe as you move up the dynasties, you can do one on Liang Hongyu eventually!

[@erincorcoran5936]

Can we please get a drama about this incredible woman?? 🥺

[@Ridlinrin]

"with a truck load of sass". Yep, and we love her for it

[@Rognik]

From the sounds of that legend, seems like Pingyang was able to raise her own millet-ia. Eh? EH!?

[@HeavyColors]

Super fun and interestingly told, not to mention beautifully animated!

[@nziom]

this is really underrated there should be a historic movie about this it's so interesting

[@MrExtra-ny2ns]

New subscriber, I’m sick and tired of learning about American history it’s all we learn about. I want to learn about other cultures so imma stick around

[@honeybadgermerriemonarch2388]

And if the lesson is about other cultures it’s white washed as hell

[@mimiginkgo]

@@honeybadgermerriemonarch2388 wumao loves ccp history nothing but lies

[@suge-1030]

@@mimiginkgo There is no CCP in this channel. But you use such comments to attack people who are not here, ignorant and narrow-minded pseudo-historians. Please go to CCP's channel to make your boring remarks.

[@SamuraiMujuru]

That's some Zhuge Liang level battlefield shenanigans.

[@manuelyausaz2976]

CJ you keep surprising me... these stories are so well toled, im really learning! Keep on going!

[@AGS363]

OH, ...she bought her army! It really bugs me, that often the books talk about "raised an army", "assembled troops" and such, without explaining how it was done. Thumbs up for spelling it out!

[@joshyeo33]

Lol, show me an army that isn’t bought, go ahead… No money means all you have done is started a revolution, payment of salary and command structure is what gives you an army

[@kaiserwilhelmii674]

Love history and you can never be disappointed with Chinese history.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

The only thing you'd be disappointed in is their constant fall from grace Han Xin The three kingdoms Wu Ze Tian Some more shit you'd wish to the heavens they'd have lasted longer than Rome

[@kaiserwilhelmii674]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 in Some ways I think they outshined the Romans. Their dynastic system lasted until well after the final Roman Rump state fell.

[@CARL_093]

cool video bad ass pinces zhao of pingyang thanks cj and xiran

[@gabrielarnaud7898]

Wooooow what a crossover !!! Really cool to see more and more about Chinese history of

[@homieclix3541]

Oh man finally some mention of our Kingdom manga hero Li Xin. From anime, It looks like he was such a legend. But its so strange to see little information about him on youtube.

[@godzillamothra5983]

I wonder if this clever princess was alive during her brothers civil war, who would she support

[@zhongjiang7083]

She had died for many years by the time it happened, sadly.

[@TheOis1984]

I often mistaken Yang Guang (of Sui Dynasty) with Sima Zhong (of Jin Dynasty). Both had similar traits like being the second emperor that's much inferior to their fathers.

[@thrawn4emp]

So glad you did this collab! I found your channel because of it and I'm excited to see more content. Hopefully I can get my history major brother to subscribe as well!

[@amixofletters]

"And her army of righteous simps!" Her army of righteous what now?

[@426mak]

Thanks for the video and Merry Christmas. You could do a whole video on Chinese Warrior women starting with Fu Hao.

[@lizeth1025-s5u]

Great video! Thank you for this

[@howardyeung4443]

astonishing works, thank you! it is both entertaining and informational.

[@ryanharrahill3302]

This story sounds like the plot of a fire emblem game.....awesome

[@oudomh3558]

What a great way to start the day

[@jordanhamann9123]

Xiran sent me here

[@peachbat4221]

We all knew Xiran was a warrior princess 🤷‍♀️👸💖lol

[@loicraymond5100]

He killed me when he said "her army of rightous simps"

[@windbluete291]

Thanks xiran! Through you I found this channel! 😍

[@misterptats5141]

This would’ve been such a great movie instead of Mulan!

[@angelqiu2237]

Love this channel, amazing graphics and informative 👓

[@CleverCover05]

That ending had me crying along with the men! Why do the good die young!?

[@marcello7781]

Amazing video about an amazing historical character. I hope more people will know about her.

[@CrybabeBB]

Where can I get an army of righteous simps? Asking for a friend (me)

[@Ritercrazy]

You both did great.

[@robintan502]

Ma San Bao, isn't this the grand admiral Zheng He of the Treasure Fleets (Admiral Cheng Ho).... Wait this is Tang Dynasty, Zheng He is Ming Dynasty. A few hundred years later. Same name. Different personas

[@Mariam_0552]

Could you please make a video about south, west and central asians.

[@thecrusaderhistorian9820]

Let me guess, your guest stared as Princess Pingyang. cool video!

[@Crosshill]

i love the new mulan movie cause it caused the creation of a channel I've been enjoying, i should remember to watch more of this channels videos tho i was just a little overwhelmed when i first found it cause it was like, too good

[@honeybadgermerriemonarch2388]

Yeah but I hate mulan 2020 for many reasons evolving uguar Muslims

[@ddhern00]

Awesome video! You’ve got a new sub 😊

[@SlayerGodOfDeath]

i see .... her cooking is nightmare that able to kill more than sword does .... holy ...

[@MCorpReview]

Li mi sounds suspiciously related but brittanicia said it’s just a coincidence

[@kidd32888]

Your channel is so amazing

[@szbszig]

It's pretty sad not much is known about her beside the things mentioned in this video. Not a contemporary picture, not even her real name is kept in any of the records. Anyway she was a real badass in a time when girls clearly weren't supposed to do things like these.

[@echannel6162]

I'm here for all of this 🤩

[@gulmajeed7667]

Thanks for your video well done

[@ep8246]

Xiran

[@jngo172]

5:48 “Well boys say hello to your new sugar mommy” I’m going to run into to the endless void Ginnungagap nowwwwwwwwwwww🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gbohol]

Is that why Princess Weiyong although disguised as an official’s concubine’s daughter was made Princess Anping?

[@jlassijlali290]

Kyoukai Blood is running strong LMAO

[@historyofthemortals3756]

An army of righteous simps shall be my new calling for some good attitude simps

[@paulcharpentier7095]

Great lesson

[@Ullumma]

Suggestion:. Show ALL the Capitol cities from every era and State! Thanks for reminding me of so much I forgot, and straightening up the summaries- Kung Fu movies get confusing! ✌️

[@littlehistorian5751]

NICE VIDEO ABOUT PRINCESS PINGYANG I RECOMMEND YOU TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT MING DYNASTY

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Give me time, bro. LOL. But you can bet that I'm already planning that series.

[@littlehistorian5751]

@@CoolHistoryBros lol I am A new viewer When i am searching About Tang Dynasty Your video Came Your Videos Are Nice

[@littlehistorian5751]

@@CoolHistoryBros BTW Are you Chinese? (I am 99.999% sure that you are Chinese)

[@CoolHistoryBros]

My identity doesn't really matter. Human history belongs to everyone. I just want more people in the world to discover these seemingly obscure history and enjoy them.

[@littlehistorian5751]

@@CoolHistoryBros Yes But i was just Asking But your Videos Are COOL. Which Software Your Use for Editing?

[@iorifori91]

Mama Zhao of Pingyang

[@HighMojo]

It would really be helpful if you also provided the names in Chinese characters so they could be looked up for more information.

[@JohnChan-z6j]

so how did she get the horse urine?

[@dontang6906]

So Tang dynasty was run by Li family name? Why is it called the Tang dynasty then?

[@MarchMonster13th]

1:29 is that milk tea or what

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

So what was the “horse urine?”

[@3ChZer0]

i got dynasty warriors, Lady Sun

[@moonsorrow77]

My ancient ancestors dynasty…they were part of the dynasty..

[@igor-yp1xv]

I really wanted some animal side kick

[@jakeryker546]

Mulan did call herself Ping

[@ElBandito]

How the hell was her name not recorded in history?

[@johnphilipteguihanon8293]

Because she's a woman. Ancient Chinese history is sexist i must say

[@rachelyeung9224]

Wasn't ping yang's father an emperor

[@Mrs.miriam]

I assume this is the work of a Chinese? he's a hokkien because he can't pronounce sh. Li shi min,he pronounced it as li si min ? I remember I watched a Chinese tv show where a history professor,a woman or a guy, would be behind a lectern discussing and lecturing a certain figure. It's in mandarin and is very educational. I don't know if it's still on air.

[@TheTimeMage]

Jokes on you I still call the squirel Ma Sanbao, Disney is too ingrained at this point @_@

[@hypernation8298]

Loyal simps leggo

[@stevengreen9536]

Imperial official: She should not have a military funeral. Tang Emperor: OVERRULED!!! She was not only my daughter she helped found this dynasty. Putting her life at risk just as much as we did. When she could have just hid safely until the fighting was over. We WILL pay her the respect she is due period. End of discussion!!!

[@tedchandran]

One of the greatest Princess in history.

[@robinhoodproductions5102]

This is so cool!! But do you think you could have closed captions soon? I’m not a native English speaker so this is kinda hard to understand without subtitles. Thank you!

[@SaretGnasoh]

Sugar mommy LMAO 🤣😂😂😂

[@vmerkwurdigliebe3751]

Li's family line... Nigga you believe dat shit? edit: We are fairly positive to assume Mulan as a poetry was describing Xianbei community, which is very likely to be a proto Mongolic people or proto Tunguska people. Li as a family near the border, was heavily influenced by such proto Mongolic culture. There was no record of female warriors prior to this period except the ones written in old characters 3000 years ago, and have been rediscovered in 20th century.