Qin's Meteoric Rise and Devastating Fall - Qin Dynasty Origin 4

Qin Shi Huang unified China when he was just 38 years old. He went on to accomplish many more things. But why did his mighty empire last for only 15 short years? This is the story of Qin’s meteoric rise and devastating fall.
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[@CoolHistoryBros]

The next series will be the origin of the Han Dynasty. I've always wanted to tell Liu Bang's story. He practically conned his way to the top.

[@realshadow6292]

If only these videos came out last year when Chinese dynasties were in my history exams

[@tat3179]

In the end, Qin Shi Huang invented the idea of China, a strong state with centralised rule and a common system over a huge territory. Ultimately, he did become immortal, just not the way he thought he would be.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

He didn’t though The Shang and Xia did that

[@tat3179]

@@jonathanwilliams1065 Nope. Firstly, Shang and Xia dynasties are probably something more akin to Neolithic tribes that first settled along the Yellow river and hardly resembles the dynastic China we have today. I am talking about the governing form that the Qin set that was followed more or less by subsequent dynasty till the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

@@tat3179 the Shang were Bronze Age and were much controlled most of what would be considered China under Qin She Huang

[@tat3179]

@@jonathanwilliams1065 Not really. Qin Shihuang standardise writing (which enables a civilisation-nation as China could communicate from the far south to the frigid north) and most importantly, the idea of strong central state run by civil servants instead of a feudal one like in Japan, Europe and many other civilisations. The Shang and Xia doesn't create this form of government - the Qin did and which was almost universally adopted by subsequent dynasties.

[@HuevoBendito]

God, the Qin's short reign empire reminds me of a bunch of my CKII playthroughs.

[@DungeonerHarold]

I wish my history classes were this cool

[@bensantos3882]

This was one of the greatest history channels, I wish he would come back and make new videos again.

[@jackm5082]

Easily the most accessible content for people who want to study ancient China, thank you.

[@chialuenlis5931]

3:48 I just realized that was the coffin dance.

[@SunYat-sen]

oh yeah lol

[@jonsmith5626]

Man this is great stuff, you've got another subscriber. Are you going to continue with Chinese history down to the present day? I don't know of any other channels in English that have done that sort of project.

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Not just Chinese history, but also history of Japan and Korea. Currently, I have Chinese history planned up to Qing. I will see if its feasible to do any modern history, because it requires a different kind of expertise.

[@jonsmith5626]

@@CoolHistoryBros Nice, have you thought about covering Chinese peripheral states? Would love to see some in depth videos on the northern Tunguistic, Turkic and Mongol tribes and nations. Maybe you could also do some videos on the evolution of different chinese cities? Anyways, love the videos, keep up the great work!

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Oh, I will touch on them when I do the relevant history. The mongols when I do my mongol history series, Turkic when I do Tang Dynasty and The Tungustic when I do Qing Dynasty. But perhaps I should make a separate video to differentiate them. The evolution on different Chinese cities is a pretty interesting Idea. I will look into it.

[@jonsmith5626]

@@CoolHistoryBros Thanks! I just feel like those peripheral states don't get the attention that I think they deserve, especially since for so much of China's history they were either run by or neighbors to those northern peoples. Maybe you could do a few videos on Song, Ming and Qing interactions with the people in the southwest? I am by no means an expert but reading the Cambridge history encyclopedias on each of those three eras I found it fascinating that as the dynasties got more advanced and populated that they slowly encroached on minority land in the southwest. Glad that you might do a few videos on the evolution of different Chinese cities! I lived in Beijing for three years and loved reading up on the history, from how the dialect is different in beichang vs. nanchang and how the city was run. Same goes for the evolution of Shanghai. If you haven't already I would highly recommend the late Fredric Wakeman's "Policing China, 1927-1937" and Wen Hsin Yeh's Shanghai Splendor. Also would be really cool to see videos on the birth and growth of regional Han identities, like Taiwan, the Min in Fujian, Cantonese in Guangdong/Guangxi or of course everyone's favorite Dongbei people. Keep up the good work!

[@khorkienjoo5292]

Grandfather: 3 days Father: 3 years Himself: 3 decades

[@drswag0076]

i think the third Mummy movie was referring to Qin Shi Huang. in the movie, he sought the help of a witch who used a spell written in Sanskrit that turned him into stone as well as his army. also in the movie he was able to master the elemental magic.

[@kenpeng13]

I think Qin Shi Huang legalism concept were okay to implemented before unification, however it should be change with confucianism concept for harmony after unification, actually the biggest mistake he ever did was to burn confucianism and other scholar thought after unification made him not the only victim of legalism concept, which also took the life from its original author from Guanzhong, Han Fei to Li Si

[@user-ug3kk1ts9t]

Wow the President of the USA travels in one of the two identical cars in the 21st century. Didn't know Qin Shi Huang already did that back thousands of years ago.

[@user-qi6pv9jh7o]

there also was something about sleeping in many identical rooms, but i'm not sure when and who invented it (but something in China)

[@schplengie1]

They invented everything lol

[@daffahadrian1871]

Came here after Kingdom manga, because i want to know how's the real story of qin unification. Amazing story telling and art btw.

[@SeanHiruki]

Now read Ravages of Time. It’s a great companion Manhua about the end of the Han dynasty

[@saretgnasoh7351]

@@SeanHiruki Ravages of Time is gold. But not for everyone

[@SeanHiruki]

Yooo didn’t expect to see Advisers Alliance. Great show.

[@hohytw]

Kingdom manga led me to your channel and i love it. You got a new subscriber sir.

[@9pandas]

Great video!

[@rotopope]

Kings War on Netflix is a really nice reenactment of all this stuff.

[@leekaisheongjames89]

Love it

[@sukotsutoCSSR]

These videos are fantastic! The illustrations are PERFECT! I'm a big fan and subscriber! Eagerly looking forward to all the future videos!

[@nomagea2684]

Many many thanks for this video. Thoroughly enjoyed it...Educative and entertaining

[@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395]

I really like the art style for these videos. Do you do the art yourself?

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Rui Chen does the illustration for me. Here is Rui's ArtStation page if you'd like to see more of the same style. www.artstation.com/rui0815

[@carolinaandreavallejos1186]

Had to watch for school

[@xhoques]

Just a supplement on the "Yue" part. The name in character is Viet alright, but the people were actually more diverse. An ancient record of pronunciation of 越人歌 (Song of the Yue people) has been proven to be Tai-Kadai, more related to the Thai and Zhuang people today. So Yue is indeed just a cover term for the people living there. Not specifically referring to the ancestors of Vietnamese.

[@ComradeConfucius]

Ying Zheng was just having a dramatic midlife crisis.

[@cristinacristina3105]

Nothing about Lu Buwei????

[@manuelyausaz2976]

Hey CJ, great video. Really im actually learning jajajaj. I’d like to ask if you could do the story of Daji... that infamous woman that caused the fall of a dynasty

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Sure, I will look into it.

[@KevinVang1000]

Liu Bang is debatable on his ethnicity. I hear that Liu Bang (Lor Bang) is Hmong by chance since Chinese scholars are digging him up.

[@CGC4JereZion]

This is brilliantly argued.

[@oldrabbit8290]

ahhh, eunuch.. what are they good for?

[@chizhang4369]

It’s like this, when you got a harem you wouldn’t want your wives to cheat on you, and the best way to do that would be keep them confined to a palace and prevent them from meet any men but yourself. But then, some hard works are just too much to be handled by handmaidens who are also female, thus you need eunuchs, who are physically stronger than women, but not men enough to be able to cheat with your wives, problem solved. Also by the logic of many emperors, eunuchs have no family, out of the court and without the emperor’s favor, they are absolutely nothing, thus they must be absolutely loyal to the emperor just for the sake of survival, which make them all the more trust worthy to the emperor compare to other normal courtiers. And that was indeed the case, many many times. If anything just check out Emperor Chongzhen of Ming dynasty. When he commit suicide he has no one, everyone has abandoned him, only a eunuch who has been with him ever since he was a kid stay by his side and ended up suicide alongside his master. Unfortunately many times eunuchs also make things worse, far worse, especially in later era of Tang Dynasty.

[@CatharDameth]

Amusingly, a similar story to that deer/horse is told in the Han Fei Zi. Han Fei insists that attributing names to things is the prerogative of the prince. By chosing another name for the deer, minister Cao is basically usurping one of the emperor's rights. Assuming all the ministers are familiar to the Han Fei Zi, they are aware that going with another word than the prince's to designate an item is open rebellion, making the exercice a worthwile test of loyalty.

[@yahwehsonren]

Yan is my ancestor state

[@kamasukarno]

Does anyone know where can we get the english translation of Records of Grand Historians (Shiji) by Sima Qian??

[@a.s.l711]

2 dislikes from Indians saying qin is from india

[@namkaengpancharat9031]

After all the chaos that happened when Shi Huangdi passed away and the 2nd Qin emperor killed a lot of his siblings. It's just my speculation. By any chance, Were there a prince and princess who escaped from Xian yang's Palace to Chu region? This speculation doesn't make sense. Isn't it possible they both had some relative in Chu region ? I mean. I watched the other video of yours. It seem like someone from Chu region hate Qin royal family.

[@Arabelle2009]

The visual says Meng Wu while the narration says Meng Tian (which is correct).

[@jonsmith5626]

Also, what sources did you read for the Yue? I've hear that the Minyue in Fujian were actually more closely related to the aboriginal Taiwanese.

[@CoolHistoryBros]

To be more specific, it was the Nan Yue and Luo Yue people who were more closely related to the Vietnamese (Yue Nan). But each Yue groups had their own distinct identity. Bai Yue was a catch-all term used by the Chinese historian of the time. books.google.com.au/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA932&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

[@nguyenngocanspk]

Yue in Quin Empire time was Chinese term for Southern people just like Roman called all people on the other side of Rhine river Germini (German). Of course there are some relationship between groups of Yue but we do not have their document write about themselves. Vietnam history before 10th century all based on Chinese document.

[@sgcl10658]

@@nguyenngocanspk Han ppl didn't called Khmer ppl Yue even they were in the South. These Yue tribes were recorded by the Han and these tribes shared similar cultures like coloring the teeth black, cut their hair short, and had body tatoos, and Yue clothing style.

[@youyou5727]

What happened to general li xin how did he die after the unification

[@kuronoch.1441]

At least his family line did not end up dying. His progeny ended up as a famous general in the Han dynasty and founded two separate dynasties after that, most famous of which is the Tang.

[@Mastersoraka]

It's said that he retired after the unification and became a farmer. Idk where I have read it but you may take this a grain of salt.

[@chosenone5536]

He’s nothing without Louis Koo lol

[@adilyricist1388]

Your opinion was wrong. He did make a will to make fushu his successor. But li shi, a man whom hi trust all the way since just become the duke of qin betray him.

[@EJBCG]

How General Lin Xi Died?

[@CoolHistoryBros]

Wasn't specified. But not before China was unified at least. His descendants became the rulers of Tang dynasty a few centuries later.

[@cheesewing7773]

XD

[@JOOCHIANTING]

why QIN symbol is a frog ?

[@iamhorny4542]

Its a chinese goddess im pretty sure

[@ANTSEMUT1]

That was a very oversimplified description needlessly so of the Baiyue.

[@leahmayordo2151]

All base in the story, we don't know what's facts and what's fiction,,, tyrant or not Qin Shi Huang donate most of China's legacy today

[@tingtingnoy3133]

Lol when did it get into Fake history? baiyue are mostly Lao/Tai people’s not Vietnamese. The Largest minority group in China today the Zhuang are related genetically with Lao/Tai people’s and speak the in the same language group. The Lao/Tai numbers are much greater then the Vietnamese, they lived in southern China before the great migration south into Southeast Asia establishing 2-3 major kingdoms after the Tang invasion across the Yangtze. Laos, Thailand, and with great numbers in Burma, India, Yunnan, and Vietnam.

[@nhienleminhhue6605]

The baiyue region included Southern China and Red river delta. So Kinh and Mường People claimed their heritage.

[@tingtingnoy3133]

@@nhienleminhhue6605 many tribes can claim Baiyue heritage, but as I said the Majority of the Baiyue people were the Lao/Zhuang people,

[@nguyenkhaicao5122]

Zhuang is in Guangxi. Where are the Yue people in Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan? They were Yue too, right?

[@tingtingnoy3133]

@@nguyenkhaicao5122 any people who are not Han that live south of the Yangtze was considered Yue or Baiyue, Zhuang and Lao/Tai people’s are genetically and linguistically related to each other, Zhuang without the Lao/Tai is already the largest minority group in China today, and there is even more Lao/Tai ppl then there are Zhuang. If you combine Lao/Tai and Zhuang people today it’s well over 100 million people. Before the Lao/Tai migrated south into Southeast Asia, they are the largest Yue or Baiyue group south of the Yangtze in ancient times.

[@nguyenkhaicao5122]

@@tingtingnoy3133 Your argument is as followed: because Zhuang is now the majority of Baiyue living in Southern China now, they must have been the majority in the ancient time. I think that argument is flawed. There are many examples proving that argument do not work. The languages spoken by Baiyue are still under research. Guangxi areas spoke Tai, Yelang area was likely to speak Hmong-mien, the coastal area of Southern China might speak Austronesian or even Austro-Asiatic languages.

[@leallan69]

If you don't acknowledge Chinese cultural heritage on the Chiese new year day I believe it is disrespectful and offensive. if you borrowed Chinese Cultural as your own, you have to respect the country origin. You don't have to celebrate the Chinese new year on that day. you are quite welcome chose another day as your own. This particular Chinese New year day in the Chinese calendar is based on lunar cycles or phases of the moon. Chinese calendar developed between 771 and 476 BC, during the Spring and Autumn period of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Before the Zhou dynasty, solar calendars were used.

[@dangduy9727]

Actually “new year” was celebrated differently depend on the era and dynasty of China (in some new year started in early Fall, in some era in March) and also the other countries would adapt the custom and rites of new year from China, not the calendar, because they have their own calendar. Claiming Lunar New Year as Chinese New Year is cultural colonization. The only heritage that Chinese neighbor take from the Middle Kingdom is their ritual and how to celebrate New Year. Therefore it is more proper to call it Lunar New Year

[@user-qi6pv9jh7o]

there were so many calendars in _our_ history that we dunno when Christmas actually is

[@darkknifepony6922]

It must be said that the mobilization system of legalism that helped in war was simply unsuitable for peacetime. It is a pity that the author did not describe the terrible executions and laws established in Qin. For example, for the crime of one person, his entire family (including side branches) and all his neighbors were slaughtered. Sometimes, an entire settlement or province could be punished. It was an ultra-totalitarian and ultra-brutal state that wanted to control every step of its subjects. Paranoia and constant getting rid of “dangerous” people led to the degradation of the bureaucratic and administrative apparatus in which people began to be selected not by talent but by “loyalty.”