Revolt of the Three Feudatories: Every 5 Days [VERSION 3]

[@justamoravian1042]

I'll say it right now. This is not only the most detailed explanation of the conflict in a mere 4-minute video, but it also possesses the greatest map style that I have ever seen on youtube. Your videos are amazing, and I hope that you keep up the good work!

[@tobyblasto3482]

Amazingly in-depth and animated! I think you're the best mapper in KZbin!

[@goldenlost1761]

Neat how the old government retreating to Taiwan is a recurring theme.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Ming smart

[@BarbatosAnemoArchon2600]

They stole it Form the dutch​

[@namngo6195]

I like how you depict not only the situation in China but also in neighboring countries. Fun fact: The Vietnamese Mạc clan being wiped out of the map at 2:07 was an indirect consequence of this revolt. After losing the Red River Delta to the Lê Dynasty in 1593, the Mạc had managed to maintain a rump state in that small corner of Northern Vietnam for over 80 years, relying on political support from the Chinese. But by choosing to side with Wu Sangui in this revolt, they lost Qing's backing and was quickly defeated.

[@saigonpunkid]

Okay but that's too over simplified. Both Mac and Trinh supported both the southern Ming and the Qing. But it was the Trinh lord who took advantage of the tumult situation to accuse the last Mac emperor to side with Wu Sangui to eliminate them without the Qing able to clarify the situation. The Mac emperor later escaped to the Qing and was given a title by the Qing Emperor.

[@samdaman2939]

Dude, you are amazing. This detail is great man, you really work hard! I’m just real happy you are back too! Keep up the great content!

[@jebise6656]

i can't even imagine how long this must've took, i mean there is so much detail in the map, absolutely gorgeous, keep up the good work

[@stimublu8570]

Considering the scale of the map, amazing paces were made on all sides making it almost as mobile as the Naploean wars.

[@TheCharlieChen]

A fabulous continuation of the Manchu Conquest of China video!

[@ZxZ239]

I didn't know remnant of Ming attacked at the same time and actually took so much territories. Also kudos to the commanders of Qing by keeping the Ming and the Three feudatories apart so they cannot support each other

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

They had contact before Wu started the revolt. In fact,the Mingzheng（明鄭） army had many conflicts with Geng jingzhong,this was the major reason Geng turned side in 1676

[@saigonpunkid]

They hate each other, think Russia and Wagner.

[@ukdivisionsfa7737]

At that point in time, the Ming Dynasty had actually perished, and those in Taiwan were only officials under the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Who killed the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty? It's ridiculous to say that it is Wu Sangui in the video, Zhou's controller, and the initiator of the rebellion. So these people are just playing the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they are not on the same boat at all.

[@taoliu3949]

​​@@ukdivisionsfa7737That's not completely true. There were a few Ming Princes who fled to Taiwan and continued to perform rites in the name of the Emperor. Yes, they weren't "in the same boat", but neither were the various factions of the Southern Ming.

[@lorenzopajaro3659]

Idk how you do it but your maps are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen in the internet

[@spaghettiking7312]

Thank you for being a chad and making this.

[@zekkez8057]

never stop mapping ! you're one of the best here on yt

[@BritanniaItalia]

greatest videomapper in this platform by far!

[@ricoqi9527]

Welcome back to Chinese History, my favorite mapper on KZbin!

[@KeyPro97]

Absolutely Amazing!

[@zed381no5]

Win, always great to see another Yan video

[@alizonnwn]

As always, excellent work

[@囧囧囧-w6t]

Thanks for being back!

[@outerspace7391]

I can't lie but admit that the effort here is insane, the details just perfect and the product truly useful. But I do wanna point out that I prefer the old simple blank map, that makes the colours seem more clear

[@SuchDarkness]

I really like the background and texture you put into the map this video. Also purple is my favorite color, so you showing the rebels in purple was a very nice detail to the map. Good job on the video! It is kind of weird how Korea and Japan are extremely flat on this map despite being some of the most mountainous places in Asia, but they weren't the focus so it's not a big deal.

[@_fontoura]

Always good to see your videos!

[@sunnyyoutuber10000]

Great work as always!

[@micahistory]

nice video, i never heard of this rebellion

[@Noodles4you]

the GOAT is back...

[@SLAPPEDbyAhat]

Once again, unparalleled levels of research and detail are evident! My only complaint is that it moves by too quickly! I think this genre of video could really be improved by slowing down the speed of the color flow and/or taking pauses to discuss the historical events behind them. I’m sure that a longer video with greater audience retention time would also do better with the almighty KZbin algorithm.

[@yanxishan6575]

This is something I've wanted to do, and was originally the format I was going to make this video in. But the software I'm using doesn't handle that very well.

[@熱愛遊戲的玩家]

Great video！

[@KwongBaby]

Great Qing's expansion to Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet is quite unbelievable and I hope to see the mapping video in not-far future😍

[@gtc239]

Yo... This is so high quality!!

[@Valius_V]

I can't imagine how much work did it cost, how many time and effort. Good job Yan Xishan

[@Mukspsychosis]

Xan is back! Here we goooo!

[@velozio]

You're back!

[@arnarchisticantarktikaferd5756]

very good video i like your mapping-stile

[@randomnessrules4971]

"All these dreams are swept aside by bloody hands time can't deny, who carry the cross of homicide, and history bears the scars of our civil wars."

[@dodolulupepe]

Amazing video!

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

MY HOMEWORK CAN WAIT

[@OrionAltHist]

Great job!

[@homedepotgaming774]

This new map style looks very nice

[@user-uf2df6zf5w]

The new map is fantastic!

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Wait, so the war was caused by some generals revolting because they _were_ allowed to retire? How does that work?

[@yanxishan6575]

They didn't actually want to retire. The explanation that is generally put forth is that they were "daring" the government to revoke their fiefs, and then the government called their bluff. It is admittedly hard to follow. Notably the actual text of the edicts and letters give the impression of total sincerity, but we can be confident that Wu Sangui did not, in fact, want to retire, and he was lying when he said he did.

[@ZxZ239]

Xan said it well, it was super passive aggressive from the generals. I want to keep my territory and I dare you to accept my retirement letter.

[@flyingbirdskingcloud2908]

@@yanxishan6575 Can you do something about the rebellion in Manchuria during the Ming Dynasty? For example, during the Chenghua period.

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

1. Shang kexi wanted to retire (this guy legitimately did want to retire). Kangxi emperor thought this was a good chance to get rid of the feudatories. He allowed retirement under condition that his son won't inherit the title and his feudatory is to be abolished. 2. This raises extreme alarm among other 2 feudatories. Wu sanggui and Geng Jingzhong send fake retirement request try to test the emperor's intention. Kangxi emperor accept under identical conditions, which confirms their suspicions. Wu and Geng launches rebellion. 3. Shang Kexi remains loyal to Qing. His feudatory serves as important ally to Qing against the other two, early on in rebellion. 4. However his son Shang zhixin is not happy with his father, especially his decision to make his brother Shang zhixiao the successor. He launches coup and takes control of the feudatory, announces rebellion, and joins other two feudatories. He demands Kangxi emperor to recognize his title. As soon as he gets what he wants, he defects back to Qing. He is not forgiven and is ordered to commit suicide, but rest of his family is spared in recognition of his father's loyalty to Qing.

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Devastating as always

[@tjxure]

awesome sauce

[@stimublu8570]

閻錫山 ever good content.

[@count487]

Very well done

[@METAMORFFF]

Hello Yan Xishan! I heard that you have removed access to many videos from your channel (in particular about the Chinese Civil War and the Sino-Japanese War). I was wondering if you are planning on making remakes of these videos with more accurate information and higher quality? It's your business, of course. I don't force you to do anything. I'm just curious

[@eduardovictorfurlaneto805]

I too

[@oajajaj]

She removed due to them having many mistakes

[@yanxishan6575]

These videos are much better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ine3l2xnidlrm9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIubkoubj9-qhJI

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

好久不見，應該是一兩年沒更了。 我始終覺得吳三桂就不應該停下，趁一開始局勢大好進軍江南才是正著

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

才發現你兩個月前更了😂

[@東皇太一-q3e]

吳三桂的失敗在壽命，應該壯年造反。

[@shinsenshogun900]

Rebellion of the Decade Begs the question if the Kangxi Emperor could be renowned far and wide in a world known to be troubled to the covetous ambitions of the French Sun King

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Which French king do you mean that idiot that the nobles control like a puppet?

[@akabn]

Wow! The map is like a RTX 3080 mode! Lovin’ it rn…

[@franzjosephikaiservonaustr5525]

Nice, new Yan Xishan video

[@NotFinnish]

Some dude defects to Zhou Some dude defects back to Qing Other dude defeats some dude, expanding Zhou territory Other dude gets defeated repeat

[@gabrielplese7516]

Wake up babe, Yan Xishan released a new video

[@FirstCommandmentRigorist]

best mapper there is!

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

Map is great, but make the video at least twice as long so that the descriptions about what is going on stays up long enough to at least pause at, if not be able to read it. There are some of the descriptions that are only up for maybe a frame or two.

[@billymartin2220]

It's not a perfect fix, but you can set the playback speed to half

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

@billymartin2220 yeah that's what I did, then watched it again at full speed once I had read everything.

[@pelsckopolesko]

Can you make some videos of the warlord era like a remade Zhili Anhui war and the Anhui invasion of Mongolia someday?

[@alwidahlan85]

I love Your new map

[@greathistorymapper]

Nice!!!!!!!!

[@You-zo3in]

Can you please do the 30 years war

[@edlcdmc]

Great detail, but the annotation goes away too quickly

[@justsomeguy1695]

Great Work Pal just curious but wasn't Beijing known as something else back then Also could you cover the Anglo- Sikh Wars, Mysore Wars or The Anglo- Maratha Wars? they are relatively quite uncovered conflicts

[@yanxishan6575]

No it was still called Beijing. You might be thinking of when it was renamed to Beiping during the Republic of China and the early Ming period. I don't really have that much historical grounding in India. I'm not sure if I'd be able to make a good video.

[@justsomeguy1695]

@@yanxishan6575 understood though I would sure recommend trying as they are relatively modern conflicts so the data available is probably higher

[@dragonrykr]

This is amazing! We literally learn nothing about the conflicts in China like these in European schools, I wish the curriculum represented it more.

[@RobertoLee09]

Salute for both sides soldiers. They are so brave to fight for freedom and glory. ❤

[@bvdrst]

I'm sorry, but could you please choose more differing colour schemes for the combatants in the future? I'm not sure whether or not it was due to my red-green color deficiency or just the map becoming more complex but I literally couldn't tell Zhou and Great Qing apart at any point in the video

[@Gustav_Kuriga]

It's your red-green color deficiency. For everyone else the colors are extremely different.

[@golonawailus4312]

finally new videos

[@stephmod7434]

Nice map.

[@CheezBoyz2009]

To be honest i like the old version of the map but your choice is your choice

[@Guwang_Yoo]

to be honest i agree because it looked clearer without the fancy terrain

[@Guwang_Yoo]

but this current map in its own way i think is beautiful regardless

[@sovietblobfish]

a tour de force of a video, a step above the general standard

[@Adonnus100]

Question, why did the Qing succeed when Manchu's population was so low? Did they have the loyalty of some of the Han? Why did those Han choose them and not the rebels?

[@yanxishan6575]

More Han were loyal to the Qing than to the rebels, in fact. Although the Qing were foreigners, they had ruled China successfully for 30 years and proven themselves capable of good governance. It's also possible that Wu Sangui's reputation was poor because he was seen as a traitor. Wu Sangui had first served the Ming dynasty, then defected to the Qing, and while in Qing service he executed the last emperor of Ming. In this rebellion, he claimed to be restoring Ming, but in actuality he sought power for himself. This may have contributed to his failure to attract wide support.

[@Adonnus100]

@@yanxishan6575 I see, that makes sense. Though I was under the impression that the initial Qing takeover was extraordinarily bloody, and no one liked being ruled by foreigners, but I suppose real history is more complicated than just that.

[@erlingqiericyice1977]

@@Adonnus100 A significant distinction between Chinese history and that of Europe or other regions is that China was not ruled by feudal lords but by county officials appointed by the emperor. Theoretically, all land within the nation belonged to the state. If a foreign power invaded Europe, the lands seized would undoubtedly have to change ownership. However, during the Ming Dynasty, all lands were owned by the emperor, so if an invader took control, the impact on the populace wouldn't be significant, since they were already without property. If such an invasion could bring peace and stability, people generally wouldn't object to being ruled by the invaders, as was the perspective at the time. In contrast, there was no land in Europe or Japan that didn't belong to a lord. China didn't have a nobility system. During wars, civil officials would command military generals. There were no lords and their knight protectors, nor any Japanese samurai and their daimyos. To fully conquer Japan, you would need to defeat numerous clans. To conquer Europe, you would need to defeat many duchies. However, to conquer China, you would only need to breach the Great Wall, as the Ming Dynasty's emperor had already disarmed the entire nation due to frequent rebellions.

[@ace74909]

they were pretty much invited.

[@KwongBaby]

i subscribed before but why it takes (3 weeks) quite long long time to push the video to me😢

[@inquisitor3255]

Why is it called the revolt of the three feaudatories if only two of the three feudatories revolted?

[@yanxishan6575]

At the beginning of 1676, the third feudatory did rebel, in fact.

[@inquisitor3255]

@@yanxishan6575 Oh, didn't notice it, thanks for the explanation. Also great work with the animation and extreme attention to detail!

[@andrefarfan4372]

Nice

[@TheTrueMichaelJackson]

What map do you use for your videos? For personal use.

[@yanxishan6575]

The map used in this video was based on one made by liucheng1972

[@alphana7055]

What was their endgame?

[@CannibaLouiST]

is it possible to make an 8k version of this?

[@yanxishan6575]

The programme I use to upload videos doesn't have an option to upload in 8K.

[@InfinnacageMusic]

ngl i cant tell these colors apart bc i have protanomaly (colorblindness). disappointing

[@seanryan9193]

Incredible detail, how do you make these maps?

[@nanamichihori]

Noice

[@Т1000-м1и]

Sounds like something from Harry Potter

[@tavishnundoo6002]

Question:What are your sources for your Chinese Civil War video about the KMT insurgency? Great video.

[@韩大-f5k]

是不是地图投影的中心点有点歪

[@Ehh_Chot]

old China dynasty is great. interesting history of chinese👍

[@hestofia1922]

國共内戰的影片怎麽刪掉了？

[@Cheez_Doodlezz]

KZbin community guide lines or som

[@oajajaj]

​@@Cheez_Doodlezzdeleted them to. To inaccuracies

[@kingdomofprussia5846]

I need a detailed map of all thise tibetean tribes they look amazing!

[@Πολιτεία-λ6σ]

Do they not understand that naming your dynasty after a previous dynasty curses you with being short lived? Smh smh.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

They should have been like the Romans. The ruler is the military leader who wages civil wars and kills the emperor

[@ReuterL]

The Ming Dynasty was originally the Wu Dynasty similar to the ancient Wu and the three kingdoms Wu Dynasty. They only adopted Ming Dynasty when they already defeated the Mongols Yuan Dynasty.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

@@ReuterL How when they say that Lobo and his brothers are just thieves

[@AmirhanAbishev]

Slides go way too fast imo. Video could easily be 10 min.

[@MaxTheLegend_YT]

gg

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

3 generals were actually rewarded titles of "kings" (王). Prince is rather a mistranslation on Wikipedia. The privileges granted were extremely extensive. They were allowed complete autonomy, had their own army, and were allowed to raise taxes on those provinces. Their children were married into Qing imperial court. Their titles were also hereditary and were allowed to pass to their descendants. 3 feudatories were way too big of a long term risk but Qing as a new dynasty weren't in a position to tackle the problem, earlier on when they were stabilizing their rule. After ascension, young Kangxi emperor wanted to abolish the feudatories by not allowing the position to be inherited. This resulted in the rebellion. Among the 3, Wu Sangui (later proclaimed himself as Zhou dynasty) was considered to be most instrumental to Qing conquest of Ming, and was awarded the largest territory. Wu was the guy who willingly opened up gates of Shanhai pass to Manchu, allowing them access to Chinese heartlands. Before this, Manchus were never able to break through great wall with their own power, so their attacks into China mainly consisted of limited small scale cavalry raids by taking long detour around Mongolia. The rebellion failed due to these reasons: 1. Lack of legitimacy. Wu tried to appeal to the support of the people, calling for "revenge for Ming Dynasty", even visiting and shedding tears at the gravesite of the last Ming emperor. But at the same time, everyone in China also knew that decades ago, Wu was also the guy who hunted down the last Ming emperor in Burma, and killed him by strangling him with his own hand to "prove" his loyalty to Qing. Wu was seen as a traitor to both Ming and Qing, and rebellion was met with limited support even among Han Chinese populations. 2. Lack of any unity among 3 feudatories. One of the 3 feudatories headed by Shang Kexi sided with Ming early on to stop other 2s rebellion. Later his son Shang Zhixin only "announced" joining the rebellion, but his agenda was only limited to Qing's recognition of his title, rather than overthrowing Qing. He remained relatively passive and limited his activities to around his own lands, and defected back to Qing immediately as soon as Kangxi emperor acknowledged his title. The 3rd feudatory led by Geng Jingzhong fought more actively, but they made mistake of backstabbing their Taiwanese ally, which led to unnecessary infighting. And he also made limited attempt to coordinate the rebellion with Wu's forces. 3. Wu Sang gui was too old by the time of rebellion, and died of old age early in the rebellion. His successor did not have the same charisma leadership or military ability, and rebellion was quickly defeated after his death. 4. Ming's ruler happened to be Kangxi emperor, who is considered to be most capable ruler in Qing history, and probably one of top 5 in all China's history. If Qing was headed by a weak emperor, there was a good chance the rebellion might have drove the emperor into abandoning Beijing, like how Ming did to Yuan dynasty. This of course did not happen.

[@taoliu3949]

"Prince" is a style used for rulers of territories that's smaller and/or with less rights than a Kingdom or Emperor. It comes from the Roman Empire title "princeps" that meant "ruler". The Feudatories had the title "Wang", but they weren't as independent as Joseon was. In this case, translating the Feudatory "Wangs" as "Princes" is appropriate. Translating as "kings" could imply that they had a degree of independence on the same level as Joseon.

[@wilcowen]

Omg hi

[@user-lb5uy8te6z]

按国际法画，国界以正式条约规定或双方约定俗成为准；（如果中原王朝和游牧民族订立盟约，约定该游牧民族属于中原王朝，那么该游牧民族地区属于中原王朝领土；） 如果一条线两边的百姓和军人可以自由进出，不用过边防检查，不用交进出口关税，那么这条线不算国界（除非线两边的政府都承认这条线为国界），线两边的地区属于同一个国家； 你设置行政机构并任命官员的地区算你的领土，无人居住地区如果你宣布是你的周边国家没有异议，也算是你的；（这就是为什么印尼13000个岛屿有7000个无人居住而且岛上没有驻军，但没有别的国家抢占） 2 按实际行政区域（州县制地区）画，羁麽地区、印度安人保留地、“同盟者”城邦、自治城市之类“一国两制”地区不算；萨哈拉沙漠、亚寒带针叶林、热带雨林之类无人居住地区不算； 3 无统一标准，怎么高兴怎么画。如无争议地区按国际法画，争议地区按实控画，涉及中国的争议地区（以及无争议地区）按最不利于中国原则画。 不要拿“实控”来解释西方地图把好多唐朝控制松散的地区画到国境外面。。教皇国只是法兰克的“保护国”不是附属国，没设置任何行政机构，也没任命任何官员，怎么就都画到法兰克国界以内呢。希望台湾的中文历史维基管理员能回答我一下

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Alice Taiyun was a Chinese follower of the evil Han Dynasty who killed the indigenous people without mercy

[@ACPET2]

Один Китай с другим Китаем напали на Китай по-больше

[@trifarianboi3043]

As always, Chinese civil wars are a bloody mess

[@Imperator_0131]

南方汉人军阀太不团结了，对南方的经济治理与人才选拔太失败了，吴三桂太老了名声也太烂了，这些原因叠加在一起促成了吴周最后的失败。

[@shileetan625]

1st

[@user-lb5uy8te6z]

同时期的阿拉伯帝国跟唐朝，阿拉伯领土的地区比例大的出奇。很多连人都没有的地方都被楼主放的图划入阿拉伯的领土了，如撒哈拉大沙漠。阿拉伯倭马亚王朝在政治建设、行政建置、内部凝聚力、统治结构组成等方面非常落后。倭马亚统治者对很多地区的统治力度实际上还没有黄巢之乱前唐僖宗时期的唐朝对长期半割据的河朔三镇的统治力度强，倒是跟晚唐对鸡林州都督府也就是新罗的控制力度有的一比。台湾人画的朝代疆域都是按照最小的画，比日本人更克扣，不知道中文维基有什么理由这么画？

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Chinese painting is better than stupid Japanese painting

[@attran720f]

More fps pls