Badly Translated Chinese History

[@starvharv]

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[@christopherpietramala6283]

You deserve way more subs than you have

[@Ham10285]

@@christopherpietramala6283he does

[@disneydaniel3163]

Can you do bad translate in Walt Disney’s history?

[@doctortwilight]

I'm surprised you got a sponsor. I'm happy for you.

[@linkfreeman1998]

First Starvharv sponsorship lets go

[@nicholask7566]

10:18 It took me a bit to realize that "Music Industry" was likely the translator messing up the "Song Dynasty"

[@Katonato]

omg amazing catch lol

[@stevemc01]

"Music Industry loses 50000 villagers to cannonballism"

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

OMGSH I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT!! It makes sense, because it was the Song Dynasty that fell to the Mongols.

[@CapnBlud]

​​@@Kingdom_Of_DreamsIt's not about the Mongol empire yet at that point tho.

[@mmaxine1331]

That's my last name too! 😂

[@NSBlanchi]

I just love the idea of He dying, coming back to life feeling livid and the only way the man is able to cope with his fury is to re-establish fucking Atlantis

[@nordnow]

He is truly the greatest human to have ever lived

[@HungryWarden]

He is an amazing character, I would actually watch a movie about Him.

[@zerogravy7446]

He got fed up with getting killed on land

[@hanchen267]

@@HungryWarden and Her and Me

[@ketchie666]

Is He one of the 8 immortal?

[@lockefosho46]

HE died and understandably became angry lol

[@LastGoatKnight]

He died but he became so angry to Sue that he revived himself

[@Average_NPC_Viewer]

3:57 he was so angry he decided to build an entire Ocean Empire

[@blazi2293]

He is a gamer

[@The_whales]

I like HE lore

[@qoombert]

33 years later

[@pepitomov]

As a Bulgarian myself, yes we really need to have some of our people be held accountable for corruption and tax evasion

[@CapnBlud]

As a Ukrainian, I'm actually surprised it was Bulgarians instead of Ukrainians. Edit: but specifically corruption first and tax evasion second, because the other way around would be extremely ineffective for many reasons.

[@hedgehog3180]

You can have an exchange program with China where you hold them accountable for your own corruption and tax evasion.

[@pepitomov]

@@hedgehog3180 it's all fun and games until you find out that we had a joint initiative for improving freedom of speech with North Korea in 2014 😂😂😂

[@MagisterialVoyager]

omg, spill, bestie.

[@Average_NPC_Viewer]

considering how chaotic chinese history normally is, i‘m not surprised that google translate completetely tears it apart and replaces it by random stuff or HE lore

[@andyfriederichsen]

Even compared to European history?

[@Average_NPC_Viewer]

@@andyfriederichsendefinitely

[@samuraijackson241]

Oh you think the history part is messy? How about the mythology part?

[@homemovelha4173]

>chao ling takes power >247 million perish

[@ExtantPerson]

@@andyfriederichsenOh, absolutely. China’s history makes European history look like a well-organized conga line.

[@XiranJayZhao]

The Eight Immortals is actually a real thing in Chinese mythology lmao

[@ThePiotrekpecet]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@victordefinitely2165]

!?!?!??!

[@jack101starZ]

Wow.

[@kirabad-artist6532]

Everything culturally right and wrong with He Lore when?

[@gudmansal3468]

also, one of them literally represents he and another represents she

[@lordrobertus]

About the 8 immortal persons. I think we know at least 3 of them: He, She and I

[@SashatheKing7]

My Belief: 1. He (1:52) - (2:03) (Beginning of the Universe - Now) 2. Me/I (literally everywhere) (Beginning of the Universe - Now) 3. Wang Man (6:57) (300/- Now) 4. Xi Jinping (1:29) (At least 1890 bc - Now) 5. She (12:36) Beginning of the Universe - Now) 6. Joe (Biden?) (0:58) (At least 1985 BC - Now) 7. Pope Francis (11:27) (At least 1289 - Now) 8. Hui Nanji (4:05) (At Least 139 bc - Now(?) (BONUS) 9. Taylor (Swift?) (16:55) (No more Himmler.)

[@idioterpakunkakolan]

@@SashatheKing7 Immortal might just mean they don't die of old age, so the group making up the 8 Immortals of Hong Kong could have different at different times. Oh this has so much lore potential I can feeeeel it.

[@howdoipickaname9815]

Together they are... *WE*

[@MatchaLatteIsLife]

@@SashatheKing7 I'm pretty disturbed by this parallel universe where Himmler is still alive

[@SashatheKing7]

@@MatchaLatteIsLife OH.

[@erinsgeography3619]

i like the way that after canton was destroyed, the video went on with guangdong being a sea in the map

[@kiloanempress8943]

I actually picked up on that

[@Dude-vq3oe]

Me too!

[@Penguin4096-si9fz]

Yes, because me, as a Guangzhouer, lives in the sea. It's very beautiful, and there are corals everywhere /jk

[@erinsgeography3619]

@@Penguin4096-si9fz of course! Guangzhou and Atlantis are my favorite underwater cities. They have a special place in my heart 💗

[@Penguin4096-si9fz]

@@erinsgeography3619 thanks

[@MichaelRosen-wz4ru]

"The third peaceful transition in Chinese history" 💀💀

[@SakhotGamer]

Yup sounds about right

[@埊]

hcaung cany pran mranma prats brunei.

[@NahMyTurn]

The only inaccuracy is that the death toll is too low

[@Kingklownmemes]

@equilibrum999 translation?

[@埊]

@@Kingklownmemes no idea but it just sounds burmese enough.

[@newyorkedit0r]

1:56 It's okay, HE fans. HE has died several times before and immediately comes back to life. He's fine.

[@Goofyahh_shark]

True

[@orbrat212]

There are 8 immortals and presumably HE is one of them

[@thegreenberretwearingbrony9678]

HE has played this game twice so

[@henriouellet8416]

@@orbrat212 maybe SHE and ME are also immortals?

[@eroth1008]

@@henriouellet8416 SHE seems likely, seeing how long SHE lived. StarvHarv has hinted at ME being the translator, so that'd be quite the twist...

[@TalesofDrCreepYPasta]

Well, looks like I need to add "the masked train", "the blue bus" and "the immortals" to the list of important people/groups of people in the badly translated cinematic universe.

[@crabmorgan]

the 8 immortals sounds so omninous, wonder if we'll ever see more about them

[@LudovicoPetroleumScallywagVII]

@@crabmorganthey already are, 八仙

[@brendo1143]

@@crabmorgan arent he, she and siblings part of immortals? This is important lore

[@Travelerfrom2024]

​@@crabmorganI think He, She, the narrator and He's siblings are immortals. Maybe the French tourist too

[@Moehre040]

@@Travelerfrom2024 i mean He, She and the narrator for sure, but since this is the first (and consequently the last) time the siblings are mentioned maybe they aren't.

[@zyvernious]

"There's a lot of death going on" that about summarizes Chinese history

[@vaiyt]

Chao ling seizes power

[@Cpt_John_Price]

@@vaiyt .....the entire chinese population died.

[@shadowatch4767]

I'm glad the translator knew to interpret RoC as Russian Orthodox Church. It would've been a lot more confusing if it had implied that there was more than one China in China.

[@SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by]

🇹🇼☦️🇷🇺🤣😭🤣😭

[@aramos3639]

@@SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7bypray to the Taiwanese orthodox church 🙏

[@SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by]

@@aramos3639 基督教三民主義

[@toasterinfact]

Китайская гойда получается

[@listman3865]

Long Live His Holiness Patriarch Ching-te of the Taipei Patriarchate

[@RollinCar]

"HE built the Ocean Empire AFTER continental Europe" implies that either the empire was modeled after Europe or (more likely) that HE built Europe.

[@data4miya]

HE is the Earth's worldbuilder?? No way!!

[@impermanentLucidity]

The blue bus, the masked train, the eight immortals, He being Muslim.. this one has brought in so much lore.

[@PhilipTrouble]

HIM being muslim was pretty much hinted at already, considering HE built a mosque in the 6th century ad

[@DraxxDarlok]

He was Muslim long before Islam was founded. HE is pretty amazing.

[@robertjarman3703]

That is an excellent choice for a user icon by the way.

[@duncanharrell5009]

HE being Muslim is an interesting twist. HE must have either lost his faith or reconciled it sometime after the Russian Revolution since HE was “the youngest son of the Soviet Revolution”

[@hedgehog3180]

@@DraxxDarlok Does this imply that HE is the archangel Gabriel since Gabriel was the one who delivered God's revelations to the prophet Muhammed?

[@Ugotsomemilk]

1:40 Finno-Korean Hyperwar reference by translation software Pog

[@OnxGrid]

The part of history of mankind that often forgotten by most historian 😔

[@aataloan]

He is HIM

[@TalesofDrCreepYPasta]

Well duh.

[@CodyIsAGremlin]

Him is He

[@Joshi_Mayd]

no

[@aataloan]

@@Joshi_Mayd Boo this man

[@Joshi_Mayd]

@@aataloan Boooo!

[@aataloan]

The masked train and the 8 immortals vs He and She

[@some-jk4nx]

sounds like the title of a movie series that is going on for too long

[@aataloan]

@@some-jk4nx milking the series and reviving He 5 times before introducing a side plot where She and the masked train fall in love

[@MCOmegaX123]

I'm pretty sure He, She, and I (maybe You as well) are part of the Eight Immortals. Them, Hui Nanji, and... His brothers?

[@three_mr_three]

I think that the masked train is able to transport the immortals through time

[@vtet]

15:22 i massively appreciate how canton is gone from this map for the entire rest of the video. true commitment to the bit

[@ducksongfans]

I was confused

[@dr_frog01]

Canton was so bullied on this video that it escaped from this reality

[@ilariolee2911]

In The Real World British Gets Hong Kong Until 156 Years Later 15:23

[@The-Plaguefellow]

The thing at 2:55 is surprisingly coherent, as some of the earliest metal coinage in China were actually shaped like various types of knives/small swords, now fittingly-termed "Knife money". One other notable coin shape that some early Chinese states produced were in the shape of spade/shovelheads, "Spade money". Kinda surprised that that first one managed to get by translation-butchering mostly intact.

[@anush_agrawal]

Today I found out why chinese use knife money. Always thought it was a translation error.

[@ManfredDudesonVonGuy]

11:22 "Elvis has claimed the Mandate of Heaven" got be so bad and idk why

[@youtubeconnoisseur3215]

Can’t wait to see what it does with the taiping heavenly kingdom

[@maciejbala477]

turns it anti-Bangladesh, classic

[@Slayer-gj7ti]

I participate in the scholar bowl in my state (like a trivia game for students in different schools) and your WWII video literally helped me get a question right because I randomly guessed Chiang Kai-Shek

[@Flowxrz0]

Is HE one of the 8 immortals?

[@SashatheKing7]

My belief: 1. He (1:52) - (2:03) 2. Me/I (literally everywhere) 3. (Heinrich?) Himmler (6:05) 4. Xi Jinping (1:29) 5. Shinzo Abe (WW2 Video) 6. Joe (Biden?) (0:58) 7. Pope Francis (11:27) 8. Hui Nanji (4:05) (BONUS) 9. Wang Man (6:57), 10. She (12:36), 11. Taylor (Swift?) (16:55)

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodbi6207]

What about HIS siblings, or are they not immortals?

[@wheniexist]

สกิบิดี้ เธอก็รู้ว่าฉันรู้สึกเวียนหัว ดยุคเดนนิสปั่นป่วน, ไก่เซนาทฟานัมภาษี โอ้ คุณ อยู่ในริซเลอร์ของฉัน โอ้โอ้โอ้โอ้

[@SubjectYeti]

he is one of the elder immortals, who rule over the immortals

[@Wilson-AM]

Yes

[@ShantanuShinde1]

I like the idea of Figs being sentient and having their own civilization in secrecy, having their own wars and even landing on moon

[@milanbeerepoot4260]

They also had a war according to american history

[@modlich_303]

new lore drop: ther eis the "8 immortals" He She I You and He's brother(s) and possibly more

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

You forgot some chinese guy, which was 8th one.

[@Niinkai]

You forgot Hui Nanji!

[@modlich_303]

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 oh yeah, and him

[@Yeet-mp6ci]

The masked train and the blue bus

[@dominiklehn2866]

what about the guy who got ressurected in the rome video i think it was

[@CekalaStudios]

I can’t wait for the Wikipedia page to be made about this series and so Starv can do a badly translated on it

[@NovabitsYT]

Her: "I swear he's only a friend" *The wang man:*

[@noeenricodomanais2517]

16:57 Without Brother Hao, there will be no Taylor series of reforms✊

[@MagisterialVoyager]

without him, there would be no 'taylor's version', s/o to brother hao lol

[@SouthboundFS]

16:29 The NRA refers to the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

[@soapsatellite]

It's funnier if it's the gun NRA

[@OHakkinen_]

I love when StarvingHarvest posts

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

18:15 - As a Bulgarian, I can confirm that we should be held accountable for crimes such as corruption and tax evasion.

[@caim3465]

Remember, "HIS name is Bulgarian"

[@len9505]

14:10 Probably referring to a time when the four great classics began being considered the four great classics. "Red is a human dream" is probably "Dream of the Red Chamber," also know as "The Story of the Stone."

[@TheHiddenMarty]

6:00 Bro ain't no way! I was browsing GOG as you mentioned it!

[@mizukittyakinyama]

not anymore, it's out

[@heihogreenzx4704]

7:22 I had no idea that GB was a historical figure! Guess his debut wasn’t in Mario’s Madness after all.

[@fyrep0w3r]

I was reading a book recently and there was a character they kept referring to "He". The book was from Warhammer 40K. "He" is The Emperor of Mankind. It all makes sense now. An immortal being (or at least someone who won't stay dead) of unfathomable power with mysterious goals fucking with politics through history.

[@SanDaniel9668]

What's the book name

[@thenutella8846]

Pretty much.

[@hedgehog3180]

If He is the God Emperor from 40K that honestly explains a lot about that universe.

[@ringuyenthi-z7x]

0:27 Ah yes, the first Vietnamese kingdom: Van LangE Didn't know HE had an entire state on his contact list but not surprised.

[@yadinejoe12]

I just see it funnier when StarvHarv made it into a random Dutch guy

[@thenutella8846]

When HE calls, everyone in Vietnam picks up the phone.

[@shqip_sumejja]

He is definitely one of the 8 immortals

[@Bunny_Bill]

1:20 HE has siblings!!! Add it to the scroll!!

[@acelim6259]

As a chinese, I would like to say this is the funniest shit I've seen in a while

[@Penguin4096-si9fz]

agree

[@datmelonblob]

agreed

[@MagisterialVoyager]

i understand how mandarin and cantonese work and can speak a little, so i can imagine that the translation goes CRAZY, which explains why this lore is so unhinged. "masked train". pls, lmao.

[@anowarjibbali]

As a Bangladeshi, I don't know what we did to Hans Xiaoguan.

[@hedgehog3180]

Don't act coy.

[@thepooterengineer6633]

13:10 hold up. >australian navy encircled >navy encircled OMGGGG SPUDGUN REFERENCE!?!?!

[@hedgehog3180]

Can you make dreadnoughts out of bananas though?

[@depressedbudgie]

Guys wake up starvharv remembered his accounts password

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I found this quite a funny (and nonsensical) version of Chinese history! He, She, and Justin (I) are back (and He has siblings, too), there are eight immortals (which, again, I assume include Him, Her, and Justin), some historical figures (like the Pope, Himmler, and Joe) are not where they are supposed to be, and for some reason, the People's Republic of China is an enemy of the Russian Orthodox Church (probably because both the Church and the Republic of China are "ROC"). Also, I just realized that "I" is depicted with a picture of Robert Downey, Jr... probably because he said "I am Iron Man"! Thanks for the video!

[@Shoebil]

0:23 Of all people, [Glenn] Danzig becomes the king 😭😭😭

[@definitelynotanimposter1670]

That is the best profile picture I have ever seen

[@Shoebil]

@@definitelynotanimposter1670 this is the 3rd comment i got regarding my profile pic and it always makes me smile!

[@liliya_aseeva]

Omg I spilled my tea when Tsai Yingwen was appointed the head of the Orthodox Church :D

[@RatsAreNice222]

Russian Orthodox Church, not the whole Orthodox Church.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@RatsAreNice222 Real shitty of her to not support the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

HE literally became too angry to die.

[@Charles_Smithe_UwU]

Starvharv is like friday. He comes once a week and he never dissapoints us.

[@saurkrauet]

Everyone is always giving attention to the HE lore but no one talks about the writer lore (aka, the thing referring to itself as I )

[@ukraineballaviation1483]

the writer's name is Justin

[@iwuedfh]

i mean recently, people have been giving some love to ME as well as HE

[@iwuedfh]

@@ukraineballaviation1483 Justin, Matt to be specific

[@LlamasAtMidnight]

I have! I is my favorite character

[@FailurePlaysGaming]

"I killed a man..." "hello" WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN

[@queru1ous]

Love to see both the editing and your narration getting better, funnier and more unhinged with each episode

[@specil-k]

1:35 the final ripples of the Finno-Korean Hyperwar.... simpler times

[@RogueBulb]

I love how the Song Dynasty become the music industry

[@anonymoususer188]

Hilarious as always. The cinematic universe of badly translated history continues to grow.

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

"China is Japan." I'm sure that neither of them will have an issue with that sentiment.

[@Graatand]

1:37 17:24 Something, something Finno-Korean Hyper War

[@len9505]

8:15 Tang-Sui dynasties were defeated at the Talas River

[@PoTruBu]

4:09 Hui Nanji, He, She and Me. We know four of them, but who are the four another?

[@spynetgaming2210]

There are four me's

[@SashatheKing7]

My belief: 1. He (1:52) - (2:03) 2. Me/I (literally everywhere) 3. (Heinrich?) Himmler (6:05) 4. Xi Jinping (1:29) 5. Shinzo Abe (WW2 Video) 6. Joe (Biden?) (0:58) 7. Pope Francis (11:27) 8. Hui Nanji (4:05) (BONUS) 9. Wang Man (6:57), 10. She (12:36), 11. Taylor (Swift?) (16:55)

[@Mustafa-6331]

You forgot about You so we know 5 of them.

[@MultinationalCrabLegion]

Maby the masked train as well?

[@randomaccount349]

@@spynetgaming2210 Four ME’s that we know of

[@jimb9063]

Superb. Just finished reading about the Champagne Army and their terrifying BlitzKrug tactics.

[@clewrites]

The period around 6:40 makes just as much sense as the actual Sixteen Kingdoms era that actually started in the 300s.

[@aamacan]

Wow these translation really are accurate to real world Chinese history. "Zhao is crowned Emperor then 12 billion people instantly perish along with some other unexplainable shenanigans."

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

He: before 2366 BC-1076 BC between 1076 BC-1043 BC-54 between 54-111-275 b. between 275-431 b. 1389 11 December 1617-29 December 1890 after 29 December 1890-1893 after 1893-3 September 1914 after 3 September 1914-18 January 1915 b. between 18 January 1915-3 July 1915 8 March 1990-at least 10^106 + 2024 She: b. 1485 Me: before 1906 BC-1323 b. between 1323-1690

[@degariuslozak2169]

Welcome to translation feud, with your host Starv Harvey

[@NovabitsYT]

As the translation quality decreases, the video quality increases

[@acer48]

2:11 king of the king of the king of royalty

[@anthonyminimum]

The King of the King OF the King of Kings of the King of Finland and the King of Shanghai and the King of the King of the Buddha and the King of Jesus Christ and the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of China

[@mhsteamupbro]

2:31 The two world ending events! NOOOOOO

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

lol Elvis claiming the Mandate of Heaven is the funniest thing to imagine 😂

[@object-official]

3:36 Supposed to be Qin Shi Huangdi

[@Jacob-Jack]

the record scratch at the shocking news of His death was just perfect, it all was so sudden

[@punbug4721]

19:48 Canton is still gone. Good attention to detail.

[@5POKY]

1:06 As a jew, this is DEEPLY concerning

[@The_Creamster]

How will we operate our space lasers now😢

[@RandooGaming]

then the translator mentioned himmler too, something is up

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

I agree, for AncestryDNA tells me that I am 38% European Jewish!

[@MagisterialVoyager]

any cultural explanation on "attached to son"? i'm sobbing, what happened there? lol.

[@eduardobarros3986]

2:56 Curiously enough, there was an ancient chinese currency composed of coins shaped like swords.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

This is one of my favorite videos yet! I didn't learn any Chinese history in school mostly, but the jokes ad translations are so good😂

[@acactus2190]

Chinese history without the translationis already one of the weirdest topics lmao, and now coupled with the power of google translate I cant even comprehend.

[@heihogreenzx4704]

Ah, He’s siblings, We, They, and Ye. Well, I can’t wait for Acient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Spanish, or Indian history, or whatever’s in store next!

[@soapsatellite]

We've gotten Spain and India, but not the other two

[@CosmicTherian]

6:55 first time I’ve ever heard StarvHarv angry

[@AstroEli133]

9:44 He became two intestines, not an intestine.

[@punkspockispunkrock]

smartass 🤬🤬🤬

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

Many months ago, I remember asking for a badly translated Chinese history video because I knew the flooding of the Yellow River would come up a few times 😂 Not even a bad translation can keep the Yellow River from flooding!

[@D2RCR]

17:03 Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Taylor's Version

[@mranima748]

Communist Manifesto: Taylor’s Version

[@hedgehog3180]

Facebook posts your boomer uncle would share.

[@seekerofnothingness]

A new inspiration for life being a Game Boy? Makes sense

[@rridderbusch518]

StarveHarv's image is damn good-looking !!!

[@TheKriegsmen]

12:29 nobody knows about the crimes of Portugal’s in 1557 What did they do?

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

13:16 There was an emperor that committed suicide by hanging when the kingdom was slowly falling into chaos. It was the fall of the Ming Dynasty, before the dreaded Qing Dynasty (rule of the Manchu clan who were very cruel to the Han people and their cultural values).

[@埊]

if they were cruel then why did the 清 dynasty outlive the 秦 dynasty?

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

@@埊 Qing dynasty managed to succeed for a long time because of the strength of its government and its slow but steady process in unifying the people within its growing borders. But they imposed very harsh laws, one of which was the adoption of the queue hairstyle. It went against Confucius' cultural laws of filial piety, but anyone who refused the queue was executed for treason. This upended cultural values that had shaped China for over a thousand years, and by the time the Qing Dynasty fell, the people had been so disconnected from their ancestors' values that the old styles never returned. Communism was right around the corner, so it never could have found its way home anyway.

[@z.z3842]

@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams thank to all the traitors

[@kwamesmith3214]

The queue by itself wasn't the problem... I believe it was shaving off most hair that was against Confucian regulations. Earlier Jurchens/Manchus apparently had much less hair on the body with a thinner queue. By the late 19th century, it seemed that male subjects were allowed to leave more and more hair on the scalp. Made the Hong Kong films set during the Qing look funny because the actors didn't want to shave, so it was just a queue​@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams😂😂

[@jonathanehn3525]

HE is like Talion from Shadow of War. No matter how many times HE dies or faces shame, HE always gets back up.

[@michaszymanowski5582]

If we assume that He, his brothers, She and I are all immortals alongside Hui Nanji (since they are basically incapable of staying dead), then there are two other immortals we are yet to discover.

[@Ritz1256]

What about Xi Jinping? He's been there since at least the 1800s BC and nobody seems to give him the title

[@MagisterialVoyager]

Rommel also returned to life in WWII. IDK whether he died after that timeline, though, LOL.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

@@Ritz1256 i see a pattern of modern figure being planted in these translations, because Shinzo Abe appeared at least twice in WWII, lmao.

[@personwhoexist8884]

I like how Canton is permanently gone after the British destroyed it.

[@Demynnfire]

Super funny as always; but there's lot of audio popping or artifacts after like every word

[@HighPriestFuneral]

232 AD... That's Three Kingdoms, what even happens in 232 to warrant this? Hmm... Zhuge Liang isn't dead for another two years. Is Zhang He killed? Oh, I just looked it up. It's the year Cao Zhi died. Cao Cao's son and one of the best poets of the era. I have no idea how that got translated as "GOG is Out". 254 - Gee, the whole Sima family is being called Himmler here! I know the Sima weren't the best people around, but that's a bit much Justin... That name drop of Zhang Fei becoming "Han" is so strange. What is even stranger is he's one of the only historical characters to be mentioned without any mistakes, though he's 200 years removed from his time, haha.

[@Yoylekoso]

I have a theory. HE is probably one of the 8th inmortals, & SHE probably is too. I/Me/Justin, Matt might be an inmortal too, since he keeps appearing on every video of the series.

[@Tekdruid]

11:40 I bet he meant morning wood.

[@LendriMujina]

2:59 I looked up the untranslated timeline and... it turns out _that is literally what happened._ From about 600 BC to 200 BC, big knives were legal tender.

[@claudius3359]

Coin tied to a shape of a sword or literally little swords used as money?

[@LendriMujina]

@@claudius3359 Both. From what I'm able to gather, some were genuine bronze blades, while others just took the shape. They don't appear to have been standardized much, though they did all have inscriptions that set them apart from things meant ONLY to be used as blades.

[@claudius3359]

@@LendriMujina Interesting can you give me links to wherever you found the info?

[@hedgehog3180]

@@claudius3359 Wikipedia has an article on it.

[@DisKKJ]

These series had a lot of weird moments but poorly translated chinese history takes the cake as the most batshit insane thing ever.

[@federicocalvo7660]

1:35 finally we know the lore behind the finno-korean hyperwar

[@Samuel-vw4yv]

“The Gambling Children” legitimately sound like a gang

[@declanhughes4107]

It's amazing how little half the video had to do with Chinese history, even for a badly translated history video

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

0:58 Muhammad wasn't even born and yet people were already converting to Islam

[@mybodyisamachine]

Shia islam no less

[@alexrator7674]

1:35 so the real winner of the finno-korean hyper war is shanghai

[@johndewberry5426]

Love these videos. Funny enough, I started thinking about doing the bad translations on this vary topic about six months. I kept starting and stopping because I was starting from the very beginning of the timeline going through every year- I never got far I was actually in the process of finding a way to recommend this idea today when I noticed that this was your most recent idea

[@Madmanof]

1461: Ancient celebration: The monkey led by the general of the Nine Kings climbed the mountain and was trampled on the territory of the Mingbei river. You know, this actually makes sense.

[@Meme-2038]

8:28: was able to recognise this as the battle of suiyang because of all of the hunger and burning, although the translator appears to have messed up cannibalism