THE RISE OF THE YUAN DYNASTY - MONGOL CONQUEST OF CHINA

[@luxborealis]

I was about to comment before watching that this better have throat singing galore, and then it immediately starts with throat singing. I love this channel.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Han Fei Zi (韓非) once stated: "If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become well ordered"

[@silvercorvidsmarketing]

Han Fei Zi, also known as "Chad Confucius".

[@riza-2396]

@@silvercorvidsmarketing Han Fei Zi invented legalism. Confucius and his teacher Lao Zi(or Lao Tzu, the Zi or Tzu is the same as cius in the word Confucius) believes humans are naturally born with kindness, but Han Fei Zi believes human are naturally born with evil within, law must be enforced to keep the order of the society. Because of this, Lao Zi's believers are Taoist who religiously believes any movement in the world should flow naturally, smoothly and effortlessly, people don't need to struggle to work hard for unnatural project like building the Great Wall. This leads to anarchism, they believe just like how cowboy isn't forcing but guiding the herd of cattles, the cowboy isn't forcing the cows to do something, the cows move freely, the cowboy just vaguely guide them. So these people thinks the lord(king/emperor) should also act like the cowboy, only acting as a shepherd to vaguely guide people, leaving most of freedoms to the people so they choose what they want to do by them selves freely. They are usually anarchists. Confucianism works with traditional culture and morality to rule people with moral. It's more rules compared to Taoism. But Legalism is totalitarian police state, every follow the extremely strict and cruel laws.

[@jingjianlu1126]

Growing up in Beijing, the remaining of khanbaliq is now actually a park called Yuan Dadu. Used to go there and play when I was a kid.

[@coryplum5375]

Jiande Gate 健德门, Anzhen Gate 安贞门, Guangxi Gate 光熙门 was 3 of the 8 gates of Yuandadu city wall.

[@never4ever386]

Interesting. But it’s good to historical referencing in local culture

[@za.monolit]

this is my favourite yt channel to learn Chinese history. thank you for your hard work.

[@yousefshahin2654]

Same

[@neilwalsh3977]

One of the most awesome series on the net - brilliant, and I love the pictures

[@frederikmetzmrch7018]

Hey, I don’t know if you remember me but you immensely helped my research for my IB extended essay regarding the modernisation of China and Japan (1850-1909). Finished that half a year ago but anyway just wanted to let you know that because of your work it turned out very interesting and successful. Thank you for your work and I wish you all the best ;)

[@History_of_China]

Hi Frederik! I do remember our exchanges. I am really glad to hear that your essay was well received and successful! Thanks for letting me know, all the best to you too :)

[@frederikmetzmrch7018]

@staymad3020 Sounds awesome it was a really interesting topic. I suggest you look into Kang Youwei for the essay. Good luck ;)

[@philodendron6]

Again a perfectly presented video, images, music, and words, coalesce into a vibrant whole. Brilliant, as one has come to expect on this channel.

[@neilwalsh3977]

History is indistinguishable from art, for me at times

[@O-pinyin]

I just wanna let you know how much I appreciate your content and the level of quality it has. And thank you for actually pronouncing each non-English name correctly. It's a courtesy that many educational youtube channels don't bother with.

[@koenigamd]

Accordingly to later Chinese Ming-dynasty record, the name Yuan 元 was first used in 1260, by Kublai Khan, took from famous Chinese book 易經 “大哉乾元” 。It is a tradition almost all 24 Chinese dynasties used, for the last two thousand years, from the same Ancient book of 易經 (I Ching). It is an established procedure to claim the legitimacy as new ruler of China, so to speak.

[@jenmb2679]

Thanks for elaborating. Im watching Marco Polo on netflix and i was confused when he said "yuan dynasty" and when Kublai says he is the great Kahn of Kahns and i am your Kahn

[@mathersmarshall8235]

Also, yuan dynasty compiled the "history-record book" for the dynasty before it(song dynasty). The act is also a tradition of Chinese dynasties. And their systems, habits and customs on many aspects are based on Chinese dynasties.

[@mathersmarshall8235]

@@jenmb2679 With respect to the difference between Mongol Empire and yuan dynasty, "History of the World: Every Year" on KZbin is a nice video to illustrate it. We can say "they are totally different because the former had died when the latter established" but can also say "the latter was a subset of the former". Generally speaking Mongol Empire split into pieces and one of them were yuan dynasty. So emperors of yuan dynasty are leaders of China and also leaders of Mongol Empire(so called great Kahn, meaning the leader of Kahns in Mongol) nominally because other pieces owned considerable autonomy .

[@leaveme3559]

​@@mathersmarshall8235what does yuan mean?

[@mathersmarshall8235]

@@leaveme3559 it means the origin or base (of the universe).

[@trenttuttle603]

Woo! Always wanted to know more about the Yuan Dynasty! Glad to have you back!

[@nirbangogoi34]

Truely ..me too

[@History_of_China]

Thanks!

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

It's pretty weird how the mongols, unlike the manchus, wanted China to unify and open to the world

[@Brandonhayhew]

Weird and pretty much opposites policy

[@uncommon_name9337]

Ironic isn't it.

[@BeveC21E]

And I loved that about them, the mongols!

[@neurotica5461]

@@Brandonhayhew I think its intentional. The Manchus really dont want their regime to last as short as the Yuan so they adopted the opposite of the Mongols' policies.

[@cavu2555]

weird discourse, the open policy is basically attributed to the enormous territory of the Mongolian Empire and the weakness of surrounding states. They saw no threat from the sea. However it was that loose policy that generated the devastation of Mongol interiorly rather than exteriorly.

[@Todsor]

As a Mongolian, i don't like that Khubilai abandoned the development of Mongolia and lived permanently in China. I would say he was opportunistic because China had infrastructure and manpower as well as nice taxing.

[@kwangle2622]

The Attila ost is really spot on, great choice my friend.

[@papichulo1337]

I know right totally an ost that needs more attention

[@liaml.e.5964]

I love Mongolian history, it is nothing short of awe-inspiring.

[@NeilSeth]

This is Chinese history

[@elendi_l]

​@@NeilSethYuan dynasty and empire are mongol origins not chinese

[@glengrieve544]

Really

[@IbhrahimBishara]

In reality it's Mongolian. Chiba was occupied by the Mongols. Yuan dynasty was just one of four Khanates of the Mongolian empire. ..and the Chinese absolutely can not claim Tibet bcos the Mongolians invaded Tibet and in reality they didn't even fully control Tibet in true sense ..

[@花梨-b8r]

这是中国历史

[@Zayachubatz]

Thank you very much for your content. As a Mongolian, it's very accurate and insightful. Hope many Chinese will watch it and stop distorting history, claiming Khubilai khaan and Yuan's dynasty are Chinese.

[@weibinwang-n9y]

现代基因检测，蒙古黄金家族是汉朝刘邦的后代，历史就是如此奇妙😂😂😂

[@jonghoonkim8688]

@@weibinwang-n9y개소리

[@wenrongliu-bv2tj]

他不承认自己是中国人他统治不了中国

[@jiangchoujiang]

以当今视角看蒙古族也是中国56个民族之一，就是中国人，正统黄金家族也在内蒙

[@mglbabe]

Hi from Mongolia! Great video. So impressive to see my ancestors stories. I recently did 23andMe and I had 0.01% Chinese, 6.6% Central Asia and Turkic traces and this makes so much sense

[@History_of_China]

Thanks for your comment! Stay tuned, I'll make a couple more videos on the Yuan dynasty :)

[@tomass.5540]

I hope you are able to do Videos on the Han, Tang, and Ming Dynasty Emperors someday in the future! Your Work is most Enjoyable and Informative to watch!

[@History_of_China]

Thanks so much! After the Yuan series (in which I won't cover each emperor because most only ruled for a short time), I think I'll do each Ming emperor like I did with the Qing :)

[@ImATiger-ci5ru]

Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Jin( Jurchen), Liao, Yuan, Ming, Qing and (maybe) the Last TianChao: Japanese Empire.

[@randomgrandprixrgp3440]

@@History_of_China especially pre Qin dynasty history will be great to learn from your videos. Eagerly waiting for those

[@fuzzyco.3336]

@@ImATiger-ci5ru he already did the Qing and late Jin dynasties.

[@doreensika837]

You haven’t upload in so long. Glad you when I saw your upload. Great videos as always.

[@History_of_China]

Thanks :)

[@taiwanclassicsongs2797]

I'm a Filipino but still loving the culture, music, wearings (traditional costume/national costume) and the place (China) can describe by a word "AMAZING", New year's in chinese that i really wanted to experienced. the Chinese movies influenced me to love all about China, i love all about chinese cultures and traditions, and one day i will travel and enjoy China, its part of my dream since i was a Kid and hoping one day, i will be in my destination.

[@meloph520]

Me too!! ❤️❤️

[@chloesantos5707]

Pangarap kong makapunta dyan pre sa mongolia

[@never4ever386]

Do you have any Chinese ancestry?

[@markusforsberg6741]

Awsome im looking forward to the next one and the ming dynasty.:D😍

[@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy]

My favorite channel rn

[@History_of_China]

Thanks for following for so long :)

[@tefstepho]

Beautifully done! I love the Yuan Dinasty's lore

[@History_of_China]

Cheers!

[@KingofPho75]

Thats crazy how kubla khan was able to integrate so many cultures during that time.

[@irfaandeelawar4492]

@Art Garfunkle thats why he became muslim?

[@mimorisenpai8540]

​@@irfaandeelawar4492he are Buddhist

[@jgbeerx]

Your channel is part of the i started learning Chinese

[@tc2334]

Yes!! I was waiting for this one!

[@coQsI9]

ça regarde sur la télé avec une 8.6... à bon entendeur ! merci à toi HoC; Robert

[@trueblueclue]

Very Bing Chilling

[@mika520sueanne]

finally..... i have been waiting!!!

[@asianbomb47]

absolutely love your videos! I was first here when there were fewer than 7000 subscribers, so happy that you are gradually getting the attention you deserve! Thank you for your work and keep it up!

[@History_of_China]

Thanks so much for your comment! Nice to have you following for so long :)

[@MrSky10101]

Amazing work

[@History_of_China]

Thanks!

[@huyhuy3837]

Love your channel and love the Yuan dynasty so this video is 👌

[@History_of_China]

Cheers :)

[@davidyoung2111]

I JUST FOUND THIS CHANNEL & LOVE IT! I cant stop watching all your videos. I love history & current world events, I've been around the world in the Marines so all of this is so fascinating, thank you so much. I would put you guys up there with Kings & Generals/Historymarche.

[@tc2334]

I’m so eagerly waiting for the next installment of this series!

[@History_of_China]

I'm afraid it'll take a while, but it'll come :)

[@tc2334]

@@History_of_China Then the wait won't have been in vain. :D

[@markusforsberg6741]

@@History_of_China when will the next yuan dynasty episode come out again will it be about a month or 2 months.?:D

[@johnstauffer4362]

This is truly amazing!

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@cesyneighistaut3451]

For the first time ever, China was about to Unite all of East Asia under Mongol rule, but Kublai had to invade Japan during Monsoon season

[@Ny67iff79-k2z]

Taiwan

[@glegos2281]

the king has returned

[@Gorlok_the_destoryer]

Aaah, my favorite notification!

[@yousefshahin2654]

Another day, another perfectly made video by history of China

[@christadauria4362]

One of my ancestors in my D’Auria-Doria Family Tree in Italy was: Demenco Doria visiting the first Yuan Emperor Kubali Khan in the Yuan Dynasty in China. The first Yuan Emperor Kubali Khan appointed Demenco Doria as the ambassador to Europe. Since January 1977 at Gallaudet University in my junior year, I still have done my research project on my D’Auria-Doria Family Tree in my longer Italian ancestral lineage in my family genealogical history in a fact. Very interested about Yuan Dynasty in China under the first Yuan Emperor Kubali Khan in Far East History course.

[@CARL_093]

keep it up sr your style is detailed and clear good job

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@Genethagenius]

Thank you so much for this documentary!!!!!!! It is EXCELLENT 🙌❤️🔥

[@History_of_China]

Thank you! Happy you enjoyed!

[@kylorokx1552]

Khan: Attack Japan! (Ver.2) Kamikaze: I'mma end this man's whole career.

[@mjs24]

What a great video! Keep it up

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@SoundYantra]

You make great videos dude, keep it up!

[@History_of_China]

Thanks! Will do!

[@homuraakemi493]

I love your videos I'm always waiting for the next

[@History_of_China]

Thanks! I'm afraid it might take about as long as this one to come out, because I've got so much work for the next few weeks :/

[@Alan-megan]

great video!! Subscribed

[@History_of_China]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

[@haider-bin-jamil]

I thought you were dead ;-; happy to see you back.

[@History_of_China]

Thanks! I have a huge amount of work at university at the moment unfortunately

[@haider-bin-jamil]

@@History_of_China same, good luck.

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

Wonderfully done. Thank you.

[@History_of_China]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@MacaGrano7000]

Great work, as always.

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@nomagea2684]

Many many thanks for this

[@kagekun1198]

Ghost of Tsushima piqued my interest in this dynasty and when your video shifted to the invasion of Japan, I was not disappointed

[@History_of_China]

I couldn't not use clips from it ;)

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

Excellent thank you!

[@TheLinKrust]

Thank you for a great video - informative and interesting

[@History_of_China]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[@pigsyJTTW]

Welcome back!

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@silentone11111111]

Another great detailed vid. Nice work 😀

[@History_of_China]

Cheers :)

[@micahistory]

great video my friend, you are so close to reaching FIFTY THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS!

[@History_of_China]

Thank you so much! I'm there now ^_^ Nice of you to comment and thanks for following me all this time!

[@micahistory]

@@History_of_China no problem man, may your channel grow even more

[@markusforsberg6741]

hallo again working Hard i guees.?:) after this documentary that will be relesed soon.! And will it be soon a documentary about temür khan.?:)

[@matthewmann8969]

One long extended, expanded, accelerated, elongated, enlarged, envisioned, encased, enclosed, encovered, and enclosered kind of history

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

unlike the ccp version?

[@РоманВасильев_Су57]

Unfortunately, nothing was said about the long war with the descendant of Kaan Ogedei - Haidu Khan. But he had his own large khanate, which occupied half of modern Mongolia, East Turkestan and most of the former Chagatai ulus of the Mongol Empire (now the territory of the Central Asian republics of the former USSR). Khaidu did not recognize Khubilai as a kaan and claimed the throne in Karakorum until 1303. The war with him was very difficult for Yuan and, in fact, a losing one during Kublai's life.

[@FREakingSANe89]

Awesome content ❤

[@lucytanss4787]

Thanks very clear n precise. Your putonghua pronuciation v good!

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@fedecano7362]

I love every bit of your content! Keep it up please, this is my first real contact with chinese history and I'm gratefull to you for that! xié xié!

[@History_of_China]

Thank you so much! My next video covering what happened to Yuan China after Kublai's death should be released tomorrow :)

[@YuuSHiiiN]

Just a few clarifications on the Mongol pronunciations: The name "Mongke" is pronounced more like "Munk" and "Ariq Boke" like "Areeq Bohe" in the Mongolian language. Your pronunciation of Khublai was pretty close. When Mongolian people say the name, they pronounce it like, "Hu Bu Lay". The ones you used here are closer to the Chinese pronunciation of Mongke and Ariq Boke, as well as occasionally the western pronunciation of Khublai, which is understandable to make it easier for people to follow; not putting a knock against you or anything like that. Overall though, another solid video. Keep up the good work!

[@History_of_China]

Thanks for your comment! This was definitely a first for me, cause I never studied Mongolian contrarily to Chinese. I'll try to improve for the upcoming vids :)

[@YuuSHiiiN]

@@History_of_China No problem, man. It's pretty normal for most people to be unfamiliar with the Mongolian pronunciation unless they've been to Mongolia or know someone who is ethnically Mongolian and speaks the language. It was the same for me before, until I visited Mongolia and learned it from a native Mongolian friend who lives and works there. On a side note: Mongolian is extremely difficult to speak fluently and correctly pronounce a lot of the words unless you're a native speaker of the language.

[@lt419]

Yes, that's how China became as big as today thanks to this Mongol ruler. Great video.

[@知-k3q]

The Tang Dynasty in China was bigger than this, and the Mongols at that time were still one of the many servants on the grassland ~

[@lt419]

@@知-k3q You keep telling your fake story, you might as well start believing in it...

[@知-k3q]

@@lt419 Who is Mongol Shiwei? Is this a fake? So the Mongols were born in 1206?

[@mxn1948]

no. the chinese territory today is due to the Qing dynasty. after the yuan fell, china only controlled the chinese heartlands and bits of manchuria(they did the control of whole thing out to siberia but only for a small amount of time). Ming china lost control of Xinjiang, tibet and mongolia(or rather never conquer it in the first place). Qing china, assimilated Mongolia and reconquered tibet and xinjiang, they also retook taiwan. the republic of china would then lose control of outer mongolia but kept control of xinjiang. tibet would be de facto independent but never actually declare independence. the PRC would then win the civil war and take over all the former RoC areas except taiwan. and of course they also retook de facto control of tibet.

[@lt419]

@mxn1948 Oh really. I advise you to read this book by John Man: The Mongol Empire - Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China, which is one of the historical sources where he tells that thanks to Mongolian ruler Khubilai khaan, China became as big as today.

[@orchideenblumeblume6585]

My 14th grandfather Is Temüçin known as Gengiskhaan ☺️ I have Royal blood I have the biggest family in the world.

[@JunaidKhan-pq8ji]

3:44 does NO ONE learn that executing Mongol envoys won't bode well for their survival?

[@ElBandito]

Usually by the time they learned the lesson they wouldn't survive it. ;)

[@Delinaaaa22]

I missed your voice 😊🤭 and your informative content 👌

[@History_of_China]

Thanks!

[@SiriProject]

2:16 There's a fantastic action film of these events, called "The Fortress" (2017). Funnily enough, was directed by the Squid Game guy!

[@hoangpham5508]

Nope that movie is about the Manchurian invasion of Korea not the Mongol

[@thari_za]

Hey, this is an amazing video, what software or app do you use to create your videos

[@History_of_China]

Thank you! I use both GIMP for image editing, and Sony Vegas as the video editing software :)

[@andrewbatist6355]

thumbs UP !

[@PureVikingPowers]

The Khmer Empire had during its peak in the 11th to 13th centuries, the largest city in the world Angkor

[@calvinsuu1949]

When the newly formed mongol nation sent diplomats to the song dynasty, they said something like "our empire is like the ocean, yours is but a handful of sand, how can we ever fear you?..."...well, they should have

[@dannycccat]

What a pity...The culture and economic activities of Song dynasty are very remarkable....

[@roberthossen8354]

I never knew about the tributary staes, thank you!

[@Vienna3080]

Its interesting how the Southern and Northern divide of China started from here, the borders of the Late Song follow almost the same divide as all the Southern Dialects

[@Cecilia-]

The yuans or Mongols were great invaders. However, what they were good at is also what led to their downfall. They failed at managing what they concurred.

[@XtremeGuy34]

LOVED IT

[@History_of_China]

Glad to hear it :)

[@AsIf-pz9kt]

Really underrated channel

[@History_of_China]

Thank you!

[@emgailinhka6979]

The Yuan's invasions of Vietnam took place in 1283-1285 (second) and 1287-88 (third). Kublai appointed the defected Prince Trần Ích Tắc as the puppet king of Dai Viet because of the reigning Trần Nhân Tông refused to pay tribute.

[@carljohnson8470]

What happened to the ly dynasty? (dai viet)

[@emgailinhka6979]

@@carljohnson8470 In 1224 the 8th Ly king Hue Tong abdicated and became a monk. His 8 year-old daughter Ly Chieu Hoang became the queen of Dai Viet. In 1226 the Trần family managed to get Trần Cảnh married with the Queen, and thus he became the king. The Lý family's 210 year-rules over Dai Viet were over. People of this clan feared of being persecuted, many changed their surname to Nguyễn. The last son of 7th Ly king Cao Tông, prince Lý long Tường, fled to Korea and became the ancestor of the Hwan Sae Lee clan in Korea. However that account came from Korean sources. Previously, according to Korean accounts, another Vietnamese prince arrived in Korea in 1128 after wandered northern China. Like neighboring Southeast Asian kingdoms, the Viet kingdom under Ly dynasty erected stone inscriptions by kings, royals, and Buddhist monks. No mention about the two princes in these inscriptions.

[@carljohnson8470]

@@emgailinhka6979 thanks for sharing knowledge

[@carljohnson8470]

@@emgailinhka6979 i don't understand vietnamese but i saw a cartoon about ly dynasty most of the ly king are talented they are very kind especially during ly thai tong reign

[@emgailinhka6979]

@ᜋᜌ᜔ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜐ the vassalized Dali kingdom in Yunnan did provide troops to the Yuan army during three Yuan invasions of Dai Viet and Campa 1258, 1283-1285, 1288. Yunnan was a transition zone between Southeast Asian, China, Tibet, India. The biggest consequences of the Yuan invasions of Indochinese kingdoms (Burma, Campa, Dai Viet) were Yuan military weakened, disintegration of Burma, large-scale Tai migration, destruction and decline of both Campa and Dai Viet, gunpowder firearm technology transmission to Southeast Asia.

[@debapratimdhara6599]

Great work. Can you suggest some movies or series related to the Chinese history?

[@History_of_China]

The Last Emperor (1987) is a cinematographic masterpiece which I 100% recommend. Series about Chinese history are usually more romance or martial arts based (or pretty nationalistic and historically inaccurate). The 2010 Romance of the Three Kingdoms is very enjoyable though (but keep in mind it's based on the novel, not historical reccords) !

[@christodharma]

Netflix Marco Polo series, only 2 seasons but it does worth watching!

[@theawesomeman9821]

You should have mentioned that the Mongols gave lots of rights and advancement to every Chinese group that were an underclasses prior to Yuan rule, like the Dali, Koreans, and the Dai.

[@mxn1948]

like what rights?

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@mxn1948 like being able to declare banckrupcy which was an exlusive right for Chinese citizens

[@theawesomeman9821]

@lati long the Korean nobility often intermarried with the ruling Mongols.

[@黎央-d1e]

As a Chinese, I must say that your statement is wrong. Before the Yuan Dynasty, it is difficult to say that Dali, the Dai people are the nation of China. The Korean nation has even maintained its independent status to this day. So they can't say that the past is inferior. Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, all ethnic groups were not equal. The Yuan Dynasty discriminated against the Han nationality, the majority ethnic group in China, and the Mongolian nationality held a high position, and appointed other ethnic groups from Central Asia (Semu 色目人) to oppress the Han nationality.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@黎央-d1e before Yuan, the Han Chinese oppressed everyone who wasn't Chinese, during the Yuan only disloyal Han Chinese from the Southern Song were oppressed

[@emgailinhka6979]

The Mongol Yuan invaded "Vietnam" mean they invaded Dai Viet and Champa. Dai Viet was not Vietnam. Vietnam as a name didn't appear until 1804. Champa was not Vietnamese. But historically we can call Dai Viet and Campa "medieval kingdoms of Vietnam". Vietnam is a modern multiethnic country that the Vietnamese Kinh don't present all.

[@History_of_China]

Thanks for your comment! You're right. When I said Vietnam, I used the term in its geographical sense. I hope this clears up things :)

[@Napoleonic1804]

Just when he gone he came back

[@edralynabanaii9502]

Here because of Empress ki

[@РоманВасильев_Су57]

About 色目人 se-mu-ren as "people with multi-colored eyes": it is a common mistake. The fact is that in this combination of hieroglyphs they are not translated literally (色目 - "multi-colored eyes"), but are translated according to similar combinations of Chinese terms of the 12-14 centuries. And then these signs (色目) conveyed the meaning of "all sorts, all kinds, others." Therefore, this category of Yuan people meant "all kinds, other (than the Mongols), people".

[@derche4005]

Привет, извините, ты говорит по Китайский?

[@weldlord2746]

good video

[@markusforsberg6741]

Hallo and happy new year.:D🍾🥂🎆 how far have you come with the new documentary will it be relesed this week or the next.?:D

[@History_of_China]

Happy New Year!! I've finished writing and started looking for pictures, but it's truning out to be much harder than I expected. It's also pretty long so I'll likely make it in two parts! Not sure about how much longer it will be though, but I'm working hard on it!

[@bobmorton7814]

The more that is learned about Kublai Khan, many will learn how he was possibly the greatest ruler in history. He moved much of civilization forward. Benevolent at heart, he did what he did until he could do what he truly wanted and that was to create a more peaceful, prosperous, scientific, ordered and free society. Also, he helped the artists, architects, and astronomers in their creations. He created a national school system. So much more....you can look it up.

[@ZhangK71]

“Benevolent at heart” ahahahaha, I’d hate to see what evil looks like to you

[@知-k3q]

However, Kublai Khan is a traitor to the Mongols. He took the initiative to unite the Han people to establish the Yuan Empire. The state system, culture, writing, and language all use the Han nationality, and the United Song Empire destroyed the Mongolian Empire inherited by Ali Buge!

[@mxn1948]

idk about "forward". the song was as close as any civilization got to the industrial revolution without actually going through the industrial revolution. his society was not free at all. or did you miss the entire part about the 4 classes of people and how being the wrong race(the han for example) meant you could never hold an important post in his government? national schooling isnt new, hell the first emperor even closed all schools except those he ran and had control over what they taught. Kublai is great in the sense that he picked up the pieces left behind by the brutal mongol conquests, and put them back together, and at least in his lifetime, most lives were getting better compared to the wars before him.

[@过客-g4c]

可惜忽必烈之后蒙古人治理国家不行，一直内斗。

[@winterfrost4879]

Because of the large size of the Mongol Empire, the Yuan dynasty had the most foreign influence of all dynasties. It was the most foreign regime to rule China

[@georgehirsch9152]

Thank you so much!

[@History_of_China]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@426mak]

Another great video. However, wasn't there some controversy about Marco Polo because there were no Yuan records naming him?

[@History_of_China]

That's true. There is some doubt concerning Marco Polo truly going to China at all. To my knowledge, Marco Polo did enter official service in the Yuan dynasty, however he must have been a pretty minor official rather than an important governor. Ultimately, we probably shall never know unfortunately!

[@tzufbb]

the mongols shall never die not then not never

[@Gaheku]

Oh my god it's here boys, strap yourselves in it's go time! Interesting tidbit - I was in Beijing and the old ruined walls of Dadu are still visible to this day, and at the imperial examination school there are standing stones with academic graduates from the Yuan Period - the imperial examination system continued after Kublai's death (they have specific areas separating Academic graduates from the Ming and Yuan period)

[@tc2334]

I live in Beijing and I confirm this. The Yuan Dynasty is my favorite, so I like finding tidbits of it around the city.

[@Rheinund.]

Yuan Dynasty💪💪💪

[@goodnessakinbinu1849]

Thanks so much

[@dbuyandelger]

Interesting. Your spelling of Ariqboke in Mongolian reads Aricboke with the sound “ch”. But a quick search of wikipedia spells it like you did. However, the Chinese wikipedia has the Ariqboke spelling. Which one is correct tho?

[@andromeda4812]

🦃🇲🇳🎪

[@History_of_China]

That's a good point. I've never studied Mongolian, so I had to trust the bitchig scripts I found. If anyone knows Mongolian and the bitchig script, please reach out!

[@beckaenkhtuya1081]

It’s hard to write that name by the pronunciation. I’d say Ariqboke makes the most sense, as it’s supposed to be hard G and not K. If we were to spell it with Aricboke, it’ll be pronounced with K which isn’t correct.

[@freyaglynyen9627]

Still waiting for thT day you daily upload

[@Rothima123]

Mongols invaded Khmer Empire 2 times, failed 2 times. Khmer armies were powerful of SE Asia at that time. But to avoid future invasion, Khmer decided to pay tributes to the Mongols.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

I don’t really see History of China having a discord server as of yet.

[@markusforsberg6741]

Hallo how does it go with the new documentary soon done or is it still lot of Hard hard work left.?:)

[@steve5123456789]

20:00 What's happening with Taiwan? Is it an independent nation or it's under mongol rule?

[@History_of_China]

At this time, Taiwan was inhabited only by indigenous peoples (aka Taiwanese aborigines). It wasn't a unified nation, rather sets of tribes coexisting throughout the island.

[@steve5123456789]

@@History_of_China Interesting I didn't know that and I'm surprised no one grabbed it as a colony early on.

[@History_of_China]

​@@steve5123456789 I think there are mentions of expeditions to the "Eastern Islands" in early Imperial China, although historians aren't sure if these were Taiwan/the Pescadores or not. When the Dutch and Spanish came in the early 17th century, they were quick to establish settlements there, though (but rapidly driven back by Ming loyalists chased out of China by the Qing dynasty)

[@steve5123456789]

@@History_of_China Loyalists or nationalists being driven out of China to Taiwan seems to be a historic trend. There must be some irony. So the islands technically belonged to the Spanish Empire or Dutch Empire and only really became a talking point in the 17th and 18th century.