The Three Kingdoms Period explained in 4 minutes ( Chinese History )

The Three Kingdoms Period explained in 4 minutes ( Chinese History )
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History of the Chinese three kingdoms period explained from the yellow Turban rebellion and the fall of the Han dynasty to the Jin Dynasty. Major events summarized.

[@alaricthescholar2517]

Imagine if HBO made a show on this? It would make Game of Thrones look like a minor series of family disputes and skirmishes!

[@weisun124]

you can watch a show called three kingdoms made in 2010

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

If HBO made something like this, it'd be worse than GoTs last 2 episodes lol

[@bobbybigpotatoes7360]

@@weisun124 plus there is a very good subbed version free on youtube

[@amiaw12]

They would cast caocao as black guy🤣

[@TheAceLewis]

@@amiaw12 black and transgender and lesbian. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@LV_427]

3:40 Correction, *Jin* is the name of the dynasty that succeeded Cao Wei and conquered Dong Wu. The clan that usurped the Cao clan of Wei is *Sima* clan, led by Sima Yan, who was later crowned as Emperor Wu of Jin. And Zhang Jiao wasn't killed by the imperial army. He died of natural cause, which led to the Yellow Turbans fracturing and weakening.

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

3:27 weren't Shu and Wu allied at this point?

[@LV_427]

@@nobblkpraetorian5623 the alliance collapsed a few years later because of territorial dispute between the two factions in the southern provinces.

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

@@LV_427 But the alliance was reestablished after Liu Bei's death and lasted until Shu's fall wasn't it?

[@RetconCrisis]

@@nobblkpraetorian5623 What actually happened was that Shu was already being invaded by Wei at that point. Wu knew that Shu's fall was inevitable, so Wu sent their forces to try to grab as much land from Shu as possible before they surrendered to Wei. However, the Shu general Luo Xian managed to hold off the Wu attack. When Shu surrendered not long after to Wei, Wei sent reinforcements to help Luo Xian, so Wu couldn't take any of Shu's land before they surrendered even though they had sent some of their best generals to take them.

[@doomphus]

No Zhang Jiao was killed in action.

[@sompret]

Do not pursue Lu Bu

[@ernestwong7011]

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[@LV_427]

The dislikes are from people who pursued Lu Bu

[@Dragons_Armory]

@@ernestwong7011 LU BU CAME TO SEE THE COMMENTS?

[@martytu20]

Omar Albarghouty the man who committed patricide twice.

[@StardogChampion06]

Do not adopt Lu Bu

[@user-df5is8jy6n]

When I was a child my mother tells me about romance of the three kingdom or she often called it 'samkok'. She always tells me that Shu is the righteous, Wu is the 'two face', and Wei is the evil. But after I read the history, I realised there are all bad in some ways hahaha

[@awesomedr6916]

William Wong the videos s made a mistake. shu isn't the correct name of that country. It's called Shu Han (Shu represents the area and Han is the actual country（Court) s name.) Simply calling them Shu would make the court be separatism because only Han had 100% legitimacy during that age.

[@JohnDoe-gn4xj]

I'm sure if you ask the Wu's they are the righteous the Shu was the two faced and the Wei is the evil lol

[@yuejin1776]

really😱 Shu righteous (LuiBei is nice right?) Wei evil (well maybe bc of Lord TsaoTsao we need a strong leader) wu two face

[@tekst3r]

romance of 3 kingdoms (三国演义） is fictitious. read the true history of 3 kingdoms （三国志）

[@Verxx-sc2tl]

@@JohnDoe-gn4xj just because liubei often switch sides doesn't mean he's not righteous, he's the only one who tried to do the right thing for common people among other kings. Too bad his son was an incompetent buffoon. While wu's rule is so hated because of their paranoia and tyranny that sun family's rule ended by the betrayal of their own people, The Sima doesn't even have to do much capturing wu.

[@ZDY66666]

One of the best dramatized history pieces with the best mind games and story archs ever!

[@coltdelarge5317]

I know about the three kingdoms from dynasty warriors lol

[@mwrklester632]

Destiny of an Emperor on Super Nintendo

[@stanleycooper4285]

Hahaha yes I love those games!

[@wstsyd883]

Same thats all iknow dw 5 was the best

[@AmericanRX]

Same

[@nikeolas]

I got triggered when Jin was in orange and not light blue/turquoise

[@AidanMartin]

your videos don't disappoint , really appreciate them

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

China has a beautiful history.

[@KBKim-jt6uj]

It was the brutal period.

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

Imagine how 45 million population shrink to 30 million.

[@KBKim-jt6uj]

well.. i think your talking about romance of three kingdoms. It's a novel. fiction.

[@UnderstandingCode]

hai.

[@serbaserbi6004]

Thats dark period of humanity. Killing or killed

[@robertlvlien321]

More China! Love ancient Chinese dynasty history. Love your channel

[@totalwarlegendary326]

Definitely!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Awesome Vid Epimetheus. Chinese History is not my strong point so I learnt a lot thanks! :D

[@SxVaNm345]

Ancient History Guy His videos are always helpful starting points.

[@ahmedbassam400]

@@morimemento8351 me too

[@活摘台蛙的蛙腦]

龘、鱻、麤、灪、爩、飝、齾、虋、钃、麷、鼟、鼒、讟、灥、彚、羴、搻、霙、靏、靇、犇、巉、淾、鈫、曑、厵、觽，

[@thegeneshistorian553]

I love this video

[@Caldera01]

I would recommend a live action TV series called Three Kingdoms, produced in 2010. It's like Game of Thrones, except... ya know... real.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Would love to hear an even more in depth view of this period of China's history

[@sodori]

Read the Romance of Three Kingdoms - it's a historical novel based on this particular period. I'd say it's probably one of the best traditional Asian literature to be written.

[@thegeneshistorian553]

Im thinking of making a video about it

[@acosta2493]

@@thegeneshistorian553 please do.

[@hawke3539]

Play Dynasty Warriors..its a good intro to the complicated history of the period..

[@thomasbayer1843]

There is a decent reading of the whole novel in the 80 hour podcast "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast", by John Zhu. I just finished it a week or so ago, and I recommend it. Also the 2010 tv series "Three Kingdoms" is very well acted. The novel is regarded as 70% fact, and the Three Kingdoms tv show is I would say 60% factual. The broad strokes are pretty well established history.

[@briant.5858]

Now I can play Total war 3 kingdoms when it comes out.... Lol

[@octapusxft]

I did not knew that there was a total war game for that, thanks for the heads up

[@davidrosner6267]

Thank you Epimetheus for shedding some light on a fascinating period of Chinese history unknown to many people in the west. The third century AD was turbulent for the Chinese as it was for the Romans in the west.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Violent times

[@davidrosner6267]

@@EpimetheusHistory, times of troubles.

[@bigfenix8272]

I wonder if there was something going on throughout the world that ties the two turbulent eras together - climate change, disease, etc? Were there any common catastrophes?

[@long19990]

@@bigfenix8272 小冰河时期，中国最后一个汉人王朝明朝也是死于小冰河时期，同时期欧洲正在因为天灾问题而猎巫。😢

[@mohamedsyed5977]

I just started listening to the China History Podcast two days ago. The episode on the Three Kingdoms was so confusing I really needed this. Thanks alot

[@GKS225]

This is only but an overview, the Three Kingdom period has a lot of fascinating politics and military intrigues that are worth learning. Still, kudos for squeezing it into a 4 minute video.

[@IKNFLY666]

The Warring States period 500 years prior Three Kingdoms, Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty (First Emperor) is equally fascinating, it’s incredible that these historical records written two thousand years ago are so well preserved, even more amazing that Chinese Hanzi writings changed little for two thousand years, thus most contemporary ordinary Chinese people can read and understanding ancient Chinese text, whereas elsewhere require highly trained historians archaeologist to decipher the ancient texts.

[@CatroiOz]

You can thank bamboo scrolls for that ! They preserve extremely well !

[@cuzimmoody6470]

Arabic is the same way the only language where its speakers can communicate with their ancestors up to 1400 yaers ago almost fluently.

[@al8731]

Good to se you back man.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Good to be back :)

[@philRminiatures]

A rich, complex and most interesting page of History...Gret vid, lovely animations and explanations....

[@nodosa994]

Great video, and straight to the point. I am wondering, would you ever do an entire video, focused on each of the three (Empires or Kingdoms?) of Wu, Shu and Wei?

[@vincently1995]

Three Kingdoms Era 220: 1800 Years Ago 2021: 1800 Years Later

[@MsgRevan]

Fantastic explanation video! I was searching for a really simplistic overview of the time period and you certainly delivered. 100% Thumbs Up!

[@NinesteinZhao]

too simple, can't explain how brilliant that period is

[@Armorius2199]

Wonderfull video Epimetheus, your animation and scetches are far superior than when you had started.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thank you Argyrus 47, always trying to improve

[@blackchang1981]

If you are a fan of the "Dynasty Warriors" series you know the story...and are enjoying this breakdown. Great video.

[@Jordio.Gaming]

I would like to recommend you guys to watch this series. It's a more in-depth version of Three Kingdoms from Cao Wei Dynasty to foundation of Jin Dynasty. You can expect a game of thrones epic scenes from these 2-part series. Totaling both: 86 episodes if I'm not mistaken. The Advisors Alliance (2017) (大軍師司馬懿之軍師聯盟 ) - Part 1 It tells the skirmish of the Three Kingdoms. - Cao Cao reign from Chancellor to Prime Minister - Cao Pi reign after Liu Shan the last Han emperor abdicated his throne - Cao Rui reign - However the focus of this series focuses more onto the Sima Family in the Cao Wei court. Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon (2017) (大军师司马懿之虎啸龙吟) - Part 2 It focuses more on Sima Yi's role, obstacles he encountered while facing internal and external conflicts. - Cao Pi / Cao Rui reign period - Corrupt eunuchs and vile princess from the palace - Death of Empress Dowager - Sima Yi's role as a general on field against Zhuge Liang: (Battle of Mount Qi, Battle of Wuzhang Plains, Liaodong campaign) - Cao Fang reign (young emperor) - Cao Shuang plans to dethrone the young emperor - Cao Shuang family and relatives execution of 3-generations - Sima Yi prime power and natural death

[@richhartnell6233]

Thank you

[@Linfamy]

Must admit I enjoyed how the historical figures kept falling over 🤣. Would love a more detailed video of the three kingdoms period :)

[@Linfamy]

@10 OG what's the name?

[@doomphus]

Linfamy Although some of it’s stuff are fictional

[@durhiguin2926]

@@doomphus. No. There are two version one fictional novel and the other history record.

[@CC-sj8ez]

You can watch this historical video starting from EP29 . After comparing a large amount of historical data, this video should be the most accurate. English: kzbin.info/aero/PLOrf2h5ONlwW65dLPiKN65NBuf7ivKPk-

[@MrLolx2u]

I can expand more on what happened in sequence but not the actual time though. Here goes: - Rise of the Yellow Turban Rebellion led by Zhang Jiao - Dong Zhuo beat Zhang Jiao and became a tyrannic dictator while calling himself "emperor" - Yuan Shao had the actual emperor as hostage and forms a coalition to battle Dong Zhuo - Coalition formed with Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and his sworn brothers and his best general Guan Yu & Zhang Fei fighting under the banner of Cao Cao (Also another Yuan Shao ally) and the last ally, Sun Jian - Under pressure by Yuan Shao's coalition, Dong Zhuo burnt and sacked Luoyang, the then-capital of China and moved it to Changan while abducting the emperor from Yuan Shao (Confusing innit?). - Sun Jian was the 1st in the ruined Luoyang and found the imperial seal which gave him the right to claim himself as emperor but he did not - Dong Zhuo was killed by his men back in Changan - Cao Cao went on to wipe out the last pockets of Dong Zhuo's resistance led by his general Lu Bu and killed him - The alliance continue pursuing the end of Dong Zhuo's clan and succeed but now the emperor is in Cao Cao's hand - Cao Cao expanded his territory in the Xu and Yan province while moving his base of operations into Xuchang - Meanwhile, Liu Bei set up "shop" in the western part of China of present-day Sichuan after killing his general - Cao Cao retaliated and utterly defeat Liu Bei's forces while capturing his family and his sworn-brother, Guan Yu - Liu Bei was forced to run deeper into Sichuan - Guan Yu served Cao Cao for awhile before being released back. Due to miscommunication from Cao and his forces, Guan Yu and his lord's family were halted and Guan Yu slayed all those that stopped him. "Cross 7 checkpoints, slayed 6 generals" became a saying - Cao Cao defeat the indecisive Yuan Shao at Battle of Guandu with just 1/4th the size of Yuan's army - Yuan Shao died 2 month after the Battle of Guandu due to sickness. Could be an illness that's depression related after his fatal loss at Guandu which saw his whole army being wiped - Sun Jian died. Sun Ce, Sun Jian's eldest son took power and ruled the Wu territory of present-day Jiangdong region - Liu Bei continued conquering west into Sichuan - Liu Bei and Cao Cao go back and forth for the Central Plains - Liu Bei managed to employ Zhuge Liang as his advisor - Liu Bei also managed to employ Pang Tong - Pang Tong sacrificed himself for the army to escape and create a reason for Liu to fully take control of Sichuan - Sun Ce died due to some "mysterious injuries", his younger brother, Sun Quan, took power - Cao Cao decided to attack Wu and claim the whole Jiangdong region as his through Chibi aka "Red Cliff" - Zhuge Liang was sent by Liu as an envoy and to parlay with Wu into an alliance - Alliance with Wu achieved after the request by Liu to be "loaned" the Jing province by Wu (Wu claimed that to be theirs) and returned it to them after Wei has been defeated - Cao Cao met Sima Yi and employed him as his son's tutor. Found him too cunning and promised to never give him military powers - Cao Cao attacked Chibi - Both Liu and Sun's forces smashed Cao Cao's navy and camp. Cao Cao fleed back to Xuchang with a broken army and morale - Liu Bei never returned Jing Province back to Wu but instead send Guan Yu there as vanguard while Liu attacked Cao's territories - Zhou Yu, the viceroy of Wu and supreme commander, dies. Lu Meng took his place as viceroy and supreme commander - Sun Quan got fed up at Liu for not giving Jing Province back and plotted with Cao to take Jing back - Liu Bei attacked Fancheng and wanting to claim credit, Guan Yu left Jing Province unattended and headed north to Fancheng to "help Liu attack Cao's army" - Lu Meng plotted to take Jing Province then but then fell sick. Passed the attacking role to Lu Xun - Lu Xun and Lu Meng swoop in and took Guan's generals Shi Ren and Mi Fang by cutting Guan's armies retreat route in half - Guan Yu and his adopted son, Guan Ping, were both caught as POWs and executed for not cooperating - Liu Bei lost the whole of Jing Province to Wu - Cao Cao suffered a serious illness which was known to be a brain tumour later on - To avenge Guan Yu, Liu Bei left Fancheng and attacked Jing to claim it back at the Battle of Xiaoting which he lost - During the mobilization to take back Jing Province, Zhang Fei, Liu's 2nd sworn-brother was assassinated by his own men and brought Zhang Fei's mutilated body and decapitated head to Sun Quan as a defection gift - Liu Bei grieved for months while allowed Cao to recover his lost strength - Cao Cao collapsed from his brain tumour and died before restoring his military back to full strength - Cao Cao's son, Cao Pi, took power with Sima Yi still being his adviser and suddenly became Prime Minister with Cao Pi declaring the Wei Empire (He was actually near that status before Cao died and due to his delirious state, broke his own promise and gave military powers to Sima Yi) - Rest of the state started declaring themselves as Kingdoms/Empires with Liu's territory as Shu-Han and Sun's territories as Wu - Liu Bei died a year after the disastrous defeat at Xiaoting (He lost 3/4 of his 500,000 strong army) - His son, Liu Shan took power with the old and shrivelled Zhuge Liang still premier - Zhuge Liang, knowing that Cao Pi is weak, launched a Five Campaign Strategy to force Wei into their territory but failed - Zhuge Liang died just before the Battle of Hanzhong Pass - His dead body was plopped on a chair and his hands were moved by his troops to mimmick that he's still alive and all was but a ruse. Sima Yi, the leading commander, took the bait and retreated while never firing an arrow - Wei's forces retaliated at Xingshi but got routed and never attacked Shu Han for a couple of years - Sun Quan quickly reattack Shu Han but failed - Many years passed and the battles went back and forth - Cao Pi died of illness and Cao Rui, his son, took power - Cao Rui dies and Cao Fang, his son, took power - Sima Yi suppressed a rebellion against him and forced two of the rebel commanders to commit suicide while wiping out their families. Sima Yi would die a year after the revolt due to old age - Sima Shi, Yi's son, stayed and became regent (Prime Minister status) - Only rebelled against his waning power from Cao Fang and successfully deposed him - Cao Mao was placed in power and Shima Shi died to an injury wound during a revolt and died shortly after with his brother Shima Zhao taking his reign - Sun Quan died aged 70 and Sun Liang, his son, took power - Under the immense pressure from Wei and Shima Zhao, now after their shallow victory with Wu, Shu Han cannot take it anymore and surrendered to Wei. Now, only Wei and Wu were left - A few more skirmishes passed and rebellions happened on both sides - Cao Mao openly went against Shima Zhao and was stabbed to death during a conflict on Shima Zhou's mansion - Shima Zhou completely gained leader status in Wei - Shima Zhou dies before gaining leadership, Shima Yan gained his father's status and power - Yan quickly attacked Wu and not before long, united the land - The Jin dynasty was born with Shima Yan as emperor of all of China and his ancestors as various Princes and honored as the creators of Jin which marked the end of the Three Kingdoms Period of China.

[@Alan-megan]

WoW great information. Thanks for your great effort. 👍👍👍

[@zombieoverlord5173]

Sounds like you're making your own fiction book on the events of Three Kingdoms

[@MrLolx2u]

@@zombieoverlord5173 Except it's not. That's how chaotic the events were in Three Kingdoms due to historical annals.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

@@MrLolx2u Then it's wrong, Imma just show what's wrong with the first one "Dong Zhuo beat Zhang Jiao" Dong Zhou got his ass beat by Zhang Jiao when he tried to assault Zhang Jiao's forces who were firmly entrenched in the city. It was Huangfu Song who was the general who defeated Zhang Jiao and the major forces of the Yellow turbans in the north

[@MrLolx2u]

@@zombieoverlord5173 Just because I omit some details din't make it wrong. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there's tons of different factions trying to weed the chaos out of existence and Huangfu Song is just one of the generals in the Han court that did extremely well in ridding the factions. Dong Zhuo himself came towards the east from the Xiliang west where he was stationed and despite early on being beaten, he did bounce back and eventually DID play a part in the final victory against Zhang Jiao. Again, just because I omit the others like Lu Zhi, Kong Rong, Liu Cong as the rest who played major roles in the counterattack means I'm wrong. I just din't want to waste soo much time elaborating everything that went down as that would pull in waaay too many people when I typed that shit out as my brain can just hold that much information or else the whole thing would take years to type as there's at least thousands of names you have to remember in order to list who the hell in involved in the entire of the decay of the Han Empire to the fall of Jin.

[@razorbird789]

This was very simplified. It would have been nice to make it 8minutes long to detail how the three leaders rose to power. For example the showdown between the Yuan and Cao families decided the fate of the most important cities and the end if the Shu-Wu alliance resulted in both being destroyed

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

That’s a nice new video sir and hope you have a happy 2019 Epimetheus

[@vinhny2406]

I been waiting for this for so long, thank for making it. I been reading the book and fell in love wit the time period so I hope you get into more detail if you can it will be interesting

[@alonecypress8972]

Love China From Iran 🇨🇳 ❤️🇮🇷

[@pikopika6264]

2 ancient empire!

[@lukelarssen7072]

not the game on Thursday🙂

[@看不惯我又干不掉我]

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[@TheRetallicka]

When are you guys gonna finally rise up and take down that awful government

[@christopheryu17]

Kyle R And replace it with what? something worse? No, thanks. And please worry about something else.

[@OviD11111]

This is another great entry in your catalog of videos, thank you! If you're still looking for suggestions, I'd very much enjoy a video on the history of the Khmer Empire (since 800 CE).

[@StefanMilo]

Great video, lots of parallels with the Roman empire

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Very true

[@miliba]

@King Wiwuz IV well rome kinda did when italy was born, but thats like comparing a fly to an elephant xD

[@dxvkhoi]

@King Wiwuz IV Diversity is a part of nature. Even if you start as 1, through generations, it will diverse away. What you're stating is failure to have these diversities to think and work as one. Chinese is a very complex society with numerous ethnicities and languages - they said those languages are dialect however you wont be able to understand if you know one and not the other - no difference from speaking Spanish and English. This is their way as working as one, consider it as dialect instead of languages.

[@fangjieyin5339]

Jules Brags Rome and Byzantine did send envoys to China, first time in 166AD. China even try to do it earlier, but the envoy was mislead by Parthia.

[@Leifenguard]

@King Wiwuz IV I would say that the Chinese identity was formed officially after the Qin dynasty after the Spring Autumn period, despite the fact that there are many different ethnicity and cultures that were captured, they underwent very rigid assimilation processes. The Chinese system of governance was not the same as the Roman system of governance where multiple cultures are as tolerated. The Han dynasty was so great that people who are technically different ethnically clings to that identity and consider themselves Chinese. So no, the culture of China was not homogenous in its origin, it is only homogenous through very rigid process of killing dissidents, assimilation and the the remembrance of past national glories and identities that their ancestors were a part of. It's likely that is what China is currently doing with Xingjiang and also the Tibet region right now.

[@charlielee5906]

Great video, this is one of my favourite history topics

[@doomphus]

Thank you! I always wanted want you to make this! Well done.

[@jonathanmaldonado7913]

the three kingdoms period is so fascination to me. i first learbed about it when i was 4 in a gme called dynasty warriors. fast forward 9 years later to now. i am 15 and have been playing dynasty warriors since. it made my interest in history what it is today. that game series brought me so much and i love it. i love dynasty warriors and the three kingdoms period and history all together. without dynasty warriors, i wouldn't who i am today. great vid. now i can't stop watching your other videos.

[@jagvillani338]

Very good summary of the period. You manage to hit all the important points without ever getting caught up in the weeds.

[@emmasbooknook4576]

The way you draw faces is so good! Good video!

[@gentlesirpancakebottoms6692]

I fell in love with the three kingdoms period because of the Romance of the three kingdoms games, kessen 2 and Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom. I'm excited for Three kingdoms Total War, I really hope they get this one right since the three kingdoms era is a childhood facination of mine together with the sengoku jidai period in Japan which they nailed with Shogun 2:)

[@Arthirias]

Even though Kessen 2 is the is the worst butcher of the history of RotTK, it was my first exposure to it and one of my favorite games and got me into the real history of the era. The game was amazing, the music, the gameplay, and the fun characters. If you are going to make up crap like Lui Bei fall in love with Diao Chan and make up characters like Mei Sanniang, make sure it is on par with Kessen 2's quality. People that love history will dig for accuracy, just get them interested in the characters and story. Really helps thar Dynasty Warriors did try to be more accurate and was all over the place to give you a hit of the era. Thank you Koei!!!

[@gentlesirpancakebottoms6692]

​@@Arthirias Yeah Kessen 2 is the worst of the Kessen games and is so quirky but it introduced me to the three kingdoms era on a more personal level and in a different way than other strategy games or games in general and the music and atmosphere is excellent. The story is pretty dumbed down and messed up though. I don't understand why. The first kessen game did a very good job of telling the actual story with a few artistic liberties. But then it focused only on one spesific event and its outcome rather than the first part of the three kingdoms era.

[@StarBoundFables]

Very interesting! & your animation was well done. Thanks for sharing

[@sjappiyah4071]

Excellent video once again!

[@iraqimapper8625]

Great work and nice to see another upload from you :D Can you please do central Asian history it usually get ignored

[@frostfire5208]

There was no invasion of Shu by Wu in 263AD (@ 3:30). They were allied at the time. Wei invaded and conquered Shu due to them abandoning their usual defense in hopes of luring in the enemy and cutting them off/starving them. Wu attempted to help by invading Wei elsewhere on their border but withdrew once Shu fell. They later sent an expeditionary force to "help Shu" but really to gain some territory of their former allies.

[@haxuanshah2613]

U want to hear what i would comment?? Tskkk u meany u do know how to summarize a great event in 4.11 minutes. U earned a sub

[@art_deanoism]

Now that movie makes sense... great video, lad, as ever.

[@lyhthegreat]

wat movie?

[@thecrusaderhistorian9820]

Thanks. Was very helpful!

[@thepassportog]

This video is so dense. Great work.

[@goodbanter4427]

CAO CAAAOOOOOOO As someone who has watched the Three Kingdoms series, I really love this vid. Amazing job as always. You just keep delivering!

[@JamieBainbridge]

You absolute legend. I was trying to understand this better just last week and wished you'd done a video on it. This week, my prayers are answered. You can also play the Dynasty Warriors video games for a sort of accurate overview lol. Someone needs to make like a 200-400 page summary of the RotK books. I'd love to read that.

[@fly7188]

just read the book at that point haha its separated very conveniently into different parts os you can read and take as much time as you need

[@kleinnix0909]

I love this video!!!!!! Thank you for making video more simple and funny!!!!

[@Dragons_Armory]

One tiny note, the eunuchs depicted here are Korean ambassadors during the Tang dynasty. Although I will content that the way they are dressed is not too different from the way the Han nobles are dressed. Also the Jin is the dynastic name where as the clan who helmed it is named: Sima. Great video man. [Liked +]

[@czed8191]

"THOSE WHO STAND IN THE WAY OF VIRTUE SHALL FAIL" Liu Bei, Dynasty warriors 5.

[@nemoincognito4179]

Enjoyed it a lot .

[@petercheeminchong]

Good summary!

[@diomedesperdomogarcia9410]

now you need an expanded version of this video for another million

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

Your video intro music would be much more attractive if you implemented traditional music of the country/culture you’re talking about.

[@davidsabillon5182]

Interesting channel. Subscribing 👍

[@gunnarwallgren8572]

More Chinese history videos would be great!

[@himeriusc7494]

I have a dream, when we finally pronounce the name of these epic warriors correctly... But great video overall! Do really want to see more in depth story by you about this tho.

[@CC-sj8ez]

More information you want to know is on EP30 kzbin.info/aero/PLOrf2h5ONlwW65dLPiKN65NBuf7ivKPk-

[@AGS363]

Was this "yellow turban" anti-tax rebellion somehow related to the "yellow vest" anti-tax protests, I hear so much about? ;-)

[@jia2001]

Hahhahahaa

[@dyu8831]

Azure sky is dead, Yellow sky shall rise!

[@UltramanII]

The Yellow Turban is actually more of a Taoist religious revolt than a peasant revolt

[@Relek448]

So you're implying that france would become the cjina of Europe?

[@exaggerationist]

UltramanII It IS a peasant revolt. The leader just happened to be Taoist.

[@slicetee3985]

I'm glad I started playing DW2 back in 2002 it really got me into its its history and other games

[@hellodolly7989]

excellent and quick overview!

[@wric01]

Bravo very simplified.

[@Zilong09]

Half of the video spent on Yellow Turbans and Dong Zhuo, but there was so much more that happened and interesting than that early chapter of the pre-Three Kingdoms stalemate. I guess it is hard to fit 4 mins of greatest highlights.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

I mean, if you want a TL;DR on some of those exciting parts... Everybody backstabbed each other. e.g. Shu backstab Wu for Jing province, Wu backstab Shu for Jing province and kill Guan Yu. Damn, everyone wants Jing Province.

[@SOK-ks3it]

Corrections: 0:30 Han empire never occupied Korean peninsula like that. In fact, in the ancient time, the very first dynasty of Korea, Goguryeo 고구려 (or Goguri 고구리), lasted more than seven hundred years while China changed the nation's names and administrations for thirty-six times. Not only the current Korean peninsula and some southern part of current Russia, but Korea also expanded its territories to the Eastside to middle of the mainland China as evident in many ancient history records. Another evidences are great deals of Korean historical legacy which were buried in such areas in current China and Russia have been found and it still continues. Lots of city names of China also have the same names as many major cities in Korea. If you’re curious, google it! Crucial additions: China worked on US history textbooks to publish its own inaccurate made-up theories on China and other neighbor foreign nations' histories. In terms of Korean history part, China manipulated 3260 years of Korean history from BC 2333 - AD 927 to as if China was ruling current North Korea land part, when in reality, the 38th parallel north line between the South and the North has been set only after the Korean war in 1953-hence, if you learned WW2 and Korean war correctly, you know China’s claim is false and what is the truth. The Ancient Korea that has 5000 years of history was strong and independent enough to inherit one another through Goguri to Joseon dynasty. Unfortunately, China's history project with Korea all began back in the late 1980s, when a Chinese male researcher moved to study Korean history in Seoul getting warm welcome, help, and care from his Korean peer researchers. A few years later, he returned back home and, in 1993 published his work. It turned out his text read different from the historical evidences and facts; abusing the sources Korean scholars provided for him-the Chinese man twisted the interrelation between the two countries in China's favor presumably with a purpose... and it spread throughout China over time. Now, Chinese researchers have been developing their problematic theories for four decades, and to make the matters worse, they now insist even many distinctive Korean traditions such as Kimchi and Hanbok are theirs. But hey, no matter how hard they try, we all know Kimchi and Hanbok are truly Koreans already! It’s written, drawn, and inherited. In 2022, a great Korean scholar whose research domain bears on the Ancient Korean history for decades, published a series of books, which prove and pinpoint with legit proofs that why Chinese theories are incorrect and misleading. Should you be curious of more details, please do not hesitate to ask me - I'm open for any question. 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKi8Z6Vqm6p-qtE 2-1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2q6hmiwpaeAjbM 2-2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWLGiICanLN1ic0 3-1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fovXl4Ovett5hJY (-----> this Korean scholar explains China's manipulation on Korean history and its processes over four decades)

[@totalwarlegendary326]

Thanks for the info!

[@johnfake7375]

sick intro my man

[@FlashPointHx]

I remember the video game series that came out based on this period - the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They had like 11 or 12 sequels. Guess they had a good source to work with. Nice video!

[@kaziboy264]

The Japanese one? that was my childhood too :)

[@c247478426]

It's not sequels. more like reboot with different style of war and country/city macro/micro management kinda game.

[@666Kaca]

13 is the last one that came out.

[@johanneshubert5296]

Awesome video about a less known time, thank you. I would appreciate a video about byzantium or early italian cultures.

[@oooTACooo]

Nice summary.

[@mh3535]

Do yourself a favor and read 'Romance of the 3 kingdoms'. It's like 'Game of Thrones', only better. Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Sima Yi are my favorites.

[@Mobius54]

I think it's funny when anyone makes popular fiction about palace intrigue. It's like, guys, read your history books, shit was way more insane than that!

[@miot22]

Eh. Not so much. Especially by your own recommendation that romance of, the novel, and not records of is particularly interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against this time period. However the argument presented for history>fantasy is flimsy at best.

[@icepop21]

Yeah rotk is better than got

[@sodori]

Liu Bei for me... which probably makes me middle aged now. :')

[@icepop21]

@10 OG ur profile pic reminds me of anime i used to watch when i was a kid, may i know the title? I forgot the name

[@ziljin]

so hyped for total war three kingdoms and watch Three Kingdoms 2010 TV Show. and 2017 Advisor's Alliance. Love those shows.

[@OldMovieRob]

Wait, at 0:40+, did you say a "bureaucratic administrative class of eunuchs?" What?

[@anonymousturtle8562]

They guarded the wives of the Emperors, because they wouldn't be impregnating them. From this position, close to the Emperor and mothers of future rulers, they became important advisors and administrators.

[@cmelle]

epimetheus: teaches about the three kingdoms period me: omg tiny panda !

[@Blochr379]

Can you do a video about Numidia and the other berbers realms and their relations with Carthage?

[@kleash]

Please do more videos. Gotta be ready for total war 👍

[@zhouwu]

Good job in getting your head around this messy period! Thanks for covering one of the most complex and formative periods of Chinese history, second only to the Warring States period after the devolution of the Zhou unity.

[@3066jc]

Very good! A brief description of how the 3 kingdoms played out in Chinese history and well illustrated. The 3 kingdoms warfare, politics, greediness, loads of mental and military tactics etc.. formed the basis of future marketing and survival skills for later generation. Some of the methods were not in a righteous manner, but still able to achieved the desired goal - for e.g. send your love one to marry your enemy in order to win/prevent a war. Another is to show strong emotions in front of your subordinates to gain their trust and loyalty and many more.. Modern day, it is similar to acting or shoe polishing! ha, ha..

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

Oh with Jin's unification the fun was just starting Within two generations, the Jin dynasty would itself be plunged into an extremely deadly civil war, dubbed the War of the Eight Kings It was terrible and plunged the entirety of China into chaos again, and northern barbarian steppe nomads exploited this and began a reign of terror that lasted for more than a hundred years - that was a time when the Chinese people legitimately faced an existential crisis

[@AKTUBE_]

thx for info ♥

[@sytwang]

Thank you for using the traditional fonts for Chinese characters.

[@KiLLkInGLiOn]

This video is in recommend list while watching Three Kingdoms Total War trailer. Very nice suggestion

[@kimsey0000]

Y'all are all mentioning Dynasty Warriors what about: Destiny of an Emperor Destiny of an Emperor 2 Destiny of an Emperor: Rise of Lu Bu Destiny of an Emperor: Rise of Ieyasu

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Ieyasu is Japanese.

[@lyhthegreat]

i like how there's a small panda in the middle of the map which is most probably sichuan

[@marygebbie6611]

gah the surprise assassination animation at 2:15 made me chuckle out loud and my co-workers stared at me

[@tomw4688]

The ultimate winner is Shima Yi! What a crazy guy!

[@Springsinger1]

Thank you.

[@nl2568]

Many Chinese people always mistake the history of the Three Country Dynasty, because of a famous book written in Ming Dynasty called 《三國演義》. It is a book about the history about this period but adding a lot of fiction into it to make it interesting

[@jeremyxu8155]

《三國志》, that 《三國演義》was based on when Wu Cheng En (吳承恩) wrote it a few hundred years later, gave a more accurate account of the various historical events during this period of Chinese history.

[@nl2568]

@@jeremyxu8155 true

[@bigfenix8272]

I love that your Cao Cao looks like the portrayal from the TV series

[@toedpens4954]

Actually in 263 Shu wasn't invaded by Wu. It's only problems were Jiang Wei and court fuckery

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Video is 4:12 long. *TRIGGERED*

[@NRV0]

*REEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!*

[@llama_noir]

I know of 4:20 and 9:11, but what is this 4:12 you speak of?

[@nizirascorner5883]

Can you do a videos about the history of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands?

[@bronzremix]

I love how there's a Panda on the Map.

[@SpearDusk]

Would love an in depth video of the Three Kingdoms period

[@Augustei]

Good video, would have been a great video if Sima Yi got a name drop though =P

[@1roanstephen]

Again, great work. I would hate to be a modern student in China of their history as it is so long and complicated. Viewing your videos would make their studies far easier. Perhaps you can make that deal.

[@rubz1390]

Do you keep an eye on video game releases to maximise your views by creating videos that have the same topics as games that are going to be released soon? I ask this because a Total War game based on the Three Kingdoms period is going to be released this year. Or is it coincidental?

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Might be coincidence since Three Kingdoms doesn't drop for another few months still

[@yanicmaurer6669]

Overwatch also has a series of skins releasing that are "Romance of the three kingdom"-themed. But the teaser released after this video.

[@moclykim8220]

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

[@drivingthecity6981]

One tiny note, the eunuchs depicted here are Korean ambassadors during the Tang dynasty. Their 'Feathered Cap(鳥羽冠)' depicted here is one of the characteristics of Ancient Korean clothes. www.palhae.org/gnubrd4/bbs/board.php?bo_table=pds&wr_id=47&page=4

[@Jordan-cs6bn]

Shu will soon prevail.....when Total War: Three Kingdoms comes out of course

[@noble6882]

Long live SHU!!

[@karelwolf998]

oh man great video, wondering how Total war: three kingdoms will portray this part of chinese history. I got a question, which role, if any, did southern xiongnu and xianbei play in fall of han and establishing of three kingdoms?

[@dogedoge4062]

they didn't. the han empire fell mainly due to the internal society issue.

[@yudongcai9610]

Even we civil war,Xiongnu or Xianbei or Qiang still get over by us,and become our warlords military.lol

[@showbufire]

They were a huge threat during the early days of Dynasty Han. But during the ruling of Emperor Han Wu, which is much earlier than the Three Kingdom period, the Han soldiers were able to defeat Xiongnu all the way to the northern Mongolia, destorying southern Xiongnu along the way. For the following centuries, Xiongnu was busy fighting other tribes in the far north and among themselves, they were no longer a threat to the Han Dynasty.

[@dogedoge4062]

@@showbufire the southern xiongnu had already been ruled by Chinese for a long time in Han dynasty. they didn't fight among themselves since the northern xiongnu moved far west because they lost the war to china-southern xiongnu ally.and the southern xiongnu moved south to china and ruled by china. but they did fight against other barbarian tribes for china untill china went into chaos in jin dynasty after the three kingdoms.