Zhang Zongchang, the Dogmeat General | Sam O'Nella | History Teacher Reacts

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Sam is back with another deep dive of another one of history's most peculiar people! Zhang Zongchang was one of numerous warlords during the Chinese Republic era in the first have of the 1900's. Does he have what it takes to end the civil wars and unite China once again?! Well no, but boy was he a character!
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[@MrTerry]

Who is another peculiar person from history that Sam should cover?

[@NBrixH]

Rasputin 100%

[@samhouston1979]

the guy who rebelled against china in the 1800s who started the Heavenly Kingdom

[@NBrixH]

@@samhouston1979 pretty sure he already did that Edit: nvm that was that guy who makes Sam styled tribute videos

[@samhouston1979]

Roman emperor Elagabalus

[@personperson.7744]

Ernest Hemingway This video explains his life quite well, I’d love to see a Sam video on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoalandtbcado6s

[@HunterZeGreat]

Sam O' Nella lives up to the salmonella description. You never expect him, but when he's here it's a hell of an experience.

[@pomtubes1205]

Spoken like a true salmonella enjoyer

[@AnalyticalMenace]

"I'm Sam O'Nella and I'm hiding in your fridge." Checks out.🤣

[@jakehildebrand1824]

Yeah, especially since he has a tendency to dissappear for years at a time, then randomly re-appear out of thin air

[@Snp2024]

Guy was so based he threatened the god and won.

[@jasonutty52]

Wasn't exactly a fair fight. One side didn't even exist.

[@Jakethesnake2007]

I don't think wasting valuable ammunition is a win

[@agamemnonofmycenae5258]

@@Jakethesnake2007 If you don't fight with God literally, how would history remember you?

[@Jakethesnake2007]

@@agamemnonofmycenae5258 as a sane man

[@estonimacedonii]

​@@jasonutty52 lol

[@ac1455]

The prince he ‘accidentally’ shot was the cousin of the last Qing emperor Puyi.

[@Magnustopheles]

3:32 I believe the term "white Russians" is referring to the Russians who weren't "commies," or at least not how the Bolshevik "reds" defined communism.

[@winsonzhu4427]

@@belinablanc weren't Mensheviks kautskyists? iirc there was a split in the Second Internationale due to Karl Kautsky's interpretation of Marx in regards to nationalism and internationalism to put it very simply.

[@archerymidnight3422]

​@@belinablancnope, mensheviks supported the bolsheviks during the civil war. The Whites were anti-communism, and there were also the green armies under atamans like Makhno and Antonov

[@Tunkkis]

Correct. Mr. Terry here must've missed the second part of "Bolshevik butchers", or just had a little brain fart.

[@Hermititis]

​@@Tunkkis, maybe he heard it but interpreted it as "Bolsheviks who are butchers of other people" instead of "other people who butcher Bolsheviks".

[@generalvoid1630]

White Russians are generally counted as the Royalist faction in the Russian civil war. They're not commies, more just members of the former Russian army and other groups that opposed communism.

[@I_Stole_A_BTR-80]

I just want everyone to remember that Zhang was 6'6" despite famine in his youth. There is a timeline where he had plenty of food in his youth and became like 7'6" to 8'. Guy was already as tall as a god in East Asian standards. He could have been as tall as the tallest basketballers on top of that. Also, basest means "of low social class". Time wasn't ahead of their time with the term "based".

[@lasagnasux4934]

That last point is kind of important. I'm not saying The Times is above hailing a brutal murderer as having the correct philosophy, but they didn't in this case.

[@majesticed9329]

Reincarnation of Lu Bu

[@LogShaw1587]

That's a fun fact But that last sentence... Yeah no fucking shit Sherlock.

[@I_Stole_A_BTR-80]

@@LogShaw1587 hey man, basest is a very unknown word, first time I heard I thought people were saying "Bassist". Also it's really not a common word, unless you live with eton graduates maybe.

[@LogShaw1587]

@@I_Stole_A_BTR-80 I meant the "they weren't ahead of their time with 'based'" part

[@gofro7014]

I think I need to add a little context to the "mother jokes". In Chinese culture, "your mom" is not a joke or tease, but a serious profanity, along with "his/her mom" and "f*** your mom". Especially when it's put in writing, plainly and explicitly, it's a heavy curse word that civilized people don't use unless you really mean it. I guess we can see from the poems how unhinged this guy was.

[@DaekoTan]

I'm Chinese and usually a very non-physical person. My boss (who was also Chinese) once muttered "Fuck your mom" to me at work and I felt this primal rage wash over me and I almost punched him in the face after giving him the verbal thrashing of a lifetime. I wonder if offense toward "your mom" profanities is engrained deeply in Chinese DNA lol Edit: From what I've seen I'm not the only one who has such a strong reaction to that profanity cause I've seen other Chinese people go absolutely ballistic when they hear it

[@TheWilku22]

​@@DaekoTanim eastern european and here we also hate YO Momma jokes and using them will get you punched

[@raiisleep]

yo mama so dumb she dumb​@@TheWilku22

[@gidi3250]

He kept his wealth and concubines as they most likely wanted to use him similar to how they used the last Chinese emperor puyi, and one of his poems is Untitled They ask me how many women I have. To be honest, I don’t know either. Yesterday, a boy called me dad. I don’t know who his mother was.

[@Xendrick]

These poems are so unhinged I love it

[@caiuscosades1791]

😂

[@DanGamingFan2846]

Zhang was truly ahead of his time, as all the best poets are. Why are these masterpieces not being read in schools? Also, at this rate, we can expect the Sam's next video to release in june or July of next year. I can't wait.

[@watershipup7101]

Agreed

[@genjis5155]

Can't wait for it.

[@AlexKS1992]

My favorite Zhang poem is “A Poem About Bastards”.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Because…… ” 😭 WaHh wOkEnEsS! ChiNa bAd! REaL hiStoRy bAd! ReAdiNg iS LoSeRz!”

[@AlexKS1992]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 WTF dude.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

One (kinda) wholesome story I heard about this guy; he was going have have one of his officers executed for boinking one of his concubines. But then they both said that they were actually in love and not just horny, so he not only let them go but actually got them married free of charge

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

I mean, he's got like 50 spares.....

[@ollikoskiniemi6221]

Sam O'Nella sightings are basically more rare than Bigfoot. Knew you were gonna make a video about this.

[@13vatra]

It's funny, I was actually recommending Sam O'Nella to a friend, sending him the unluckiest ship video, and it showed Sam had posted 5 hours ago. That was the first I'd been on his channel since his previous video and just happened to have a conversation that ended with me recommending him on the same day he posts.

[@DionysianLovecraftian]

The Dogmeat General was one of the most insane people to ever live. You can't even make half the things up he did.

[@Xendrick]

Reality is often harder to believe than fiction

[@dr.woozie7500]

Zhang was actually part of the Fengtian clique which was right-wing and collaborated with the Japanese in Manchuria prior to the 1931 invasion. He was an enemy of both the Kuomintang and the Communists.

[@biteme9486]

This period of Chinese history also provides important context for why Chinas government today is so authoritarian. The first half of the century was chaos for China. The lack of central government meant warlords exploiting their regions (as Sam mentioned) as well as lacking a unified direction for the country. That, combined with the civil war proved a prime opportunity for Japan to invade. Tens of millions dead during this period, either directly through war and corruption or indirectly through famines that were exacerbated by all the chaos. This taught the Chinese communists two big lessons: 1, keep the country unified to prevent that kind of chaos returning even if it means making a sham of freedoms. 2, keep foreign interference out of the country as much as you can

[@MalekitGJ]

Point 2 also explains why they never worked together with the USSR, nor any other communist countries

[@Demonslayer20111]

It also taught them to run away and hide in the mountains while someone else fights the invaders

[@iphone777]

Part 2 also derives from the opium wars or the “great shames” I believe China refers to the 1800s as.

[@biteme9486]

That’s a good point.

[@obolisk0430]

Also, just, you know, being based on an authoritarian ideology.

[@fedos]

The context behind the Romans declaring war on the sea: it was Caligula.

[@Nolroa]

It would be one of the least extravagant things the Emperor "Little Boots" would have done.

[@samhouston1979]

the Bastards Poem had me almost pass out laughing

[@btm9099]

This guy is what every military wants as a recruiter

[@zeusalternative1270]

9:51 This is the modern day version of making your soldiers stab the ocean with their swords because you're mad at the god of the sea, but in that one at least they didn't waste perfectly good shells and make their soldiers deaf bc of the sound.

[@TheMrbubbles1378]

anyone see the intentional Amogus in the power struggle?

[@MycoSC]

Just want to share a bit more info from Chinese sources about Zhang’s poem. A interview with one of Zhang’s daughter has she claim that Zhang hated writing and never did wrote those poem. Have another sourced study that pin point most of Zhang’s poem to poems either from earlier Qing dynasty joke books, or from sources written from 1960s. So whilst the poems are definately the coolest aspect of the story, it is likely that they are just tales to embellish Zhang’s story added in by writers later on.

[@killerqueen6054]

I always love seeing Mr Terry and Sam

[@PsychicWars]

Minor correction, at 4:20 Sam makes the common mistake of referring to positive punishment as negative reinforcement. In the context of operant conditioning schedules, "reinforcement" is anything that makes the target behavior more likely to recur whereas "punishment" is anything that makes it less likely to recur. "Positive" and "negative" in this context refer to whether something is done by adding a stimulus or taking it away. To use his diagram, the addition of a pleasant sensation like back scratching or an unpleasant sensation like a whip will make the shirtless gentlemen more likely to cut deals for each other and the tiger less likely to refuse to jump through the flaming hoop.

[@chieffie5525]

And we wouldnt see any sam videos for the next five years.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

10:22 - He really went and threatened the God's mom.

[@Nolroa]

10:14 Sam O'Nella returned and with a poetry reading session from of the kind that makes the audience applaud by snapping fingers... Like the beatnik poetry in the 60s

[@AlexKS1992]

Apparently one of his favorite punishments he would hand out to people is skull splitting. Basically he would take an axe and hit someone on the head with it. He was a man I wouldn’t want to mess with.

[@IlluminatiReign]

Mr. Terry, your work is awesome!

[@22TwentyTwo]

as soon Sam's video was uploaded, I instantly thought about you reacting to it. hell yes

[@Yeebo__]

How to get people interested in history: both of these men. Thanks for your input and reactions!

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

Just finished watching Sam’s vid, since I saw your vid pop up in my feed. Coming back to your vid, since I know you’ll enjoy it

[@DarkwolfRedsoul]

My first thought when i saw Sam had released a new video was that i really wanted to see you react to it. But sadly you hadnt yet.. and "finally, after hours and hours of waiting" ;) here it is.

[@o07t28]

saw Sam's new video and was excited to see your reaction

[@thebiggestbutthole]

i seen the original sam o nella post and waited bc I KNEW you would watch this today😂🤝🤝 your the goat fr

[@artsysabs]

Did the same 😂

[@osmacar5331]

for anyone who hasn't noticed. when sam is showing the not fully accurate warlord control he makes the top left green region an among us meme

[@Reddicopithicus]

you mentioned dogmeat from fallout and i instantly liked the video. you a G

[@cerberus144]

2:40 Northwest China looking pretty SUS

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Hasn't even neen a full 24hrs since sam uploaded that bid and you're already making a reaction to it. You must have been just as excited to see it as we are.

[@MrTerry]

Of course! Also it's pretty easy to know when Sam uploads people comment about it on every one of my videos lol.

[@DeathBaseTURBO]

I checked the channel thursday and realized he hadn't uploaded in a couple months, figured he may have gone quiet again, low and behold he has returned

[@johnwalsh4857]

Actually the Qing Dynasty falls, in 1911 , the revoluationaries get backstabbed by Yuan Shikai the head of China's Beiyang army, the equiavelent of the Chinese imperial guards, the best equipped best trained army with its own navy in China. Yuan Shikai planned to establish his own dynasty but died of Uremia in 1916. then without its main leader his officers all rebelled and established their own armies , so China was effectively in civil war starting in 1917 with several mian warlord armies and hundreds of smaller ones. all fighting each other . also add to the mix revolutionary groups and criminals. the Chinese communists allied themselves with the KMT nationalists. to fight the warlords and after SUn Yat Sen died and Chiang Kai Shek too over who hated communists, he backstabbed the Chinese communists. in purges and encriclement campaigns in the late 20s to the early 30s.

[@EQuisby]

I knew you'd show up on my suggestions the moment I saw Sam upload...

[@UncleRuckus-NoRelation-]

*Sam'O"Nella updates a video* Mr. Terry: Oh yeah, its all coming together

[@samhouston1979]

time to clear my calendar for Sam’s next upload in 7 months

[@DaekoTan]

Hey Mr Terry, since Chinese history's your favorite subject to teach, do you have any tips for learning it? I was born and raised in China yet I cannot remember a single thing past Emperor Qin's name. The names, dates, and the fact that I had to read it in more archaic Chinese phrasing really put me off and I've never passed any of my Chinese history exams back in middle school. I'm super into European history and have a lot more understanding of world history as a whole, but the method to understanding Chinese history eludes me to this day.

[@spartana1116]

6:20 I see your a gamer of culture there mr terry

[@ryan.8783]

Lol had me dying when Sam said “I’m in your fridge” and you suddenly stared and slowly turned

[@ZMB-on5ub]

Lol effing hilarious when the famines trigger the inner history teacher. God bless you.

[@lasagnasux4934]

My favorite poem by Zhang is the one about the great blue lake and how it you poke the frogs they will leave

[@baphomathedude8057]

I really want to be a history teacher, im working on my teachers degree soon. Im inspired by your content!

[@nontrashfire2]

You can ingest gold, but you don't digest it. It just passes through.

[@samueltrusik3251]

One of the more tame Samonella videos.

[@bus6292]

I would just like to note that Zhang is properly pronounced 'Jong' in Mandarin. If you traveled to that time and place and asked for 'general Zhang' the way Terry pronounces it people would stare at you quizzically.

[@Crooked60]

I don't know if it's just me but I feel like this samonella episode had a faster pace then usual

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

With Zongchang ordering his troops to fire at the sky, just look how many Floridians went to a party determined to *shoot at Hurricane Irma* in an attempt to drive it away! 50/50 odds on how many of them were for the meme, and how many went because they genuinely thought it'd work!

[@peepeepoopoo7728]

The subtle amungus in the different counties?

[@bacharbaridi]

Mr terry if you like to explore the 19th century you should watch franco russian war with napoleon II or the commune of paris or the dreyfus affair

[@pyrotempestwing]

6:42 According to a recent Half as Interesting video, the US government doesn’t know how many properties/buildings it owns, so it’s not exactly far fetched.

[@semajnosnibor17]

Was interesting to learn about natural disasters being viewed as divine intervention and cause for civil wars.

[@samhouston1979]

The “dogmeat “ general title reminds me of that Liberian general known as “general butt naked”

[@msbhicks8358]

At least Butt Naked did eventually realize what he did was wrong and reformed

[@HECKproductions]

first time that i come across a major mistake in a sam o nella video because i can tell ou from personal experience that kicking old ladies asses does in fact solve all problems

[@MuricanBearWarrior]

Count dankula did a really good video on the dog meat general

[@ryanwilson_canada]

Forgotten weapons has a good series and a book about the weapons of the Chinese warlord era. Kind of interesting.

[@GlidyBun]

Well that was fast

[@Barrystue]

“Where control was really in the hands of warlords” Do you know how little that narrows it down

[@trevorrentfro1825]

I was the 1000th like. Keep up the good work!

[@cityraildude]

Hey Mr. Terry, what was a head shaver? Sam never explained

[@smugglergoblin9503]

I think there was a misunderstanding with the White Russians. I believe Sam was was referring to the counter-revoloutionairies not the communists, those are the reds.

[@Spartan265]

Is it weird I got kind of hyped when I saw Sam's video yesterday? Also it's weird referring to someone as Sam when it's also my name lol.

[@tozu777]

Dang, Zhang out here taking shots at GOD!

[@slacksviii9824]

Fun fact about the time the romans had their soldiers attack the ocean, i heard its now thought that it was a punishment similar to how in modern times some soldiers will have to mop in the rain until they get all the water off the courtyard or the scrubbing the bathroom with the toothbrush due to the army being cowards and so that was their punishment was to shame them and embarrass them for cowardess

[@Soothsayer_98]

2:39 Sam sneaked in a green crewmate on the top left of China, lol

[@adolfocoy7516]

I really hope Sam make it yearly ocurrence to talk about former leaders in a vide0.

[@PeltzoDelzo]

Sam manages to dissappear for a couple months and then come back with a even shittier microphone quality 😂

[@spangelicious837]

6:40 "How can you rule anything with not knowing?" Nie Huaisang has entered the chat.

[@heyitsmeagain6897]

The Warlord-Map of China looking pretty sus there at the end

[@YukoValis]

you do his instant but poor bluejay has had a new video for like 2 months.. poor bird not getting the love.

[@josephross8753]

There's a guy called dj peace cobbler he dose history some times

[@ericmathis4309]

Well…that was fast

[@BeeWaifu]

2:40 Lookin' a bit sus there

[@nontrashfire2]

Just finished watching the original.

[@grandmasteryoda2605]

anyone else feel like Sam was just like tired while he made this? i just didnt feel the energy he usually has.

[@Razgriz85]

There are restaurants in NYC that serve food wrapped in gold leaf for you to eat. It's expensive as hell, but whatever people want to waste their money on.

[@ruslans2006]

Nice

[@moga-hunter2410]

Didn’t beat me to it! I saw it last night so hah!

[@Echo_4609]

Jokes on you! I beat YOU to it! Was there in less than 10 minutes of the notification

[@alvuigi_07]

I have just noticed an Among Us reference in the map of chinese warlords

[@ajjameson154]

Didn't beat me.

[@connorwinter9257]

man, time hasn't been kind to Mr. Terry.

[@XarmenKarshov]

3:10 man look that sussy blue

[@ryanm9566]

Positive reinforcement is a reward, negative reinforcement is the withholding of a reward. Negative reinforcement isn't punishment, punishment is punishment.

[@johnwalsh4857]

the Chinese civil war is probably the bloodiest civil war in history, and the 2nd bloodiest war in the 20th century. I think even bloodier than WW1. 1917 to 1949, In fact the Chinese civil war is not finished yet, the KMT is still alive in the renegade province Taiwan. its just a long intermission.

[@muyangli8003]

You are thinking of the taiping rebellion where this dude that claimed to be the brother of Jesus which resulted in the second bloodiest conflict in history ☠️

[@johnwalsh4857]

@@muyangli8003 nope the Chinese civil war of 1917(or 1911) to 1949 is the bloodiest civil war ever, also count in the Second sino Japanese war in the mix.

[@red5038]

I gotta ask what did pagan empire do when yui on dynasty invade them

[@tianhaoju4634]

Unfortunatly as I learnt, most if not all of Zhang's poem are not his. A few of them existed around during late Qing dynasty and some only appeared after the founding of the PRC

[@qelizabeth_i_5013]

Hah the food poisoning man is back

[@BelgorathTheSorcerer]

If I ate gold, I'd be BMing into the spaghetti strainer singing "what would you do for a Klondike Bar," pretending to pan for gold in Alaska. Then I'd make a ring out of it and tell people I forged it in my colon.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

I like your thinking!!!!

[@BambinaSaldana]

Seems like you've thought this through

[@bujotrys3236]

Hello sir I watched a video that you made about a year ago about history teacher reacts to Family Guy history jokes and in the picture there is the black obelisk in the white Obelisk of course a joke but I have did a little research and ran into something weird about those is it true that they still follow a ritual set by ancient Egyptians when the president is sworn in and the ritual is to take in the spirit of Horus and become him

[@Momo_Kawashima]

I want to dedicate the poem about bastards to my two chiefs at my soon former job. I will write it in italian and recite it to them as a farewell the day my contract will expire

[@ChrissieBear]

Damn you fast

[@MrTerry]

Early bird gets the worm. That and the fact that my comments section is plastered with "Sam uploaded" messages 😄

[@yamil8003]

3:14 Green amongus

[@_neophyte]

this newest video felt off somehow

[@justinlindfors8512]

What wouldbe an intersting alt history video is wha if Mao didn't make all the farmers work in factories and focused on industrializing the farming industry first?