Can we take a moment to appreciate the narrator’s immaculate pronunciation of ALL the languages heard in the video?!
@johnsy43062 жыл бұрын
Indeed. I have to say I enjoyed this video all the more because of the beautiful pronunciation of the Chinese names. Bravo!
@paulsharp2565 Жыл бұрын
I would have preferred him to use the English pronunciation. I found it spoilt the documentary for me.
@TELESHIT324 Жыл бұрын
ever considered that he might be chinese who also speak english idiot
@Serjo777 Жыл бұрын
@@paulsharp2565 lol
@BridgeFour05 Жыл бұрын
@@paulsharp2565you sound like an American. Are you?
@juliennegracearcenal62733 жыл бұрын
I love how instead of fighting each other for more power, Empress Dowagers Cixi and Ci'an worked together.
@terence_k3 жыл бұрын
Tbf, Ci'an was the only real friend Cixi had back when they were nobodies in the imperial selection process, and was the reason that Cixi got noticed by the Emperor. Ci'an likewise couldn't undertake any hostile action against Cixi as the biological mother of the Emperor lent considerable legitimacy and influence.
@organizedchaos45593 жыл бұрын
Not really Cixi pulled all the strings Cian only just throw her support behind her, she never had political ambitions.
@emilybarclay88313 жыл бұрын
Ci’an had all the ritual and traditional power and Cixi had all the political power. They made up for each other’s low points
@asheru92543 жыл бұрын
Just like Map and Chiang Kai Shek
@crazyhorse33442 жыл бұрын
@@terence_k cian was killed by cixi ! Cixi’s only friend was the eunuch who fucked her and make her pregnant many times
@The_Food_Police3 жыл бұрын
Cixi seizing power of a celestial empire at 25 kinda makes all of us look like underachievers lol
@cconyap3 жыл бұрын
So true so true considering shes swimming in a sea of extreme patriarchal culture during her time
@mandya66973 жыл бұрын
Food Police She triggered the fall of that empire by putting a 3 tear old on the throne.
@esto853 жыл бұрын
She can kill an entire clan in an instant
@zimbomah123 жыл бұрын
Her hands were kind of tied though, for the first Decade of regency. Empress Dowager Ci’an was still her senior and many believe she had a secret will left by her husband that allowed her to stop anything that was deemed threats to her power. But it seems in the end Cixi won.
@N0N4M303 жыл бұрын
Not that impressive there have been younger ones like wu zeitan at 16 years
@bluestrife283 жыл бұрын
Chinese history is so fascinating. Very few cultures have survived since the dawn of man, and one that recorded its own history so well, I’m still learning new stuff all the time.
@alesto32023 жыл бұрын
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@roro4787 Жыл бұрын
agreed
@bluntblackjew3 жыл бұрын
FINALLY, someone who knows how to pronounce her name! Bless you! Very good doc, so you've earned a new subscriber
@topherpadilla3 жыл бұрын
I was watching another video about Cixi and the voice over kept pronouncing her name as "Sick-see". Though video was good, I really can't stand hearing "Sick-see" over and over again 😐, and stopped watching.
@reneefuller56093 жыл бұрын
I can't hear clearly how it is being pronounced. It sounds more like su-see to me. Please tell me how it is said. This has bothered me for a while.
@reneefuller56093 жыл бұрын
@@topherpadilla Suhk-see?
@reneefuller56093 жыл бұрын
@@topherpadilla Suh-shee? I'm going mad.
@bluntblackjew3 жыл бұрын
@@reneefuller5609 Suh-shee
@raadas.s.61613 жыл бұрын
The automatic generated subtitles are displaying Cixi as Cersei LOL
@justinianthegreat14446 ай бұрын
She does make Cersei look like a noob
@marcuslee742393 жыл бұрын
Cixi : When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
Oh yes there is. That is a two-valued Aristotelian exaggeration to dramatize the realities of life by going to extremes. There are as many gradations of successes and failures as there are real numbers on the number line.... an incalculable infinitude with different types of infinities beyond your comprehension.
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
@Lor Ein thanks. I don’t play “Games of toilets” :-D (or read or watch)
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
@Lor Ein I’m a serious kind of person.... at times
@debishvebishwish48393 жыл бұрын
@@dougr.2398 it's just a reference, there's no need to for the further insult. It was uncalled for.
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
@@debishvebishwish4839 sorry you are offended, and have no sense of humor
@SaveSoilSaveSoil3 жыл бұрын
Chinese here. Han ethnicity with overall positive sentiment towards my country's last emperial dynasty. Cixi aka 孝钦显 was a reluctant "moderniser" with limited understanding of what "modernization" meant (not her fault) and absolutely no willingness to relinquish an iota of power. I don't blame her for not having saved China from foreign invasion and colonization during the 50 or so years when she was the de facto ruler of my country -- it was mission impossible, which I sometimes think only God himself can do. Her greatest crime was to place her personal comfort before the wellbeing of the nation. I wouldn't think that people would criticize her so harshly had she not built the 颐和园, not spent so lavishly on her meals, birthdays, and funeral, not run away to safety when foreign troops invaded Beijing, etc. Cough, cough, cough. Some Chinese blame Cixi for failing to install constitutional monarchy in China. This is again not her fault. Constitutional monarchy mostly likely wouldn't have worked.
@mandya66973 жыл бұрын
ye tian Shouldn't she stay at her place instead of putting a puppet? She did do that, didn't she ?
@Jordan-Ramses3 жыл бұрын
Of course it's her fault. There is no excuse for the ignorance of the Qing Dynasty after the first Opium War. That should have been a wake up call. She wasn't stupid, she could have learned these things if she had wanted to. It's not only her fault, there are a lot of people to blame but she's definitely one of them. You can't hold absolute power for 45 years and not take the blame.
@700gsteak2 жыл бұрын
She squandered the countrys money, failed to modernise the country and screwed the countrys leadership.
@phantasmagora65422 жыл бұрын
Cixi repeatedly killed off earnest efforts for reformation. If saving China was "mission impossible", it was made even more so with her at the top. Placing one's personal comfort before the wellbeing of the nation is a serious crime that should not be downplayed *particularly when said nation is on the verge of collapse.*
@Haijwsyz518462 жыл бұрын
You are talking nonsense. Not only Han Chinese but also Chinese of the whole country were shamed of the Qing dynasty, which brought China over a hundred years of humiliation. The money Cixi used to build the marble ship in the summer palace ( 颐和园) was supposed to be used to build a Chinese Navy.
@TalliferUpplands3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a clear explanation of a complex topic. (I also appreciate the natural and accurate Chinese pronunciation of the names! Such a big help for non-Chinese like myself.)
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment :)
@thylaneofedgewater65953 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China your french pronunciation was also on point, i was shocked
@johnyricco12204 жыл бұрын
Cixi was a modernizer up to a point. The Qing Empire was over 90% Han with the ruling Manchus a tiny minority. Modernization inevitably leads to the increase in wealth and position of the Han thus threatening the balance of power. This was the main reason earlier emperors refused to modernize. Cixi would soon run into the same problem. At this point in history it was too late to save the Qing dynasty, but it was still possible to save China. Cixi would chose the interests of the dynasty over the country and kill reforms when it threatened her power.
@thefalconflame4 жыл бұрын
Yet she failed to save the dynasty
@jackieclan8153 жыл бұрын
That's why they should've intermarried with the Han then
@jackieclan8153 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Who knows
@sophiawilson86963 жыл бұрын
@@thefalconflame so she gave power to a 3 years old? crazy man 😲 and kill the 37 years old man who going take over?. Lack of sense.
@thefalconflame3 жыл бұрын
@@sophiawilson8696 Yes, and the 3 year old grew up to be a sociopath, who liked to torture and beat his servants to death.
@reythejediladyviajakku60783 жыл бұрын
I like that she got along with the empress. I mean, how often does that happen that the empress will actually have a concubine in her good books?
@sarahlachman13498 ай бұрын
i think it can be safe to say that Cian likely held more power behind the scenes to keep Cixi in check, as Cian was the true Empress and matriarch of the family as the late Emperor's main wife. Cixi without Cian become the most corrupt person in the Late Qing and had noone to check her power, which she used to remove all threats to her power playing everyone off eachother to the destruction of the Qing.
@nicosalazar47263 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting, Empress Cixi, together with the Empress of India, Queen Empress Victoria ruled the world. They were both the most powerful women in the world at that time.
@detroitcoffeeartdetroit65023 жыл бұрын
And yet both did little to nothing for women's suffrage
@jikan1143 жыл бұрын
Empress of India is a vastly self-deluded title
@jolp97993 жыл бұрын
this is empress wu erasure lol
@aliabdallah1022 жыл бұрын
Not really, one was a powerful player in a decaying empire and the other one was Chinese.
@donniedewitt98782 жыл бұрын
She damned the Chinese to stagnation and by doing so,let her peoples teeth get kicked in by the Japanese
@markboudreau14103 жыл бұрын
These documentaries are incredible. Most westerners could never find this information on our own and your presentation is exceptional. I did notice there were no advert spots in the video. You should definitely get paid for all this incredible work you put into these. I and many others would have no problem watching a few commercials for watching your videos. Please consider it and thank you for these great vids!🙏🙂❤️
@frankyong77403 жыл бұрын
no commercials please
@francessealexis1603 жыл бұрын
I really love learning about Chinese history.
@mbegum32493 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate your voice and summary of events. Very dramatic and enjoyable to listen to the historical events.
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed
@gaspardbillaux49933 жыл бұрын
So so impressed by your perfect prononciation of French names ! And congrats your videos are excellent ! Thank you ✨
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jingyun43233 жыл бұрын
He's half French I read somewhere. I'm so impressed with his Chinese pronunciation.
@liyanxu3 жыл бұрын
this channel deserves much more subscribers
@zimbomah123 жыл бұрын
Could you do a series on “The Step Empress”. One of the most misunderstood Consorts in Chinese history
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I probably will make a video on her some time ;)
@mimakeo3 жыл бұрын
YESSS SHES MY FAVE
@catherinefink91143 жыл бұрын
Empress Nara?
@Ashley-vs8nu3 жыл бұрын
The would be beyond awsome
@adinaqasenivanua83773 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China yes please do i really wanna see a video about her
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
Great history rarely taught in Western high Schools. Worth watching at least twice
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! Glad you njoyed it :)
@sjewitt223 жыл бұрын
Did the two Empresses stay friends. I find their relationship interesting, especially if the trust between them stayed strong.
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
I think they continuously had more or less good relations
@celestephelps1443 жыл бұрын
Weren't they cousins, and Zu'An had a sister who was the Empress, and when she died was automatically chosen as the new one?
@liendiep34043 жыл бұрын
She murdered her. This lady is cersi Lannister but in real life. She found out the other queen had a second will left by the emperor. He knew that there was a possibility she would over step her boundaries. And when she did the other queen took the will out putting her in her place. Thinking she would change. But in the end she was murdered by cixi servant. The great empire started its decline because of this women. Because she didn’t want to give up her power she kept insisting replacing the king with younger and young princes.
@celestephelps1443 жыл бұрын
So true. She almost had her karma strike back when her adopted son was in collusion with others who wanted her dead.
@tokugawanimatsu55323 жыл бұрын
@@celestephelps144 nope, Cixi from yehenara clan while cian from niohuru, they might didn’t even know each other before entering the forbidden city, the previous wife of emperor from sakda clan died a month before he descended the throne and yet Cian and the sakda wife’s related by marriage, Cian’s paternal aunt married Sakda’s Maternal uncle nam Duanhua who was one of Tongzhi’s regent. But still, they weren’t sister.
@sheenObeenO3 жыл бұрын
I'm over here getting distractedly entranced by the instrumental version of "painted heart" in the background music. 😍
@adelesoh43923 жыл бұрын
i love everything about your videos!! from how you pronounce every single name perfectly, to how you represent Chinese history in an objective way!!! I’ve seen so many documentaries of cixi portrayed in a very, i would say ‘coloniser’ perspective, but you put it in such an authentic manner. love your videos and i hope you keep it up!!!
@bw77549 ай бұрын
And the irony that China has now turned into a colonizer themselves 😂
@MrGuyJacks4 жыл бұрын
Somehow I think I now know from where George R R Martin got his inspiration for Cersei in ASOIAF, even the name kind of fits
@sampuatisamuel97853 жыл бұрын
Maybe also from Circe of ancient legends
@dayangmarikit68603 жыл бұрын
Wu Zetian was even more brutal than Cixi.
@haodeplorable2663 жыл бұрын
I love cersei. She's just trying to survive
@thenablade8584 ай бұрын
@@haodeplorable266 Not at all. Cersei is deliberately cruel to many people, especially other women who she is viciously jealous of such as her 16 year old daughter-in-law Margaery and Sansa. She’s also not the cleverest. She’s deliberately armed the sept that despises her.
@thenablade8584 ай бұрын
Just because a mother in history is ambitious and power-hungry, doesn’t mean she’s an inspiration for Cersei. The name comes from Greek mythology. She is very clearly an exaggeration of Elizabeth Woodville (blonde, married to a warrior king that became drunk and lazy later on, children are declared bastards by brother-in-law, marriage greatly enriched her family) and also Margaret of Anjou.
@blue_diamond_gem3 жыл бұрын
I like how we glossed over a healthy 18 year old emperor “dying” lol
@didijean77353 жыл бұрын
xD
@InquisitorThomas3 жыл бұрын
I mean to be fair this was the 1800s, there some diseases that are easily treatable now that were death sentences back then, and that’s assuming the medical treatment you’re receiving isn’t bunk pseudoscience like bloodletting or consuming mercury pills.
@goldreverre3 жыл бұрын
It's disputed. There's evidence for two arguments, small pox (the official line) or syphilis (the common rumor at the time), but either way, traditional Chinese medicine, with it's focus on blocking wind and balancing qi with soup made of boiled bark is hardly going to do the job.
@Jordan-Ramses3 жыл бұрын
Lot of very suspicious deaths. Some of these people were definitely murdered. People who were disgraced or inconvenient seemed to have very sudden health problems.
@xxgamin69862 жыл бұрын
He probably had syphillis
@franciscomm76754 жыл бұрын
“The dragon lady”- awesome nickname
@peuppeuppeup3 жыл бұрын
the chinese version of dragon isnt nearly the same as european version of dragon, i would prefer verbose transliterate it into english as "long" 龙 {second tone}.
@peuppeuppeup3 жыл бұрын
verbatim
@albertovilla30393 жыл бұрын
Dragon lady...was M.mme Nu in Vietnam
@MinhNguyen-ff6xf3 жыл бұрын
@@albertovilla3039 it’s madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
@batmanplusjoker3 жыл бұрын
Reading “China” by Edward Rutherford. These videos have helped my comprehension immensely. Thank you for sharing. Excellent animations and easy to understand.
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed
@j.louisv.1233 жыл бұрын
Very well done. Very well written. Moore please on all the Royalty of Asia.
@postscript55498 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@jjc54754 жыл бұрын
excellent video. i barely know anything about China so these videos are a great watch for me!
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for following ! I'm glad you enjoy :)
@TheLoyalOfficer3 жыл бұрын
Excellent work! I might show this to my World History students!
@lessQQmorePewPew.4 жыл бұрын
How on earth you only have 9.8k subscribers? Great stuff you have here.
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much ! Feel free to share my work around ;)
@chilldragon47523 жыл бұрын
Ancient Chinese history is so cool.
@kurzges41053 жыл бұрын
hardly ancient
@michaelh54163 жыл бұрын
Excellent video: superior analysis of history, great narration and terrific graphics
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@michaelh54163 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China Keep up the great work
@ashleysteinhaus94473 жыл бұрын
Wow so glad you made this! I actually briefly know about this empress through a WEBTOON called Phantom Paradise. I wasn’t sure if she was actually real though
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@SheBeastJehanne3 жыл бұрын
Obviously the author of Phantom Paradise took A LOT of artistic liberties with the story, especially since it's set in hell after all the characters have died already, but I recall them mentioning when they were originally posting it on Tapas that part of their purpose for creating the story was to teach readers about Chinese history.
@JP-nt5vb4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you started to post the info about the songs you use in the description.
@pyrocentury3 жыл бұрын
Great work. I think a rather interesting series to do will be one centered around Wang Anshi and the New Policies, the problems that plagued the dynasty at the time and the context as to why these problems developed in the first place. This has a lot of parallels and lessons learned that can be applied to understanding current events and modern political discussions.
@moonyasnow363 жыл бұрын
Here after reading chapter 67-71 of Phantom Paradise. So minor spoilers ahead. The comic showed her life in a more sympathetic light. Some things I found interesting that were changed around is that Cixi was not the emperor's birth mother, and instead his stepmother. And it seems like that British guy and the eunuch she was suspected of having an affair with were sort of mashed together to create Javert. Also I believe the comic made her birth name was 'Lan-er', and in the comic she's the adopted/servant to the daughter of her irl family.
@markboudreau14103 жыл бұрын
So awesome! That's about the best documentary on CiXi and China I've even seen!🙂 Notifications are on, keep them coming.❤️
@AmericanFUBAR33 Жыл бұрын
You're a very good narrator for such complex as Chinese history even for me being half Chinese!
@History_of_China Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@danawinsor1380 Жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful documentary! Thank you so much!
@History_of_China Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked it!
@nubiandoll73 жыл бұрын
Very interesting knowing about empress Cixi life 👍🏽
@MeimeiLovesmusic3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!! Never learned any of China’s history in school. This is real education!
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed :)
@MeimeiLovesmusic3 жыл бұрын
History of China your videos are fantastic! Keep up the great work. Your audience is benefiting so much from your dedicated high quality work.
@raymondyu4124 жыл бұрын
Her nickname was called “Old Buddha”
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
Correct. I'll talk about it in part 2 :)
@matthewct81674 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know she was such a modernizer. In China she’s known as the person who didn’t want to modernize.
@abmong4 жыл бұрын
Most likely misogynistic character assassination by the warlord factions trying to legitimize their own rule.
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
She was in the beginning, but wait until we get to part 2 ;)
@charsensei8784 жыл бұрын
In the history lesson every Chinese student would learn"new policies of Qing"(清末新政)which were a series modernizing reformations led by Cixi after 1900.
@matthewct81674 жыл бұрын
The best case scenario would be for imperial insiders to purge majority of the Qing government and replace them with western style statesmen in the 1850s. Thus establishing a Napoleonic dictatorship. By the way, I know it’s pretty much impossible, but alternate history is fun.
@charsensei8784 жыл бұрын
@@matthewct8167 The main issue Qing was facing in the mid 19th century was the Taiping rebellion when the central government give local governors the millitary and financial authorities thus obviously weakened the power of the Empire led to the collapse of Qing in 1911.I'm afraid a Napoleonic dictatorship ruling only Beijing would not help.
@mikehunt98842 жыл бұрын
that charles gordon really got to wear a yellow/gold vest? thats the official qing dynasty color, only royals can wear those colors, supposedly guess he did: The Emperor promoted Gordon to the rank of tidu (提督: "Chief commander of Jiangsu province" - a title equal to field marshal), decorated him with the imperial yellow jacket, and raised him to Qing's Viscount first class, but Gordon declined an additional gift of 10,000 taels of silver from the imperial treasury. Only forty men were allowed to wear the Yellow Jacket, which was the Emperor's ceremonial bodyguard, and it was thus a signal honour for Gordon to be allowed to wear it. That is impressive, this guy deserves his own tv series!
@History_of_China Жыл бұрын
Definitely! He was one of the rare foreigners to ever receive such an honour.
@philliphamilton35913 жыл бұрын
Wow, i have learnt so much. Thank you👏👏👏👏👏👏
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it :)
@SixthDivison2 жыл бұрын
After watching the history of the last Emperor Puyi I just had to subscribe.
@EUGENIUS603 жыл бұрын
Impressive presentation. I subscribe for more.
@johnchristiancanda3320 Жыл бұрын
Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi was also portrayed as a villainess in the Canadian animated series "Twins of Destiny".
@pablorr243 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, really enjoyed it. Thanks for your effort!
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it :)
@Engelhafen3 жыл бұрын
The Catholic Church and missionaries were very prominent in China all the way back to the 16th century, including priests who were part of the imperial circle.
@TimSmyth232 жыл бұрын
So?
@silentone111111113 жыл бұрын
Liking this deep dive format to your vids. The pics and film clips are a nice backdrop to what could have been a big info dump. Great work. Loving the channel
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@LOLERXP3 жыл бұрын
You can practically see the dynasty grow weak and frail at 23:35
@musiclover-tf6fu4 жыл бұрын
*Very informative and interesting ....... Particularly with what's going on in China right now❗️❗️❗️*
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@GeneralLiuofBoston19114 жыл бұрын
It is pivotal to understand Chinese history to understand why they act as they do now. The Belt and Road Initiative is very reminiscent to similarities of the old Silk Road sea routes and the areas where Zheng He had onced voyaged during the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the control of Xinjiang having been gained and lost multiple times since the Han Dynasty Or the push for Hong Kong to remain under Chinese rule, let alone Taiwan or the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands
@Luboman4112 жыл бұрын
At 18:26. Well, well, well. No only is someone really good with the British English accent and the Mandarin Chinese accent, but he's also got the French accent down pat. Congrats! That's hard to do with two languages, let alone three!
@milominderbinder62093 жыл бұрын
*Video Idea:* Clan system in Chinese history. What were these clans like Sima, Cao, etc? Why was at times entire clan killed? Do Chinese still have clan identity? This video can be a brief sociological history of China.
@annieoakley29253 жыл бұрын
I first found out about Cixi from reading a fictionalized story written by Pearl S. Buck. I thought it was a great story. Then I got a a non-fiction book about her. The stories about how she maneuvered her way to the top were incredible. Try it. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
I know this book! It was one of the sources I used while making this video :)
@frankyong77403 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China Please tell me how reliable and credible is Jung Chang's book work on Cixi? She is no historian in training, and her earlier book work on Mao was much criticised by political scholars and historians alike.
@mio780308 Жыл бұрын
generous words for a corrupted power loving old hag
@louisedalessandro4903 Жыл бұрын
Yes...I too just finished reading JUNG CHANGS BOOK AND AM PRESENTING IT Monday at my book club. Chang did a deep dive into Cixis life and her years ruling. Apparently most historians who have written about her make her out to be vile, manipulative and not the effective ruler who was actually prescient about saving China under terrible pressures from western countries. Very complex times and people's from differentvworlds. The abuse against China by many other nations is still be playing out today. Everybody wanted a piece of China on their own terms. The fact that she navigated through those years and stayed alive and in charge is extrodinary.
@jagvillani3384 жыл бұрын
I've always perceived strong parallels between Cixi and Empress Wu Zetian. I wonder if she did too.
@82leegary3 жыл бұрын
Maybe she was Empress Wu in her past life.
@mdstanton18133 жыл бұрын
I have read that the perception of Wu was not very favorable after her reign so it's a curious idea. Would she have identified with Wu Zetian or avoided the comparison? Interesting
@cconyap3 жыл бұрын
@@mdstanton1813 cixi enjoyed the the political and cultural effect of the severe national turmoil and transition due to foreign political culture poking on their native political upbringing.
@cerebrumexcrement3 жыл бұрын
dont see the similarities except whats between their legs.
@angelamagruder59113 жыл бұрын
Very interesting,fascinating information,learn something new and different everyday and year,bless the Lord!!!!!?
@nomagea26847 ай бұрын
Many many thanks for this
@History_of_China7 ай бұрын
Most welcome!
@reythejediladyviajakku60783 жыл бұрын
Talk about power behind the throne. I gotta wonder if they discussed what they would advise before audience meetings
@mssamsung76513 жыл бұрын
TQ.a good presentation of past history of China.love your command of history of the middle kingdom.
@scottgeorge42682 жыл бұрын
Great series, thank you ❤
@History_of_China2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy!
@chanchoykein66703 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the elaborate history
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@nefosworld3 жыл бұрын
What I’m absolutely desperate to see is a more modern remake of a drama based around Cixi’s life. I’ve been looking for one for ages but they’re all so old I can’t find anything apart from clips, and those don’t even have English subs😢😭😭
@JanooseCanada3 жыл бұрын
dramacool.bz/drama/the-confidant.html This was by hong kong eight years ago with eng sub. this is about Cixi with her eununch don't know how accurate it is to actual.
@nefosworld3 жыл бұрын
Janice Kwok oh my gosh thank you so much!!!! I’ve wanted to see one for agessssss
@ff828003 жыл бұрын
Check out "Firmament of the Pleaides"
@nefosworld3 жыл бұрын
F F I literally found that yesterday! It’s so good, I’ve been watching it!
@frankyong77403 жыл бұрын
@@JanooseCanada usually very dramatized
@jarmel43394 жыл бұрын
"The state of the Qing Dynasty was catastrophic."
@lungchan17293 жыл бұрын
This dynasty supressed the han like there's not tomorrow. They forced their subjects to have a specific of hair cut to remind the people they been conquer . It's either you got the hair cut or leave your head... Also what kinda stupid culture is that you have to keep the hairs because it's what your ancestor gave you??? Is that confucianism??? Really thousands of year and they find that's normal that hair can't be cut because it's what you father and mother gave it to you??? And then they build statues of Confius??? Ok the statues are build, don't destroy it, but At least in elementary schoool can someone remind how stupid is that. Anyway which dynasty in the end was not catastropic? All dynasty sucks big time. Most dynasty will encouter one or two idiot emperor who will be too coward to embrace modernity and progress because thoses things can overthrown him. They are too occupy to have as sex and eat as they can. In all dynasty you will encounter a idiot emperor like that and then downward spiral will follow. Imagine a big country and decisions need to pass through one person???? maybe not all things, but most things... he has the veto right all the time. It's amazing that system work for so long.
@EarlofMcCleaster4 жыл бұрын
I never know that ronglu was a police officer and also could do a video about him please
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
I'll perhaps make a video of him someday, but not anytime soon. I'll talk more about him in Cixi part 2 though
@samilsam2 жыл бұрын
I am reading a book about her life and i can say that she was very smart
@Luboman4112 жыл бұрын
At 14:42. I don't know, that still looks like pretty good Classical Chinese to me. There are a few wonky characters here and there, but dyslexic this woman was not. Learning written Classical Chinese is hella-hard, so even ill-educated Classical Chinese is a million leagues better than what I can attempt. LOL...
@NoelleIsTheGeoArchon3 жыл бұрын
Its amazing that neither empresses tried to liquidate each other.... The frienship is strong.
@gordonwan62842 жыл бұрын
Imagine Prince Gong being the Emperor
@magallanthepenguin91323 жыл бұрын
thumbnail... queen looks like the earth queen from legend of korra just pointing that out there
@reythejediladyviajakku60783 жыл бұрын
At least kid was related to the emperor even if he was a cousin
@SY-jq4yw3 жыл бұрын
She finished the dynasty.
@nathanpas67434 жыл бұрын
Would anyone else be inclined to reward his work in some way? (Patreon, paypal)....
@celestephelps1443 жыл бұрын
Can you do a documentary about Yinglou? She fascinates me, and in Drama Forever, the actress who plays her, does a beautiful job! Thank you!
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
I have many different projects planned, but I'll think about it :)
@celestephelps1443 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@celestephelps1443 жыл бұрын
This is so true.
@bluestrife283 жыл бұрын
And I thank you so much for helping fix many mispronunciations I’ve made over the years , like totally Anglicanizing Chengde as “Chengh-dee” 👍👍
@Chaabi.DZ.3 жыл бұрын
Thank you do for your video , unfortunatly looks like you been running to finish this video , talking so quickly which didnt gave the story its real charme Hopefully next videos will be much better All the best
@veljaycopalmes5063 жыл бұрын
I love that you pronounced her name correct 👍
@lucastaylor23212 жыл бұрын
I love Empress Cixi ... she was lovely 😊
@sunofwinter8883 жыл бұрын
Love ur channel !!!!
@francesbernard24455 ай бұрын
Only 2 years did the Boxer Rebellion manage to last. Just another major bloody conflict to cope with at the time again in China at the time. While only a concubine was left to lead all of China at the time.Couldn't that have had anything to do at all with the influence Empress Dowager Cixi had at the time after trouncing on both Britain and France forces who had believed that was the only way for them to fight the addiction to Opioids happening in their nation too at the time. When so many people around the world elsewhere back then too would have been willing to do anything to avoid becomimg only a palace servant living on food stamps with only their good reputation between them and the street. That whole story makes the story about heroic too queen Esthter story sound less; not more; hard to believe eh?
@respawnsoar98443 жыл бұрын
More three kingdoms vids please
@gsabo1000 Жыл бұрын
I find it so interesting.
@rubqrose Жыл бұрын
when you have the same birthday as her 🤯
@therearenoshortcuts98683 жыл бұрын
Austria has Empress Sisi China has Empress Cixi lol
@dougr.23983 жыл бұрын
I am profoundly puzzled regarding Why internal government documents are consistently (across differing production sites) called “memorials”. A) who died in order to write the MEMO? B) a “ memo” according to Webster’s dictionary (online) is short for MEMORANDUM, a Latin term stemming from the same root as memorial (obviously), memory, the Greek goddess of memory (and the mother of the nine Muses) Memosyne (spelling correct?). How did this bizarre appellation originate? Why has it been allowed to perpetuate? It seems to me to imply a state fascination with death, rather than life.
@katlynwebb84743 жыл бұрын
You should check the china tv show "The Empress Of China" which is a show "supposedly" based on her life.
@ramilangelodeleon13213 жыл бұрын
It’s about Wu Zetian China’s only female emperor which is much more superior than cixi.
@finalfantsyx3 жыл бұрын
Would it be possible to make an in depth video on Prince Gong, and whether he had a positive impact on China?
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid I don't really have enough time for that subject. I have many more projects planned first
@finalfantsyx3 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China In that case, looking forward to your other videos.
@gentleman24103 жыл бұрын
This woman burdened a whole country an d more on her shoulders but yet she got very little credit for it.
@700gsteak2 жыл бұрын
She gets credit for diverting funds that were meant to modernise the navy which instead went to building the new summer palace... right after the losing the second opium war and before losing to Japan in 1895. She also gets credit for adorning her tomb with 50million taels of silver when the treasury had just 70 million of it.
@haroldbridges5152 жыл бұрын
Good video. Worth noting that Reginald Johnston was spying for the British the whole time he was tutoring Puyi.
@CALEBBYPRODUCTIONS4 жыл бұрын
Part 2 Part 2! Cant wait for it!
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
There probably will be 2 videos in between before part 2 ;)
@itsmee36043 жыл бұрын
Please tell me what movie is in there the clips what movie are they from
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
All video credits are in the description :)
@maryharvey69093 жыл бұрын
“Nothing Gold Stay” is a drama that takes place in about the same time in history as this video. It is on KZfaq. Do you need the close captioning on. And choose one of the episodes that says English subs. And they had the whole thing starting with number one. So try it and see what you think
@annieoakley29253 жыл бұрын
I found it. Do you know if this is a long running series, or what?
@jw17313 жыл бұрын
Do you think George R R Martin may have modeled Cersei loosely on Cixi, or was it just a coincidence? Not only are their names somewhat similar sounding, their deeds were similar too. Not only are both ambitious royal ladies controlling their sons who are the monarchs, but both cynically used religious zealots to leverage against their political opponents (The sparrows / the boxers) with disastrous outcomes.
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
It's possible! I hadn't really thought about it before, but several people have mentioned it
@coQsI94 жыл бұрын
Merci à tous
@History_of_China4 жыл бұрын
Merci à toi
@egillskallagrimson5879 Жыл бұрын
Btw this is the first video on Cixi, the second preceeded this one so it's a little bit confusing.
@lohkoonhoong69573 жыл бұрын
This matriarch held up her empire, which would have collapsed earlier without her.
@billcipherproductions17893 жыл бұрын
It did collapse anyway just over 3 years after her death.
@frankyong77403 жыл бұрын
Cixi's rule speeded up the collapse of the Empire. Anyway that Empire was Manchu not Chinese.
@finalfantsyx4 жыл бұрын
I'm curious how much research was put into making these videos? and how accurate is it? From my research previously, I learned that Cixi was against modernization due to fear of losing her power and did her best to undermine Guanxu at any attempts to modernize and attempts to instill other administration reforms along with school reforms.
@thefalconflame4 жыл бұрын
wait until part 2
@History_of_China3 жыл бұрын
Basically : in her early rule (described in this video), she saved the Qing from collapse. In her late rule (that I'll cover in next video), she sabotaged Guangxu's attempts to reform China. Her role overall was neither completely positive nor completely negative
@finalfantsyx3 жыл бұрын
@@History_of_China Thanks for the clarification. Love the videos, very informative!