HONG TAIJI DOCUMENTARY - MANCHU INVASION OF CHINA

Hong Taiji, the young Jurchen Khan of Later Jin, followed the steps of his father Nurhaci. He created the Manchu culture and founding of the Qing Dynasty, and launched the manchu invasion of China and manchu invasion of Joseon. In this Hong Taiji documentary, I explain the feats of the first Qing Emperor.

Many thanks !

= VIDEO CREDITS =
* War of the Arrows (2011)
* The Fortress (2017)

= MAIN SOURCES =
* Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644–1912) , (1943), Arthur W. Hummel, Sr.
* The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China, (2011), Mark C. Elliott

Qing Emperors series

[eliasrosa]

Yuan Chonghuan last words before execution:

"A life's work always ends up in vain; half of my career seems to be in dreams. I do not worry about lacking brave warriors after my death, for my loyal spirit will continue to guard Liaodong."

[thecoffeeengineer]

The Ming had one man who could potentially repel or at least severely delay the Manchu invasion, yet they decided to execute him by a torturous and humiliating death. Well done!

Although this is a video dedicated to Huang Taiji, I still want to honor this one man (yes one man, Wu Sangui not counted haha) who would very well be the Ming Dynasty's last hope against the Manchus.

[theswedishdude]

they had an undefeated general who has been able to defeat and scare off the jurchin time and time against when all other generals fail yet you are dumb enough to kill him?
they really do deserve to get taken over at that point.

[snowhole]

Of course the only general who could possibly stop him was brought down by intrigue. Every time.

[kevinzhu]

Out of all the chinese history youtubers you are amongst my favorites. good quality work always gains support, i hope you remain patient in building your channel and best of.luck

[jagvillani]

The conspiracy against Yuan Chonghuan sounds remarkably similar to the story of Yue Fei...

[Steel]

I came here from caspian report and i am not dissapointed in your channel's content please keep up your good work

[xenon]

Another great video on a criminally underrated channel :D

[TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

Great video. A deft handling of an area where it could be easy to get overwhelmed by the names and places. Hope to see more on the fall of the Ming and Qing conquest of China!

[jtrockstaraz]

Love whenever this channel makes a new video. How's does this channel have less then 4K subs?!?!

[jilinzhang]

Hong Taiji is probably the most talented leader among monarchies of eastern asia in 17th century. His successors wouldn't be able to conquer and successfully rule china without his political and military reform.

Btw almost every video about manchu-qing history there are always some shitty/salty comments from Korean users. It gives me a lot of fun to read them lol.

[Shineon]

The fact that so many Emperors died “without designating an heir” says more about the distrust of their heir than anything else….Protecting oneself—at the expense of possible civil wars after one’s death….

[petuc]

This is an absolutely fascinating video. Can you make a video (or two) about some of the common military/troop formations of ancient & medieval China? With such a storied military history, it’s been frustratingly difficult to find information on that topic

[exempligratia]

Have been watching these videos since the beginning, and it is wonderful! I’d definitely like to see some mythology stories of China/Neolithic Chinese history 🤗

[skeptic]

Great video! The history of China is probably my most favorite area of the world to research

[strasbourgeois]

I appreciate you a thousand times for this series of documentaries. There aren’t many like you who are willing or able to share this much information to the millions wanting to learn about history. Again, thanks a thousand times!

[benrogerstillstone]

Fantastic content!! Love it, keep it up 兄弟

[Nania]

Thank you so much! Qing has a fascinating history.

[silentone]

Great vid . Love your deep dive format. Keep up the great work 😀

[godivachoco]

Another good sharing of knowledge. You do your homework well. Bravo