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.

[alaricthescholar]

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

[LV_]

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.

[coltdelarge]

I know about the three kingdoms from dynasty warriors lol

[thedragonreport]

Dynasty Warriors does a great job of covering some of these events, I really would of liked to see Cao Cao see his ambitions though.

[robertlvlien]

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

[dfisjyn]

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

[AncientHistoryGuy]

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

[AidanMartin]

your videos don't disappoint, really appreciate them

[ZDY]

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

[davidrosner]

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.

[miamidolphinsfan]

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

[nodosa]

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?

[IKNFLY]

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.

[briant.]

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

[mohamedsyed]

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

[Armorius]

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

[MrLolxu]

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.

[Linfamy]

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

[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

[philRminiatures]

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