The Only Foreign Empress of China? | Empress Ki

During Yuan Dynasty of China (1271-1368), Korean women were popular as wives in China. Among them, one eventually became the empress of China. She was Empress Ki.

Next Recommended Story:
The Last Korea Princess was abandoned in Japan? | Princess Deokhye (Part 1)

Last Korea Joseon Queen was the Most Powerful Woman? | Queen Min. Empress Myeongseong

Korea Crown Prince Starved to Death in a Rice Chest? | Crown Prince Sado

Korea King Loved a Maid? | Red Sleeve History, Jeongjo & Uibin

Last China Empress went Crazy in the end? | Wanrong

[beautifulthelifeis]

You can think of Empress Ki as hungry for power, but you have to think about the social situation at that time.
Empress Ki was from Goryeo, and other imperial families were very strict.
He needed power to protect his son.
This is an era where you never know when you will die without power. Seven emperors of the Yuan Dynasty were replaced in 40 years until Sunje, the husband of Empress Ki, became emperor.

[scorpioninpink]

I don't really trust historical sources from misogynistic historians who put not only Empress Ki into bad light after she died but did the same to Catherine The Great, Queen Seon-deok, Cleopatra, Queen Anne, and Eleanor of Aquatine. Even in a period of time, Joan of Arc was portrayed as a Witch.

[adrakinss]

After I watched the K-drama Faith and realised Gi Cheol was Empress Ki's brother, I was shocked! I couldn't believe that they made her such a heroine in comparison... still loved it tho lol

[narimanabbasli]

Omg!! She attempted to make her son the Emperor while her husband were still alive. In tv series she was described as different person. 👀

[Anzai]

So glad you're making videos on the Yuan Dynasty! Hope you upload more. Great video as always :)

[akaankhtuya]

Not Empress of China, but it was Empress of Mongolian Empire. It is big difference

[doreensika]

Great video as always. The series Empress ki made her a hero when she was far from it. She wasn’t a nice person either. Thanks for accurate information.

[mariasimone]

Empress Ki's Kdrama creation was made way too far from the original story. She was portrayed a heroine but actually a vile woman anyway it's good to learn something from the past. It always mesmerized me and sometimes gave me a dejavu

[redstarseed]

After reading all the comments, some say that empress ki was a vile snake or others praised her saying that history did her dirty. I do agree that history can be distorted by the victor and not entirely accurate. I always say that if I can choose a superpower, it would be the ability to view history. I don’t want to live it, experience it or change it but simply view it for what it is. I love history and I love stories but I also love to see the truth and be able to judge things on my own instead of someone giving me their viewpoints of what happened.

[aveanatas]

So that's why the empress ki ending was (k drama), because Empress Ki death was mysterious and the yuan dynasty was ended. LMAO

[beautifulthelifeis]

The records of Empress Ki are the records of the victors, whether it is the records of the Yuan Dynasty, the records of the Goryeo history, or the records of the Joseon Dynasty. It is said that history is written by the victors.
The bad record of Empress Ki in Goryeo is that when Goryeo fell and Joseon was founded, Lee Bang-won buried all of the Goryeo royal family in the sea and killed them. So, the cause of the collapse of Goryeo was necessary, and the record in China was made into a villain of the century because the cause of the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty was needed when the Yuan Dynasty collapsed and Zhu Wonjang founded the Ming Dynasty.
There is no such thing as a bad thing in Mongolian history. It is said that when there was a famine in the Yuan dynasty, the empress persuaded the emperor to send a collection of goodies to the people.

[McQueenPaul]

A lot different from the k-drama series, which was one of my favourites.

[LAS]

I will stick with what I saw in Empress Ki kdrama.. Just like the only woman emperor of China; Empress Wu, they made her look ruthless through the records but she has done so much so her country will flourish and hated just because she’s a woman.. Similarly, Empress Ki was hated just because she’s from a foreign land.. just my thought.. 😊😊😊

[BriChuhime-sama]

Absolute power corrupts absolute, with the victor from the struggle of power writing history in their image.

Empress Ki may have been called evil, but only because victors possibly rewrote her as such. She was probably also denounced as evil because she had the emperor in her pocket 🤷🏽‍♀️

Edit: sis really was a bit out of pocket GATDAMN….

[sgcl]

Yuan empire did not belong to China, it included China, Mongolia and Southern Siberia. It was ruled by Mongolians.

[katakauchi]

The K Drama Shindon (2005) (or Sindon ) has a more accurate depiction of Empress Ki and her brother Gi Cheol .

[myriamcaujolle]

Bonjour
Depuis que j'ai vu le film de KI je recherche des éléments avez vous des éléments sur les rois de goryeo et notamment wang yu ?

[yennykurnady]

Thx for this story.
But...why in drama, the costum are in Tang dinasty not Yuan dinasty.??

[anthyavila]

Can't get over the fact that the Empress Ki drama made Tanashiri some wild schemer who even stole a son that she used as a tool, when in ACTUAL HISTORY, she was only the Empress for two years, her son died as an infant, and Toghon Temur used her brother's rebellion as a pretext to execute her, at the age of freaking FIFTEEN, so he can shack up with that vile b*tch later revered as Empress Ki.

[chinwenduchinecherem]

You people can drag from now till eternity, i will stick with what i saw in the drama, my Empress ki is a beautiful, wise & powerful woman, who has all the love of Toghon Temur to herself.