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Komentáře • 44K

  • @DrQuasi
    @DrQuasi Před 5 lety +68502

    Japan: I have fought China the most.
    Mongolia: No, I have.
    China: Amateurs

  • @calm_skies1127
    @calm_skies1127 Před 3 lety +5598

    "China is whole again!"
    "Then it broke again!"

    • @bakaryfsanyang7897
      @bakaryfsanyang7897 Před 3 lety +223

      You got that from the history of the entire world I guess

    • @TheSucram729
      @TheSucram729 Před 3 lety +70

      Bakary F. Sanyang I guess

    • @aidanchan5816
      @aidanchan5816 Před 3 lety +163

      "The empire, long divided, must unite. The empire, long united, must divide" -- from 'three kingdoms'

    • @pressftopayrespects6325
      @pressftopayrespects6325 Před 3 lety +66

      That was a different Chinese division. This one went more like “Buddhism is traveling up the Silk Road and I wonder if it will reach China before it collapses again.”

    • @niceColdWuhta
      @niceColdWuhta Před 3 lety +12

      *I guess* , only a few get it

  • @user-cf6tf1rf3i
    @user-cf6tf1rf3i Před 2 měsíci +354

    Lu Bu:
    He protecc
    He attacc
    But most importantly,
    He stabs you in the bacc

  • @ZTseng
    @ZTseng Před 8 měsíci +814

    11:05
    Small fact: While one of Cao Cao’s men(Wang Bi) did persuade him on just executing Lu Bu, Liu Bei also persuaded him, Cao Cao asked for his opinion and Liu Bei just asked him that “You forgot about Ding Yuan(The first guy Lu Bu worked for, which Lu Bu eventually betrayed and killed) and Dong Zhuo?”

    • @mistertaz94
      @mistertaz94 Před 3 měsíci +47

      Apparently it was how he presented that question that was entertaining to Cao Cao. It apparently went along the lines of "Lu Bu was first the son of Ding Yuan, he then became the son of Dong Zhou. Today, I invite you Cao Mengde to become Lu Bu's third father." Amused Cao Cao mocked Lu Bu in his bindings and had him executed shortly after. He did however take Lu Bu's greatest general Zhang Liao into his service as a consolation prize. Zhang Liao then proved to be one of Cao Caos most valuable generals who was so feared by the Southlands that they after a battle where he decimated Sun Quans forces so badly that he was terrified of the idea of a Northern Invasion invoking Zhang Liaos wrath that they never launched a full northern campaign until after they confirmed he had died of illness.

    • @enavshimshi
      @enavshimshi Před 3 měsíci +18

      Killed one father for a horse, killed the second for a woman. What do you think he'll do to the third?

    • @jw1731
      @jw1731 Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@enavshimshikill the third for a fidget spinner

    • @Mxtxcoupleslover08
      @Mxtxcoupleslover08 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@jw1731 lol 😂😂

    • @trap_kyun90yearsago52
      @trap_kyun90yearsago52 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@enavshimshifor your his boyfriend

  • @flashstar1234
    @flashstar1234 Před 4 lety +12914

    Fun fact: Cao Cao killed his doctor who was the first person to ever come up with a method of doing brain surgeries. When he heard that he’s gonna open his brain, Cao Cao killed him. Then he died.

    • @notanythinganymore
      @notanythinganymore Před 4 lety +943

      Brilliant

    • @whalewil3135
      @whalewil3135 Před 4 lety +1453

      The egyptians also had brain surgeries although they almost always failed

    • @robot2374
      @robot2374 Před 4 lety +634

      Whalewil well cao cao’s doctor was a famous doctor at the time

    • @jamesl1157
      @jamesl1157 Před 4 lety +1274

      The famous doctor cao cao summoned (by force) suggested using an axe to crack his skull open, so he can evaluate the pain and assess it. Cao cao who is known to be always suspicious of everything was furious upon hearing it, and locked him up in prison, where he later died

    • @user-vw7sv3te2o
      @user-vw7sv3te2o Před 4 lety +224

      Cao never trust open his brain might heal him, u know in that age

  • @chromatic-doodlieus09
    @chromatic-doodlieus09 Před 2 lety +25191

    Did you know that OverSimplified actually rickrolled us, viewers, at the intro by having the bird sing "永不会放弃你,永不会放下你“(which translates to, "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down")

    • @generichomosapien4666
      @generichomosapien4666 Před 2 lety +1015

      Lmao pretty epic

    • @cuyohistoriador2858
      @cuyohistoriador2858 Před 2 lety +896

      苍天已死,黄巾当立
      Edit: I did use Google Translate for the old comment. It was a bad idea because the chinese back then was diferent. What up with the likes though?
      It seems i got some people angry... damn... that is a lot of replies

    • @ryanhuang167
      @ryanhuang167 Před 2 lety +161

      i was just going to say that

    • @Anya-ei5hh
      @Anya-ei5hh Před 2 lety +287

      19 M just got Rick rolled 🤣

    • @MilitaryEnthusiastFLA
      @MilitaryEnthusiastFLA Před 2 lety +45

      LOL

  • @kittyonmydesk5532
    @kittyonmydesk5532 Před 10 měsíci +52

    9:03
    Betrayal strategy:
    1. Warn the target of betrayal
    2. Expect normalcy bias
    3. Wait for the assassin to kill their target
    4. Have at 'em!!!

  • @ItsHappyHourArchived
    @ItsHappyHourArchived Před 10 měsíci +62

    Can we all stop and take a second to recognize that Lu Bu really was unbeatable in head to head matchups. The only time throughout this whole history lessson that he lost was when he defeated Cao Cao’s legion while Cao cao was away, and Cao Cao only won because he returned with reinforcements to push out Lu Bu’s depleted squad. And then Lu Bu retreated back into Liu Beus enemy territory WHILE DEPLETED and completely pushed Liu out. And they ONLY defeated Lu Bu together by combining two armies together to face one STILL DEPLETED ONE! Absolute legend. You REALLY had to jump this man in order to win.
    Also super hilarious that Liu Beu told cao cao not to recruit him because he would betray him. And then AS SOON AS LU BU gets eliminated, liu beu turns on him🤣

  • @tornadoedward
    @tornadoedward Před 5 lety +2674

    6:08 Hitler tried time traveling, which enraged his father, who punished him severely.

  • @ah2522
    @ah2522 Před 4 lety +6266

    Teacher: we're going to learn about 3 kingdoms
    Students: that sounds easy
    Teacher: it's actually 5000 kingdoms

    • @wholesomesandwich2437
      @wholesomesandwich2437 Před 4 lety +404

      Teacher: today we’re gonna learn about chinese history
      History geek: oh no

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 Před 4 lety +121

      This was basically the equivalent of asian kid vs 2 of the smartest kids in class

    • @waterywingz
      @waterywingz Před 4 lety +6

      the next guy ha! I like this comment xD

    • @mrlakiro5526
      @mrlakiro5526 Před 4 lety +72

      That one kid who played Dynasty Warriors: *Its time.*

    • @johnnyscocktaeil7875
      @johnnyscocktaeil7875 Před 4 lety +18

      I felt that lol. I remember the days when I was one of the reporters in class about this. Actually what I reported was like summarized since I was like 12 years old, and I didn't know this was that many wtf. My classmates were really bored, I can imagine myself reporting each kingdoms while everyone is asleep. Lol and it's not easy to explain since even I am having a brain crisis that time.

  • @linwenzhao1110
    @linwenzhao1110 Před 10 měsíci +214

    Some said that it's a lot to remember. But as a Chinese, I have to say, almost 70% kids like to read books about three countries and there are some TV series about this which are excellent, so many of us feel this period of history interesting, and like to talk about it. By the way, this cartoon is excellent! I have to say that it generalized that period well and basically stated every important event and they are all correct.

  • @Hagunemnon
    @Hagunemnon Před 9 měsíci +63

    Love how he got Liu Bei's ears right; though, he DID forget the eyestalks and lanky gorilla arms.
    Yeah, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei looked like the illegitimate lovechild of Quark from Deep Space 9 and Mr. Krabs.

  • @finnclougherty453
    @finnclougherty453 Před 3 lety +5986

    I cannot believe Dong Zhou would wear his crocs indoors like that, what a monster

  • @lukeswitzer3729
    @lukeswitzer3729 Před 4 lety +2520

    6:15 anyone else see Hitler's dad punishing a Chinese dude severely?

  • @adlerlu7616
    @adlerlu7616 Před 2 měsíci +14

    So on how the allies fell out on who should own that territory, the simplified story is basically that Liu Bei borrowed it from Sun Quan and refused to give it back. It is so famous that there is a Chinese adages called Liu Bei borrowing Jing Zhou (the name of that piece of land) that basically means never returning what you borrowed. In Chinese it is 刘备借荆州,有借无还

  • @whoareyou7
    @whoareyou7 Před 10 měsíci +24

    A lot of the “histories” here are sourced from The Romance of The Three Kingdoms (三国演义), which is an excellent book, but lacks historically accurate informations. Most Chinese scholars source informations from the Record of The Three Kingdoms (三国志), which is an official record of dynastic history, instead of an novel like the other book. A lot of informations mentioned in the video, like Diao Chan seducing Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, causing them to betray each other, never actually occurred. In fact, historically, Diao Chan didn’t even exist.

    • @ychou-uz6ei
      @ychou-uz6ei Před 9 dny

      In fact, although the Records of the Three Kingdoms is official, it is not necessarily true considering political factors. I mean, you foreigners should take it as a kind of entertainment. We mainland Chinese also regard it as literary works, because the history of the East is not objective. I hope you know.

  • @benhalsey7310
    @benhalsey7310 Před 5 lety +2775

    Dong Zhuo: Takes over China
    Lu Bu: *Im about to end this mans whole career*

  • @ethanchang7802
    @ethanchang7802 Před 4 lety +2178

    “He was so fat he kept burning for days”
    That’s goals

    • @IhateMTVandVIVA
      @IhateMTVandVIVA Před 4 lety +65

      The one guy with his marshmallow! Epic.

    • @Mid20sGuy
      @Mid20sGuy Před 4 lety +24

      The guy with marshmallows

    • @redgaming6146
      @redgaming6146 Před 4 lety +7

      It's like in the bible when they get to a temple and the candle or lamp burns for days lol

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 Před 4 lety +1

      Nice.

    • @Edwin-wn3ss
      @Edwin-wn3ss Před 4 lety +15

      Would be an epic yo mama joke

  • @polosop4
    @polosop4 Před rokem +30

    There are some advisors not mentioned, such as Zhuge Liang of Shu(Han), Zhou Yu of Wu, Guo Jia of Wei, and so on. They played an important role in this period.

  • @user-fs3qp9nc3u
    @user-fs3qp9nc3u Před 8 měsíci +91

    As a native Chinese myself, I confirm this is pretty well explained.. Honestly Oversimplified you pronounced the Chinese names better than 95% of youtubers.

  • @zalpa3230
    @zalpa3230 Před 4 lety +3345

    Who also saw Hitler’s dad on the background when they killed the ‘Eunuchs’, punishing one of them severly?

  • @lane5686
    @lane5686 Před 3 lety +1780

    Lu Bu:
    He protecc
    He attacc
    But most importantly,
    He stabs you in the bacc
    Also, I wanted to point out that Guan Yu was deified into the God of War after this event. He remains as a prominent figure in Asian culture for good luck and protection from evil/malevolent spirits.

  • @hangetsukuzunoha2467
    @hangetsukuzunoha2467 Před 7 měsíci +5

    "just to give u an idea of how crazy and chaotic it was. see if u'r able to keep up"
    me who spent my childhood playing dynasty warrior :
    "completely understandable"

  • @tianyidrinkmorewater
    @tianyidrinkmorewater Před 5 měsíci +3

    Great stuff! War of Red Cliff is huge in that part of history. Legend says that they proposed to Cao that by connecting the ships so they can feel like land and soldiers not get sick on them, and they somehow predicted the wind on the day, shoot arrows with fires and burned all connected ships. Fun

  • @realkampo
    @realkampo Před 2 lety +2711

    "Its a little kitty-cat, look at her little ears!"
    *"The people loved his political philosophy"*

    • @mr.8-bit604
      @mr.8-bit604 Před 2 lety +30

      we needed that

    • @Akunai_
      @Akunai_ Před 2 lety +51

      So would that make clowns political? Oh wait

    • @animejat
      @animejat Před 2 lety +17

      *trump noises intensifies*

    • @Akunai_
      @Akunai_ Před 2 lety +10

      @@chlorhex6785 3:37 here ye go

    • @darthsmaul6314
      @darthsmaul6314 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Akunai_ LMAO

  • @austinhua4911
    @austinhua4911 Před 2 lety +7141

    Lu Bu just seems like that one guy on your team that doesn't care about winning, but just shoots every thing he sees.

    • @Mortablunt
      @Mortablunt Před 2 lety +412

      And the moral of the story is don't trust a guy named Sir Betrayalot, no matter how good his KD.

    • @achmaddaru9456
      @achmaddaru9456 Před 2 lety +3

      Zhou will kick Lu Bu's ass in any condition

    • @saltylevi2672
      @saltylevi2672 Před 2 lety +34

      @@achmaddaru9456 L bozo

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant Před 2 lety +33

      @@Mortablunt Oversimplified aint the only channel that fuses Entertainment and Education, you know?
      I mean, Tier Zoo, Hbomberguy, Joe Scott and Some More News (especially with his 'Obvious Solutions to Obvious Problems'-Video-Series) have literally perfected that.

    • @empereurnico6048
      @empereurnico6048 Před 2 lety

      Me too

  • @chadczternastek
    @chadczternastek Před 9 měsíci +8

    I absolutely love this channel so much. If you know the history well, and hear it, it's comedy genius.

  • @danielkong6767
    @danielkong6767 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Man this was without a doubt the best ad sponsor i’ve ever scene! The publisher gave you insentive to cover a faschinating time period and you gave the game easily digestable backstory for the game. Cudos!

  • @OfficialShabda
    @OfficialShabda Před 3 lety +1221

    8:39 those chinese poem scrolls are written “never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down” damnn finally my bilingual skill are used

  • @RxPow
    @RxPow Před 4 lety +3052

    I don't know if anyone noticed this but I think we got rick rolled at 0:20. 永不会放弃你 永不会放下你 roughly means "never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down".

    • @monkeseeaction21987
      @monkeseeaction21987 Před 4 lety +181

      I feel personally attacked by this :)

    • @Admiral_Jezza
      @Admiral_Jezza Před 4 lety +144

      Thought I was gonna get trolled by this comment but nah it's legit.

    • @John-ld9ru
      @John-ld9ru Před 4 lety +30

      Rx Panbanda it’s a reference to the battle of the Hastings video

    • @FBI-ff3gw
      @FBI-ff3gw Před 4 lety +11

      Yes true

    • @rbarnes4076
      @rbarnes4076 Před 4 lety +5

      Fantastic post!.

  • @venusjinn4984
    @venusjinn4984 Před 8 měsíci +10

    Thanks for making this, I always thought Dynasty Warriors wasn't real, but now I have a lot more respect

    • @christopherwilson88
      @christopherwilson88 Před 8 měsíci +1

      It mostly isn't. The characters are mostly real people, and the broad strokes of the events are real, but the games are based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written in the Ming Dynasty, which is a fictionalized and--as you might guess--highly romanticized telling of this period. It's not the most historically accurate work, although the broad strokes are right. And it's got more of a narrative arc with clear heroes and villains that makes for better adapting into a video game than real history. After all, irl ALL of these dudes were vicious, opportunistic warlords.

  • @justafish1910
    @justafish1910 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I started my entire interest in history when I started with dynasty warriors 4 I have watched this and every OS video numerous times but this one gets me, an early memory, top tier. I randomly try and mention lu bu to everyone I can

  • @alogutz
    @alogutz Před 3 lety +2503

    Game of Thrones: My plot and storyline is so complex.
    China's history: *Hold my beer, kid*

    • @NefariousEvildoer
      @NefariousEvildoer Před 3 lety +55

      *season 8 has entered the chat*

    • @AlexJones-ex8ox
      @AlexJones-ex8ox Před 3 lety +36

      I want to play dynasty warriors now

    • @Dominicwylai
      @Dominicwylai Před 3 lety +30

      Hold my Oolong tea*

    • @ut2819
      @ut2819 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Dominicwylai oolong tea is from Vietnam you prick

    • @cassandral835
      @cassandral835 Před 3 lety +12

      @@ut2819 I am genuinely interested in this theory. What makes you think so? I even checked the Vietnamese language page for the tea to try to corroborate it to no avail.

  • @mynameyeff6093
    @mynameyeff6093 Před 3 lety +3919

    Dynasty warriors taught me all of this already. “It’s it’s it’s luuuu buuuuuu”

    • @cherrytwelve7570
      @cherrytwelve7570 Před 3 lety +40

      You see that statue of Guan Yu

    • @jackofallgods7764
      @jackofallgods7764 Před 3 lety +86

      omg i know right. I always wondered how they could keep redoing this story but turns out they never even finished it. Man I spent some childhood hours forming plans on how i could survive a battle with lu bu

    • @shonwest1539
      @shonwest1539 Před 3 lety +46

      I used to play the hell outta dynasty Warriors 3~7 I didn't know the yellow turbans were a real thing Now I'm wondering if the Warriors were real to

    • @jasp3rjeep13
      @jasp3rjeep13 Před 3 lety +25

      There's a lot of stuff that Dynasty Warriors got wrong tho, but then it is only a game

    • @davidbyers129
      @davidbyers129 Před 3 lety +9

      Broooo same! LU BEI HAS ARIVED!!!

  • @senorliamy17
    @senorliamy17 Před 10 měsíci +37

    This video was not only intricately researched, the Chinese was also well-pronounced. One of my favourite O.S. videos! Fantastic work!

  • @LightningSniper
    @LightningSniper Před 6 měsíci +30

    You can really tell he practiced the Chinese names. Thank you OverSimplified.

  • @gervaiselam6641
    @gervaiselam6641 Před rokem +3251

    for those who are wondering, at 0.21, where the line "the birds are singing", the Chinese roughly translates to never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Nice easter egg.

  • @afc9447
    @afc9447 Před 3 lety +3497

    Europe history : i am too difficult.
    China history : am i a joke to you?

    • @mcchickennugget1599
      @mcchickennugget1599 Před 3 lety +15

      lmao

    • @nicholesathitsin8557
      @nicholesathitsin8557 Před 3 lety +51

      But it's fun to learn

    • @girlbuu9403
      @girlbuu9403 Před 3 lety +158

      China: I am the fucking SIZE of Europe, stop thinking of me as a single country in situations like this.

    • @sue_me8680
      @sue_me8680 Před 3 lety +26

      I had to take notes to keep up with the video.

    • @todoioka_butsu3164
      @todoioka_butsu3164 Před 3 lety +41

      The fact that I just learnt this last year I recalled everything and was looking at the maps changing I was just saying : this IS oversimplified, my Chinese History exam wasn’t THIS easy

  • @Bmms452
    @Bmms452 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I love the French yellow jacket at 3:53 ! Always there to help revoltin’ !

  • @eddiehancockii
    @eddiehancockii Před 15 dny +3

    I swear i think I've watched this video 100 times. It never gets old.

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 Před 4 lety +11070

    If this is the overly smplified version, don't even start on the actual one

    • @Jimothyjohns
      @Jimothyjohns Před 4 lety +549

      Mujahid Syed I read the three kingdoms, and even though it was the easier version to read, it was confusing

    • @hypothalapotamus5293
      @hypothalapotamus5293 Před 4 lety +588

      I tried understanding the War of the Roses... I gave up and just read a song of ice and fire.

    • @hypothalapotamus5293
      @hypothalapotamus5293 Před 4 lety +70

      @@RubberBruh1 Stares at riddle... Why does not knowing cigarette brands make solving an exercise in logic harder? It shouldn't, but it somehow does.

    • @khaiwen100
      @khaiwen100 Před 4 lety +159

      @@Jimothyjohns there is actually 2 books, one is san guo yan yi (romance of the three kingdom) , which is simplier but has interesting story line, while san guo zhi (Records of the Three Kingdoms) is the actual record of the history.

    • @Jimothyjohns
      @Jimothyjohns Před 4 lety +14

      khaiwen100 yeah. I want to read the full version of both. I haven’t been able to yet but I’m trying to find a copy

  • @sachadelon1935
    @sachadelon1935 Před 3 lety +2665

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Watch out behind you
    It’s LU BU

  • @user-fe5dv4rs9x
    @user-fe5dv4rs9x Před 9 měsíci +6

    Honestly Oversimplified you pronounced the Chinese names better than 95% of youtubers. As a native Chinese myself, I confirm this is pretty well explained..

  • @felixedwin532
    @felixedwin532 Před 9 měsíci +3

    6:16 adolf’s dad sure is a busy man……
    Border patrol,beating the smack out of anyone not loyal to him,chinese rebellion crushing…..
    A busy man indeed
    😅

  • @bookbutterfly6613
    @bookbutterfly6613 Před 3 lety +2321

    0:20 that’s simplified Chinese for “never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down”
    Mother fu

  • @fredererpower
    @fredererpower Před 3 lety +4750

    Adolf’s father is so enraged, that he can punish anyone severely in any point of history.

    • @neerajvishwanath3179
      @neerajvishwanath3179 Před 3 lety +332

      There's gonna be a tax for that

    • @RJ-xl2cd
      @RJ-xl2cd Před 3 lety +163

      @@neerajvishwanath3179 *stamp*

    • @Novawarp809
      @Novawarp809 Před 3 lety +94

      RJ More economic downturn

    • @yegti
      @yegti Před 3 lety +90

      @@Novawarp809 hey! YOU cant say that! To the guillotine!

    • @glitcher5898
      @glitcher5898 Před 3 lety +23

      Yeah i Saw that

  • @dianalei5996
    @dianalei5996 Před 9 měsíci +17

    Pretty well explained. Just a Little sad that Zhuge Liang isn’t mentioned. Like, he’s so important in Liu Bei’s country!!😢

  • @hirochillax
    @hirochillax Před 4 měsíci +38

    I've learned that China had a well-established civilization since 2000 BC, making me realize that for Japan, China is like a SENPAI. The importation of kanji, rice cultivation, and bronze tools from China played a crucial role in shaping Japan's civilization. It truly underscores that China significantly influenced the development of Japan's culture.😊

    • @NeptuniaMorgan
      @NeptuniaMorgan Před 3 měsíci

      It's probably because of China's (in the grand scheme of things) "recent" policies that most of the world has no idea about what China is. Most people know that China has been around for a pretty long time and is under communist rule but that's about it. China is seen as the big bad evil , while its history is being glossed over as if it were nothing.

  • @XxKiLLeRSaxX
    @XxKiLLeRSaxX Před 2 lety +3215

    Three kingdoms fought for over 100 years for unification, and in the end, none of them achieved it.
    Talk about irony.

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 Před 2 lety +176

      And the winner, West Jin, has the dubious honour of being probably the only United Dynasty in China to be corrupt as fuck from the first generation emperor.

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 Před 2 lety +67

      ETA
      If anyone wonders why, with other out-of-chaos-comes-unity dynasties, such as West Han under Liu Bang, North Song under Zhao Kuangying, or Ming under Zhu Yuanzhang, those emperors either come from humble roots and climbed to the top with their leadership skills, or they started with a power level (Zhao Kuangying was a big general in Later Zhou dynasty, and he eventually amassed enough power to force the emperor and the empress dowager to abdicate for him) but it still takes cunning and humility to plan and exercise.
      The Sima clan on the other hand, are dirty schemers who got lucky by the time Sima Yan becomes emperor of all China. Now Sima Yan has conquered all of China, they think there’s nothing more to do, so lets get to those nonstop Porsche Parties already.

    • @michaelhe2581
      @michaelhe2581 Před 2 lety +10

      Actually, the new dynasty only last 30 years

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 Před 2 lety +3

      Michael He Oh yeah, from CE 280 to 316, but civil war already fucked China up enough that northern ethnicities created their own kingdoms since 304.

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 Před 2 lety +13

      China would not see unification again until CE 589 under the Sui dynasty

  • @stelladeangelis5618
    @stelladeangelis5618 Před 3 lety +13069

    Would love to see “The Roman Empire: Oversimplified” (or something similar that takes place during that time period lol)

  • @BluEyedRaven
    @BluEyedRaven Před 11 měsíci +2

    I was trying to find a book on the Warring states, but wow, this video solved ALL of my questions. But it probably was a pain to edit 😅

  • @takecarey
    @takecarey Před 3 měsíci +2

    Great video OverSimplified - One thing that stands out: pictures of each warlord, etc.. would've helped to follow the history a tiny bit, but it's still very interesting and informative. Thanks!

    • @takecarey
      @takecarey Před 3 měsíci

      ( I know there's colors and writing, but I personally like seeing imagery and portraits😃 )

  • @awesomeBENNY_1
    @awesomeBENNY_1 Před 5 lety +7535

    Oversimplified hasn’t uploaded in 3 months
    This enraged his father, who punished him severely

  • @popcorn8411
    @popcorn8411 Před 5 lety +602

    6:08 Imperial forces stormed the palace and the Eunuchs were all massacrate-
    *This enraged his father, who punished a guy in the back severely.*

  • @seagullgod
    @seagullgod Před rokem +1

    My history teacher showed my class this video during our Ancient China unit, it’s still amazing.

  • @dimamatat5548
    @dimamatat5548 Před 5 měsíci +2

    6:07 The eunuchs killed He Jin. This enraged Yuan Shao (and Adolf's father), who punished them severely

  • @emerald7853
    @emerald7853 Před 2 lety +5014

    I love how Lu Bu in his intro was being a badass and then for the rest of his time in the video he’s getting his ass kicked

    • @austinhua4911
      @austinhua4911 Před 2 lety +427

      Can't imagine he had that many men, and he still took huge pieces of land. He's that one guy that just rushes everything and shoots everything in a video game.

    • @lamtomas4853
      @lamtomas4853 Před 2 lety +361

      Lu Bu is a character in RPG which attack:99 and wisdom:0

    • @youhan9574
      @youhan9574 Před 2 lety +90

      He probably should have listened to Chen Gong more

    • @canngothi1781
      @canngothi1781 Před 2 lety +43

      Stupid dragon.
      Ah sh- 👹

    • @Mortablunt
      @Mortablunt Před 2 lety +100

      When the bad guy becomes a playable character.

  • @thepinballking5909
    @thepinballking5909 Před 4 lety +1259

    Teacher: there are only three questions on the homework
    The homework:

  • @S0da0DA
    @S0da0DA Před 8 měsíci +2

    I'm pretty confused with Dynasty Warrior game lore because the lore is kinda mixed up with 'what if'
    This video helps me a lot

  • @fa1512
    @fa1512 Před 4 měsíci +1

    3:42,that is soooooo funny,oversimpifed does some great work.

  • @zbcc9090bcc
    @zbcc9090bcc Před 4 lety +1173

    8:29
    Those two Chinese lines on the wall are
    Left:Never gonna give you up.
    Right:Never gonna let you down.

    • @muwahid2380
      @muwahid2380 Před 4 lety +79

      Ah, I see he is a man of culture as well

    • @athapratama55
      @athapratama55 Před 4 lety +32

      永远不会跑来跑去离开你

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 Před 4 lety +105

      The Chinese were rick rolling before it was cool.

    • @oakenaikemeja
      @oakenaikemeja Před 4 lety +5

      I see now,

    • @EthanX1ao
      @EthanX1ao Před 4 lety +3

      @GeneralOfficerDuck same thing

  • @rep478
    @rep478 Před 2 lety +5749

    6:12 Nice to see a cameo from Hitler's father. The fact that he was alive during the Han Dynasty is not discussed enough in history class. What a man!

    • @gothmomcosplays
      @gothmomcosplays Před 2 lety +268

      I know right? Its such an overlooked fact.

    • @justinswenson5124
      @justinswenson5124 Před 2 lety +587

      The eunuchs became corrupt
      So he punished them severely

    • @Isaaac165
      @Isaaac165 Před 2 lety +50

      I saw it too.

    • @gothmomcosplays
      @gothmomcosplays Před 2 lety +128

      @@justinswenson5124 To be fair, their corruption enraged him.

    • @alex._.1501
      @alex._.1501 Před 2 lety +142

      @@gothmomcosplays this angered his father, who punished him severely

  • @acrandal
    @acrandal Před 4 měsíci +1

    Another great couple of games based on this era are the NES Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the SNES Romance of the Three Kingdoms II. Obviously old, but having played a *ton* of RotTK II back in the day I was able to follow the high speed history section without any trouble. That's not something I thought I'd get from playing SNES games, but there it is.

  • @xinguan2681
    @xinguan2681 Před 8 měsíci +1

    13:16 Oversimplified, I think you missed something. Before the battle of the red cliffs, Cao Cao was tricked into chaining his ships together (in some like of line). Because of this, it made escape difficult and stuff

  • @jenniferli3181
    @jenniferli3181 Před 4 lety +1024

    I just wanna say that at 0:21, the bird that was singing was saying the Chinese lyrics for "never ganna give you up, never gonna let you down" all of you normies just got Rick rolled.

    • @MBobLamy
      @MBobLamy Před 4 lety +16

      永不会放弃你

    • @alexcrouse
      @alexcrouse Před 4 lety +15

      I was about to comment i need a translation. Thank you, my hero!

    • @kuangyuehpeng2181
      @kuangyuehpeng2181 Před 4 lety +19

      Wow I just got rick rolled

    • @shuliu4804
      @shuliu4804 Před 4 lety +13

      The ancient duck roll, because hey, a pigeon looks a bit like a duck

    • @fluffwarrior
      @fluffwarrior Před 4 lety +2

      that's what the bird says in every intro of that type

  • @FrederickWang
    @FrederickWang Před 4 lety +4538

    I am Chinese, and this is literally THE best introduction of ancient Chinese history (till the Three Kingdoms Era) I ever came across that has been done by a foreigner.

    • @afox9561
      @afox9561 Před 4 lety +25

      I agree!

    • @covenantkinguriel9178
      @covenantkinguriel9178 Před 4 lety +66

      And you didn’t even see the rick roll

    • @joynew1914
      @joynew1914 Před 4 lety +40

      seems you really donnot like reading something about Chinese history. This video is good, but far away from the best.

    • @AliKhan.1247
      @AliKhan.1247 Před 4 lety +13

      Aika -Chan what?

    • @covenantkinguriel9178
      @covenantkinguriel9178 Před 4 lety +27

      Ali - K the bird at the very start was singing Never gonna give you up

  • @infinityd
    @infinityd Před 10 měsíci +6

    just awesome. i love all of your vids and appreciate your work

  • @DaJi164
    @DaJi164 Před 3 měsíci +1

    im a huge fan of the three kingdoms i have the books games watched the show and everything this is an amazing vid

  • @scrodymom7269
    @scrodymom7269 Před 5 lety +355

    6:10 The Eunuchs killed He Hin.
    This, of course, enraged Hitler's father, who punished them severely.

    • @crammothy
      @crammothy Před 5 lety +3

      Hitler's father was in the video in the suppression of rebellion

    • @el_chapo_mex_1324
      @el_chapo_mex_1324 Před 5 lety

      Scrody Mom 🌞

    • @Bluecheese1400
      @Bluecheese1400 Před 5 lety

      Scrody mom forgot to add the period at the end of his sentence.
      This, of course, enraged hitler’s father, who punished him severely.

    • @konpekinogomi
      @konpekinogomi Před 5 lety

      Goddamn it hahaha, i missed that one

    • @scrodymom7269
      @scrodymom7269 Před 5 lety

      @@Bluecheese1400 thanka

  • @cantabitvidentis5569
    @cantabitvidentis5569 Před 2 lety +3383

    I was today years old when I noticed Hitler’s dad severely punishing a eunuch in the background at 6:09.

  • @user-sj3hs3qq8d
    @user-sj3hs3qq8d Před 11 měsíci +2

    Ty:) thanks for making all these cool videos explaining history! You single-handedly, save me from failing history in school. Thanks for all the American history videos.:)

  • @nikili12345
    @nikili12345 Před 8 měsíci

    awesome video! also like the bird on the roof singing in the start of the vid was actually singing rickroll but in chinese

  • @maryschmitt596
    @maryschmitt596 Před rokem +2301

    I’m surprised he didn’t mention how the Jin dynasty lasted for all of two seconds before it collapsed, and then the 16 kingdoms era started.

    • @Ocro555
      @Ocro555 Před rokem +185

      yeah lol, even more chaotic than 3 kingdoms

    • @drafezard7315
      @drafezard7315 Před rokem +92

      @@Ocro555 Warring States and Spring and Autumn period: Armatures.

    • @Ocro555
      @Ocro555 Před rokem +54

      @@drafezard7315 warring States not rilly, only 7 main players. spring and autumn period has more players i think but more stable and do not have big outside threats unlike the north-south dynasties

    • @yuluoxianjun
      @yuluoxianjun Před rokem +8

      ​@@Ocro555 😢yes.that period.human always eat meat....of human

    • @Ocro555
      @Ocro555 Před rokem +5

      @@yuluoxianjun cannibalism😔

  • @courteneyclark5626
    @courteneyclark5626 Před 5 lety +3468

    Educating the public like no public school ever could. Thank you, Oversimplified.

  • @alexterra2626
    @alexterra2626 Před 8 měsíci +4

    * China seems to be having a war with itself.
    * It appears to be losing…

  • @melinabobina1503
    @melinabobina1503 Před 11 měsíci +4

    These characters are so adorable in their little outfits 😊

  • @nutellasammich9964
    @nutellasammich9964 Před 4 lety +1591

    “So fat and oily, he burned for days”
    Im sorry- I completely fell on the floor After that

    • @DodoRebirth
      @DodoRebirth Před 4 lety +5

      Nice

    • @bjwashington8234
      @bjwashington8234 Před 4 lety +32

      That's actually true story...

    • @ghostilla
      @ghostilla Před 4 lety +31

      @@bjwashington8234 exaggerated story. king arthur pulled a sword from a stone. would you believe it? ancient people just like to boast things up

    • @gentianalafinca3323
      @gentianalafinca3323 Před 4 lety +23

      ​@@ghostilla Another version says they put a candle in his belly button and it burned for days, this one would be more realistic

    • @lordstarship827
      @lordstarship827 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ghostilla I mean, it's true though...

  • @kakao7339
    @kakao7339 Před 4 lety +1641

    “It’s a little kitty cat, look at it’s ears”
    *The people loved his political philosophy*

    • @de132
      @de132 Před 4 lety +5

      @Darkey Cat.

    • @FilmDragons
      @FilmDragons Před 4 lety +2

      *p o l i t i c a l p h i l o s o p h y*

    • @roylu820
      @roylu820 Před 4 lety +3

      his political philosophy is one branch of Taoism

    • @davidhong1934
      @davidhong1934 Před 4 lety +1

      @@roylu820

    • @roylu820
      @roylu820 Před 4 lety

      @@davidhong1934 so zhangjiao 张角 is a cat person

  • @InsaneInquis
    @InsaneInquis Před 2 měsíci +2

    To give an interesting idea of how (globally) bloody this time period was…
    At around the same time as ancient China was fighting this mess out, the Romans were duking it out with the Carthaginians (including Hannibal’s infamous rampage through Italy).
    Yes I have been binging Oversimplified. Why do you ask?

  • @gregoryhubele
    @gregoryhubele Před 5 měsíci +2

    As a french I love the reference at 3:52 about the french who manifested against Macron

  • @aarontheblackfox
    @aarontheblackfox Před 2 lety +5103

    Decades of playing Dynasty Warriors prepared me for recognizing every single name in this whole video. Worth it.

    • @UnderseaPumaKing
      @UnderseaPumaKing Před 2 lety +60

      Recently discovered the series with DW Empires 8. Absolutely love it. I was gonna get 9 but it seems to be bad according to the reviews. Ill hold off until 9 Empires or 10.

    • @dakotabless4800
      @dakotabless4800 Před 2 lety +92

      Yellow Turban Rebellion
      Battle of Hu lao gate
      Battle of Xia pi
      Etc

    • @wysper6512
      @wysper6512 Před 2 lety +29

      I know huh!?! I loved playing Lubu.

    • @AnalrightBoah69
      @AnalrightBoah69 Před 2 lety +22

      I grew up with that series lmao.

    • @Saihamaru
      @Saihamaru Před 2 lety +9

      @@UnderseaPumaKing get 7 empire instead, the best empire version ever
      more events, more endings and more ways to screw up the entire map than 8 :D

  • @Happyface45678
    @Happyface45678 Před 4 lety +779

    3:52
    Lol yellow vest protester holding a baguette in the middle

  • @seansimms8503
    @seansimms8503 Před rokem +1

    Man, playing Dynasty Warriors back in the days there was only one guy I feared...Lu Bu, that SOB would fight me, all my body guards and officers and body guards plus whatever troops we had on hand single handedly, sometimes it took a good 20 minutes to defeat him.

  • @lolroe
    @lolroe Před 9 měsíci +2

    I've been Chinese my entire life and this is the first time I've ever heard of this period of history!! Amazing!!

  • @anahasheml8789
    @anahasheml8789 Před 5 lety +682

    6:08 one of the Eunuchs at the back was getting punished severely

  • @justinzhou7245
    @justinzhou7245 Před 3 lety +1125

    at 8:30, the two banners on the wall said:
    "Never gonna give you up"
    "Never gonna let you down"
    Lu Bu got rick rolled

  • @nanyubusnis9397
    @nanyubusnis9397 Před 11 měsíci +4

    0:50 If that isn't the story of the entirety of civilization until current day and counting, we are living in a fantasy.
    9:37 Challenge accepted! Go!:
    1. Okay, that rough map is quite complicated.
    2. Okay Yuan brothers want to be their family's figure head.
    3. Uhm.. some alliances.
    4. Sun Jian, haven't I seen him before?
    5. Who was dong jo again?
    You lost me. Timestamp: 9:53 How'd I do?
    10:47 This is making my dizzy!
    12:00 OK, OK, OK, I GIVE IN! I just want to read some simple easy to follow game of thrones now. :c

  • @richardgesegnet5481
    @richardgesegnet5481 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Brilliant video. Immediately liked and subbed.
    It touches my soul because im so stupid with history

  • @iamjoe3850
    @iamjoe3850 Před 5 lety +2397

    But oversimplified, China was discovered by the viki-
    *Oh no, I’m having a heart attacc*

    • @xo_Hayat
      @xo_Hayat Před 5 lety +15

      Wreckz - 0 BRO ARE U STALKING ME I SEE U IN EVERY COMMENT SECTION LOL 😂 LITERALLY IDEK HOW

    • @JoMiMi_h
      @JoMiMi_h Před 5 lety +11

      @@xo_Hayat search up maximilianmus

    • @sez7051
      @sez7051 Před 5 lety +14

      @@xo_Hayat that's not the same person,its just that a lot of people use that as their pfp,including him

    • @eiffel108
      @eiffel108 Před 5 lety +3

      New Antarctictangle No he betrayed Pewds!

    • @eliquialz1841
      @eliquialz1841 Před 5 lety +11

      the Memes of oversimplified:
      dude... uncool!
      So he punished him severely
      Oh no I'm having a heart attacc!
      I don't remember some, I'll add more later.

  • @charliezzzz9147
    @charliezzzz9147 Před 3 lety +543

    0:20 The birds just rickrolled me. It said 永不会放弃你,永不会放下你 which translates to Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down

  • @ThatGoofyGamer_101
    @ThatGoofyGamer_101 Před měsícem

    Thank you for this video! Thanks to the map you put in and knowing where the Yellow River was, I got an A!

  • @user-fe5dv4rs9x
    @user-fe5dv4rs9x Před 8 měsíci +12

    Im actually surprised how well he pronounced the chinese names. Honestly Oversimplified you pronounced the Chinese names better than 95% of youtubers.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 5 lety +999

    Dynasty Warriors players be like: "We already know about this. But we love your video anyways."

  • @bobroberts1770
    @bobroberts1770 Před 5 lety +590

    3:50 you see that French yellow vest with a baguette 😂

  • @tutran8363
    @tutran8363 Před 10 měsíci +4

    No mention of Kong Ming? He was literally the reason why it was 3 kingdoms and not 10 or 15. Mentioning Sima Yi without Kong Ming is a humongous disservice.

  • @marinarestacapellazzi4739
    @marinarestacapellazzi4739 Před 7 měsíci

    What I like most about that video is that you correctly gave the credit of victory at Chibi to Huang Gai and not that prick Zhuge Liang

  • @viditsinha9707
    @viditsinha9707 Před 2 lety +1405

    Just the explained version of "China is whole again, then it broke again"

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie Před 4 lety +9321

    Watching old Oversimplified videos?
    There's a tax for that

  • @fatman6480
    @fatman6480 Před rokem +6

    Yellow Turban Rebellion.
    *Plays Wo Long: Fallen Dysnaty*
    *Remembers what Oversimplified said about it having myth and might not be true*
    Sounds true.

  • @Jangobadass
    @Jangobadass Před 6 měsíci +1

    "That would explain the lasers"
    Not to mention Dynasty Warriors and a bunch of Shaw Bros movies...
    (the only thing that would make this perfect was if he'd been able to somehow reference Toaist magic and the flying guillotine 🤔)