Jang Bogo from Korean Expat to Merchant Prince of Korea, China & Japan

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Jang Bogo was a commoner in Silla who rose to power despite the restrictive bone rank system. Today his legacy is can be found in Korea, China and Japan.
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0:00 Introduction
0:41 Silla's Bone Rank System
1:53 Jang Bogo Goes to China
4:10 Jang Bogo Returns to Korea
6:01 Jang Bogo's Rise to Power
7:32 The New King's Promise
9:09 Jang Bogo's Legacy
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@CoolHistoryBros 3 года назад

East Asia was much more connected than most people realise. Also, I would like to thank my patreon supporter 창민 이, for helping me with the research for this video.

@rencechannel2240 3 года назад

@Jak Blogger as Chinese descent you are somewhat correct haha

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

Wow, I never knew that China and Japan also had memorials for Jang Bogo. He really did leave a great mark in East Asian history.

@dirtiestharry6551 3 года назад

In Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture Japan, there is a shrine called 新羅善神堂. Which roughly means "shrine where Silla god lies". It got its name because it has a wooden statue called 新羅明神 which roughly translates to "Bright Silla god". History has forgotten which Silla deity this statue is supposed to be, but according to local legends, it says it's actually statue of a Silla man who helped Ennin in his travels to China. So some people speculate that this might be the statue of Jang Bogo in his later years.

@kreg857 3 года назад

The Bone ranking system also influenced the Japanese imperial court ranks system too. For example, high-ranking positions in the imperial government were only available to the members of some bloodlines(called the Genji), and lower-ranked positions were distributed to certain bloodlines, too. This is almost identical to the Bone ranking system of Silla. Because of this system, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi came to power, he couldn't proclaim the position of Shogun itself. Instead, he married into a clan which was descendant of a certain bloodline, to proclaim the a-bit-less-powerful-and-not-so-legitimate position of Kanpaku(Imperial advisor). Despite being the most poweful ultimate ruler of Japan, Hideyoshi still couldn't overrule the Imperial system, as he was of peasant birth. Due to this, when his heir succeeded him when Hideyoshi died after failing to conquer Korea, the fact that, the position of Kanpaku was still nominally nothing more than the Imperial advisor, was exploited by his rivals such as Tokugawa Ieyasu.

@laosi4278 3 года назад

But kampaku was more prestigious than a shogun, it usually reserved only for fujiwara clan, and usually only the "family in law" of the ruling Emperor could held the title, same with daijo daijin, udaijin, sadaijin and dainagon, Shogun on the other hand was just a middle ranking office in Imperial Court, thus it was given to samurai

@ab9840 3 года назад

Even the Inca had there own class structure. Read - www.fcusd.org/cms/lib/CA01001934/Centricity/Domain/1168/Inca%20Class%20Structure%20Readings.pdf

@jyy9624 4 месяца назад

Social ranks are birthright political power is might, as the emperors well knew

@TK-my7jg 3 года назад

A Korean went to China, and return to Korea then became a GOD? I know! I's Kim Il-sung (1912-1994) , founding father of North Korea And Kim Koo(1876-1949), founding father of South Korea In my home town China,there was a really great Korean named 金乔觉/Kim Cho-go, he was a Korean Prince(696年-794), he came to my home town and became a Buddha We kept worshiping him for 1300 year until now But only few Koreans knows him

@silversurfer2977 3 года назад

Interesting

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Oh shoot that sounds familiar, one of the Shilla royal members or specifically princes who, instead of being involved in Shilla gov't and ruling the country, decided to become a Buddhist priest and left Shilla and went to Tang to do so and settled down in Tang. Man that's some cool rich history right there

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

Many Silla princes who were not able to succeed the throne indeed became Buddhist monks to make sure that they will never be a threat to the ruling king. It looks like some princes were very successful in doing that and became a semi Buddha of 禪 Buddhism in other countries. Interesting, I never heard of this figure called Kim Chogo, but it is a highly plausible story.

@user-te7ui7gu2g 3 года назад

I found that in korean internet thanks to you. I haven't heard of him any of school textbook and popular history books or dramas, movies, comics in korea.... His name is 김교각(Kim Gyo-gak ) in korean.

@ytn00b3 3 года назад

Many Silla people went aboard not just China, but also to Japan as well.

@terrynewsome6698 3 года назад

This man is the eastern exemplar of the world "giga chat".

@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 года назад

Giga chat or giga chad???

@GeneralHellsing 3 года назад

Its giga chad bro lmfa

@Modfet 3 года назад

I am amazed that you did this story. As a Korean, I didnt think the day would come that I would see Jangbogo on youtube. Edit: To add, as a Korean living in foreign lands since youth, I really feel some connection to Jangbogo. So I always admired him, so thanks for covering this.

@Samperor 3 года назад

Totally understand what you are saying. Jangbogo can be anyone's immigrant story.

@thekuan7002 3 года назад

I'm a Filipino working in Korea right now. I know how you feel mike.

@Samperor 3 года назад

@@thekuan7002 I hope you make it big in Korea! Good luck brother!! I will drink one shot for you.

@JustRandomWonderer 2 года назад

@@Samperor ○○○○○ Dream Gives hopes to our life

@BloodnSteel 3 года назад

Oh wow, I'm impressed that you guys managed to pick a topic I knew nothing about this time. I'm a History nerd with the biggest interest in Asia so that really is a high compliment. Excellent work here guys, and good choice to reference the present day connections as that always nests the topic in with the wider context much more effectively. Great work!

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

And fun fact: the reason why his base was named "Cheonghae" ("jin" just means base or fort) was because it meant "clean the seas", as in get rid of the various pirates and slave traders in East Asian waters and bring about peace and stability.

@hishot1078 2 года назад

Yes, mostly Silla pirates.

@Karznax 2 месяца назад

@@hishot1078 jang bogo was from silla lmao.

@hishot1078 2 месяца назад

@@Karznax I was talking about the pirates were Silla pirates during that time. Also Cheonghaejin was located in Shandong. Even today, there stands the Buddhist temple that Jang Bogo built within his base.

@onemanfourtanks5556 Месяц назад

@@hishot1078 pirates were international even then. There were as many Chinese and Japanese.

@hishot1078 Месяц назад

@@onemanfourtanks5556 Not during this era. China did not have east coast in its possession as well. Cheonghaejin is located at the end of Shandong peninsula.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

I realized how few people watch Cool History Bros. The guy and his friends running the channel here are so passionate and their videos interesting and educational yet get so few views, like only a few thousands or ten thousands when it should be in the hundred thousands or more.

@gossolon4113 3 года назад

so much underrated

@ab9840 3 года назад

Not many youtube channels like this one which concentrates on East Asian history.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Yes you're right

@silverchairsg Год назад

The fact of the matter is, Westerners are only interested in their own history. Most Westerners' cultural sphere are limited to USA, Europe and the Mediterrenean.

@yuefei8696 Год назад

@@silverchairsgnot only limited but exaggerated, overrated & the most annoying is the repetitive of the Rome & greek😆

@Samperor 3 года назад

That was so sad...imagine the rebellion was successful?

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

For more ideas on future Korean content: If you haven't already, Baek Dongsu (백동수) would be a great Korean warrior to talk about, or maybe Gisaeng, the Korean entertainers and sometimes courtesans - there were a branch that specialized in sword dancing, a famous gisaeng sacrificed herself to take a Japanese invading general off a cliff with her, and more.

@lerneanlion 3 года назад

Him being called as a deity aside, I like everything about Jang Bogo. Also, would you like to do another similar one about Choe Chiwon? He is the one who, in a sense, laid the foundation to the Gwageo, the Korean civil examination.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Choe Chiwon was a great man. It would be interesting to talk about him!

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

Agreed!

@swee2687 Год назад

you mean Choi Cheungwon?

@lerneanlion Год назад

@@swee2687 Choe Chiwon is how Wikipedia spelled his name. But I guess everyone has their own ways of spelling names of someone.

@swee2687 Год назад

@@lerneanlion OMG I was thinking about Choi Cheung HEON the dictator 😂😂 my bad

@tablestirne9879 2 года назад

They actually had a K-Dram of Jang Bogo - called Emperor of the Seas

@mattcrawford9633 2 года назад

I loved that show.

@warweasel2330 2 года назад

It was my first introduction to Asian historical dramas and the only one I physically own. When I saw this title pop up I was a bit shocked!

@romeforeverr 3 года назад

Yes cool history bros post!

@lolmeme69_ 3 года назад

Awesome video! This really deserves more views...

@bevenaflame 3 года назад

Keep up with the videos CJ! Your channel is easily one of my top 5 alongside Kings and General, HistoryMarche, Epic HistoryTV and Invicta.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Dude I Ioved this episode!! What a great legacy Jang Bogo left in East Asia. Btw the memorial stele from the Enryakuji states (judging from the photo in the video), "Cheonghaejin Daesa Jang Bogo Stele".

@tonmor7200 3 года назад

From a macro-historical perspective, Jang Bogo is another example of how peace in the Northeast Asian region and strong Korea go hand in hand. In other words, when Korea is strong, there is peace in the area, and when there is peace in the area, Korea benefits. That is why peace is profitable to Koreans, unlike how instability and conflict are profitable to Japan and China. It's not because Koreans are inherently better people or because they are more just. The geopolitical situations of the countries is such that Korea thrives in peace while the others thrive in conflict. Which is exactly why in order for the region to be more stable, Korea should get stronger and in order for Korea to be stronger there should be stability in the region (hear that, US policy makers? Not that their priority is peace in the area, even for one moment, which is exactly the problem.) Too bad that China and Japan's self interests are always at odds with this, which make them profitable at the expense of its neighbours and the general instability in the region.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Good analysis. I have had similar thoughts like this. Like when China was instable and weak throughout history, the entire East Asian region was generally in decline. But when China was stable and prosperous/powerful (like Tang), East Asia was generally the same as well. Similar situation with Korea in the more specific region of Northeast Asia. When Korea was stable and prosperous/powerful (let's say Koguryo at its height or early Joseon), then the surrounding region was generally peaceful and stable as well. When Korea was unstable and weak though, similar to when China was weak, generally bad things go down not only in the country itself but also the surrounding region.

@yuefei8696 Год назад

Nah..instability only bring profit & benefits to the Japanese & west especially USA..they need war & chaos to sell theirs weapons & collecting protection fee from Japan, Korea & Taiwan..if u are Korean u know damn well what the foreigners powers evil intentions & had did to East Asia country's & it's people's..& ofc the Japanese love the instability in Asia because it will benefit him greatly a lot in term of economy & military after theirs failed conquest to colonized China, Korea & whole South East Asia..thus the jap need to paint China as a wolf but it is a big lie because history had proven many times that China are not a aggressor & warlike country &nation..the most disappointing & laughable is u are pointing yr finger accusing China but the reality is u south Korea who caused instability in East Asia region by inviting the damn colonial powers & providing them military bases to threatening ur own brotherly neighbouring countries especially to China..when history had proven many times but u people's still willing to collude with the USA & the worst the Nippon..so much of the so called stability are u B.S. at

@stevenbaksh5545 11 месяцев назад

What about today when Korea is split in half?

@SunYat-sen 3 года назад

Epic video dude!

@alstjrqkr689 3 года назад

Fact check: he was never considered a god in korea, only in china and japan. He was considered to be a traitor for a long time in korea thats why there isn’t a single temple or a shrine built for or by him, only in japan and china.

@user-ff2hl8nn5r 3 года назад

Not really. In Goryeo(918-1392) dinasty, he was treated as a brave admiral and were worshiped by the navys. In Kim Bu-sik(Goryeo statesman and writer) 's book Samguksagi (The History of the Three Kingdoms of Korea), he was written as a great general. In Josen dynasty , Jang bogo was considered as a loyalist.

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

God/Spirit has a lot of meanings when translated from the Korean '신' I imagine that in the Korean Shamanistic pantheon he would be in the category of 'Daejang' or General Spirits/Gods, but I am not a 무당 shaman so I can't verify that. He likely would be a heroic spirit called upon or channeled to grant safe passage during ocean journeys, for fortune in business transactions, for good fishing hauls, and in battle against naval enemies.

@Dou_Y 2 года назад

@@user-ff2hl8nn5r look at his pfp, his opinion doesnt matter

@user-ff2hl8nn5r 3 года назад

Thanks for the great job man. You actually made me study more about my own history, and also the Japan's and China's. (Your 신라 pronounciation is great, I have seen lots of people saying shil-la instead of sil-la. Ignore some people's complaining of your pronounciation. A 26year old Korean guy said is fine.Anyone to argue? Write it down in Korean please since you look like master of Korean.)

@silversurfer2977 3 года назад

I am empressed about your details about asian history! Can you make a video of Gwanggaeto of goguryeo?

@CARL_093 3 года назад

thank you very much please more Korea history video please i love the contents bro

@27jyp 3 года назад

Yo, can you do Gung-Ye and Wang-Geon too! That story is dramatic! Plus do not forget about drama from 2000 called King Wang-Geon.

@Samperor 3 года назад

Or later baekje king!

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

@@Samperor Gyeon Hwon the man. Gungye, Wang Geon and Gyeon Hwon, the big three leaders of later three kingdoms Korea.

@Sthriven 3 года назад

to have memorials in 3 separate countries in ancient times... what a badass.

@jangtheconqueror Год назад

Out of all the history channels I've seen, you're the only one covering more "obscure" topics of Korean history (outside of Korean language YT of course). Most of them just talk about Hangul and how great it is

@MINI0724 3 года назад

Thank you for good video

@Werner4voss 3 года назад

While helping Woo-Jing to his throne, Jang's army of 5000 men faught against 100000 men strong Shilla central army on the plains of Dalgubul(modern day Daegu) and won. Killing more than half of their foe.

@Samperor 3 года назад

Not sure about killing half of the men.

@Werner4voss 3 года назад

@@Samperor the record says so

@johnyricco1220 3 года назад

So Jang is just the Korean name for Chang. Even the written word is the same. I wouldn’t have known this without this channel

@serbaserbi6004 3 года назад

Zhang

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

There are two major Romanization systems for Korean, the one Seoul uses today (Revised Romanization) would use Jang but the older system used by the USA government during the Korean War (McCune Reischauer - which as an American I dislike immensely) would spell it Chang for the name 장. Chang 창 with a hard 'ch' sound would be spelled Chang in the RR system and Ch'ang in the McR system.

@boxyyy7329 3 года назад

Jang = Zhang in Chinese

@andia968 3 года назад

I am an indonesian chinese my surname is cai and my neighbourh is a korean expat with surname choi , i found later that our surrname is same but different spelling

@rig.veda200 7 месяцев назад

There's a drama called "Emperor of the Sea" or Sea God featuring his story. Must watch!

@CyclesandThings 3 года назад

I would love to see one on Yeon Gaesomun sometime. Again I’m loving the Korean history series, great work!

@luongnghithuc5223 3 года назад

Can you make a video about the dragons in east asia? Or a video about asian dragons and western dragons.

@lkzhang820 10 месяцев назад

Type 209 class diesel- electric submarines are indeed export submarines from Germany but built under license in various countries.

@CARL_093 3 года назад

i remember the sea god kdrama in my kid days i learn from that about jang bogo

@hishot1078 2 года назад

fun facts: 1) Where and what Jang Bogo did during his service with Tang? -> He participated in fighting against rebelling provinces later became Qi/Je (齊) Dynasty, which was short lived (765-819) and founded by Goryeo (Goguryeo) faction at Shandong peninsula. Qi allied with Jin (Balhae) and installed Goryeo monarch system instead of following Chinese system. 2) Who were the pirates? -> An Lushan rebellion was major event that caused collapse of economy in Tang and surrounding nations. By early 800s, the largest pirate portion was from Silla who were funded by Silla coastal feudal lords. Pirates were also involved in slave trade, kidnapping people from Tang, Silla, and Japan, then sold at the market located in places such as Qi or other provinces where Tang court doesn't have much power. 3) Later famous Japanese pirates were originally created to protect themselves against Silla pirates. After Silla pirates disappear over time, Japan clans who were given the role of protecting the coast became pirates themselves to gain wealth. (historically notable pirates groups were Silla -> Jurchen -> Japan)

@sirlipiramida 3 года назад

I came from " Emperor of the Sea" .He was such inspirational figure

@MoisesMartinez381 3 года назад

I'm really digging this. That was theril

@HexElf 3 года назад

Damn, that's tragic. What a guy! Also I'm super happy learn about this!

@victor25021983 3 года назад

Very cool. I watch his figure movie 5 years ago...

@HOTPLATEGAMING 3 года назад

Emperor of the Sea is a much watch drama about his life and downfall.

@alstjrqkr689 3 года назад

Yeah he was more of a trade prince of east asia. Incredibly successful global CEO.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Oh yes, that is a great historical drama. In English, it is called the Emperor of the Sea and originally in Korean the name is 해신, the literal translation being Sea God or God of the Sea. It is amongst the must watch Korean historical drama TV shows, along with Taejo Wang Geon, Heo Jun, Dae Janggeum (in English, Jewel in the Palace), Dong Yi, Tears of the Dragon (in Korean, 용의 눈물), Jumong, The Immortal Yi Sunshin, Dae Joyong, and Jeong Dojeon, among some other great historical drama shows that I can not remember.

@swee2687 Год назад

Could you perhaps do one on General Gyebaek or Yushin?? 👀👀

@sinoroman 3 года назад

he should have established his own dynasty

@mikeyseo 3 года назад

wow your pronunciation of korean names is quite good

@한국너드 3 года назад

장보고는 해외 유튜브에서 거의 안다뤘던 주제인데 신기하네요 (한국어 잘하시는 분이 해석해서 댓글 달아주세요)

@b2spirit86 3 года назад

It is interesting bc Jang Bogo was barely covered from foreign youtubers

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Translation: "Interesting Jang Bogo is a subject that hadn't been covered by non-Korean RU-vidrs."

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

그래, 저와 같은 외국인들이 한국의 역사 문화에 관심이 더 증가하고 있습니다. 사실은 언어 때문에 배우기가 힘듭니다. 한국에대 해 알고 싶다면 한국어를 배워야 되거나 한국어 하는 사람들이 영어 잘 해야 합니다. 아쉽지만 이런 내용 방송이 영어로 더 있다면 한국적인 관심이 또 있을 거 같습니다.

@virgiljjacas1229 2 года назад

The KBS did aired some fictional version of the character, play by Choi under the title " Dragon of the Sea " in 2007

@Samperor Год назад

There is a recent drama too. Emperor of the Sea. It is a must-see. It's pretty good. There are some clip on youtube.

@Rafael_Mena_Ill 3 года назад

It'd be great if you guys talked about Africa's history of trade with China. Zanzibar and the kingdoms of South East Africa were known to have directly traded goods with east Asia.

@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 года назад

Oh??? Since when???

@callmeasimpifyourecringe356 2 года назад

How the heck could they even interact with each other?!

@kriscubero6778 2 года назад

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 If you happen to look up Zheng He his travels wasn't limited to the Pacific Ocean, his fleet went to the west as well

@user-xo9xs2mu3f 3 года назад

I have a strong feeling this channel is later gonna cover General Kang Kam-Chan.

@matthewmann8969 3 года назад

Maybe made few trips to Mongolia, Vietnam, And Singapore

@ivorbuela1709 3 года назад

please cover the chinese deities also. Not much is known about them.

@munken7673 3 года назад

Kratos: Finally a worthy opponent our battle shall be legendary.

@sidneybaldwin7336 2 года назад

David chang is actually related to him

@rcmrcm3370 3 года назад

Bogo in Canadian means crazy good.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

That's funny and cool but Canadian? That's not a language. Haha

@munken7673 3 года назад

@@yaleyoon6856 Mayby they have some originale words

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Good point

@dhrubajyoti14 2 года назад

Emperor of the sea lovers ❤️😍✨🤗

@simpernchong 3 года назад

Interesting history account. Thanks. Surname '张‘ also is common with Chinese people.

@Samperor 3 года назад

Jang bogo was not his real birth name since he was a slave decent. If memory serves me right, he change it in China. Perhaps he got it from tang official or something.

@simpernchong 3 года назад

@@Samperor OK thank you.

@hwasiaqhan8923 3 года назад

Because it’s a Chinese surnames, like majority of the surnames used in Korea

@Samperor 3 года назад

@@hwasiaqhan8923 Yeah. It was not his real Surname to begin with. He didn't have one since he was a slave. I'm surprised people just didn't make up a surname for themselves.

@hwasiaqhan8923 3 года назад

@@Samperor Well Koreans were very obsessed with Chinese culture, the Korean royalty had their own surnames but they changed to Chinese surnames.

@DungeonerHarold 3 года назад

What made his legacy stick so well Even when he never became an aristocrat? Was it more the prosperity that happened because of him or that he was really liked? It sounds like people wrote quite a bit about him.

@ytn00b3 3 года назад

Aristocracy was bloodline thingy in ancient Asia especially Japan and Korea.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j Год назад

@@ytn00b3 You mean the world

@ytn00b3 Год назад

@@user-cg2tw8pw7j not the entire world.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j Год назад

@@ytn00b3 The world is ruled only by the rich

@user-hm8bz8cs5y 3 года назад

Korean subtitles please ..ㅠㅠ

@Joseph-qd9ew 3 года назад

Awesome video! Speaking of East Asia being connected, what was the Tang’s relationship like with the neighbors to their southwest, like Tibet and Pyu?

@aungphyoko1214 3 года назад

I believe Burma(Pyu) send group of embassadors and musicians during Tang dynasty.

@Joseph-qd9ew 3 года назад

@@aungphyoko1214 Thanks 😄. If you have any recommendations of where I can learn more, let me know!

@yuefei8696 Год назад

They are family..Tang Princess Wen Cheng also married to Tibetan king

@dantheman4543 3 года назад

Isn’t this base of the k drama show emperor of the sea?

@mintyfresh4855 3 года назад

yup

@ab9840 3 года назад

Would be nice to have an episode on the native tribes from the Siberian Far east to the Bering straits. Did those native tribes especially in the Bering straits Chukchi peninsula artic region have any contact with ancient Japan, China or any of the ancient Korean kingdoms. Map - ansipra.npolar.no/english/Indexpages/Map_index.html

@xTheacefrehleyx 3 года назад

Not a specialist in korean history, but whenever I watch a video about the topic, there are always corrupt aristocrats cockblocking actually talented people. Same thing with Admiral Yin, too. Guess Japan was lucky to have them sidelined by the samurai class, maybe...

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

Corrupted aristocrats back stabbing talented individuals happened all over the world. Chinese aristocrats back stabbed many talented generals and even Roman empire did similar thing to great generals like Stilicho.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

Yeah I know what you mean but this doesn't happen all the time in Korean history, just in specfic cases in specific time periods. Please don't think it's some kind of common occurrence in Korean history, it's no different than other histories. Like the person wrote above, it's most definitely not just a thing in Korean history but throughout all of history.

@xTheacefrehleyx 3 года назад

@@bloodmure1 Of course. The problem is that I know more about history of other parts of the world and the incidents of ‘corrupt aristocrats blocking talented people’ get diluted among all the other stuff I have knowledge. With Korea, I know very little, and this kind of thing happens to occur often in the incidents I know. Time to learn more, I guess.

@Samperor 3 года назад

So true. Its all jealously.

@ytn00b3 3 года назад

Samurais are no aristocrats

@rockychieng88 3 года назад

Where is your Three Kingdoms bro? Promised me last year. Til now no Three kingdoms.

@yaleyoon6856 3 года назад

He said in a community post several weeks ago that he will make videos on the Chinese three kingdoms sometime in the middle of this year (so during the summer, I guess).

@CoolHistoryBros 3 года назад

I haven't forgotten my promise. The videos are coming before the middle of the year is over. It is going to be a long series, so I want to cover other countries before dwelling on 3k for an extended period.

@ytn00b3 3 года назад

Be patient. It takes time to make a video.

@tonbopro 3 года назад

US！Unified Silla！骨干？

@user-lb3st2er9d 3 года назад

이젠 우리나라 사람들도 장보고가 뭐했던 사람인지 모르는 인간이 훨씬 많을텐데 외국인한테 이걸 배우네 ㅋ

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

해신도 어느새 아주 옛날드라마가 되어버렸네요.

@laosi4278 3 года назад

It's always make me wondered, why Asian always called Ancient when they clearly more advanced than other continents, while Europe at that time always called middle age?

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

Middle age was a term brought out by western historians to explain the unique history of Europe. Asian history doesn't really use the term the Middle age seriously. Each country just name their "ages" by their own standards so how they call a certain "age" or "era" is usually not the same.

@jasonreviews 3 года назад

how did koreans and chinese communicate in ancient times? english? that's how we do it in modern times?

@user-te7ui7gu2g 3 года назад

In hanja, writing them on paper. or use Interpreter .

@dearcoolz 3 года назад

The upper class Koreans studied and spoke classic Chinese plus writings

@crusaderforchrist8430 2 года назад

@@dearcoolz They didn't spoke Chinese, they used an interpreters and wrote in similar writing system as well.

@redschadow4887 3 года назад

This is so funny he was a god in korea just because he was in China wow and i just noticed congrats on 49k subscribers

@Samperor 3 года назад

When they us god, i think it means expert from how i received it. Like it did so well tgat he was a badass.

@silversurfer2977 3 года назад

He was not a god because he was in china. He was a god because he eliminated the pirates.

@CoolHistoryBros 3 года назад

Thanks mate!

@munken7673 3 года назад

@@silversurfer2977 so it was not because he killed the god of war. 🤯

@bloodmure1 3 года назад

He is more of a local deity than a actual GOD. He maybe worshipped by the locals time to time, but never really treated as an actual almighty god of entire Koreans. Most Koreans don't even know there is a dedicated shrine for him.

@mikeyu5769 3 года назад

It's pronounced SHI-la, not Sil-LA.

@user-ff2hl8nn5r 3 года назад

No its sil-la. If its 'Shi' you have to write it as '쉬'.But instead it is '신'.

@mikeyu5769 3 года назад

@@user-ff2hl8nn5r no, we both know alphabetically it's written as sin-la but it's pronounced much closer to shilla than silla.

@user-ff2hl8nn5r 3 года назад

No its Silla.I'm Korean and I know how to speak my own language.

@user-ff2hl8nn5r 3 года назад

When you write it in hangeul, Its 신라.(Sinla). But due to 유음화, a phonological phenomenon when ㄴ is effected by ㄹ, Its pronounced as Sil-la.And for 시, It is pronounced as si, whem Shi is written aa 쉬.

@Dijeouni 3 года назад

@@mikeyu5769 I have never heard a Korean pronounce 신라 as "silla." I've only ever heard "SHilla" and I've spent 10 years studying Korean and taking history classes from both Caucasian and Korean professors.

@donalain69 3 года назад

Did I miss something? When was he a prince of China and japan? He wasn’t even a prince in Korea, just the husband of a princess.. And the way I understand it, he was about to drag the country into a a civil war just for his own benefit. Doesn’t sound very heroic to me.

@Carambolases 3 года назад

China was like ancient U.S.

@mxn1948 3 года назад

all superpowers were/are like that, mixing pots. the tang had people from all over visit it, rome too had all kinds of people from neighboring states visit it and study in its schooling system. people think china now is homogeneous, its just the result of a really old melting pot of peoples. original chinese were literally just a couple of tribes near the yellow river who would, over millennia, mix with all the peoples of the lands they conquered/absorbed.

@hwasiaqhan8923 3 года назад

@@mxn1948 Yet the Chinese have more homogeneous male DNA make up than Koreans, Japanese, vietnamese and pretty much all of its neighbors