YUAN SHIKAI DOCUMENTARY - BIRTH OF THE WARLORD ERA 

Thanks a lot ^_^

no its not, do u actually speak mandarin? the way he pronounced bei yang, both in the 1st tone but actually are in the 3rd and 2nd tone made me cringe

Tones change upon repeating.

@@brainwashington1332 i mean given if he's not a chinese, his pronunciation is pretty impressive for a gui lao.

@@eugenetan3828 I rather he pronounce it like any other English speaker than trying to do so in mandarin tones but do it wrong. It's like an English speaker trying to pronounce French words but get it wrong, it's pretentious

The Curse of Yuan.

favourite era? lol its total crap shit era that made Hitler's rule look like a paradise

Plus Monarchism is Based.

@Welcome to Mars he had an agreement with sun yatsen to have an armistice, also they had a deal

Yuan Shikai was kind of a paradox: on one hand, he was a very shrewd leader, and got on with the time (he was living in); on the other hand, his ambitions, and greed/lust for power blindsided, and consumed/took the best out of him!

@@mariusmatei2946I believe the definite two sides are highly insufficient to judge a person, not only for historical champions, but also u and me. However Yuan had saved my race( a minority of Asia) from Japanese&Russian invaders. I’m grateful to that from him.

@shen-gk2zz well, you're definitely judging him from a biased (lest selfish) perspective!

Thanks ! This video took me a long time to write ^^

​@@History_of_Chinayour videos are awesomely exquisite!

Interesting comparison!

Cheers :)

Thanks for your comment!

Thanks ! I will :)

Thanks for your comment ! I think either Yuan didn't want or didn't have the time to officially name his dynasty, and his reign was so short that many people don't even consider him as an emperor, but I guess if it had lasted longer it would have been considered the last dynasty :)

The Qing Dynasty was the last Dynasty because Puyi was shortly restored to the throne in 1917.

His empire was modeled after western empires. Therefore there was no dynastic name and it was solely called "The empire of China"

​@@History_of_Chinayep; personally, I never think of Yuan Shikai as "emperor", but more as a military dictator (and he might have pulled it off, his dictatorial/military regime, had he not flirted with imperial grandeur).

Thank you!

Thanks!

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Thank you ! I don't think I've used different fonts for the characters, but they appear different wether they are simplified or not, so that could be it^^

Thank you for your comment :) That's an interesting guess but no wrong country^^

@@History_of_China British definitely

Glad you enjoyed :)

Good thinking, but you're wrong ^_^

@@History_of_China damn, you don't even live in Canada ?

Nope, wrong continent !

@@History_of_China I would guess you either live in South America or Europe

Singapore

Thanks for your comment :)

No that foreign influence would've brought more goodthan harm. China could've learned

Thank you !

Thank you! If you're interested, I've talked about such subjects in my Puyi videos :) Here's a link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IOrH0f9QHec.html

@@History_of_China Ah alright, I haven't reached that one yet. Looking forward to seeing it :)

The world may then have seen China become like Japan, a modernised Empire, and the Qing could have survived

@@History_of_China I honestly believe that at that point the writing was on the wall. The vast majority of people in China wanted a Republic of some sort and with leaders like Sun Yat-Sen, I believe that the end of Imperial rule in China was inevitable. Not to mention the fact that the Qing were descended from foreigners & the majority of Han Chinese wanted an indigenous Han government. The old customs imposed on the Han like the queue hairstyle were humiliating to many Han Chinese who saw the Qing as Manchu tyrants. Am I right ?

@@History_of_China The more I think about it the more Guangxu seemed like a Chinese Gorbachev. His reforms were good in theory, but too little too late. Had it been 10-20 years earlier it would be the right move. Radical reforms like this ironically requires strong, almost tyrannical power to secure it against reactionaries. The fact that the reform faction failed to consolidate military support before launching reforms suggest inexperience and naivete.

@@johnyricco1220 The Emperor was young and inexperienced .His life was dominated ,by his adoptive mother ,also his aunt .He had to call her Dearest Father ,and knelt before her .

@@lhkpbd She was very overbearing

That would have been interesting ! In any case, the republicans would have desperately fought back, and China would probably have seen a Yuan Empire vs Republican China civil war.

The warlord era definitenly needs a complete strategy game adaptation

There is a mod of the Warlord Era for HoI4, but it doesn’t have any focus trees yet. If you wanna have a go at the more fantastical but more finished, the Kaiserreich alternate history scenario for the same game has an international intervention help Wu Peifu stop the Northern Expedition and the reestablishment of the Qing under Zhili dominance. China then falls back into a second warlord era in 1936 when Sun Chuanfang loses his grip on the South to KMT remmants and Yiguandao fanatics. Also for some reason Chen Jiongming and Tang Jiyao are still around.

@@luxborealis thanks for the tip. Haha I basically grew up watching HK TVB drama set in this period.. Usually in a negative way as none of the warlords are "Good guys" majority are assholes who snatch village male as "Cannon fodder"

Which one?

Proxima Centauri 1911, maybe?

I fail to find an angle to see him anything other than an opportunist and a traitor. It doesn't make him bad or anything, just a highly unreliable ally that is all.

because like all other CCP puppets they degrade manchurian heroes such as Yuan Shikai

Yuan's contribution to the maintenence of harmony was minimal, as his entrance to power was through the military, setting an example for future dictates.

Sure! It's a military march called Fuzhang 赴戰 (to battle). I think it was created under the Kuomintang

@@History_of_China thanks 🥰

Historically they were a vassal to China...Read your history...There are written records to that...

I've covered it in my Puyi biography documentary :) Here's the link : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IOrH0f9QHec.html

Would love to buy!

Thanks for your comment. This relationship essentially happened during the Ming dynasty in early 15th century between Emperor Yongle and Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi

...With the title "King of Japan"

@@charsensei878 hey. We've been discussing this whole matter at Samurai Archives. What you're saying is not entirely true. Are you referring to something in the Tokugawa epoch or are you referring to Minamoto Dogi, Nippon Koku-O (Yoshimitsu) who was the grandson of the great general and despite what historians have said and what he himself may (or may not) have secretly wanted, he was not the Tenno. Just because he wrote letters which were EXPECTED to be over the top deferential, does not mean he officially accepted vassalage. Furthermore, Edo period scholars and diplomats particularly during the bakumatsu when the bakufu's powers were being philosophically and practically discussed (and questioned) would suggest he wasnt legally able to accept it even if he did. That would be the prerogative of the Dairi. Now there IS a letter in question and as I said were discussing this at Samurai Archives as to if that letter is actually the work of the said Uji no Choja or his son Yoshimochi. You are very welcome to come join the discussion should you like. And to @History of China I thank you for the discourse as it has created a stimulating and fun dialogue for us over there and you too are welcome to join us AS IS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WHO MAY BE READING THIS :)

@@RemmySkye The tributary relation mentioned latter happened in 1401.As same as other tributaries the Shogun Yoshimitsu was crowned the King of Japan tittle.And a tributary doesn't mean vassalization and since Shogun runned the government under the Emperor,thus King was not a improper and unacceptable tittle for the Shogun.For most of all,being a tributary opens trade relation with China which was insane profitable for Japan especially the western Daimios like Hosokawa and Ouchi.

Was Yuan Shikai

Yeah Chinese failed to reunify Vietnam.