I'm sorrowful that you don't have more views. I like that you are fluent in modern Chinese being an American. I used to listen to all of your stuff all the time but it has been awhile for me and as I can see for you as well. If I can singularily get you to consider making some more I'd be most grateful. I wanna hear about the travelers fuxian or xuanzang traveling to India and etc please. You do an amazing job of breaking things down and making it easily understandable.
Thanks Ethan! Xuanzang I already covered.....Now in 2019 I'm putting out episodes every two weeks. The reason so few UA-cam views might be because I haven't done anything to promote this channel since I set it up. Don't feel so bad for me....My RSS feed gets about 7000 downloads a day.....someone out there is listening. One of these days I'll figure out how to promote this UA-cam channel.....For now, I'm thankful as can be that you and a couple thousand others have subscribed and listen. Thanks again E!
The Maginot Line was actually a great idea and worked exactly as intended. The Ardennes was an oversight, but if the line had not been, the conflict would have been a repeat of the first world war in Belgium, except this time the German tanks would have broken through to Paris. It prevented German armor from leveraging its advantage on the main front, driving them towards the gamble on the Ardennes. The same is true of the Great Wall. Its point wasn't to keep everyone out from every possible point. The idea was that it would act as an advance guard to meet invasions and provide strong points on major arteries. The wall also greatly hampered the logistics of horse-riding armies. The Ming-era wall in particular was a primary reason for the end of nomadic invasions until the wall was betrayed by Wu Sangui
You are correct. And I'll soon be featuring an episode about Qi Jiguang that will discuss the Great Wall during the 1560's-70's and how it was used to keep the Mongols and others under control.
LASZLO MONTGOMERY That sounds awesome and I look forward to seeing it :) Speaking of Wu Sangui, do you have any videos on Li Zicheng and the Shun Dynasty? I'd love to hear your take on the Ming-Qing intermediate and its apocalyptic destruction, as well as the proto-revolutionary and feminist nature of the Shun. This is one of my favorite periods in Chinese history, not least because of Gao Guiying.
Would love to hear about the economics and finance of the Tang and song dynasties... especially regarding private ship investments and the earliest joint stock companies. Government controlled businesses would be interesting to hear about too
If I can find a couple halfway decent sources for this subject that would be nice. I'm always game for drilling down a little deeper than what you get in the usual topic.
@@ChinaHistoryPodcast yeah that could be difficult, it's an important part of history that is overlooked. There's a decent article on wikipedia called economy of the song dynasty which had some information which got me started.
I made two videos about the second emperor Yang Guang and his poetry. Here is the link to my first video if you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/uLlRFVxQbms/v-deo.html
By the way, the reason the Sui invasions of Korea (Goguryeo specifically) failed is because their army was literally too big for them to keep supplied in the field; the Goguryeo forces used scorched-earth tactics and deliberately gave ground slowly (while also holding up in some bypassed fortresses on the border), so by the time the Sui army was close to the capital they had completely run out of food, were starving to death, and could not be resupplied because those bypassed fortifications were in the way. Needless to say, the Sui were forced to pull back after unsustainable losses, and they then lost most of what was left of their army during the retreat at the Battle of Salsu where Goguryeo cavalry ripped through the much larger but starving and combat-ineffective Sui forces during a river crossing.
Thank you for sharing this. The second emperor 杨广 was a very interesting character. Although he might be a brutal tyrant, but he was a rather good poet! I made two videos about 杨广 and translated two of his poems. Here is the link to my first video for your reference: ua-cam.com/video/uLlRFVxQbms/v-deo.html
Thank you for your videos. They've helped me better understand my readings. I appreciate it!!!
Excellent lesson on the Sui. Don't stop. More.
I'm sorrowful that you don't have more views. I like that you are fluent in modern Chinese being an American. I used to listen to all of your stuff all the time but it has been awhile for me and as I can see for you as well. If I can singularily get you to consider making some more I'd be most grateful. I wanna hear about the travelers fuxian or xuanzang traveling to India and etc please. You do an amazing job of breaking things down and making it easily understandable.
Thanks Ethan! Xuanzang I already covered.....Now in 2019 I'm putting out episodes every two weeks. The reason so few UA-cam views might be because I haven't done anything to promote this channel since I set it up. Don't feel so bad for me....My RSS feed gets about 7000 downloads a day.....someone out there is listening. One of these days I'll figure out how to promote this UA-cam channel.....For now, I'm thankful as can be that you and a couple thousand others have subscribed and listen. Thanks again E!
The Maginot Line was actually a great idea and worked exactly as intended. The Ardennes was an oversight, but if the line had not been, the conflict would have been a repeat of the first world war in Belgium, except this time the German tanks would have broken through to Paris. It prevented German armor from leveraging its advantage on the main front, driving them towards the gamble on the Ardennes.
The same is true of the Great Wall. Its point wasn't to keep everyone out from every possible point. The idea was that it would act as an advance guard to meet invasions and provide strong points on major arteries. The wall also greatly hampered the logistics of horse-riding armies. The Ming-era wall in particular was a primary reason for the end of nomadic invasions until the wall was betrayed by Wu Sangui
You are correct. And I'll soon be featuring an episode about Qi Jiguang that will discuss the Great Wall during the 1560's-70's and how it was used to keep the Mongols and others under control.
LASZLO MONTGOMERY That sounds awesome and I look forward to seeing it :)
Speaking of Wu Sangui, do you have any videos on Li Zicheng and the Shun Dynasty? I'd love to hear your take on the Ming-Qing intermediate and its apocalyptic destruction, as well as the proto-revolutionary and feminist nature of the Shun. This is one of my favorite periods in Chinese history, not least because of Gao Guiying.
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Would love to hear about the economics and finance of the Tang and song dynasties... especially regarding private ship investments and the earliest joint stock companies. Government controlled businesses would be interesting to hear about too
If I can find a couple halfway decent sources for this subject that would be nice. I'm always game for drilling down a little deeper than what you get in the usual topic.
@@ChinaHistoryPodcast yeah that could be difficult, it's an important part of history that is overlooked. There's a decent article on wikipedia called economy of the song dynasty which had some information which got me started.
@@abramjones9091 I'll keep an eye open for these articles that concern China economic history. Thanks Abram.
Loved it!
I made two videos about the second emperor Yang Guang and his poetry. Here is the link to my first video if you are interested: ua-cam.com/video/uLlRFVxQbms/v-deo.html
By the way, the reason the Sui invasions of Korea (Goguryeo specifically) failed is because their army was literally too big for them to keep supplied in the field; the Goguryeo forces used scorched-earth tactics and deliberately gave ground slowly (while also holding up in some bypassed fortresses on the border), so by the time the Sui army was close to the capital they had completely run out of food, were starving to death, and could not be resupplied because those bypassed fortifications were in the way.
Needless to say, the Sui were forced to pull back after unsustainable losses, and they then lost most of what was left of their army during the retreat at the Battle of Salsu where Goguryeo cavalry ripped through the much larger but starving and combat-ineffective Sui forces during a river crossing.
Good video
Thanks so much! Appreciated!
Thank you for sharing this. The second emperor 杨广 was a very interesting character. Although he might be a brutal tyrant, but he was a rather good poet! I made two videos about 杨广 and translated two of his poems. Here is the link to my first video for your reference: ua-cam.com/video/uLlRFVxQbms/v-deo.html