In this video I discuss the history of the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history based on the book, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It’s not a 10 minute long ‘summary’ of an almost 100 year period but we are going to dive in deep and discuss the key characters arch’s, the history, the meanings and significance of this book.
0:00 Intro
1:45 The decline of the Han and the rise of the eunuchs
4:00 Dong Zhuo usurps the power of the emperor
5:02 The three brothers: Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
8:32 Cao Cao
9:15 Wang Yun plots to use his daughter to sew discord between Dong Zhuo and his general, Lu Bu
11:55 Cao Cao ‘acquires’ the emperor
15:27 Hua Xiong challenges the coalition
18:00 Cao Cao asks Liu Bei who the hero’s of the time are
19:24 The emperors secret edict to save him from Cao Cao
20:30 Yuan Shu declares himself emperor
22:30 Guan Yu joins Cao Cao
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