Extra Credits you should do a thing on Harry S Truman

Extra Credits 100

Even I don't agree with what I'm saying Good joke. This made me laugh.

Please consider doing a short one like this about Hippolyte Bouchard

Extra Credits I love your vids I am such a history nerd

Exactly. That was what most impressed me about her. She didn't die a in shame, she pulled out and left with a W.

Josh Schilmeister I don't want to be the one like "she's a woman" because a lot of women don't know when to stop. But it's really beautiful seeing a woman in a position of such power living her life like she wanted and getting EVERYTHING. I love her, I wish school though us to be more like her

Don't forget she's a mass murderer...

Josh Schilmeister Yes

@@moonymonster wouldnt you be one when you live in her time? Probably not but hey WHY NOT?

Not every anime ...Some are blood related .

Stormbringer HOLY FU

Buzzy Beez Ever heard of angel sanctuary ? Aki- sora ? Yosuga no sora ? Yes this isn't hentai but you can say this is definitely consumed incest ( twincest for some )

Stormbringer I don’t watch big boi anime so no

Stormbringer also Oreimo, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Koi Kaze, Akane Iro Ni Somaru Saka and some other ones I can’t remember the names

🤣🤣

It's like one of those weird anime moments titled "wincest".

More like an Alabama move

Yesw

"What are you doing, step-pirate?"

And perhaps more importantly, she got to keep her head.

This lady pirated her way out of any consequences for piracy. Absolute legend.

You know, if they had reorganized the navy and placed her in charge, maybe they would have had a force to resist the British oppression two decades later.

@@aohige A strong enemy can be an even stronger ally, if you play your cards right.

@@Arkouchie indeed a strong enemy will always turn into the best ally, if you play your cards right

Cheng I Sao probably could kill the Witch King.

@@procrastinator99 , she did. Galadriel was just Cheng I Sao in disguise

@@seradginasuioloer8727 Galadriel didn't kill the Witch King.

@@procrastinator99 , oh What was her name?

@@seradginasuioloer8727 Eowyn

Mateo Gg lolololo best comment ever

Extra history I am pissed we all know the true pirate queen was Irish

I would have loved to have a dink with her.

Raven King Well, she is Pirate Queen of the Far East. Does that help?

Yes

gengis gan 爺氯阿保箕 拓跋家人 roosevelt 完炎阿痼打 nikulas romanov the second are criminal.我不知道他们的西攸玀捌名

毛 朱小德 周小恩 苻堅 劉宏..

其姓名怎摩寫

There are tons of badass people in Chinese history that we never hear about, such a shame that they don't exploit this historical and cultural goldmine, instead foreign nations exploited them with Three Kingdoms video games or fictions inspired from Chinese myths like Dragon Ball.

Might because pirates is not a positive image to the government, CCP focus too much on a legit background rather than interesting characteristic and despise street smarts.

What would be the Chinese version of Alabama?

Rosli Jantan shandong 山东

Nah.........your thinking of Japan

She and her *adoptive* son were now lovers

Sweet home every pornhub video

An Assassin's Creed set in China? Hell yeah.

What the... this video had nothing to do with Japan

China, i'm sorry.

What the... I mean assassin’s creed origins was In Egypt, but historical events led bayek to get involved with both Greeks and Romans. I’m not too familiar with asian history but this lady being involved in an AC game that takes place in Japan still could happen afaik.

pirates pirates pirates

Neo polly Still has nothing on the Julio-Claudian dynasty; Uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews.....adopted children are kinda tame compared to actual incest.

Just wait 'till you get to the Ptolemies!

Cwovictor you haven't seen anything until the Habsburg and carlingtons step in.

Neo polly we still doing that

please, I watch brother/sister hentai. you think that'd phase me?

Yeah Sadly they took too much spice

@@ryanred1525 them and their spicy milk water

How to be a legal national-grade terrorist alliance`s mother: 1. Become wife of their leader. 2. Wait until his death. 3. Became captain yourself. 4. Terror all chinese waters. 5. Ask government pardon you 6. Hold them in siege until they agree. 7. Marry own adopted son. 8. Start casino and trade salt. 9. *PROFIT!!!*

*Hero

@@robinhyperlord9053 hero? She's a pirate she's a son screwing opium dealing village massacring crew member beheading greedy asshat

no no at least she had this no-raping rule you gotta give her that

Dude, she was a badass woman for sure but not a hero.

Well she had all the power. The navy was routed and she still had hundreds of ships, the government had no choice but to accept all her terms

@@ntfoperative9432 well they could’ve tried accepting foreign help and maybe that could’ve worked

@@acat6145in the moment though they didn’t. If they tried she’d have the delta sacked again and they’d suffer even worse, compared to rolling over which by comparison costed very little

It's what she would have wanted.

Pirate of Lantau, the real deal.

Disney: "A good pirate never steals"

@@standingjacky2965 ALSO DISNEY: COMRADE SHARING IS CARING :D

I wish they would build a POTC themed ride in HK Disneyland...

"The Last Pirate Queen: An Opium Wars Story"

Sigh...Really China? You don't see that warning sign, nothing will get your attention :I

A long time ago, in a country far away... OPIUM WARS Episode I : the pirate menace Turmoil has engulfed the Middle Empire. The taxation of trade routes to outlying city states is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Pirate Federation has stopped all shipping to the small city of Canton. While the congress of the Empire endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Emperor has secretly dispatched Bai Ling, the guardian of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict....

*transitions to epic sea battle

thank god at least somebody had some sense

You will be surprised it was the "educated" people who doubt the pronunciation and people that just live with chinese found it well.

I was wondering if it was on purpose, since I'm studying mandarin, and clearly it is supposed to sound completely different.

No wonder it sound weird when I pronounce her name in mandarin. Because her name hold strong influence from Canton region.

It looks funny because Pinyin is based on Mandarin while the names are in Cantonese.

hahaha it actually wasnt the exact transaltion, so it‘s not that weird xp. In the past, ppl address their frd‘s wife as 嫂子‘sou zi‘. So it‘s more like ‘Hey！ It‘s Mrs. Cheng！‘‘ Nevertheless, the translation was still kinda correct. It goes like‘‘ Cheng‘‘（last name）,‘‘ first‘‘, ‘‘mistress‘‘ word by word. Just that we dont put title before last name, so it wud be sth like Cheng Mrs, if you translate directly. Kinda late, but hope it helps：D.

I'd be scared too if Mrs. Cheng came to slaughter my family...

Brandon McBadass lmao

Lol

what if presidents were named like that?

actually the most successful pirate is jack sparrow... sorry it's Captain Jack Sparrow. Just a joke btw

TBH your correct think how much money them movies made, way more then any pirate out there so yes captain jack sparrow wins on money alone : P

forgot to consider that i was just trying to make someones day by a joke

I would really like to read your report, though? I am fascinated by her and always struggle to find new resources!

@@joshrll2176 monkey D luffy “and I toke that personally “

Ah, I see you're one of culture.

Fullmetal reference nice

Wolf6120 idk man, the fortress of oblivion was kind of a disappointment.

Exactly.

that's not the point at all, it's the name and that's it. although, i'd have thought that a brothel would have free women working there? meh.

Comparable to Laputa, the Floating Brothel of Death.

Not really in terms of historical terms most women in brothels were slaves.

I mean, as badass as boinking your own son gets. Tho they ant blood related like bro, that my friend, is called rp 👀

It's even better. A former sex slave turned into the leader of the most infamous pirate organization in Asia at the time.

Its technically not her son, she was a concubine not a wife

SWEET HOME ALLAH AKBAR

Who the F is scott ?

Cheng I Sao was in the Pirate of the Carribean

“Truth is often stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense”

just try Bollywood

@@sowmya79 Or anime :)

@@MerkhVision Exactly

Yeah...

Well as they say “it’s not incest if they are not blood related” it’s a dumb saying.

And the son was the former lover of her husband..

As a Gamer, I bow in such light

As Donau, in all its salty glory

I think it has something to do with population. The coast of the South China Sea was (and still is) historically one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is easier to create massive pirate fleet when you have a larger pool of manpower, who have lost their livelihood due to famine and war, to draw from. Contrast this to the more famous buccaneers who operated in a (by comparison) vastly less densely populated region in the Americas.

And Western pirates go by more of a cutthroat way of operating.

In other countries like Britain, they had something called ''privateer', which is basically government sanctioned pirates. Some of them even pose dangers to hostile states' navy.

Yeah, you won't need to explain that to a Spaniard with the slightest knowledge about history...

Pirates are, while cut-throat, fair and understandable (well good pirates are, those that would kill their crew unnecessarily are obviously not going to be used for a conglomerate.), just because you're a criminal doesn't mean you're a monster.

What you expect? They're pirates. You think they're able to read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

@@alexanderchristopher6237 Even without reading it, it remains the most part of Chinese History to this day, sure they knew something about it.

@@alexanderchristopher6237 I'm sure that tale has been passed down orally as well. The Three Kingdoms is one of the most famous Chinese periods ever.

Courtney Woodbury lmao thank you

that took me fare to long to figure out. :P

Hehe

hahahhah- I hate you...

Courtney Woodbury get out before we PUNish you severely!

69. Nice

Noice

U cant blame one person for an entire nation’s addiction, thats terribly short sighted and reductive. There any many British people involved as well. And of course, each individual user is responsible for their choices.

I would use Ching Yat Sou over Zheng Yisao, she was from canton her name is in cantonese haha

Antti Björklund 20 hours ago?!

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There was a book on this subject. Fairly interesting but I can't recall the title.

Same here! I would have totally watched a series on this!

True, but I love it when the one-offs are the prequel or sequel to a full series. We get that back story, or the context of what happened before or after the major series. What set things up, or how things turned out. ... How the history pieces together.

its ok if you pronounce it incorrectly since your native tongue is english ☺

It's ok, I'm Chinese and I can barely pronounce Cantonese either.

Don't worry Dan, your pronunciation is good. People just don't realise the names are not in Mandarin :)

me chinese and me no can pernonce it.

Daniel Floyd wait so she married her adoptive son WTF was wrong with her.

Yea junks vs British warships does not end well

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty still wouldn't of helped

Lol 😂! Actually CHINA SUCCESS COMRADE :)

this is pretty romanticised

Random sure, but far less that most accounts I've read or seen

She slept at least 5,000 men... Include her son.

@@withastickangrywhiteman2822 Damn, that's a record. That can make her the greatest sex legend in all of China.

This is a heavily romanticised account. Her entire fleet of 300+ junks was heavily defeated and forced to surrender by a grand total of 6 light Portuguese vessels in the Battle of the Tiger's Mouth..

"War" history is awesome. Not only that, but the video makes it out to be even more exciting. Political-based history however is not all that awesome to learn about, rather boring.

Yup, and its always adding more to it.

I disagree, they can be interesting as well.

Yes it is. Yes it is.

@@aidanbecker8509 totally disagree, the political aspects of History are some of the most exciting things you see, not least because it's in that context that the planning, changing, and resolution of warfare takes place.

@@leadontaste7261 Mmh I don't know Asa Akira would make a great Mrs Cheng

she already existed as Madam Cheng on the Pirates of Caribbean 3rd movie.

God i love master and commander

I know it's coming, they got live action Mulan.

EYYY

Good one

Underrated

This one is actually good. Nice job!

You could also say.. He had 100 zeroes for his exam. 百零 (Bai Ling): 100 zeroes

@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan B.Bakana, Kono Dio Da, KONO DIO DAAAAAAAAAA

FBI:....... kill them all.

I mean, technically the 2 of them were gonna be in charge together, each focusing on 2 different aspects of leading and both were suited to the task and they knew it, no real reason to say no.

Eat your shirt Blackbeard.

And they’re eee hard fighters if the histories to be trusted

I don't know who I was expecting to watch this, but it definitely wasn't you.

Hey feed me more knife videos

Wtf why doesn't this have mpre liles lol?!?!?!?

Oh no

What???

ye

Good

@@wendymarx1917 Who put it there? It was walpole

hilarious

احمد العمر oh its the loser

sirrliv Not only that, SHE could have sulpied China's navy, which could have defended against the British.

she would quickly join the British if possible this is a pirate we are talking about, one who killed hundreds destroyed village a pure monster with disregard for life she only thought of her self and would switch sides as soon as possible

Random True.

The might of the British navy would have sent her fleet to the bottom of the water. The British had superior cannons, steam engines, partial armored plated, and one of the best trained navy in the world.

+Normacly The canons would help but she knew how to out maneuver them. The only question is would she try taking them or just burn them to the seabed.

you must be watching too much hong kong dramas lol

His step-mum wasn't enough?

I think you mean Cheung Po Tsai

Kho CK2 in a nutshell

Indeeeeeed

Wincest!

if the chinese empire at the time(which is in terminal decline) had that kind of good decisioning making ability, they wouldn't have needed her in the first place

Have you ever heard about the Battle of the Tiger's Mouth? It was a series of Naval combats between the Portuguese and the Chinese pirate fleet in the Pearl River Delta. Portugal: 3 to 6 ships; 250-760 men. Red Flag Fleet: over 300-700 ships; over 30,000 men. Portuguese victory.

Adam Blakeslee Having her run their navy would have been the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.

Reg Fife said fox had not only gotten into the proverbial hen house but had kicked out the farmhand. I don’t see how giving her the keys would have made things worse.

Adam Blakeslee Wouldn't have made them better either if she continued her rackets. Best way to make sure she stopped for good was to get her off the water.

That's Hong Kong, where Disney build a theme park today.

Alex Krycek Shhhh

I think many Incels cried out in rage hearing about this story.

There was a game related to this. It was under the name of Tradewinds, I believe.

their meeting wouldve been like the scene in pirates of the caribbean: at worlds end

Not gonna lie this story would kinda make a few people angry A former prostitute marries a pirate organize everything in the background later lead a successful operation against the coverment and gets every with it

Prostutuied or not that doesn't change her accomplishments as a leader of a pirate confederacy. If you ask me it would be more impressive if she was a prostitute and then did all of that in the video.

Well, this isn't a fiction story, so it doesn't really matter if it would be more impressive if she was a prostitute. It's an inaccuracy that's often repeated, which is why I pointed it out. It was a common thing in that time period of writing to try to make the true stories of folks from East Asia more tantalizingly exotic for the folks who read them, who wouldn't have been able to double-check the facts. It seems only fair to try to set the record straight.

ThePastryNinja I totally agree. It’s not about changing the accomplishments of the women it’s about telling her true story.

I take this kind of video as 70 % entertainment and 30% history, I know it's made in a way that we can't have all the truth delivered to us exactly, the time is not enough. So, this kind videos make me read more about the topic so I THEN can have historically acurate conversations with other people. It's just great, if I were introduced to the topic in school I would not have much enthusiasm about it and I would not want to learn more

@@cesurbasoglu4144 I agree. If she really was a prostitute, then she basically climbed from the very bottom to the very top, which is extra impressive.

Thanks so much! We take our inspiration from games--the stuff that makes games fun is also what we think will make history fun to learn about too!

Well it definitely works, you have earned a new sub from this video. Looking forward to the videos in the future.

Please, schools summarized 5000 years of chinese history into 2 chapters, and it took 2 books to talk about 200 years of american history. So yea...history classes are boring as fk.

yea tbh cant stand school could not focus or even stay awake but I find myself often on my wat to bed to watch a vid as I drift off only to binge watch these... know more about the roman empire then I ever will need too....

AardvarkLord stupidity and corruption that also prevented the chinese government of the time from reforming the army

I guess "there's no way this can happen again" mentality was predominant back in the day. The war to end all wars, amirite?

i think that was why they neglected it. As you see with most unchallenged nations they believe that they are unbeatable, at the time they believed no one could be defeated.

Garbage leadership is the only reasonable answer. Thousands of villagers being killed. A handful of Western ships leading to basically the take over of the country. Terrible leadership that had no foresight or strategy. They were too busy living unbelievably opulent lives. What did they care?

okay. to explain that, you first need to know that china and all its dynasties were largely built on tradition. Especially during the Ming dynasty, The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, although a great emperor by most means (cracked down on corruption HARD, elevating the status of peasants, and redistributing land) (although that most likely because Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar before he rebelled and overthrew the mongolians) for inexplicable reasons banned all sea trade, and made it an ancestral law. (therefore, his successors had little choice but to follow them, or be challeged by bureaucrats invoking "the commands of our forefathers" and causing the emperor a political headache). the early capable emperors either did not repudiate the laws becuase they were too busy and the later incapable emperors simply couldn't be arsed. So the law remained, and the Qing dynasty, who never valued sea trade much anyway simply adopted the sea ban along with many other Ming dynasty laws. without sea trade, there's no need of a capable fleet to protect trade. And since china basically had every resource, they didn't need to expand, and if they needed to, there's lots of land to take via armies. China never developed a capable navy for a long period because there was simply no need to. And before you bring up Zhenghe and his seven great voyages, the seven great voyages were mainly made to show how strong ming was, and gift other countries great riches as a act of generosity. It second aim, which you mostly likely wouldn't know without going into chinese works was to look for the current emperor's (Zhudi) brother, who was overthrown by Zhudi but disappeared without a trace when the imperial capital fell. Of course, as a usurper, Zhudi was constantly paranoid about someone usurping him in the name of his brother and searched for his brother for the rest of his life. He sent two people on this largely covert mission. One by land, and the other is largely believed to be Zhenghe, by sea. This is widely believed as the main reason for Zhenghe's voyages by many chinese historians. These voyages stopped once Zhudi died.

Ęÿūį Æßñ You mean 1716-1718?

Yeah that would be sweet! Privateers and the end of the Spanish monopoly are like, some of the most interesting parts of colonial Caribbean history for me

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I wonder if a series on Francis Drake or Henry Morgan would be nice.

Libertalia?

LOL clever title

Blitzkrieg It has friends!

What will Cheng I Sao do?

James Gibbs break it with her bear hands

Keeli you forget it’s about a women in power

Dustin Bettencourt I feel like that would only make it less likely to show up sadly.

Only if its about a man. This is about a woman so green light from youtube

Not a villain actually. She was some sort of anti-hero in local tales, both loved and feared.

"nonetheless" is only one word

Yea, villains are very interesting to learn about, especially the clever and successful ones.

this is literally the one piece story line

@@sunshineorw3757 Pirated being integrated into Chinese military already happened in the past... it seems like a lost opportunity.

Yeah, China ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. *I mean she's a communist now*

@@viviannemj5310 Its a republic. Like how USA is a republic.

@@Umigamingz Sorry but America doesn't have a life long chairman.

There would be more if they were given more opportunities

She didn't want her men raping captives. That's pretty decent.

@@PennyDreadful1 agreed

@@PennyDreadful1 yet she slaughtered thousands of innocents.

@@azzzanadra Yeah so did Djinghis Khan. What's your point?