Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video explains the "horse problem" in Chinese History. Some Chinese dynasties, such as the Ming, continually struggled to raise or obtain enough war horses to supply their armies. Why was it so hard to get enough good horses and what policies did the Ming court implement in order to alleviate this problem.
Source Material:
Articles:
Bertsch, Wolfgang. "The Use of Tea Bricks as Currency among the Tibetans." The Tibet Journal, vol. 34, no. 2 (Summer, 2009) 35-80.
Meserve, Ruth I. "Chinese Hippology and Hippiatry: Government Bureaucracy and Inner Asian Influence." Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft , vol. 148, no. 2
(1998) 277-314.
Rossabi, Morris. "The Tea and Horse Trade with Inner Asia During the Ming." Journal of Asian History , vol. 4, no. 2 (1970) 136-168.
Map Software:
Tangram Heightmapper = tangrams.github.io/heightmapper
Video:
Mongol Horse = youtube.com/watch?v=_mzMvdpm7BA
Image:
Map of Tang Dynasty = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...
Tea Porters = blog.teabox.com/tea-for-war-horses
Tea Set = thespruceeats.com/origins-of-chinese-tea-694325
Ming Cavalry Painting = https://u.osu.edu/mclc/2018/04/18/everyday-politics-in-the-ming/
Music:
Intro Music Song: 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).
Outro Music: Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.
This video explains the "horse problem" in Chinese History. Some Chinese dynasties, such as the Ming, continually struggled to raise or obtain enough war horses to supply their armies. Why was it so hard to get enough good horses and what policies did the Ming court implement in order to alleviate this problem.
Source Material:
Articles:
Bertsch, Wolfgang. "The Use of Tea Bricks as Currency among the Tibetans." The Tibet Journal, vol. 34, no. 2 (Summer, 2009) 35-80.
Meserve, Ruth I. "Chinese Hippology and Hippiatry: Government Bureaucracy and Inner Asian Influence." Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft , vol. 148, no. 2
(1998) 277-314.
Rossabi, Morris. "The Tea and Horse Trade with Inner Asia During the Ming." Journal of Asian History , vol. 4, no. 2 (1970) 136-168.
Map Software:
Tangram Heightmapper = tangrams.github.io/heightmapper
Video:
Mongol Horse = youtube.com/watch?v=_mzMvdpm7BA
Image:
Map of Tang Dynasty = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...
Tea Porters = blog.teabox.com/tea-for-war-horses
Tea Set = thespruceeats.com/origins-of-chinese-tea-694325
Ming Cavalry Painting = https://u.osu.edu/mclc/2018/04/18/everyday-politics-in-the-ming/
Music:
Intro Music Song: 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).
Outro Music: Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.
