《中国故事》（第五集）The Story of China（5） The Last Empire（中英文对照）

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1、视频字幕TheStoryofChina（5） TheLastEmpireI.Script:In1644,MingDynastychina,thegreatestcivilizationintheworld,wentthroughadevastatingforeignconquest.TheChinesepeoplewerelefthauntedbydreamsoflostpeaceandvisionsofwar.TheinvaderswereManchusfromthenorth,peopletheChinesesawasbar

2、barians.TheMingEmperorcommittedsuicideandtheManchuarmiessweptsouth.WhenthecityofYangzhouresisted,itwasplunderedandburnedinaten-dayreignofterror,300,000 people died.Afterwards,thewriterZhangDaivisitedtheWestLakeinHangzhou,OnceChina’sparadiseonearth.Ashesailedalongthes

3、hore,hewasshockedbytheaftermathofthefighting.“IthoughtIwasinanightmare",hesaid.Thelossseemedirretrievable...butChinahadbeenthroughsuchcataclysmsbefore,andwouldgothroughthemagain.Andbeingagreatandancientcivilization,thepeoplehadtheinnerresourcestorebuild.Andthat'swhat

4、happenednext.“TheManchuswereforeigners,non-Chinese,butitwastheywhowouldinstitutethenextrebuilding,andbecomingChineseintheprocess.AndtheywerethelastimperialdynastyofChina-theQing.”So,China’slastempirewasforgedinwar.TheManchuconquesttook30years.Itclimaxedinthe1670s,ina

5、savagestruggleinthesouth,whenthreegreatprovincesroseagainsttheManchus,andtheirteenageemperor,Kangxi.Thewarlastedeightyears,and,bytheend,theQinggovernmenthadhalfamilliontroopsfightinginthesewildmountainsofthesouthwest.AtthatmomentChinacouldhavefallenapart,butitdidnot.

6、“ThewarwasthemakingofKangxiand,whenitendedin1681,hewas27andhewouldbecomethelongestruling,andsomewouldsaythegreatestofalltheChineseemperors.”Forallitsglories,theMinghadendedasadecadent,brokenempire.Now,theforeignManchussetouttomakesurethatthemistakes.Theyhadmadewereno

7、trepeated.Thatthenewrulersofchinashouldbemenwithasobersenseofpublicduty,andKangxi,theuprightone,wassuchaman.KangxiwasthefirstofthreegreatQingemperors-fathersonandgrandson,whoruledfor133years.TheybuiltChina'slargestempireandcreatedtheessentialshapeofChinatoday.Yougeta

8、nideaoftheimmensesizeoftheQingEmpirewhenyouflyoutfromBeijingtoXinjianginthefarwest.Ittakessevenhours.Byroad,it’s2700milesfromthecap