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1、视频字幕THESTORYOFCHINA1.TheLastdynastyI.ScriptIn1644,MingDynastyChina,thegreatestcivilizationintheworld,wentthroughadevastatingforeignconquest.TheChinesepeoplewerelefthauntedbydreamsoflostpeaceandvisionsofwar.TheinvaderswereManchusfromthenorth,peoplethe
2、Chinesesawasbarbarians.TheMingEmperorcommittedsuicideandtheManchuarmiessweptsouth.WhenthecityofYangzhouresisted,itwasplunderedandburnedinaten-dayreignofterror.300,000peopledied.Afterwards,thewriterZhangDaivisitedtheWestLakeinHangzhou,onceChina’sparad
3、iseonearth.Ashesailedalongtheshore,hewasshockedbytheaftermathofthefighting.“IthoughtIwasinanightmare”,hesaid.Thelossseemedirretrievable…butChinahadbeenthroughsuchcataclysmsbeforeandwouldgothroughthemagain.Andbeingagreatandancientcivilization,thepeopl
4、ehadtheinnerresourcestorebuild.Andthat’swhathappenednext.TheManchuswereforeigners,non-Chinese,butitwastheywhowouldinstitutethenextrebuilding,andbecomingChineseintheprocess.AndtheywerethelastimperialdynastyofChina-theQing.So,China’slastempirewasforged
5、inwar.TheManchuconquesttook30years.Itclimaxedinthe1670s,inasavagestruggleinthesouth,whenthreegreatprovincesroseagainsttheManchusandtheirteenageEmporer,Kangxi.Thewarlastedeightyearsand,bytheend,theQinggovernmenthadhalfamilliontroopsfightinginthewildmo
6、untainsofthesouthwest.Atthatmoment,Chinacouldhavefallenapart,butitdidn’t.ThewarwasthemakingofKangxiand,whenitendedin1681,hewas27andhewouldbecomethelongestruling,andsomewouldsay,thegreatestofalltheChineseemperor.Forallitsglories,theMinghadendedasadeca
7、dent,brokenempire.Now,theforeignManchussetouttomakesurethatthemistakestheyhadmadewerenotrepeated.ThatthenewrulersofChinashouldbemanwithasobersenseofpublicdutyandKangxi,theuprightone,wassuchaman.KangxiwasthefirstofthreegreatQingemperor,father,son,andg
8、randson,whoruledfor133years.TheybuiltChina’slargestempireandcreatedtheessentialshapeofChinatoday.YougetanideaoftheimmensesizeoftheQingEmpirewhenyouflyoutfromBeijingtoXinjianginthefarwest.Ittakessevenhours.Byroad,it’s2700milesfromthecapitaltoKashgar.U
