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1、TheStoryofChina（3）GoldenageI.ScriptInthetenthcentury,Chinaalmostbrokeapartforeverincivilwar.ThesoldierpoetWangRenyuwitnessedthedestructionofhiscountry."ThebarbarianshaveoverthrowntheTangDynasty,"hewrote."Ourcitieshavebeenabandoned.Ourtemplecourtyardslieinruin."Chinahasenteredatrulydarktime."Butthi
2、ngscannotgoonlikethisforever."Thewaysurelyhasnotbeenfinallylost."Ibelieveheavenwillsoonannounceanewdynasty."Andinaroundtheyear960,itdid.IntheWest,weseehistoryastheriseandfallofdifferentcivilisations.InChina,there'sonecivilisation,whichhasgonethroughcyclesoforderanddisorder.AndintheMiddleAges,likeE
3、uropeaftertheSecondWorldWar,theChinesesetouttobuildabravenewworld.InthestoryofChina,we'vereachedtheSongDynasty.We'reinthecityofKaifenginthemiddleofChina.“Mushroom!”“Mushroom,yeah,yeah,yeah,OK.”Athousandyearsago,thiswasthegreatestandmostexcitingplaceonEarth.Itscreativityandinventivenesssurpassedand
4、ofcourseprecededtheEuropeanRenaissance.IntheSongRenaissance,theChinesesetouttomakethemostenlightenedsocietyonEarth,withthebestgovernance,housingandfood,thebesteducationandscience.Andthisistheirstory.SincethegreatageoftheTangDynasty,Chinahadshrunkdramatically.After907,itfragmentedinto16dynastiesina
5、littleover50years,warlordsfightingeachotherfortheEmpire.Atthispoint,therewasnocertaintythatChinawouldeverbereunited.ButasitsaysinChina'sfamousnovel,TheRomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms,"Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged"thateverythinglongunitedwillfallapart"andeverythinglongdividedwillcomebacktogetheragai
6、n."TheSongwouldtransformKaifengfromaprovincialbackwaterintothegreatestcityonEarth.Andnowit'srebuildingagain.Afterthestrugglesofthe20thcentury,today'sChinesepeoplearefascinatedbythespectacleofwhattheirancestorsachievedandtheywanttotouchthattimeagain.AndasalwaysinChinesehistory,greateventswereforeto
7、ldbysignsandomens.HereinKaifeng,themostfamoustellsofthebirthoftwobrotherswho,likeRomulusandRemus,wouldbecomethefirstemperorsofthenewdynasty.Storygoeslikethis-atthetimeofchaosandwaranddestruction,afterthefallofthe
