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1、视频字幕TheStoryofChina(4)1.ThosethingsintheMingdynastyI.ScriptII.TranslationInallcountries,thefirstdutyofthestateistoprotectthepeoplefromanarchy,invasionandinsurrection.Butsometimesinhistory,therebelsbecometherules.IntheStoryofChina,we’vereachedthe14thcenturyandthe
2、beginningofChina’smostdazzlingage.HereinNanjing,isthetombofthefounderofthatageoneofthegreatestChineseemperors.Andyetthemanwhobuiltthiswasarebel.Thestoryofthemanwhorosetothissplendouriswell,literally,incredible.Hecamefromthepoorestpeasantfamily.Hismotherandfather
3、hadgivenhimawaywhenhewasachild.He’dspentyearsasawanderingbeggar,asapennilessBuddhistmonk.He’drisenthroughtheranksofthesecretpeasantsocieties,fightingagainstthegovernmentandwonaseriesofstaggeringvictories,bothagainstthegovernmentandagainsthispeasantrivals.Whenheb
4、ecameemperor,hegavehimselfthetitleHongwu,literally“aboveallmightyinwar”.TheTerminator.Hewassuspicious,coarse,brutal,utterlyruthless,butacreativegenius.Andhefoundedoneofthegreatesterasofstabilityingovernmentandinsocietyandhighcivilisationinthehistoryoftheworld.Th
5、enewdynastywastobecalled“thebringeroflight”-Ming.对于所有的国家来说,国家的首要职责便是保护人民避免政府混乱,外军入侵和内部暴乱。但在历史上,有时叛军则当上了统治者。在这集中国故事里,我们来到了14世纪,开启了中国最为耀眼的时代。南京这儿的这座墓,主人是这个时代的开创者,他是中国最伟大的皇帝之一。然而开创了这一切的这个人则是名叛军。这人如何迈向这般辉煌的故事简直难以置信。他出身于一个最贫穷的农民家庭。他在年幼之时,父母便把他送人了。他数年间都在流浪乞讨,成了个分文不名的和
6、尚。他通过参加秘密农民组织抗击政府而崛起,他赢得了一系列的惊人胜利,其中既有抗击政府的,也有抗击敌对农民军的。他成为皇帝之后,自定年号洪武,意为“赫赫武功”。就像终结者一样。他多疑,粗莽,残酷,极度绝情,但又富有创造性。他开创了政府社会都稳定的一段最伟大时期,也是世界史上的一段高度文明。这一新时期被称作“光之使者”——明朝。Chinahasbeenagreatpowerformostofitshistoryandyetrepeatedlyinvadedandsubjugatedbyforeigners.Whenthef
7、utureemperorHongwuwasyoung,ChinawasundertheruleoftheMongolswhoseempirestretchedtothegatesofEurope.Butinthe1350s,theMongolempirebegantocrumble.InChina,resistancearmiesroseagainstthemindifferentregions.Butthenthelandwastornapartaswarlordsfoughteachotherincivilwar.
8、Chaosruled,butopportunitybeckonedforthepeasantgeneralZhuYuanzhang.HereinNanjing,Zhumadehisstronghold.Withhisreputationforjusticeandgoodgovernance,vastnumbersofrefugee