《中国故事》（第五集）The Story of China（5）The Qing Dynasty

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1、视频字幕TheStoryofChina（5）TheQingDynastyI.ScriptIn1644,MingDynastyChina,thegreatcivilizationintheworld,wentthroughadevastingforeignconquest.TheChinesepeoplewerelefthauntedbydreamsoflostpeaceandvisionsofwar.TheinvaderswereManchusfromthenorth,peoplethesawasbarbarians.TheMingEmperorcommittedsuicideandthe

2、Manchuarmiessweptsouth.WhenthecityofYangzhouresisted,itwasplunderedandburnedinaten-dayresignofterror.300,000peopledied.Afterwards,thewestlakeinHangzhou,onceChina‘sparadiseonearth.Ashesailedalongtheshore,hewasshockedbytheaftermathofthefighting.IthoughtIwasinanightmare,hesaid.Thelossseemedirretrieva

3、ble,butChinahadbeenthroughsuchcataclysmsbeforeandwouldgothroughthemagain.Andbeingagreatandancientcivilization,thepeoplehadtheinnerresourcestorebuild.Andthat‘swhathappenednext.TheManchuswereforeigners,non-Chinese,butitwastheywhowouldinstitutethenextrebuildingandbecomingChineseintheprocess.Andtheywe

4、rethelastimperialdynastyofChina,theQing.So,China’slastempirewasforgeinwar.TheManchuconquesttook30years.Itclimaxedinthe1670sinasavagestruggleinthesouth,whenthreegreatprovincesroseagainsttheManchusandtheirteenageemperor,theQinggovernmenthadhalfamilliontroops,fightinginthesewildmountainsofthesouthwes

5、t.Atthatmoment,Chinacouldhavefallenapart,butitdidn’t.ThewarwasthemakingofKangxiandwhenitendedin1681,hewas27andhewouldbecomethelongestruling,andsomewouldsay,thegreatestofalltheChineseemperors.Forallitsglories,theMinghadendedasadecadent,brokenempire.Now,theforeignManchussetouttomakesurethatthemistak

6、es.Theyhadmadewerenotrepeated.ThatthenewrulersofChinashouldbemenwithasobersenseofpublicduty,andKangxi,theuprightone.KangxiwasthefirstofthreegreatQingemperors-father,sonandgrandson,whoruledfor133years.TheybuiltChina’slargestempireandcreatedtheessentialshapeofChinatoday.Yougetanideaoftheimmensesizeo

7、ftheQingempirewhenyouflyoutfromBeijingtoXinjianginthefarwest.Ittakessevenhours.UndertheQing,ChinaenteredanewphaseofitshistoryfortheydefineChinanotasanexclusivelyHancivilization,butasagreat,multiethnicempire.So,fo