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1、Passage6捕蛇者说TheStoryofaSnakeCatcherbyLiuZongyuanI.HistoricalFactsandCommentsabouttheTextThetimeinwhichLiuZongyuanlivedwasatransitionalperiodinwhichtheprosperousTangDynastywaswalkingdowntowardsthedecliningTangDynasty.AftertheIncidentofAnLushanChaosin755A.D.，

2、theCentralRegimeoftheTangDynastyandtheTangDynastymilitarygovernorsinvariousplaceswereconstantlyconsolidatingtheirownforcesrespectively,levyingheavytaxesonthepeople.Itwasrecordedthatthepeoplewereleviedmiscellaneousandheavytaxesinthemid-TangDynasty.Thepeoplew

3、erethenlevieddifferentkindsofoppressivetaxesinadditiontothoseofficialonesinsummerandautumn.Thoseburdensomeexorbitanttaxesandleviesonthepeopleweresohardthattheyweresufferingalot.Iftheyencounterednaturaldisasters,theirinsultwasaddedtotheirinjuryundoubtedly.Th

4、eyfledtheirhomesinsuccessionandroamedeverywhere.Asaresult,peoplecouldseeeverywherethatninehousesoutoftenweredeserted.柳宗元所处的时代，是唐王朝由盛到衰的历史转折时期。公元755年安禄山之乱后，中央政权与藩镇不断巩固自己的势力，对人民加重赋税。史书记载：中唐赋多而重，除法定的夏、秋两税外，加征种种苛税。繁重的苛捐杂税，使劳动人民苦不堪言，如再遇天灾，无疑雪上加霜，他们纷纷逃亡、流浪，以至十室九空

5、。TheageofLiuZongyuanwitnessedhimparticipateintheYongzhenInnovationalMovementheadedbyWangShuwen.TheInnovationalMovementfailedaftermorethanonehundredandfortydaysbecauseofthefierceresistancefromtheoppositesides.Asaresult,theEmperorShunZongabdicated.WangShuwenw

6、asexecutedandLiuZongyuanwasdemotedtoaministerofwarinYongzhou.DuringthetenyearsinYongzhou,Liukeptcontactwiththosegrass-rootpeople,witnessingthelocals'miserieslike"beingkilledorleavinghome”,feelingthathehadtheresponsibilityforreflectingthesocialrealitythatthe

7、peoplewereforcedtoliveontheedgeofstarvationunderthesituationofbeingextortedexcessivetaxesandleviesandhopingthatthehighestgovernorcouldobservethepeople'sconditionthroughreadingthisarticleandthuspromotedgoodgovernance.Seeingthat"Yongzhouproducespeculiarsnakes

8、"andhearingthestorythattheChiangFamily"hadbeenengagedinthisprofessionforthreegenerationsinsuccession5',LiuZongyuanconceivedthisarticle“OntheStoryofaSnakeCatcher^onthebasisofhisadvancedthoughtandmateria