《中国故事》（第四集）TheStoryofChina4）heMingynasty（英汉对照）.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 视频字幕 The Story of China（4）The Ming Dynasty I. Script In all countries, the first duty of the state is to protect the people from anarchy, invasion and insurrection. But sometimes in history, the rebels become the rules. In the Story of China, weve reached the 14th century and beginning of Chinas most dazzling age. Here in Nanjing, is the tomb of the founder of that age-one of the greatest Chinese emperors. And yet the man who built this was a rebel. The story of the man who rose to this splendour is well, literally, incredible. He came from the poorest peasant family. His mother and father had given him away when he was a child. Hed spent years as a wandering beggar, as a penniless Buddist monk. Hed risen through the ranks of the secret peasant societies fighting against the government and won a series of staggering victories, both against the government and against his peasant rivals. When he became emperor, he gave himself the title Hongwu-literally above all mighty in war. The Terminator. He was suspicious, coarse, brutal, utterly ruthless, but a creative genius. And he founded one of the greatest eras of stability in government and in society and high civilization in the history of the world. The new dynasty was to be called the bringer of light Ming.China has been a great power for most of its history and yet repeatedly invaded and subjugated by foreigners. When the future emperor Hongwu was young. China was under the rule of the Mongols, whose empire stretched to the gates of Europe. But in the 1350s,the Mongol empire began to crumble. In China, resistance armies rose against them in different regions. But then the land was torn apart as warlords fought each other in civil war. Chaos ruled but opportunity beckoned for the peasant general Zhu Yuanzhang. Here in Nanjing, Zhu made his stronghold. With his reputation for justice and good governance, vast number of refugees flowed into the city-a safe haven in time of war. And now the people call