BBC中国故事第二集丝绸之路与中国航船 Part12 安史之乱--唐由盛而衰的转折点

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[00:01.42]And in the next century the Empire faced a perfect storm of crises.下个世纪，帝国面临一场危机。
[00:11.42]It began out in the West.它开始于西方。
[00:15.80]Battles against the expanding Muslim caliphate, savage internal rebellions reported by one of the great Tang poets, Li Bai.因为穆斯林哈里发的扩张而引发的一场野蛮的内部叛乱。唐代大诗人李白记载了此事件。
[00:27.24]"Last year," says Li Bai, "we were fighting out to the north beyond the Great Wall ,and this year we're fighting far out in the west on the Kashgar River".他说：“去年战桑干源，今年战葱河道”。
[00:38.65]"We've washed our blades in the streams of Parthia ,and grazed our horses amid the snows of Tian Shan".“洗兵条支海上波，放马天山雪中草”。
[00:47.67]There it is.There's Tian Shan.在那里，有座天山。
[00:50.66]What a place to imagine it, here in Jiaohe, Tang Dynasty-garrisoned town with its watch tower and beacon platform.多么富于想象力的地方，在交河城这里有着望塔和烽火台的唐朝驻防城镇。
[00:59.20]"But," says Li Bai, "the beacon fires are always burning".李白说：“烽火燃不息”。
[01:04.70]"The marching and the fighting never stops and nor does the dying".“征战无已时，野战格斗死”。
[01:07.86]"You should know that the sword is a cursed thing that the wise man uses only if he must".“乃知兵者是凶器，圣人不得已而用之。”
[01:24.66]Out in these vast expanses the Tang Empire was overstretched.过度的征战耗尽了唐朝的精力。
[01:33.76]And in the end they abandoned the west.最终他们丢弃了西部。
[01:41.19]China would only regain it in the 18th century.中国直到18世纪才收回土地。
[01:46.61]The crisis came under the Emperor Xuanzong, the apocalyptic eight-year rebellion of General An Lushan which saw the end of the Tang dream of a greater China.这场危机发生于唐玄宗时期，历史上安禄山的八年之乱见证了唐朝更伟大中国梦的终结。
[02:26.34]The oasis of Turfan was one of the Tang garrison towns out in the western deserts.西部沙漠的吐鲁番绿洲是唐朝的一个边境城市。
[02:34.30]So when Li Bai writes his poem about fighting in the west, 李白有一首关于西部战事的诗。
[02:38.11]- it's this area he's talking about.他说的就是这个地方。
[02:39.90]- Mm, yes, I think so, yes.是的，没错。
[02:42.52]In about 755, because of the rebellion of An Lushan and Shi Siming, the central government became much weaker, 大约755年，由于安史之乱，中国政府大不如前，
[02:51.80]so the stationed troops were returned to inland China to fight against the army of An Lushan and Shi Siming.因此驻军被遣回内地去对付安禄山和史思明的军队。
[02:58.88]- An Lushan.So this was a very big shock. 安禄山带来不小震动。
[03:01.45]- Yeah, a big war lord. 是的，一个大军阀。
[03:03.16]- Yeah. 是的。
[03:04.74]An Lushan, a bogeyman who chilled hearts back in Xi'an.安禄山，一个让长安城为之色变的魔头。
[03:11.61]Far to the northeast he gathered armies to take revenge after the Emperor had killed his son. 为报皇帝的杀子之仇，他在大唐东北地区招兵买马，准备复仇。
[03:20.15]At home, the Dynasty had lost touch with the people.在国内，王朝已经失去民心。
[03:23.79]The tombs of the eighth-century royals near Xi'an show their pastimes and pleasures, polo and hunting and courtly parties, oblivious to the gathering storm.西安附近八世纪的大唐皇陵描绘了皇室只顾消遣、娱乐、打球、捕猎和聚会，而对正在形成的风暴一无所知。
[03:38.20]These are wonderful images outside the tomb chamber.墓室外的精美笔画。
[03:42.30]They're courtly ladies, just attendants.她们是皇宫里的女子，只是侍女。
[03:47.54]In their stylish fashions they could be fin de siecle, Paris, couldn't they?她们的时尚可比19世纪末的巴黎，不是吗？
[03:53.14]Central Asian fashions.中亚的时尚。
[03:54.80]These are the vogue in the early 700s. 她们就是八世纪初的时尚指标。
[04:02.80]The faces are so animated, you can almost imagine their conversations.面部刻画得十分生动，你几乎可以想象她们的对话。
[04:06.86]The gossip, the rumours. 在讨论八卦和流言。
[04:09.79]Courts that were seething with anxiety. 焦虑的朝臣们。
[04:16.64]I'm afraid we Chinese never manage to live more than 50 years without some terrible cataclysmic event.恐怕中国每五十年都会出点毁灭性的大事件。
[04:22.87]- The cycles of Chinese history.中国历史的循环。
[04:24.21]- That's right.没错。

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BBC中国故事 第二集 丝绸之路与中国航船 Part12 安史之乱--唐由盛而衰的转折点

BBC中国故事第二集丝绸之路与中国航船 Part12 安史之乱--唐由盛而衰的转折点