BBC中国故事第五集明朝 Part10 垂垂老矣的康熙给儿子的忠告

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[00:04.55]By now, Kangxi himself was getting old.这时康熙已经垂垂老矣。
[00:09.60]His boyhood friend, the bond-servant, Cao Yin, was dead now.他幼年时的朋友，包衣家奴曹寅也去世了。
[00:15.20]The Emperor had cared about him to the end.康熙一直关心他到最后一刻。
[00:17.87]"You're not well", Kangxi wrote. “你身体不太好，”康熙写道。
[00:20.80]"Take this, it's Western medicine, but it really works." “吃了这个，这是西洋药，但它的确管用。”
[00:23.45]"But take care of yourself, take care."“照顾好你自己，保重。”
[00:31.16]Now in his late 60s, the Emperor was conscious of his own mortality, too.现在他已经快70岁了，皇帝也意识到自己不久于人世。
[00:36.70]"When I was young", he wrote, "I didn't know what sickness was".他写道：“我年轻时不知道什么是疾病。”
[00:40.64]"Now I'm getting thinner and weaker." “现在我越来越瘦弱。”
[00:43.18]"I have dizzy spells."头晕目眩。
[00:47.27]"Officials can retire, but I can't."“官员们可以退休，但我不能。”
[00:49.85]"I'm old, but I can't rest for a minute." “我老了，但我一分钟都不能休息。”
[00:52.29]"If I die without trouble breaking out for China, I will die happy."“如果死的时候中国没有动乱，那我就死而无憾了。”
[01:05.82] Kangxi died in 1722 after a reign of 61 years, longest in Chinese history.康熙于1722年驾崩，结束了长达61年的统治，是中国史上在位时间最长的皇帝。
[01:15.53]And he left his sons this advice.他给儿子们留下这样的忠告。
[01:17.87]"The great rulers of the past", he said, "Followed two guiding principles in governing China".“过去伟大的统治者们，”他说，“统治中国遵循这两个原则。”
[01:22.93]"Number one - have reverence for the laws of heaven." 第一原则，尊奉天命。
[01:26.12]"And number two - have reverence for the ancestors."第二原则，敬拜祖先。
[01:34.68]"Work hard", he said.“勤勉治国”，他说。
[01:36.39]"Take care. "“保重身体。”
[01:37.53]"Mix strictness with leniency and expedience with principle, "and, that way, you'll find a long-term vision for the nation.“宽严相济，权宜但不失原则，”这样，国家的前途就不可限量。
[01:52.24]And Kangxi did have a vision for the nation.而康熙在国事方面颇有眼光。
[01:55.22]He was a benevolent dictator.他是一位仁慈的独裁者。
[01:57.91]But the Qing was still and autocratic state and Imperial favour could vanish overnight.但清朝始终是个专制国家，而皇帝的恩惠会在一夜之间消失殆尽。

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BBC中国故事 第五集 明朝 Part10 垂垂老矣的康熙给儿子的忠告

BBC中国故事第五集明朝 Part10 垂垂老矣的康熙给儿子的忠告