BBC中国故事第五集明朝 Part15 林则徐虎门销烟

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[00:01.64]Shocked by the social effects of the opium trade and by its drain 'on their silver supply, the emperor and his advisors debated what to do.由于鸦片贸易的社会影响，以及白银流失带来的震动，皇帝和顾问们讨论着该怎么办。
[00:14.72]The emperor spent time looking for an upright official because opium is something you could sell and make lots of money, 皇帝花时间去寻找正直的官员，因为鸦片可以来贩卖以获取暴利。
[00:23.14]so you need someone who is upright and very Confucian, very moral.所以需要很正直、有儒家精神和道德准则的人。
[00:30.26]Such a man was the incorruptible Commissioner Lin.这人就是刚直不阿的钦差大臣林则徐。
[00:33.80]Of his appointment, an old friend wrote, "Our great land needs thunder and lightning to revive it now".一位老友这样说道他的上任：“我们国家现在需要雷厉风行来激浊扬清。”
[00:47.06]Lin gave the orders to destroy all the opium held in British warehouses.林则徐下令销毁英国人仓库中所有的鸦片。
[00:53.40]Commissioner Lin began the destruction of the British opium in early June 1839.林则徐在1839年7月初开始销毁英国鸦片。
[01:02.65]There were 1,200 tonnes of it.这些鸦片一共一千二百吨。
[01:05.69]It took 500 workers more than three weeks to get rid of it all, 五百名工人费时三周多才全部销毁。
[01:09.80]burning it, mixing it with lime and dumping it in these ponds.他们用火烧，用石灰混合然后扔进这些池子。
[01:18.55]At the same time, the Commissioner wrote a letter to Queen Victoria, 同时，林钦差写了封信给英国维多利亚女王，
[01:22.00]a letter that's touching in its almost naive belief in Confucian morality.这信句句动人，满是林对儒家道德近乎天真的信仰。
[01:29.75]"We learn that your country is 60 or 70,000 lee away from China", he said.他写道：“查该国距内地六七万里，”
[01:36.77]"and yet, foreign vessels come here to make great profit "out of the wealth of our country."“而夷船争来贸易者为获利之厚故耳。”
[01:42.31]"But by what right in return do they sell us this poisonous drug which does so much harm to the Chinese people?"“岂有反以毒物害华民之理？”
[01:49.61]"They may not necessarily intend to hurt us, "but, by putting profit above all things, they are disregarding the harm they do to others."既夷人未必有心为害，而贪利之极，不顾害人。
[02:00.78]"So, we ask you, where is your conscience?"试问天良安在？
[02:11.20]But the British were in no mood to discuss Confucian ethics.但英国可不想讨论什么儒家道德。
[02:14.85]The fact that China had 50 times their population and lay the other side of the world was of no matter.中国拥有大于其五十倍的人口，对世界另一端不屑一顾。

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BBC中国故事 第五集 明朝 Part15 林则徐虎门销烟

BBC中国故事第五集明朝 Part15 林则徐虎门销烟