BBC中国故事第六集革命时代 Part1 基督教传道士初遇洪秀全

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[00:06.30]The story of modern China begins here in Canton in the south.现代中国的故事开始于南方的广州这里。
[00:13.62]In the 1830s, China was still the greatest state on Earth, but the Europeans were growing in influence.19世纪30年代，中国仍是全球最了不起的国家，但欧洲人的影响力日增。
[00:24.57]In Canton, the new ideas of the West were mingling with the culture of old China - 在广州，西方的新思想正与旧中国的文化相融合--
[00:32.35]traders selling opium, missionaries preaching Christ.商人们在销售鸦片，传教士在传播基督教。
[00:39.52]At this time, a chance meeting took place between an American missionary and a Chinese student, whose name was Hong.这时候，一位美国传教士偶然遇到了一位叫洪秀全的中国秀才。
[00:48.91]This, in the 1830s, was the dividing line between the European quarter and the old Chinese city of Canton.19世纪30年代，这里是欧洲人住处和广州旧中国城的分界线。
[00:56.13]And here, Hong meets the American missionary, 就在这里，洪秀全遇到了美国传教士。
[00:59.78]the Reverend Edwin Stevens - Yale educated, 埃德温・史蒂文森牧师，耶鲁大学毕业生，
[01:03.43]wearing Chinese clothes - long-sleeved coat, 他身穿中国服装--长袖衫，
[01:05.87]his hair in a bun - and he's handing out Christian pamphlets illegally.头顶结髻--他正在非法散发基督教的小册子。
[01:11.91]And he stops Hong and he says to him, "Follow the Christian God and you will reach the highest glory."他叫住洪秀全，对他说：“信仰基督上帝，你会达到荣耀的顶点。”
[01:20.35]And he gives him one of the pamphlets and in it, Hong sees the story of Noah and the flood.然后他给洪秀全一本小册子，洪秀全在里面看到了诺亚和洪水的故事。
[01:27.67]And he reads his own name - "Hong", literally, the flood - 他读着自己的姓--“洪”，就是洪水的意思--
[01:33.55]God's instrument to punish humanity for failing to follow the path of righteousness.那是上帝惩罚人类没有走上正义之路的工具。
[01:43.67]Believing himself to be God's Chinese son, Hong set out to overthrow the Qing Empire.....洪秀全相信自己是上帝的中国之子，他打算推翻清王朝......
[01:51.14]unleashing the first of three huge upheavals out of which modern China would emerge.引发三次剧变中的第一次，由此出现了现代中国的雏形。
[01:58.45]In 1841, here in the Pearl River, the British blasted the Chinese to defeat in the First Opium War.1841年，在珠江这里，第一次鸦片战争中英国人打败了中国人。
[02:12.31] The Chinese coastal forts were useless - their junks no match for ironclads and rocket launchers.中国沿岸要塞毫无用处--其舢板船无法与铁甲舰和火箭发射器相抗衡。
[02:28.22]The British forced the Chinese to give them trading concessions - treaty ports, like Canton and Shanghai.英国人迫使中国人给予他们贸易优惠--通商口岸，如广州和上海。
[02:38.78]And here they began to build European-style villas, warehouses and churches.在这里他们开始建造欧式别墅、货栈和教堂。
[02:46.66]So, the Qing Government gave way to the British brand of international politics.于是清政府让路于英国式的国际政治。
[02:53.59]And, as you can see, the British started to make themselves at home.正如你看到的，英国人在这里已经开始很自在了。
[03:07.27]In the strange, unsettling aftermath of the Opium War, the student Hong headed to the hills.鸦片战争所带来的奇怪和不安的影响，此时洪秀全正前往山区。
[03:14.68]He became a village teacher out in the wild countryside of the south.他在南方荒野的村庄中，成为一位乡村教师。
[03:22.50]And here, the Bible texts began to work on his mind.....especially the prophet Isaiah.在这里，《圣经》的文字开始在他脑海中萦绕......尤其是《先知以赛亚书》。
[03:30.30]"Your country is desolate."“国家遭遇不幸。”
[03:32.27]"Strangers are devouring your land before your eyes."“外人当着你的面，吞并你的土地。”
[03:36.82]"Why be downtrodden any more?"“为何还要受欺凌？”
[03:40.50]"Rise up and revolt."“起来反抗吧。”

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BBC中国故事 第六集 革命时代 Part1 基督教传道士初遇洪秀全

BBC中国故事第六集革命时代 Part1 基督教传道士初遇洪秀全