中英双语话中国历史名人 第18期:乾隆
日期:2015-08-11 18:31

(单词翻译:单击)

Qian Long (1711——1799) was the reign title of the fourth emperor (1735——1796) of the Qing Dynasty, whose given name was Hong-li.
乾隆(1711——1799)是清代第四个皇帝弘历的年号。
Under his vigorous military policy, China attained its maximum territorial expanse; Xinjiang in the west was conquered, and Myanmar and Annam in the south were forced to recognize Chinese suzerainty.
在乾隆强劲的军事政策下,中国领土面积达到最大。他征服了西部的新疆,南方的缅甸和安南也被迫承认中国的领主地位。

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He restricted Western merchants to Guangzhou (Canton) in 1759, and he rejected British overtures for expanded trade and diplomatic ties in 1793.
1759年乾隆将西方商人限制在广州境内,1793年拒绝了英国扩大贸易和加强外交关系的建议。
Ch'ien-lung was a patron of scholarship and the arts; some of China's finest porcelain and cloisonné were produced for his collections, and vast anthologies were edited, partly to censor seditious references to the Manchus.
乾隆热爱学问和艺术,中国一些最好的瓷器和景泰蓝是专门为乾隆生产的。大量的文选被编辑成书,部分是为了审查里而是不是有反满言论。
Despite the surface splendor of cultural achievement and imperial expansion,his reign in later years was characterized by growing official corruption, loss of military efficiency,and fiscal imbalance.
尽管文化成就和帝国的扩张表面上看起来富丽堂皇,但是乾隆统治的后期官僚腐败日趋严重,军队不振,财政失衡。

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