中英雙語話史記 第100期:南宋抗金
Song Dynasty
宋朝Southern Song’s Resistance Against the Jin
南宋抗金Before the arrival of the Jurchens the Song Dynasty for centuries was engaged in a stand-off against the Western Xia and the Khitan Liao Dynasty.
在女真人到來之前，宋朝已經和西夏及契丹人的遼國以平衡之勢相處了好幾個世紀。
This balance was disrupted when the Song Dynasty developed a military alliance with the Jurchens in annihilating the Liao Dynasty.
這種平衡因宋朝決定聯合女真攻打契丹而被破壞。This balance of power disrupted, the Jurchens then turned on the Song Dynasty, resulting in the fall of the Northern Song and the subsequent establishment of the Southern Song.
平衡一經破壞，女真就轉而攻打宋朝，這導致了北宋的覆滅和之後南宋的建立。A new triangular arrangement was formed, between the Song, Jin and Western Xia.
一個新的三角協議在宋朝、金國和西夏之間形成。The Southern Song deployed several military commanders, among them Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.
北宋部署了一些軍事將領，岳飛和韓世忠就在其中。
Yue Fei in particular had been preparing to recapture Kaifeng (or Bianjing as the city was known during the Song period), the former capital of the Song dynasty and the then southern capital of the Jin dynasty, after a streak of uninterrupted military victories.
岳飛在不斷的獲勝之後盡心準備想要奪回開封（在那個時代被稱爲汴京），開封是宋朝的舊都也是之後金朝的南都。The possible defeat of the Jurchens however threatened the power of the new emperor of the Southern Song, Gaozong and his premier Qin Hui.
和女真的作戰可能的成功卻威脅了宋高宗以及他的丞相秦檜的權力。The reason was that Qinzong, the last emperor of the Northern Song was living in Jin-imposed exile in Manchuria and had a good chance of being recalled to the throne should the Jin Dynasty be destroyed.
他們給出的理由是北宋的最後一位皇帝欽宗被金國流放至滿洲，如果金國被滅，欽宗就有可能回國繼承帝位。Emperor Gaozong signed the Treaty of Shaoxing in 1141, which conceded most of the territory regained through the efforts of Yue Fei.
宋高宗與1141年簽署了紹興和議，這個和議讓出了由岳飛費盡心力重新收復的大部分領土。Yue Fei in particular was executed under the terms of the treaty in 1142.
岳飛由於紹興和議的條約在1142年被處死。
