中英雙語話史記 第83期:文學與藝術

Tang Dynasty

唐朝

Literature and Art

文學與藝術

The Tang period was the golden age of Chinese literature and art.

唐朝時期是中國文學與藝術的黃金年代。

A government system supported by a large class of Confucian literati selected through civil service examinations were perfected under Tang rule.

由科舉考試選拔出的一大批儒家文人在唐朝的管理下構成了政府系統。

But perhaps an even greater consideration for the Tang rulers,aware that imperial dependence on powerful aristocratic families and warlords would have destabilizing consequences,

唐朝的統治者更加意識到依賴於強盛的貴族世家和軍閥的國家就極不穩定，

was to create a body of career officials having no autonomous territorial or functional power base.

因此應該組建大量不擁有自治區或操縱力的官員。

As it turned out, these scholar-officials acquired status in their local communities, family ties,

法令出臺後，這些士大夫們在社會和家庭關係中獲取了地位，

and shared values that connected them to the imperial court.

他們分享自己的價值觀，使自己參與到朝廷之中。

From Tang times until the closing days of the Qing Empire in 1911,

從唐朝開始直到1911年的清朝時期，

scholar officials functioned often as intermediaries between the grassroots level and the government.

士大夫通常扮演者聯繫老百姓和政府的角色。