中英雙語話史記 第42期:秦朝滅亡

The End of Qin Dynasty

秦朝的滅亡

In the beginning of October 207 B.C, Zhao Gao forced Huhai to commit suicide and replaced him with Fusu’s son，Ziying (子嬰).

公元前207年十月初，趙高強迫胡亥自殺，另立扶蘇之子子嬰爲帝。

Note that the title of Ziying was “ king of Qin” to reflect the fad that Qin no longer controlled the whole of China.

子嬰的稱號是秦王，這也反映了秦朝大勢已去，不再控制整個中國。

The Chu-Han contention ensued.

隨之而來的是楚漢之爭。

Ziying soon killed Zhao Gao and surrendered to Liu Bang (劉邦）in the beginning of December 207 B.C.

子嬰登機之後不久便設計誅殺趙高，並在公元前207年十二月初投降劉邦。

But Liu Bang was forced to hand over Xianyang and Ziying to Xiang Yu.

但劉邦被迫將咸陽和子嬰拱手讓給項羽。

Xiang Yu then killed Ziying and burned down the palace in the end of January 206 B.C.

公元前206年一月末，項羽殺死子嬰併火燒咸陽的宮殿，

Thus the Qin dynasty came to an end, three years after the death of Qin Shi Huang, and less than twenty years after it was founded.

至此，秦朝付之一炬，走向了滅亡，而這距離秦始皇駕崩僅三年，距離秦朝建立也不過20年的時間。

Although the Qin Dynasty was short-lived, its legalist rule had a deep impact on later dynasties in China.

雖然秦朝是個短命的王朝，但其法制規則對後世產生了深遠的影響。

The imperial system initiated during the Qin dynasty set a pattern that was developed over the next two millennia.

由秦朝所創的皇權系統在之後的2000年一直被後世所效仿。