Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum and the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum(中英对照)

Emperor Qin Shihuang s Mausoleum and the Terra cotta Warriors and Horses Museum 秦始皇陵与兵马俑博物馆 Emperor Qin Shihuang 259 210B C had Ying as his surname and Zheng as his given name He name to the throne of the Qin at age 13 and took the helm of the state at age of 22 By 221 B C he had annexed the six rival principalities of Qi Chu Yan Han Zhao and Wei and established the first feudal empire in China s history 秦始皇 公元前259 公元前210年 姓嬴名政 13岁受封为秦王 22岁掌权 公元前221年 嬴吞并齐 楚 燕 韩 赵 魏 六国 并建立中国历史上第一个封建帝国 In the year 221 B C when he unified the whole country Ying Zheng styled himself emperor He named himself Shihuang Di the first emperor in the hope that his later generations be the second the third even the one hundredth and thousandth emperors in proper order to carry on the hereditary system Since then the supreme feudal rulers of China s dynasties had continued to call themselves Huang Di the emperor 公元前221年 嬴统一帝国并自封为帝 自称始皇帝 第一个皇帝 他希望自己的后世沿称 二世皇帝 三世皇帝 以至万世传之无穷 以世袭自己的帝位 自此以后 中国历代的最高统治者都沿用这一做法 自称皇帝 After he had annexed the other six states Emperor Qin Shihuang abolished the enfeoffment system and adopted the prefecture and county system He standardized legal codes written language track currencies weights and measures To protect against harassment by the Hun aristocrats Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the Great Wall be built All these measures played an active role in eliminating the cause of the state of separation and division and strengthening the unification of the whole country as well as promotion the development of economy and culture They had a great and deep influence upon China s 2 000 year old feudal society 秦始皇灭六国之后 秦始皇废除分封制 采用郡县制 他推出行同伦 书同文 车同轨 改币制 统 一度量衡 为抵御匈奴的侵扰 秦始皇下令修筑长城 所有这些措施对消除割据 加强统一以及经济文化 的发展都起到了积极的促进作用 这些措施对中国2000多年的封建社会起到了深远的影响 Emperor Qin Shihuang ordered the books of various schools burned except those of the Qin dynasty s history and culture divination and medicines in an attempt to push his feudal autocracy in the ideological field As a result China s ancient classics had been devastated and destroy Moreover he once ordered 460 scholars be buried alive Those events were later called in history the burning of books and the burying of Confucian scholars 秦始皇下令焚烧除有关秦朝历史和文化 卜筮和医药典籍之外的百家书籍 因此 中国的古籍被焚毁 殆尽 此外 他还曾下令活埋460名术士 这些事件被后世称为 焚书坑儒 Emperor Qin Shihuang for his own pleasure conscribed several hundred thousand convicts and went in for large scale construction and had over seven hundred palaces built in the Guanzhong Plain These palaces stretched several hundred li and he sought pleasure from one palace to the other Often nobody knew where he ranging treasures inside the tomb were enclosed alive 秦始皇为一己之乐 强征几十万刑徒大兴土木 在关中平原建造了七百多座宫殿 这些宫殿绵延几百 里 秦始皇逐个在这些宫殿中寻欢作乐 通常没人知道他陵墓中的具体藏宝位置 Emperor Qin Shihuang s Mausoleum has not yet been excavated What looks like inside could only be known when it is opened However the three pits of the terra cotta warriot excavated outside the east gate of the outer enclosure of the necropolis can make one imagine how magnificent and luxurious the structure of Emperor Qin Shihuang s Mausoleum was 秦始皇陵尚未被发掘 陵墓里面的具体状况只有到它被发掘之后才能知道 但从秦始皇陵墓东侧已经 发掘的三个秦始皇兵马俑坑看来 人们便能想象到秦始皇陵墓是有多么宏伟华丽 No 1 Pit was stumbled upon in March 1974 when villagers of Xiyang Village of Yanzhai township Lintong County sank a well 1 5km east of the mausoleum In 1976 No 2 and 3 Pits were found 20m north of No 1 Pit respectively after the drilling survey The terra cotta warriors and horses are arrayed according to the Qin dynasty battle formation symbolizing the troops keeping vigil beside the mausoleum This discovery aroused much interest both at home and abroad In 1975 a museum housing the site of No 1 and covering an area of 16 300 square meters was built with the permission of the State Council The museum was formally opened to public on Oct 1 the National Day 1979 1号坑是在1974年一位临潼县晏寨乡西杨村的村民离陵墓东侧1 5米的地方挖口井时 被偶然发现的 1976年 在1号坑北侧20米处 2号坑和3号坑经过科学钻探之后相继被发现 这些兵马俑按照秦朝时的战 斗队形排列 象征着戍卫秦始皇陵的军队 这一发现 吸引了国内外众多的关注 1975年 国务院决定 在1号俑坑原址上 建立一座占地面积16300亩的博物馆 1979年10月1日秦始皇博物馆开始想公众开放 No 1 Pit is 230 meters long from east to west 62m wide from north to south and 5m deep covering a total area of 14 260 square meters It is an earth and wood structure in the shape of a tunnel There are five sloping entrances on the eastern and western sides of the pit respectively The pit is divided into eleven corridors by ten earthen partition walls and the floors are paved with bricks Thick rafters were placed onto the walls but now one can only see their remains which were covered with mats and then fine soil and earth The battle formation of the Qin dynasty facing east In the east end are arrayed three lines of terra cotta warriors 70 pieces in each totaling 210 pieces They are supposed to be the van of the formation Immediately behind them are 38 columns of infantrymen alternating with war chariots in the corridors each being 180m long They are probably the main body of the formation There is one line of warriors in the left right and west ends respectively facing outwards They are probably the flanks and the rear There are altogether 27 trial trench it is assumed that more than 6 000 clay warriors and horses could be unearthed from No 1 Pit 1号坑长230米 宽62米 深5米 总面积14260平米 俑坑呈长方形 土木混合构造 俑坑的东西两侧 分别有五个斜廊 俑坑被十堵夯土墙分割为11个过洞 底部用砖头铺成 墙上放有厚厚的椽子 但现在只 能看到椽子的轮廓 这些椽子先用席子包裹住 然后盖上细沙和泥土 军阵主体向东 东面三排战士俑 为先锋 每排70个 共计210个 在它们后面 排列着38路步兵和战车纵队 没猎场180米 他们也许是军 队的主体 在南 北 西边廊该有一排战士俑向外 也许是担任护翼和后卫 总共有27条探沟 据推断 1号坑最少能发掘6000多个陶俑 No 2 Pit sis about half the size of No 1 Pit covering about 6 000 square meters Trail diggings show this is a composite formation of infantry cavalry and chariot soldiers from which roughly over 1 000 clay warriors and 500 chariots and saddled horses could be unearthed The 2 000 year old wooden chariots are already rotten But their shafts cross yokes and wheels etc left clear impressions on the earth bed The copper parts of the chariots still remain Each chariot is pulled by four horses which are one and half meters high and two metres long According to textual research these clay horses were sculptures after the breed in the area of Hexi Corridor The horses for the cavalrymen were already saddled but with no stirups 2号坑的大小大约是1号坑的一半 总面积约为6000平方米 从探坑可以看出 2号坑的布阵更为复杂 包括步兵 战车和骑兵 2号坑粗略估计能出土1000多件陶俑 500辆战车和陶马 2000多年的木质战车 已经被腐蚀 但车辕 横轭和车轮等在土层上留下了清晰的印记 战车的铜质部分仍然保留着 每辆战车 驾有四匹1 5米高 2米长的陶马 据考证 这些陶马是由河西走廊的马种为原型塑造的 这些给骑兵的陶 马都有鞍却没有装马镫 No 3 Pit covers an area of 520m2 with only four horses one chariot and 68 warriors supposed to be the command post of the battle formation Now No 2 and 3 Pits have been refilled but visitors can see some clay figures and weapons displayed in the exhibition halls in the museum that had been unearthed from these two pits The floors of both No 1 and 2 Pits were covered with a layer of silt of 15 to 20cm thick In these pits one can see traces of burnt beams everywhere some relics which were mostly broken Analysis shows that the pits were burned down by Xiang Yu leader of a peasant army All of the clay warriors in the three pits held real weapons in their hands and face east showing Emperor Qin Shihuang s strong determination of wiping out the six states and unifying the whole country 3号坑面积约为520平方米 仅有四匹陶马 1辆战车和68件陶俑 应该是军队的指挥部 现在 2号坑 和3号坑都被重新填满 但参观者能在博物馆的陈列室看到从这两个坑出土的陶俑和兵器 1 2号坑的地 步铺了一层泥土和15厘米到20厘米的石砖 在这些坑中随处可见烧焦的横梁以及一些损坏殆尽的遗迹 分 析显示 这些坑都是农民起义的领袖项羽烧毁的 三个坑里出土的所有陶俑手里拿的武器都是真的 他们 面东而立 显示了秦始皇灭六国 统一中国的决心 The height of the terra cotta warriors varies from 1 78m the shortest to 1 97m the tallest They look healthy and strong and have different facial expressions Probably they were sculpted by craftsmen according to real soldiers of the Qin dynasty They organically combined the skills of round engraving bas relief and linear engraving and utilized the six traditional folk crafts of sculpturing such as hand moulding sticking cutting painting and so on The clay models were then put in kilns baked and colour painted As the terra cotta figures have been burnt and have gone through the natural process of decay we can t see their original gorgeous colours However most of the terra cotta figures bear the trace of the original colours and few of them are still as bright as new They are found to be painted by mineral dyestuffs of vermilion bright red pink dark green powder green purple blue orange black and white colours 兵俑的高度从1 78米到1 97米不等 他们看上去健康强壮 面部表情各不相同 也许他们是由工匠根 据秦朝士兵的真人雕塑出来的吧 秦俑的塑造手法是圆塑 浮雕和线刻相结合 并采用民间传统的堆 塑 捏 贴 刻 画六种手法 塑造好的陶俑随后放进窑里烧制 最后拿出来上彩 这些陶俑因为被大火焚 烧 加上积年累月的大自然腐蚀 人们已经看不出它们原本华丽的色彩 但大部分陶俑都还能看出原有的 色彩 少数陶俑仍焕然如新 秦俑彩绘主要是用矿石染料 包括朱红 鲜红 粉红 粉绿 紫 蓝 橙 黑和白等几种颜色 Thousands of real weapons were unearthed from these terra cotta army pits including broad knives swords spears dagger axes halberds bows crossbows and arrowheads These weapons were exquisitely made Some of them are still very sharp analyses show that they are made of alloys of copper and tin containing more than ten kinds of other metals Since their surfaces were treated with chromium they are as bright as new though buried underground for more than 2 000 years This indicates that Qin dynasty s metallurgical technology and weapon manufacturing technique already reached quite a high level 俑坑中出土成百上千件兵器 包括铍 剑 矛 戈 戟 弓 弩 箭镞 这些兵器做工精美 当中许 多仍然十分锋利 经过科学分析 发现它们由铜锡合金制成 并掺有十多种其他的金属 虽然被长埋地下 达两千多年 它们依旧焕然如新 因为它们表面都涂有铬 这表明秦朝的冶金技术和武器制造技术已经达 到相当高的水平 In December 1980 two teams of large painted bronze chariots and horses were unearthed 20 metres west of the mound of Emperor Qin Shihuang s Mausoleum These single shaft four horse chariots each comprises 3 462 spare parts and has a body with two compartments one behind the other and an elliptical umbrella like canopy The four horses harnessed to the chariot are 65 67 centimeters tall The restored bronze chariots and horses are exact imitations of true chariot horse and driver in half life size 1980年12月 在秦始皇陵墓西侧20米的土堆里 出土了两组大型铜马车 这两辆单辕双轮战车零部件 多达3462个 车輢有两个隔间 一前一后 顶部有一椭圆形铜伞 这战车前系有四匹65厘米 67厘米高的战马 这辆青铜战车是按真车 真热闹 真马的二分之一的比例缩小制成的 The chariots and horses are decorated with coloured drawings against white background They have been fitted with more than 1 500 pieces of gold and silvers and decorations looking luxurious splendid and graceful Probably they were meant for the use of Emperor Qin Shihuang s soul to go on inspection The bronze chariots and horses were made by lost wax casting which shows a high level of technology For inst