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Empires come and go in China, and in 1644, Manchu northerners swept aside the Han to establish the Qing Dynasty.
中國總是在經歷改朝換代，1644年滿洲的北方人趕走漢人，建立了清朝
With the country pacified, and Emperor Kangxi inaugurating the long, prosperous era.
那時國家比較太平，康熙皇帝開始了一段長期繁榮的時期
What would happen to some 300,000 Manchu banner men?
對30多萬滿洲人來說會發生什么呢
Hereditary clans whose military prowess had defeated the Ming armies and for whom custom dictated that soldiery could be their only career.
一些世襲部落軍事實力強大，他們擊敗了明朝的軍隊，從他們的習俗來看，從軍是他們唯一可能的事業
They first took up residence in the Inner City, displacing some 300,000 Han Chinese who moved to the Outer City.
他們最早在內城住下，擠走30多萬漢人，他們搬到了外城
Later in the 18 century, many because policeman, giving Beijing one guardarm for every 30 residents.
后來到了18世紀，很多成了警察，讓北京城里每30個居民就有一個警察放哨
In the Inner City alone, they manned over 700 sentry boxes, 1,000 gates,
僅僅在內城就有700多個崗亭 1000個城門
movable railings at street intersections which they locked down the city from sunset to sunrise.
路口還有移動的欄桿，他們用于日出時開放內城，日落時關閉
Eunuchs,officials and palace guards of Imperial City supported and protected the Emperor's Forbidden City.
宦官，官員，和紫禁城的侍衛支持和保護皇帝的紫禁城
The Inner City supported and protected Imperial City and everyone could blow off steam in the predominately Han Chinese Outer City.
內城支持和保護紫禁城，而所有人都可以隨意發脾氣，當然這指的是在多數是漢人居住的外城
From cities within cities to extended families within courtyards,
從城內城到四合院的大家庭
the walls within walls spatial construction both segregated and defined every aspect of Beijing society.
以墻圍成空間的建筑隔離出并定義了北京社會的各種面貌
