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And that's definitely the message
而它們也告訴了我們
of what happened just a few years after the Emperor's death.
皇帝駕崩后幾年都發生了什么
Because the famous Terracotta Army that we see
因為如今聞名遐邇的秦始皇兵馬俑
were discovered in pieces,
被發現時是碎片
smashed and burnt by a rebel
它們被一位起義者打砸焚燒
against the dynasty of the first Emperor
他反抗了中國的首位帝王
who launched a direct attack on his tomb.
也直接破壞了秦始皇陵
There's something in that keen desire to destroy them
從那種摧毀它們的強烈欲望中
that gives us our clearest sense of the power of these images.
我們能清楚地感受到這成片陶俑帶來的震撼
It was one thing to destroy the images of the Emperor's terracotta protectors,
摧毀帝王的這些陶俑守衛
and so to nullify his power beyond the grave...
是為了讓他在地下再無權勢
But power in the here and now called for bodies
但這里的統治者所建的雕像
of an entirely different order.
完全是出于另一個目的
