纪录片《文明》 第60期 自视如何（21）

And that's definitely the message

而它们也告诉了我们

of what happened just a few years after the Emperor's death.

皇帝驾崩后几年都发生了什么

Because the famous Terracotta Army that we see

因为如今闻名遐迩的秦始皇兵马俑

were discovered in pieces,

被发现时是碎片

smashed and burnt by a rebel

它们被一位起义者打砸焚烧

against the dynasty of the first Emperor

他反抗了中国的首位帝王

who launched a direct attack on his tomb.

也直接破坏了秦始皇陵

There's something in that keen desire to destroy them

从那种摧毁它们的强烈欲望中

that gives us our clearest sense of the power of these images.

我们能清楚地感受到这成片陶俑带来的震撼

It was one thing to destroy the images of the Emperor's terracotta protectors,

摧毁帝王的这些陶俑守卫

and so to nullify his power beyond the grave...

是为了让他在地下再无权势

But power in the here and now called for bodies

但这里的统治者所建的雕像

of an entirely different order.

完全是出于另一个目的