E66 弹劾：前仆后继，如火燎原
E66 弹劾：前仆后继，如火燎原
2023.09.29
夏鹏
难度：CSE7
课程导读
上节课我们讲到，监察机构在当时的中国朝廷是一个历史悠久的制度，主要作用就是代表舆论对当政的政权予以控制或批评。今天这节课，我们将继续了解在王安石当政之初，元老们对他颇为器重，为何在这个时刻又向他发出猛烈的攻击？其中有哪些缘由？一起进入今天的课程内容。
英文原文
Wang Anshih had started his administration with great expectations from the elder statesmen.
Now when the chief of the censorate Lu Huei fired the first shot at Wang Anshih, describing him as "a hypocrite and a sinister character destined to bring the country to the brink of catastrophe," even Szema Kuang was surprised.
As they walked together to a class in classics to be given to the Emperor, Lu revealed to Szema Kuang what he was going to do that morning, and showed him the memorial concealed in his sleeve.
"But what can we do? He is so popular," said Szema Kuang.
"You, too!" replied Lu Huei, shocked.
Lu Huei was dismissed from his post, and the purge began.
Now a spark set the court politics on fire.
There was the case of a woman who had attempted murder of her husband but had only succeeded in wounding him.
The woman had confessed her intent of murder, and the highest officials disagreed on the proper punishment.
The case had therefore been standing for over a year.
Szema Kuang wanted to settle it one way, and Wang Anshih wanted to settle it the other and insisted on carrying it through.
The punishment was embodied in an imperial decree, but the censor, Liu Shu, rejected it for reconsideration, as the imperial censors often did.
A second censor defied Wang's will, and Wang impeached him through one of his underlings.
This then brought the fight into the open.
The imperial censors were aroused.
The question was whether they were to be free to prosecute their duties, or whether one by one they were to be politically disposed of.
Several of the censors sent a joint impeachment of Wang Anshih and asked for his recall. Wang Anshih was angered and wanted to put them in jail.
Szema Kuang and Fan Chunjen opposed this on principle, and eventually six censors were sent out to distant provinces to sell wine at the government stores. Upon this, Fan Chunjen took up the fight.
He demanded that the order dismissing the censors be rescinded—and was dismissed himself.
The next to fall was Tseyu, Su Tungpo's brother, who had consistently opposed the farmers' loans and the national trade bureau.
Two months later the good old premier Fu Pi resigned, warning that in any political fight the good men were bound to lose, while the bad politicians were bound to come out on top.
For good men fought for principles and bad men fought for power, and in the end both would get what they wanted, by the good men's quitting and the bad men's staying.
He predicted that with this trend of affairs, the country would soon be plunged into chaos. The court was now thrown into an uproar.
The bureau of economic planning was instituted in February 1069, the national trade bureau in July, and the farmers' loans in September.
In the course of a few months public opinion toward the new administration changed from great expectations to doubt, doubt gave place to confusion, and confusion to anger and fear.
生词好句
1.statesman
英 [ˈsteɪtsmən]美 [ˈsteɪtsmən]
n. 政治家；政客（politician）
2.Lu Huei
吕晦
3.fire the first shot
开第一枪
4.hypocrite
英 [ˈhɪpəkrɪt]美 [ˈhɪpəkrɪt]
n. 伪君子
5.sinister
英 [ˈsɪnɪstə]美 [ˈsɪnɪstər]
adj. 邪恶的（evil）
6.be destined to
命中注定
拓展:
destiny n. 命运
7.the brink/edge of
......的边缘
8.catastrophe
英 [kəˈtæstrəfi]美 [kəˈtæstrəfi]
n. 灾难（disaster）
9.spark
英 [spɑːk]美 [spɑːk]
n. 火星
10.set ... on fire
点燃
11.confess
英 [kənˈfes]美 [kənˈfes]
v. 坦白（admit）
12.be standing/suspending for
悬置
13.be embodied/incorporated/included in
包含在......
拓展:
embody v. 包含；体现
It embodies the beauty of the country.
它体现了这个国家的美。
14.imperial decree
圣旨
15.Liu Shu
刘恕
16.bring ... into the open
将......公开化
17.prosecute
英 [ˈprɒsɪkjuːt]美 [ˈprɒsɪkjuːt]
v. 继续（carry on）；立案
18.joint
英 [dʒɔɪnt]美 [dʒɔɪnt]
adj. 联合的
拓展:
joint declaration 联合宣言
19.Fan Chunjen
范纯仁（范仲淹次子）
20.rescind
英 [rɪˈsɪnd]美 [rɪˈsɪnd]
v. 撤销（revoke, cancel）
21.plunge into
陷入；跳入
拓展:
plunge into water 跳水
22.in the course of +时间
经过多久（during the period of）
2023.09.29
夏鹏
难度：CSE7
课程导读
上节课我们讲到，监察机构在当时的中国朝廷是一个历史悠久的制度，主要作用就是代表舆论对当政的政权予以控制或批评。今天这节课，我们将继续了解在王安石当政之初，元老们对他颇为器重，为何在这个时刻又向他发出猛烈的攻击？其中有哪些缘由？一起进入今天的课程内容。
英文原文
Wang Anshih had started his administration with great expectations from the elder statesmen.
Now when the chief of the censorate Lu Huei fired the first shot at Wang Anshih, describing him as "a hypocrite and a sinister character destined to bring the country to the brink of catastrophe," even Szema Kuang was surprised.
As they walked together to a class in classics to be given to the Emperor, Lu revealed to Szema Kuang what he was going to do that morning, and showed him the memorial concealed in his sleeve.
"But what can we do? He is so popular," said Szema Kuang.
"You, too!" replied Lu Huei, shocked.
Lu Huei was dismissed from his post, and the purge began.
Now a spark set the court politics on fire.
There was the case of a woman who had attempted murder of her husband but had only succeeded in wounding him.
The woman had confessed her intent of murder, and the highest officials disagreed on the proper punishment.
The case had therefore been standing for over a year.
Szema Kuang wanted to settle it one way, and Wang Anshih wanted to settle it the other and insisted on carrying it through.
The punishment was embodied in an imperial decree, but the censor, Liu Shu, rejected it for reconsideration, as the imperial censors often did.
A second censor defied Wang's will, and Wang impeached him through one of his underlings.
This then brought the fight into the open.
The imperial censors were aroused.
The question was whether they were to be free to prosecute their duties, or whether one by one they were to be politically disposed of.
Several of the censors sent a joint impeachment of Wang Anshih and asked for his recall. Wang Anshih was angered and wanted to put them in jail.
Szema Kuang and Fan Chunjen opposed this on principle, and eventually six censors were sent out to distant provinces to sell wine at the government stores. Upon this, Fan Chunjen took up the fight.
He demanded that the order dismissing the censors be rescinded—and was dismissed himself.
The next to fall was Tseyu, Su Tungpo's brother, who had consistently opposed the farmers' loans and the national trade bureau.
Two months later the good old premier Fu Pi resigned, warning that in any political fight the good men were bound to lose, while the bad politicians were bound to come out on top.
For good men fought for principles and bad men fought for power, and in the end both would get what they wanted, by the good men's quitting and the bad men's staying.
He predicted that with this trend of affairs, the country would soon be plunged into chaos. The court was now thrown into an uproar.
The bureau of economic planning was instituted in February 1069, the national trade bureau in July, and the farmers' loans in September.
In the course of a few months public opinion toward the new administration changed from great expectations to doubt, doubt gave place to confusion, and confusion to anger and fear.
生词好句
1.statesman
英 [ˈsteɪtsmən]美 [ˈsteɪtsmən]
n. 政治家；政客（politician）
2.Lu Huei
吕晦
3.fire the first shot
开第一枪
4.hypocrite
英 [ˈhɪpəkrɪt]美 [ˈhɪpəkrɪt]
n. 伪君子
5.sinister
英 [ˈsɪnɪstə]美 [ˈsɪnɪstər]
adj. 邪恶的（evil）
6.be destined to
命中注定
拓展:
destiny n. 命运
7.the brink/edge of
......的边缘
8.catastrophe
英 [kəˈtæstrəfi]美 [kəˈtæstrəfi]
n. 灾难（disaster）
9.spark
英 [spɑːk]美 [spɑːk]
n. 火星
10.set ... on fire
点燃
11.confess
英 [kənˈfes]美 [kənˈfes]
v. 坦白（admit）
12.be standing/suspending for
悬置
13.be embodied/incorporated/included in
包含在......
拓展:
embody v. 包含；体现
It embodies the beauty of the country.
它体现了这个国家的美。
14.imperial decree
圣旨
15.Liu Shu
刘恕
16.bring ... into the open
将......公开化
17.prosecute
英 [ˈprɒsɪkjuːt]美 [ˈprɒsɪkjuːt]
v. 继续（carry on）；立案
18.joint
英 [dʒɔɪnt]美 [dʒɔɪnt]
adj. 联合的
拓展:
joint declaration 联合宣言
19.Fan Chunjen
范纯仁（范仲淹次子）
20.rescind
英 [rɪˈsɪnd]美 [rɪˈsɪnd]
v. 撤销（revoke, cancel）
21.plunge into
陷入；跳入
拓展:
plunge into water 跳水
22.in the course of +时间
经过多久（during the period of）
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