中英双语话史记 第87期:唐朝外交

Tang Dynasty

唐朝

Foreign Relations

外交

The Tang Dynasty also marked a golden age of relations with foreign powers.

唐朝同样是一个与外国发展联系的黄金时代。

The excellence of its advanced civilization rendered the Chinese Empire the envy of countries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa.

它高度发达的闻名使得中国受到了其他亚欧非国家的羡慕。

Each in their turn sent envoys and merchants to trade with the Tang, whose empire was to become a world center for trade and cultural exchange.

那些国家因此派使者和商人与大唐——世界贸易和文化交流的中心，进行贸易往来。

The Tang was trading with more than seventy countries.

大唐与超过70个国家进行交易。

To foster this trade, the government allowed tax concessions to foreigners, who were permitted to settle in China and to marry Chinese citizens.

为了推动贸易，政府对外国人采取了税收优惠，他们被允许定居中国、和中国人民通婚。

Some even went on to secure positions within the government.

有一些外国人甚至在政府内部做官。

Many foreign countries began to call the Chinese “Tang people”， appellation that survives in some countries to this day.

很多国家开始称呼中国人“唐人”，这个称呼直至今日在一些国家仍然存在。