中英雙語話史記 第13期:夏朝概況

Xia Dynasty

夏朝

General

概況

The first prehistoric dynasty is said to be Xia, from about the twenty-first to the sixteenth century B.C.

第一個史前朝代應該是夏朝，從公元前21世紀至公元前16世紀。

Until scientific excavations were made at early bronze-age sites at Anyang, Henan Province, in 1928,

在1928年對河南省安陽的青銅時代早期遺址進行系統挖掘以前，

it was difficult to separate myth from reality in regard to the Xia.

將關於夏朝的傳說同現實區分開是困難的。

But since then, and especially in the 1960s and 1970s,

但是從那時起，尤其是在20世紀60年代和70年代，

archaeologists have uncovered urban sites, bronze implements, and tombs that point to the existence of Xia civilization in the same locations cited in ancient Chinese historical texts.

考古學家們開掘出了位於與古代中國歷史文章中提到的相同位置的城區、青銅器以及墓穴，而這些都表明了夏王朝的存在。

At minimum, the Xia period marked an evolutionary stage between the late Neolithic cultures and the typical Chinese urban civilization of the Shang dynasty.

至少，夏朝標誌着新石器文化末期與商朝典型的中國城市文明之間進化的階段。