CHRIST’S SAMURAI: THE TRUE STORY OF THE SHIMABARA REBELLION
Book ID/图书代码： 07980016B89361
English Summary/英文概要： The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms.
The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in combat and proclaimed that fires in the sky would soon bring about the end of the world. The Shogun called old soldiers out of retirement for one last battle before peace could be declared in Japan. For there to be an end to war, he said, the Christians would have to die.
This is a true story.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 该教派被称为“黑暗港口”，旨在推翻政府。它的老师使用的是除了核心的信徒圈所有人都不理解的死语言。它的牧师宣扬爱和善良，却帮助地方军阀获得武器。他们鼓励信徒在殉难中寻找天堂前，抛开尘世的忠诚并效忠外国神帝。
该教派公然反抗，由一个男孩巫师带路、发声。农民自称在战斗中外星神的祝福已经击败了训练有素的武士，并宣称天空火会很快带来世界末日。将军号召老兵不要退役，在日本可以宣告和平前进行最后一场战斗。他说，为了战争的结束，基督徒必须死。
这是一个真实的故事。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：The story should find a wider audience as it proceeds the events of Scorsese’s forthcoming film Silence, starring Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield, due for release later this year. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Shusako Endo (which Graham Greene considered one of the best novels ever written) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490215/
About the Author/作者介绍： 乔纳森•克莱门特博士是很多关于东亚历史的书籍的作者，包括《皇帝和后妃列传》，《政治家和战士》，《外国游客和被遗弃的叛军》。他的作品已被翻译成十多种语言，包括法语、西班牙语、韩语和荷兰语。他的《第一位皇帝和皇后》的传记被译成中文。
Dr Jonathan Clements is the author of many books on East Asian history, including biographies of emperors and empresses, statesmen and warriors, foreign visitors and outcast rebels. His works have been translated into over a dozen languages, including French, Spanish, Korean and Dutch. His biographies of the First Emperor and Empress Wu have both been translated into Chinese.
He is a Visiting Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He is the author of many books on Asia, including A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SAMURAI, ANIME: A HISTORY, biographies of the First Emperor, Khubilai Khan and Chairman Mao, and THE ART OF WAR: A NEW TRANSLATION. His recent publications include Modern China and Modern Japan in Hodder’s All That Matters series.
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