中英雙語話史記 第102期:西夏
Song Dynasty
宋朝Western Xia
西夏Western Xia, was the kingdom of the Tibetan-speaking Tanguts tribes that was established in the 11th century and flourished through the early 13th century until it was conquered by the Mongols of the Yuan dynasty.
西夏，是由將藏語的党項部落在11世紀建立的國家，它在13世紀早期興盛發展直到被蒙古人建立的元朝征服。
It was located in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Kansu (Gansu) and Shensi (Shaanxi).
它位於現在中國西北部甘肅省和陝西省。Occupying the area along the trade route between Central Asia and the West,
党項佔據了連接中亞和西亞之間貿易之路的一片區域，the Tangut were formally a tributary state of first the Song and then the Jin.
它原先是宋朝後來是金朝的朝貢國。
In actuality, they were defacto independent, and the interaction belween the Jin, the Song, and the Western Xia is of interest to historians of diplomacy
事實上，它們實際上是獨立的，研究外交的歷史學家對於金、宋和西夏這三個國家的關係很感興趣，because they are an example of diplomatic relations between states of defacto equal power.
因爲它們是國家之間外交關係。
