及至秦王（26），续六世之余烈（27），振长策而御宇内，吞二周而亡诸侯（28），履至尊而制六合（29），执棰拊以鞭笞天下（30），威震四海。南取百越之地（31），以为桂林、象郡（32）。百越之君，俛首系颈（33），委命下吏。乃使蒙恬北筑长城（34），而守藩篱（35），却匈奴七百余里。胡人不敢南下而牧马，士不敢弯弓而报怨。
After this came the First Emperor who, carrying on theglorious spirit of his six predecessors, cracked his long whip and drove theuniverse before him, swallowed up the eastern and western Zhou, and overthrewthe feudal lords. He ascended the throne of honour and ruled the sixdirections, scourging the world with his lash, and his might shook the fourseas. In the south he seized the land of the hundred tribes of Yue and made ofit Guilin and Xiang provinces, and the lords of the hundred Yue bowed theirheads, hung halters from their necks, and pleaded for their lives with thelowest officials of Qin. Then he sent Meng Tian north to build the Great Walland defend the borders, driving back the Xiongnu over 700 li, so that the barbariansno longer ventured to come south to pasture their horses and their men darednot take up their bows to vent their hatred.
【注释】
（26）秦王：指秦始皇嬴政。《文选》作“始皇”。
（27）六世：指秦孝公以下六王。
（28）二周：东周末年赧王时，东西周分治，西周都王城，东周都巩。秦昭襄王五十一年灭西周，庄襄王元年灭东周。
（29）六合：天、地和四方。
（30）棰：杖。拊（ｆǔ府）：大棒。
（31）百越：古代越族散居在今浙江、福建、广东、广西一带，因其种类繁多，故称百越。
（32）桂林、象郡：桂林郡地处今广西北部及东部地区，象郡地处今广西南部地区，两郡均为秦始皇新置。
（33）俛：同“俯”。系颈：以带系颈，表示投降。
（34）蒙恬：秦名将。秦统一六国后，蒙恬率兵三十万击退匈奴，并主持修筑长城。后为秦二世所逼，自杀。
（35）藩篱：篱笆，这里引伸为边疆。
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