Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father.

元欢迎马可·波罗和他父亲来中国。

At that time, China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor, Kublai Khan.

那时，统治中国的是元朝的元烈。

When it was finally over, there was no-one left to oppose Kublai Khan.

当战争最后结束时，已经没有人可以反对烈了。

Kublai Khan would even go to war with his own brother, Ariq Boke.

烈甚至和他自己的兄弟阿里不哥开战。

In 1275, three bedraggled men arrived at Kublai's Khan's vast marble palace.

1275年，三个衣衫褴褛的人来到烈宏伟的大理石宫殿。

The other was Kublai Khan, the Mongol warrior, who felt his life should be taken up with conquest.

另一个是蒙古勇士烈，他觉得他的一生应该被征服所占据。

Kublai Khan also expanded the empire in the west into Europe, up to the Danube River in modern-day Bulgaria.

烈还将帝国从西部扩展到欧洲，一直延伸到多瑙河，也就是今天的保加利亚。

Kublai Khan finally died on February 18, 1294. His body was buried in a secret place somewhere in Mongolia.

烈最后死于1294年2月18日。他的尸体被埋在蒙古的某个秘密的地方。

An Italian explorer named Marco Polo wrote down the history of the Mongolian Empire while living amongst Kublai Khan's royal court.

一位名叫马可波罗的意大利探险家在烈的皇家宫廷中写下了蒙古帝国的历史。

Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered the rest of China in 1275 and caused the collapse of the Chinese Song Dynasty.

烈，成吉思汗的孙子，于 1275 年征服了中国其他地区，导致了中国宋朝的崩溃。

So the Mongols, Kublai Khan, in the mid 1200s, reigned over the largest empire in history up to that point, and he had a problem.

蒙古人烈在 1200 年代中期统治着当时最大的帝国，而他遇到了一个问题。

Would this change make Kublai Khan mad?

这种变化会让烈发疯吗？

His grandson Kublai Khan became the ruler of Mongolia in the year 1260, and his brothers and cousins held positions of power all over the empire.

他的孙子烈在 1260 年成为蒙古的统治者，他的兄弟和堂兄弟在整个帝国都拥有权力。

Unfortunately for Kublai Khan, he was not as feared as his great-grandfather had once been, and Mongolia would eventually begin to break off into civil wars.

不幸的是，烈不像他的父那样令人恐惧，蒙古最终开始爆发内战。

Kublai Khan was in his seventies by then.

那时烈已经七十多岁了。

The great Kublai Khan had also died.

伟大的烈也死了。

Kublai Khan did everything in a big way.

烈做什么事都做得很大方。

Kublai Khan liked Marco because he was smart and amusing.

烈喜欢马可， 因为他聪明又风趣。

And another of Genghis’ grandsons, Kublai Khan, conquered the Song Dynasty in China in 1279.

成吉思汗的另一个孙子烈于 1279 年征服了中国的宋朝。

Kublai Khan studied the teachings of Jesus and Buddha.

烈研究了耶稣和​​佛陀的教义。