He grew up under the best emperor of that dynasty, served under a well-meaning but overambitious one, and fell into disgrace when an eighteen-year-old idiot ascended the Dragon Throne.
他是在北宋最好的皇帝(仁宗)当政年间长大,在一个心地善良但野心勃勃的皇帝(神宗)在位期间做官,在一个十八岁的呆子(哲宗)荣登王位之时遭受贬谪。