谁有英语短文关于苏武牧羊的?

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1.Mission to Xiongnu

Not much is known about Su's early life or career. The first reference to him was the incident that he is most well-known for—a mission to Xiongnu that would turn out to be drastically more trying and lengthy than anyone would have expected.

In 100 BC, there was a short-lived détente between long-term adversaries Han and Xiongnu. One year earlier, in 101 BC, there had been a new chanyu who came into power in Xiongnu—Chanyu Qiedihou (且鞮侯), who had expressed interest in peace with Han and who, as a goodwill gesture, had allowed some Han diplomats who had been detained by Xiongnu to return to Han, along with gifts from the chanyu.

In response, in 100 BC, Emperor Wu commissioned Su, then the deputy commander of the imperial guards, to serve as an ambassador to Xiongnu. His deputy was fellow deputy commander Zhang Sheng (张胜), and the third in command was Chang Hui (常惠). However, once they arrived at the Xiongnu chanyu's headqu