走向灭亡

DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty,droughts(干旱)and floods I occurred frequently(频发),At this time,the imperial court(朝廷)forced hundreds of thousands of people to build a dam(堤坝)on the Yellow River.People's life was hard.相传在修筑黄河堤坝时,一个民间组织将刻了一只眼的石人埋在黄河边,并散布歌谣"石人一只眼,挑动黄河天下反"。