Napoleon Bonaparte
法兰西第一帝国缔造者——拿破仑·波拿巴

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
拿破仑·波拿巴(1769—1821)，法国军事和政治领袖，在法国大革命后期和之后的欧洲战争中处于主导地位。

As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815. He implemented a wide array of liberal reforms across Europe, including the abolition of feudalism and the spread of religious toleration. His legal code in France, The Napoleonic Code , influenced numerous civil law jurisdictions worldwide. Napoleon is remembered for his role in leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon maintained French dominance through the formation of complex alliances and the placement of generals and relatives to rule other European countries as French vassal states. Widely regarded as one of the greatest commanders in history, his campaigns are studied at military academies worldwide. He remains one of the most studied political and military leaders in all of history.
作为拿破仑一世，他在1804—1814年以及1815担任法兰西第一帝国的皇帝。他在欧洲广泛进行自由改革，包括废除封建主义和倡导信仰自由。他的《拿破仑法典》对全世界的民法管辖都产生了巨大的影响。拿破仑因其在法国与反法同盟的数次战争中所起的作用而被人铭记。拿破仑通过建立复杂的联盟来保持法国的优势地位，并且任用将军和亲戚来统治其他法国的附属国。他被广泛认为是历史上最伟大的指挥家之一，他的行军计划是世界范围内军事学院的研究对象。他仍是历史上被研究最多的政治和军事领袖之一。

Moving beyond military affairs, historian Andrew Roberts sums up Napoleon's impact on civil society: The ideas that underpin our modern world — meritocracy, equality before the law, property rights, religious toleration, modern secular education, sound finances, and so on — were championed, consolidated and codified by Napoleon.
军事之外，历史学家安德鲁·罗伯特如此总结拿破仑对于公民社会的影响：那些巩固我们现代世界的理念——功绩制、法律面前平等、财产权、宗教宽容、现代世俗教育、健全财政等等——都被拿破仑超越、巩固和法典化。