43．Silkworm Eggs in Bamboo Canes

Emperor Justinian bribed two Persian monks who hadlived in China to return there and bring back silkworm eggs bysecreting them in hollow bamboo canes．Thus，Constantinople was able to begin silk production，about 550 A．D． From thoseworms were descended all the silk－producing caterpillars inEurope down to modern times．

43．竹手杖里的蚕卵

查士丁尼皇帝贿赂了两个曾在中国居住的波斯僧侣，让他们返回中国，然后偷偷地在空心的竹手杖里带一些蚕卵回来。这样君士坦丁堡便开始了丝绸生产。那是在大约公元550年。直到