During his time there had been a rule of 'enlightened despotism, ' similar to that in the reign of Louis XIV almost 100 years earlier.

在他的时代，有一种“开明的专制”统治，类似于将近 100 年前路易十四统治时期的统治。

So, all notions that the British were trying to do their colonial enterprise out of enlightened despotism to try and bring the benefits of colonialism and civilisation to the benighted.

因此， 所有的想法都认为英国人试图从开明的专制主义中进行他们的殖民企业，试图将殖民主义和文明的好处带给愚昧的人。

Over the next ten years he engaged in a wide-ranging programme of reform which eclipsed his mother's own efforts, one which has led to him being viewed as a paragon of 'enlightened despotism'.

在接下来的十年里，他参与了一项广泛的改革计划，这使他母亲自己的努力黯然失色，这使他被视为“开明专制主义”的典范。