In a city where wealth and power are celebrated in equal measure, Henry Tang appears to be achieving both, as he prepares to sell a piece of his multimillion-dollar wine collection just as he advances in a high-profile Chinese political advisory body. 在财富和权力受到同等尊崇的香港，唐英年(Henry Tang)似乎已经将两者集于一身。唐英年收藏了价值数百万美元的葡萄酒，目前他正准备出售其中的一部分。与此同时，他还进入了高调的中国政协。

On Friday, Mr. Tang's bottles of Burgundy go on the block at Christie's in a sale that the auctioneer expects to fetch more than 29 million Hong Kong dollars (US$3.7 million). 周五，唐英年收藏的部分瓶勃艮第葡萄酒将在佳士得拍卖行(Christie's)拍卖。佳士得预计，这些藏品将拍出2,900万港元（约合370万美元）的价格。

'This is a landmark sale: It's the first single-owner Asian collector sale,' said Simon Tam, Christie's head of wine for China. 佳士得拍卖行中国区名酒部主管谭业明(Simon Tam)说，这次拍卖具有里程碑式的意义：这是迄今为止第一次针对单一亚洲藏家藏品的拍卖。

The 60-year-old Mr. Tang declined to comment on the coming auction. But his busy week encapsulates the privileges and perils of his influence in the city. 60岁的唐英年对即将进行的拍卖不予置评。但是他繁忙的一周凸显了他在香港的影响力所带来的特权和风险。

The son of a wealthy businessman who made his money in the textile trade, Mr. Tang ascended Hong Kong's political ranks─achieving the post of chief secretary, the city's No. 2 official─in part through his riches and connections. 唐英年的父亲是一位从事纺织贸易的富商。唐英年在香港政坛平步青云，并曾担任香港政府职位第二高的政务司司长，其中一部分原因是他的财富和关系。

Linked with many of the city's tycoons, he was the early favorite in last year's election for Hong Kong's top position, chief executive, but fell from favor after local media uncovered two scandals: an extramarital affair─and an illegally constructed basement beneath one of his homes. (Fittingly, the 2,400-square-foot space included a wine cellar.) Leung Chun-ying won the election, in part because of his populist rhetoric on housing and economic inequality. 唐英年与香港的许多富商有联系，在去年的香港特首竞选中，他是早期的热门人选，但是在当地媒体披露了他的两桩丑闻后他失去支持。这两桩丑闻分别是他的婚外情以及在住宅下面非法修建地下室（没错，这个2,400平方英尺的地下室内包括一个葡萄酒窖）。梁振英最终在那次选举中胜出，部分原因是他在住房和经济不平等方面的民粹主义言论。

Still, Mr. Tang's connections with elites in Hong Kong and China remain strong, and his flagging political career received a boost Monday when he was named to the leadership of a largely ceremonial body that advises China's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress. 尽管如此，唐英年与香港和中国内地精英之间的关系仍然强大，他不断衰落的政治事业周一获得了提振。周一，唐英年当选政协常委，进入了这个基本上只具有象征意义的机构的领导层。政协为中国橡皮图章式的议会全国人民代表大会提供建议。

The promotion should help in repairing his public image, said James Sung, a political-science professor at the City University of Hong Kong. 香港城市大学(City University of Hong Kong)政治学教授宋立(James Sung)说，这个职位应该可以帮助他修复公众形象。

'This is a big honor for him, and a sign that Beijing still pays respect to him for his previous public service,' he said. 'Even in Hong Kong, many people still respect him.' 宋立说，这对他是一个极大的荣誉，也是一个信号，表明北京仍然因为他此前在香港政府中的工作而对他表示尊敬。即使是在香港，许多人也仍然尊敬他。

As for 'The Henry Tang Collection,' as Christie's is marketing the two-day auction, it comes to 810 lots, including some outsize bottles─the hulking magnums (which hold 1.5 liters), jeroboams (three liters) and methuselahs (six liters) that Thomas Bohrer, a Hong Kong wine merchant, said Mr. Tang has a soft spot for. “唐英年的收藏”（佳士得对这个为期两天的拍卖会的宣传用语）有810件拍品，包括一些大瓶装葡萄酒──1.5升装、三升装和六升装。香港葡萄酒商博雷尔(Thomas Bohrer)说，唐英年尤其喜爱大瓶装葡萄酒。

Among wine lovers, he is sometimes called sifu, which means 'master' in Cantonese, a nod to his knowledge and the size of his collection. 'A lot of Hong Kong tycoons only came in the last three or five years,' Mr. Bohrer said, 'but Mr. Tang has been buying since the 1970s and continues to buy.' 在葡萄酒爱好者中，唐英年有时被称为“师父”，这是对他的葡萄酒知识和藏品规模的认可。博雷尔说，很多香港大亨是在过去三五年才开始葡萄酒收藏的，但唐英年从上世纪70年代就开始收藏葡萄酒，现在仍在继续买。

Wine insiders say he's known for sharing prized bottles. Charles Curtis, a New York wine consultant and former head of wine for Asia at Christie's, said that a lunch he had in September with Mr. Tang and six others was accompanied by five bottles from Mr. Tang's collection, including a 1990 Château Margaux (a top Bordeaux) and a rare 1997 Henri Jayer from Burgundy. Total value, about $10,000. 葡萄酒业内人士说，唐英年喜欢与人分享葡萄酒佳酿，这是众所周知的。纽约葡萄酒顾问、前佳士得亚洲葡萄酒业务负责人葛帝斯(Charles Curtis)说，去年9月他与唐英年及另外六人共进午餐，佐餐的是唐英年收藏的五瓶葡萄酒，包括一瓶玛歌庄园(Chateau Margaux) 1990年产的顶级波尔多和一瓶勃艮第之神亨利•贾伊尔(Henri Jayer) 1997年酿造的葡萄酒珍品。总价约为1万美元。

'For anybody involved in the world of wine, he's larger than life as a collector,' said Mr. Curtis. 葛帝斯说，对葡萄酒界的任何一个人来说，他都是一个传奇式的藏家。

Wine is part of Mr. Tang's political legacy, too. As Hong Kong's chief secretary, he lifted the import duty in 2008, turning the city into a major wine hub. By 2010, more wine was being sold at auction in Hong Kong than in London or New York, the traditional centers of the trade. 葡萄酒也是唐英年政治遗产的一部分。2008年，他担任香港政务司司长期间取消了进口税，将香港变成了一个主要的葡萄酒中心。到2010年前，香港拍卖的葡萄酒比传统的葡萄酒拍卖中心伦敦和纽约都要多。

But his collection also came under scrutiny after the illegal basement was discovered. His wife, who owns the house, has been charged over the unauthorized structure. Mr. Tang was expected to accompany her to court for a hearing Wednesday, but it was postponed at the last minute, Mr. Tang told reporters Tuesday night upon his return from Beijing. 但在他家被查出有违规修建的地下室后，他的藏品也受到了审查。因房子在他太太名下，他太太因违规修建的结构而受到指控。唐英年原本要在周三陪太太去法庭参加庭审，但他周二晚间从北京回到香港后对记者说，计划在最后一刻被推迟。

'People in Hong Kong had the impression he's a rich man that only enjoys wine and luxury and is not in touch in touch with the rest of society,' said Mr. Sung, though he added he interprets the coming wine sale and the Beijing promotion as evidence of a new persona. 'He's now trying to portray a new Henry Tang and would like to strike a balance between public and private life.' 宋立说，在香港人的印象里，唐英年是一个只会享受葡萄酒和奢侈品的有钱人，不接触社会上的其他人。不过，他也说，他认为即将进行的葡萄酒拍卖和唐英年在北京获提拔说明他将塑造一个新的形象。他现在正努力展现出一个新的唐英年，希望在公共生活和个人生活之间取得平衡。

Mr. Tang told The Wall Street Journal last month that the sale represented a small 'culling' of his overall collection and comes from 'various cellars around the world.' None of it was stored in the illegal basement, he said. Christie's declined to say where the bottles were before the sale. 唐英年上个月对《华尔街日报》说，拍卖的葡萄酒只是他全部藏品的一小部分，存放在世界各地的酒窖。他说，没有一瓶酒是存放在违规修建的地下室中的。佳士得拒绝透露葡萄酒在拍卖前存放在什么地方。