《南齐书·志·卷十一》
淳和太平，万物兴盛。
穆矣大和，品物咸熙。
Everything was harmonious and peaceful, and all things prospered.
<s>[INST] For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 穆矣大和，品物咸熙。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English. [/INST]
Completed English translation: Everything was harmonious and peaceful, and all things prospered.
Step 1: Identify the individual characters and their meanings:
- 穆 (mù): harmonious, peaceful
- 矣 (yǐ): emphatic particle
- 大 (dà): great, vast
- 和 (hé): harmony, peace
- 品 (pǐn): category, type
- 物 (wù): thing, object
- 咸 (xián): all
- 熙 (xī): prosperous, flourishing
Step 2: Determine the grammatical structure and word order:
- The subject is "大和" (great harmony and peace)
- The verb is "咸熙" (all things prospered)
- The object is "品物" (all things)
Step 3: Combine the meanings of the individual characters and grammatical elements to form a coherent translation:
- "穆矣大和" translates to "Everything was harmonious and peaceful"
- "品物咸熙" translates to "all things prospered"
- The overall translation is "Everything was harmonious and peaceful, and all things prospered."</s>
For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 穆矣大和，品物咸熙。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English.
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Completed English translation: Everything was harmonious and peaceful, and all things prospered.
Step 1: Identify the individual characters and their meanings:
- 穆 (mù): harmonious, peaceful
- 矣 (yǐ): emphatic particle
- 大 (dà): great, vast
- 和 (hé): harmony, peace
- 品 (pǐn): category, type
- 物 (wù): thing, object
- 咸 (xián): all
- 熙 (xī): prosperous, flourishing
Step 2: Determine the grammatical structure and word order:
- The subject is "大和" (great harmony and peace)
- The verb is "咸熙" (all things prospered)
- The object is "品物" (all things)
Step 3: Combine the meanings of the individual characters and grammatical elements to form a coherent translation:
- "穆矣大和" translates to "Everything was harmonious and peaceful"
- "品物咸熙" translates to "all things prospered"
- The overall translation is "Everything was harmonious and peaceful, and all things prospered."
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