《资治通鉴·后周纪·后周纪一》
南唐君主于是任命营屯都虞候边镐为信州刺史，领兵屯驻袁州，暗中谋划进攻夺取湖南。
唐主乃以营屯都虞候边镐为信州刺史，将兵屯袁州，潜图进取。
The lord of southern Tang then appointed the patrol inspector of the military camp Bian Hao as the magistrate of Xinyang and led his troops to garrison in Yuanzhou, secretly planning to attack and seize Hunan.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 方今诸侯争强，督责郡国，以岁贡赋，宋尤甚， says that some kingdoms were competing for power, so they asked counties to pay tributes to them, and the Song was the worst., provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST] Step 1: 方今诸侯争强 - nowadays the feudal lords fight strongly (for power), Step 2: 督责郡国 - urge and ask the counties, Step 3: 以岁贡赋 - with the yearly tributes, Step 4: 宋尤甚 - Song was especially bad, Final English translation: Nowadays, the feudal lords are competing for power, urging and asking the counties to pay yearly tributes to them, and the Song was especially bad.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 方今诸侯争强，督责郡国，以岁贡赋，宋尤甚， says that some kingdoms were competing for power, so they asked counties to pay tributes to them, and the Song was the worst., provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: 方今诸侯争强 - nowadays the feudal lords fight strongly (for power), Step 2: 督责郡国 - urge and ask the counties, Step 3: 以岁贡赋 - with the yearly tributes, Step 4: 宋尤甚 - Song was especially bad, Final English translation: Nowadays, the feudal lords are competing for power, urging and asking the counties to pay yearly tributes to them, and the Song was especially bad.
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