《南史·本纪·卷八》
大群的鱼也腾跃而起，却落下来摔死在陆地的道路上。
群鱼腾跃，坠死于陆道。
A large group of fish also jumped up, but they fell and fell on the road on land.
<s>[INST] For the given Classical Chinese excerpt: 樵人始期其八十者，为之怅然，遂还，怅然如有所失，突然，樵人回首，见一老人，卧于松树下。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into Modern Chinese. [/INST]

**Modern Chinese translation:** 村夫就拜那个八十岁的老人，因此心里有点遗憾，于是就返回家乡，心中就像丢了点什么似的。突然，樵人回头一看，看见一个老人躺在松树下。

**Steps involved in translation:**

**Step 1:** Identify key words and phrases:

* 樵人 - woodsman
* 期 - worship, pay respect
* 八十者 - an eighty-year-old man
* 怅然 - regretful, disappointed
* 突然 - suddenly
* 回首 - look back
* 见 - see
* 卧 - lie down
* 于 - at

**Step 2:** Parse the meaning of each phrase:

* 樵人始期其八十者 - The woodsman starts to worship the eighty-year-old man
* 为之怅然 - He feels regretful about it
* 遂还 - So he returns
* 怅然如有所失 - He feels a sense of loss
* 突然，樵人回首 - Suddenly, the woodsman looks back
* 见一老人，卧于松树下 - He sees an old man lying under a pine tree

**Step 3:** Combine the phrases to form a coherent sentence:

Therefore, combining the above phrases and sentences, an accurate translation of the excerpt will be as follows:

村夫就拜那个八十岁的老人，因此心里有点遗憾，于是就返回家乡，心中就像丢了点什么似的。突然，樵人回头一看，看见一个老人躺在松树下。</s>
For the given Classical Chinese excerpt: 樵人始期其八十者，为之怅然，遂还，怅然如有所失，突然，樵人回首，见一老人，卧于松树下。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into Modern Chinese.
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**Modern Chinese translation:** 村夫就拜那个八十岁的老人，因此心里有点遗憾，于是就返回家乡，心中就像丢了点什么似的。突然，樵人回头一看，看见一个老人躺在松树下。

**Steps involved in translation:**

**Step 1:** Identify key words and phrases:

* 樵人 - woodsman
* 期 - worship, pay respect
* 八十者 - an eighty-year-old man
* 怅然 - regretful, disappointed
* 突然 - suddenly
* 回首 - look back
* 见 - see
* 卧 - lie down
* 于 - at

**Step 2:** Parse the meaning of each phrase:

* 樵人始期其八十者 - The woodsman starts to worship the eighty-year-old man
* 为之怅然 - He feels regretful about it
* 遂还 - So he returns
* 怅然如有所失 - He feels a sense of loss
* 突然，樵人回首 - Suddenly, the woodsman looks back
* 见一老人，卧于松树下 - He sees an old man lying under a pine tree

**Step 3:** Combine the phrases to form a coherent sentence:

Therefore, combining the above phrases and sentences, an accurate translation of the excerpt will be as follows:

村夫就拜那个八十岁的老人，因此心里有点遗憾，于是就返回家乡，心中就像丢了点什么似的。突然，樵人回头一看，看见一个老人躺在松树下。
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