《明史·列传·卷九十二》
隆庆年初，他的妻子才释放回家。
隆庆初，始释还。
His wife was not released until the beginning of the Longqing reign.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 隆庆初，始释还。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
Initial step: word-to-word literal translation: The Longqing beginning, to release then return.
Following steps: identify grammatical structure and function words: "隆庆初" (noun) "始" (adverb) "释" (verb) "还" (verb). Reorder to follow English word order: "His wife was not released until the beginning of the Longqing reign."
English rendition: His wife was not released until the beginning of the Longqing reign.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 隆庆初，始释还。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: word-to-word literal translation: The Longqing beginning, to release then return.
Following steps: identify grammatical structure and function words: "隆庆初" (noun) "始" (adverb) "释" (verb) "还" (verb). Reorder to follow English word order: "His wife was not released until the beginning of the Longqing reign."
English rendition: His wife was not released until the beginning of the Longqing reign.
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