《汉书·志·沟洫志》
这以后过了三十六年，孝武帝元光年间，黄河在瓠子决口，向东南流入钜野泽，流到了淮水、泅水。
其后三十六岁，孝武元光中，河决于瓠子，东南注巨野，通于淮、泗。
Thirty-six years after this, in the year of Yuan Guang during Emperor Xiaowu's reign, the Yellow River broke its banks at Hugu, flowed southeast into Juyeze, and reached Huai and Qiu rivers.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 其后三十六岁，孝武元光中，河决于瓠子，东南注巨野，通于淮、泗。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
Step 1: Identify the subject and verb: 其后三十六岁 (Thirty-six years after this) is the subject, and 河决于瓠子 (the Yellow River broke its banks at Hugu) is the verb.
Step 2: Identify the objects: 巨野 (Juyeze), 淮 (Huai), and 泗 (Qiu) are the objects of the verb.
Step 3: Identify the prepositional phrases: 东南 (southeast) and 于瓠子 (at Hugu) are prepositional phrases.
Step 4: Translate the sentence: Thirty-six years after this, in the year of Yuan Guang during Emperor Xiaowu's reign, the Yellow River broke its banks at Hugu, flowed southeast into Juyeze, and reached Huai and Qiu rivers.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 其后三十六岁，孝武元光中，河决于瓠子，东南注巨野，通于淮、泗。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Identify the subject and verb: 其后三十六岁 (Thirty-six years after this) is the subject, and 河决于瓠子 (the Yellow River broke its banks at Hugu) is the verb.
Step 2: Identify the objects: 巨野 (Juyeze), 淮 (Huai), and 泗 (Qiu) are the objects of the verb.
Step 3: Identify the prepositional phrases: 东南 (southeast) and 于瓠子 (at Hugu) are prepositional phrases.
Step 4: Translate the sentence: Thirty-six years after this, in the year of Yuan Guang during Emperor Xiaowu's reign, the Yellow River broke its banks at Hugu, flowed southeast into Juyeze, and reached Huai and Qiu rivers.
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