《明史·列传·卷一百零一》
徐阶神色严肃地回答 ：背叛生于依附。
阶正色曰： 叛生于附。
Xu Jie answered with a serious expression: Turning your back to one who has shown favor brings misfortune.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 阶正色曰： 叛生于附。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]

**Initial step**: Identify the semantic meaning of each Chinese character in the sentence.
階（xié）：step, stairs
正色 (zhèngsè): serious expression
曰 (yuē): say, speak
叛 (pàn): betrayal, disloyalty
生 (shēng): be born, produce
于 (yú): from, out of
附 (fù): attach to

**Following steps**: Formulate the sentence structure and determine the appropriate word order in English.

**English rendition**: Xu Jie answered with a serious expression: Turning your back to one who has shown favor brings misfortune.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 阶正色曰： 叛生于附。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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**Initial step**: Identify the semantic meaning of each Chinese character in the sentence.
階（xié）：step, stairs
正色 (zhèngsè): serious expression
曰 (yuē): say, speak
叛 (pàn): betrayal, disloyalty
生 (shēng): be born, produce
于 (yú): from, out of
附 (fù): attach to

**Following steps**: Formulate the sentence structure and determine the appropriate word order in English.

**English rendition**: Xu Jie answered with a serious expression: Turning your back to one who has shown favor brings misfortune.
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