《新五代史·本纪·梁本纪第三》
三月一日，下令禁止私度僧尼。
三月丁亥朔，禁私度僧尼。
On March 1, an order was issued to prohibit the private ordination of monks and nuns.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 三月丁亥朔，禁私度僧尼。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
 Initial step: Identify individual characters and determine their meanings through reference to dictionaries or other resources.

Following steps:
 1. Combine the characters into meaningful units such as words and phrases.
 2. Determine the grammatical structure of the Classical Chinese sentence, identifying elements such as subject, verb, object, and modifiers.
 3. Reorder the elements of the sentence into a grammatically correct English sentence structure.
 4. Fill in any necessary function words or other elements that are implied in the original sentence but not explicitly stated.

English rendition: On March 1, an order was issued to prohibit the private ordination of monks and nuns.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 三月丁亥朔，禁私度僧尼。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: Identify individual characters and determine their meanings through reference to dictionaries or other resources.

Following steps:
 1. Combine the characters into meaningful units such as words and phrases.
 2. Determine the grammatical structure of the Classical Chinese sentence, identifying elements such as subject, verb, object, and modifiers.
 3. Reorder the elements of the sentence into a grammatically correct English sentence structure.
 4. Fill in any necessary function words or other elements that are implied in the original sentence but not explicitly stated.

English rendition: On March 1, an order was issued to prohibit the private ordination of monks and nuns.
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