《吕氏春秋·纪·季夏纪》
政治混乱的国家的君主从来不曾懂得音乐，这是由于他们是凡庸的君主的缘救。
乱国之主未尝知乐者，是常主也。
Monarchs of countries in political chaos had never understood music, this is because they were ordinary monarchs.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 乱国之主未尝知乐者，是常主也。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]

Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is a complex sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is 乱国之主未尝知乐者, and the subordinate clause is 是常主也.

Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases in the sentence.
乱国之主: monarchs of countries in political chaos
未尝知乐者: had never understood music
是: this is
常主也: because they were ordinary monarchs

Step 3: Combine the translations of the individual words and phrases to form the translation of the sentence.
Monarchs of countries in political chaos had never understood music, this is because they were ordinary monarchs.

Final English translation: Monarchs of countries in political chaos had never understood music, this is because they were ordinary monarchs.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 乱国之主未尝知乐者，是常主也。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is a complex sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is 乱国之主未尝知乐者, and the subordinate clause is 是常主也.

Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases in the sentence.
乱国之主: monarchs of countries in political chaos
未尝知乐者: had never understood music
是: this is
常主也: because they were ordinary monarchs

Step 3: Combine the translations of the individual words and phrases to form the translation of the sentence.
Monarchs of countries in political chaos had never understood music, this is because they were ordinary monarchs.

Final English translation: Monarchs of countries in political chaos had never understood music, this is because they were ordinary monarchs.
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