《太平广记·卷二百五十二·诙谐八》
有许多聪明狡黠、灵性而又机警的人，也都被他诱惑而玩耍。
辈流间有慧黠过人，性识机警者，皆被诱而玩之。
There were other cunning, alert, and clever people that were also tempted and fooled by him.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 辈流间有慧黠过人，性识机警者，皆被诱而玩之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST] **Step 1**: Identify the main structure of the sentence and break it down into its constituent parts: 辈流间有慧黠过人，性识机警者，皆被诱而玩之。 辈流间 - among his contemporaries 有 - there is/are 慧黠过人 - cunning, alert, and clever 性识机警者 - people of keen intellect, wit, and perception 皆 - all, both 被诱而玩之 - were tempted and fooled by him **Step 2**: Translate each part of the sentence individually: 辈流间有 - among his contemporaries there are 慧黠过人 - cunning, alert, and clever 性识机警者 - people of keen intellect, wit, and perception 皆 - all, both 被诱而玩之 - were tempted and fooled by him **Step 3**: Combine the individual translations into a complete English sentence: Among his contemporaries, there were many cunning, alert, and clever people of keen intellect, wit, and perception, all of whom were tempted and fooled by him. **Final English translation**: Among his contemporaries there were other cunning, alert, and clever people that were also tempted and fooled by him.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 辈流间有慧黠过人，性识机警者，皆被诱而玩之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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**Step 1**: Identify the main structure of the sentence and break it down into its constituent parts: 辈流间有慧黠过人，性识机警者，皆被诱而玩之。 辈流间 - among his contemporaries 有 - there is/are 慧黠过人 - cunning, alert, and clever 性识机警者 - people of keen intellect, wit, and perception 皆 - all, both 被诱而玩之 - were tempted and fooled by him **Step 2**: Translate each part of the sentence individually: 辈流间有 - among his contemporaries there are 慧黠过人 - cunning, alert, and clever 性识机警者 - people of keen intellect, wit, and perception 皆 - all, both 被诱而玩之 - were tempted and fooled by him **Step 3**: Combine the individual translations into a complete English sentence: Among his contemporaries, there were many cunning, alert, and clever people of keen intellect, wit, and perception, all of whom were tempted and fooled by him. **Final English translation**: Among his contemporaries there were other cunning, alert, and clever people that were also tempted and fooled by him.
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