《太平广记·卷八十一·异人一》
当今之人也是以为活着的就愚蠢，死了的才是聪明人，实在是被迷惑得太厉害了。 
当今之人，亦生愚死智，惑已甚矣。 
The people of today also think that the living are stupid, and the dead are smart, which is really too confusing.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 当今之人，亦生愚死智，惑已甚矣。 , provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. This sentence is a compound sentence consisting of two clauses, connected by the conjunction 亦 (also). The first clause is 当今之人 (the people of today), and the second clause is 生愚死智 (the living are stupid, and the dead are smart).
Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases.
当今 (dāng jīn) = today
之人 (zhī rén) = the people
亦 (yì) = also
生 (shēng) = to live
愚 (yú) = stupid
死 (sǐ) = to die
智 (zhì) = smart
惑 (huò) = to confuse
已 (yǐ) = already
甚 (shèn) = very
矣 (yǐ) = emphatic particle
Step 3: Combine the words and phrases to form a coherent English translation.
The people of today also think that the living are stupid, and the dead are smart, which is really too confusing.
Final English translation: The people of today also think that the living are stupid, and the dead are smart, which is really too confusing.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 当今之人，亦生愚死智，惑已甚矣。 , provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
user
Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. This sentence is a compound sentence consisting of two clauses, connected by the conjunction 亦 (also). The first clause is 当今之人 (the people of today), and the second clause is 生愚死智 (the living are stupid, and the dead are smart).
Step 2: Translate the individual words and phrases.
当今 (dāng jīn) = today
之人 (zhī rén) = the people
亦 (yì) = also
生 (shēng) = to live
愚 (yú) = stupid
死 (sǐ) = to die
智 (zhì) = smart
惑 (huò) = to confuse
已 (yǐ) = already
甚 (shèn) = very
矣 (yǐ) = emphatic particle
Step 3: Combine the words and phrases to form a coherent English translation.
The people of today also think that the living are stupid, and the dead are smart, which is really too confusing.
Final English translation: The people of today also think that the living are stupid, and the dead are smart, which is really too confusing.
assistant