《明史·列传·卷一百六十一》
继咸到池州后，就秘密上书报告朝廷，因为交通阻塞，奏章没能传到南京。
抵池，继咸密以疏闻，道梗不得达。
After Jixian arrived in Chizhou, he secretly memorialized the court, but as the transportation was blocked, the memorial did not reach Nanjing.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 抵池，继咸密以疏闻，道梗不得达。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
Step 1: Split the sentence into individual words and identify their parts of speech:
抵池 -> verb, "to arrive at Chizhou"
继咸密 -> verb phrase, "to secretly memorialize the court"
以疏闻 -> prepositional phrase, "by memorial"
道梗 -> noun phrase, "transportation blocked"
不得达 -> verb phrase, "cannot reach"

Step 2: Determine the subject and object of each verb:
抵池 -> subject: Jixian (understood from context)
继咸密 -> subject: Jixian (understood from context)
不得达 -> subject: memorial (understood from context)

Step 3: Combine the words into a coherent English sentence:
After Jixian arrived in Chizhou, he secretly memorialized the court, but as the transportation was blocked, the memorial did not reach Nanjing.

Final English translation: After Jixian arrived in Chizhou, he secretly memorialized the court, but as the transportation was blocked, the memorial did not reach Nanjing.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 抵池，继咸密以疏闻，道梗不得达。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Split the sentence into individual words and identify their parts of speech:
抵池 -> verb, "to arrive at Chizhou"
继咸密 -> verb phrase, "to secretly memorialize the court"
以疏闻 -> prepositional phrase, "by memorial"
道梗 -> noun phrase, "transportation blocked"
不得达 -> verb phrase, "cannot reach"

Step 2: Determine the subject and object of each verb:
抵池 -> subject: Jixian (understood from context)
继咸密 -> subject: Jixian (understood from context)
不得达 -> subject: memorial (understood from context)

Step 3: Combine the words into a coherent English sentence:
After Jixian arrived in Chizhou, he secretly memorialized the court, but as the transportation was blocked, the memorial did not reach Nanjing.

Final English translation: After Jixian arrived in Chizhou, he secretly memorialized the court, but as the transportation was blocked, the memorial did not reach Nanjing.
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