《史记·七十列传·苏秦列传》
 正当这时，山东境内所建立的国家没有比赵国强大的。
 当今之时，山东之建国莫彊於赵。
During this time, there was no country in Shandong that was more powerful than Zhao.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text:  当今之时，山东之建国莫彊於赵。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
**Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure and word order of the sentence.**

* 当今之时 = At the present time
* 山东之建国 = The founded countries of Shandong
* 莫彊於 = There is no stronger than
* 赵 = Zhao

**Step 2: Translate each word or phrase individually.**

* 当今 = present
* 之时 = time
* 山东 = Shandong
* 之 = of
* 建国 = founded country
* 莫 = not
* 彊 = strong
* 於 = than
* 赵 = Zhao

**Step 3: Reorder the words and phrases into a grammatically correct English sentence.**

* During this time, there was no country in Shandong that was more powerful than Zhao.

**Final English translation:**

* During this time, there was no country in Shandong that was more powerful than Zhao.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text:  当今之时，山东之建国莫彊於赵。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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**Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure and word order of the sentence.**

* 当今之时 = At the present time
* 山东之建国 = The founded countries of Shandong
* 莫彊於 = There is no stronger than
* 赵 = Zhao

**Step 2: Translate each word or phrase individually.**

* 当今 = present
* 之时 = time
* 山东 = Shandong
* 之 = of
* 建国 = founded country
* 莫 = not
* 彊 = strong
* 於 = than
* 赵 = Zhao

**Step 3: Reorder the words and phrases into a grammatically correct English sentence.**

* During this time, there was no country in Shandong that was more powerful than Zhao.

**Final English translation:**

* During this time, there was no country in Shandong that was more powerful than Zhao.
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