《元史·本纪·卷十五》
二十四日，武平发生饥馑，以二万三千六百石粮食赈济他们。
庚子，武平饥，以粮二万三千六百石赈之。
On the 24th, there was a famine in Wuping and they were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 庚子，武平饥，以粮二万三千六百石赈之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]

Step 1: Identifying the individual characters and their meanings:
- 庚子 (gēng zǐ): the year of the Gengzi
- 武平 (wǔ píng): Wuping (a place name)
- 饥 (jī): famine
- 以 (yǐ): to use
- 粮 (liáng): grain
- 二万三千六百石 (èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí): 23,600 bushels

Step 2: Combining the characters into phrases and clauses:
- 武平饥 (wǔ píng jī): There was a famine in Wuping.
- 以粮二万三千六百石赈之 (yǐ liáng èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí zhèn zhī): They were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.

Step 3: Putting the phrases and clauses together into a complete sentence:
- 庚子，武平饥，以粮二万三千六百石赈之 (gēng zǐ，wǔ píng jī，yǐ liáng èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí zhèn zhī): On the year of the Gengzi, there was a famine in Wuping and they were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.

Final English translation: On the 24th, there was a famine in Wuping and they were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 庚子，武平饥，以粮二万三千六百石赈之。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Identifying the individual characters and their meanings:
- 庚子 (gēng zǐ): the year of the Gengzi
- 武平 (wǔ píng): Wuping (a place name)
- 饥 (jī): famine
- 以 (yǐ): to use
- 粮 (liáng): grain
- 二万三千六百石 (èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí): 23,600 bushels

Step 2: Combining the characters into phrases and clauses:
- 武平饥 (wǔ píng jī): There was a famine in Wuping.
- 以粮二万三千六百石赈之 (yǐ liáng èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí zhèn zhī): They were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.

Step 3: Putting the phrases and clauses together into a complete sentence:
- 庚子，武平饥，以粮二万三千六百石赈之 (gēng zǐ，wǔ píng jī，yǐ liáng èr wàn sān qiān liù bǎi shí zhèn zhī): On the year of the Gengzi, there was a famine in Wuping and they were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.

Final English translation: On the 24th, there was a famine in Wuping and they were given 23,600 bushels of grain to help them.
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