《北史·本记·卷三》
二十七日，令兼员外散骑常侍邢产出使齐国。
甲午，诏兼员外散骑常侍邢产使于颐齐。
On the 27th, Xingchan, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be an envoy to the state of Qi.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 甲午，诏兼员外散骑常侍邢产使于颐齐。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
**Step 1: Identify grammatical structures and vocabulary.**

- 甲午：the 27th (day of the month, according to the Chinese calendar)
- 诏：imperial edict
- 兼：concurrently
- 员外散骑常侍：an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 邢产：Xingchan (name of the official)
- 使：envoy
- 于：to
- 颐齐：the state of Qi

**Step 2: Parse the sentence structure.**

- **Subject**:邢产（Xingchan）
- **Verb**:使（to be an envoy）
- **Object**:于颐齐（to the state of Qi)
- **Modifiers**:甲午（on the 27th），诏（imperial edict），兼（concurrently），员外散骑常侍（official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs）

**Step 3: Translate the sentence into English.**

- Xingchan, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be an envoy to the state of Qi on the 27th.

**Final English translation**: On the 27th, Xingchan, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be an envoy to the state of Qi.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 甲午，诏兼员外散骑常侍邢产使于颐齐。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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**Step 1: Identify grammatical structures and vocabulary.**

- 甲午：the 27th (day of the month, according to the Chinese calendar)
- 诏：imperial edict
- 兼：concurrently
- 员外散骑常侍：an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 邢产：Xingchan (name of the official)
- 使：envoy
- 于：to
- 颐齐：the state of Qi

**Step 2: Parse the sentence structure.**

- **Subject**:邢产（Xingchan）
- **Verb**:使（to be an envoy）
- **Object**:于颐齐（to the state of Qi)
- **Modifiers**:甲午（on the 27th），诏（imperial edict），兼（concurrently），员外散骑常侍（official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs）

**Step 3: Translate the sentence into English.**

- Xingchan, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be an envoy to the state of Qi on the 27th.

**Final English translation**: On the 27th, Xingchan, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed to be an envoy to the state of Qi.
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