《资治通鉴·汉纪·汉纪四十七》
凡是官吏和人民犯了错误，只用蒲草做的鞭子抽打，使对方精神上感到羞辱而已，始终不肯给对方增加肉体上的痛苦。
吏民有过，但用蒲鞭罚之，示辱而已，终不加苦。
Any officials or commoners who committed wrongdoings were lashed with a whip made of cattails, merely shaming but not inflicting physical pain on them.
<s>[INST] 用英语解释这段文言文的意思: 吏民有过，但用蒲鞭罚之，示辱而已，终不加苦。 [/INST] Any officials or commoners who committed wrongdoings were lashed with a whip made of cattails, merely shaming but not inflicting physical pain on them.</s>
用英语解释这段文言文的意思: 吏民有过，但用蒲鞭罚之，示辱而已，终不加苦。
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Any officials or commoners who committed wrongdoings were lashed with a whip made of cattails, merely shaming but not inflicting physical pain on them.
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