《资治通鉴·秦纪·秦纪三》
陈胜妻子的父亲也去了，但陈胜对他却以普通宾客相待，只是拱手高举行见面礼，并不下拜。
妻之父亦往焉，陈王以众宾待之，长揖不拜。
Chen Sheng’s father-in-law also went to see him, but Chen Sheng treated him as an ordinary guest, merely clasping his hands and bowing at the waist in greeting, without kneeling down.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 妻之父亦往焉，陈王以众宾待之，长揖不拜。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
Initial step: Identify the key information and grammatical structure of the sentence. The verb 拜 (bà) is the key verb in the predicate, indicating the action of "kneeling down to greet someone". The subject is 陈王 (Chén Wáng), and the object is 妻之父 (qī zhī fù), "father-in-law". The adverbial phrase 长揖不拜 (cháng yī bùbài) describes how the action is performed, meaning "merely clasping his hands and bowing at the waist in greeting".
Following steps: Translate the sentence word by word, paying attention to the word order and grammatical functions. The word order in Classical Chinese is typically subject-verb-object, which is different from English.
English rendition: Chen Sheng’s father-in-law also went to see him, but Chen Sheng treated him as an ordinary guest, merely clasping his hands and bowing at the waist in greeting, without kneeling down.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 妻之父亦往焉，陈王以众宾待之，长揖不拜。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: Identify the key information and grammatical structure of the sentence. The verb 拜 (bà) is the key verb in the predicate, indicating the action of "kneeling down to greet someone". The subject is 陈王 (Chén Wáng), and the object is 妻之父 (qī zhī fù), "father-in-law". The adverbial phrase 长揖不拜 (cháng yī bùbài) describes how the action is performed, meaning "merely clasping his hands and bowing at the waist in greeting".
Following steps: Translate the sentence word by word, paying attention to the word order and grammatical functions. The word order in Classical Chinese is typically subject-verb-object, which is different from English.
English rendition: Chen Sheng’s father-in-law also went to see him, but Chen Sheng treated him as an ordinary guest, merely clasping his hands and bowing at the waist in greeting, without kneeling down.
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