《隋书·列传·卷四十八》
从武威向西北方向有条近路，但要经过千余里的沙漠，周围茫茫一片，无路可走。
从武威西北，有捷路，度沙碛千余里，四面茫然，无有蹊径。
There is a shortcut leading northwest from Wuwei, but it passes through more than a thousand miles of desert, with nothing but vast emptiness around and no road to follow.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 从武威西北，有捷路，度沙碛千余里，四面茫然，无有蹊径。 [/INST] There is a shortcut leading northwest from Wuwei, but it passes through more than a thousand miles of desert, with nothing but vast emptiness around and no road to follow.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 从武威西北，有捷路，度沙碛千余里，四面茫然，无有蹊径。
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There is a shortcut leading northwest from Wuwei, but it passes through more than a thousand miles of desert, with nothing but vast emptiness around and no road to follow.
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