《史记·十二本纪·孝文本纪》
现在放弃应当立为继承人的人选，而另从诸侯和宗室里面挑选，这不是高帝的想法。
今释宜建而更选於诸侯及宗室，非高帝之志也。
Now abandoning the designated heir and choosing another from among the vassal kings and members of the royal family is not what the First Emperor intended.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 今释宜建而更选於诸侯及宗室，非高帝之志也。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]

**Initial step:**
Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is a complex sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is "今释宜建", which means "Now abandoning the designated heir". The subordinate clause is "而更选於诸侯及宗室", which means "and choosing another from among the vassal kings and members of the royal family".

**Following steps:**
Translate the main clause and the subordinate clause separately.
Join the main clause and the subordinate clause with an appropriate conjunction.
Check the grammar and make sure the sentence is fluent in English.

**English rendition:**
Now abandoning the designated heir and choosing another from among the vassal kings and members of the royal family is not what the First Emperor intended.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 今释宜建而更选於诸侯及宗室，非高帝之志也。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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**Initial step:**
Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence. The sentence is a complex sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause. The main clause is "今释宜建", which means "Now abandoning the designated heir". The subordinate clause is "而更选於诸侯及宗室", which means "and choosing another from among the vassal kings and members of the royal family".

**Following steps:**
Translate the main clause and the subordinate clause separately.
Join the main clause and the subordinate clause with an appropriate conjunction.
Check the grammar and make sure the sentence is fluent in English.

**English rendition:**
Now abandoning the designated heir and choosing another from among the vassal kings and members of the royal family is not what the First Emperor intended.
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