《旧唐书·列传·卷五十三》
当时又有判官宋贞，与牛仙客都是王的心腹。
时又有判官宋贞，与仙客俱为腹心之任。
At that time, there was also assistant judge Song Zheng who, along with Niu Xianke, was a close confidant of Wang.
<s>[INST] For the Classical Chinese text: 燎沉香屑，焚沉水香，于净室，坐北堂上。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English. [/INST] Completed English translation: Burn incense splinters of aloewood, and burn aloeswood itself, in a quiet room, sitting in the northern end of the hall., Step 1: Identify the subject and verb of the sentence. In this case, the subject is "you" (understood) and the verb is "burn". Step 2: Translate the object of the verb. In this case, the object is "incense splinters of aloewood" and "aloeswood itself". Step 3: Translate the modifiers of the verb. In this case, the modifiers are "in a quiet room" and "sitting in the northern end of the hall".</s>
For the Classical Chinese text: 燎沉香屑，焚沉水香，于净室，坐北堂上。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English.
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Completed English translation: Burn incense splinters of aloewood, and burn aloeswood itself, in a quiet room, sitting in the northern end of the hall., Step 1: Identify the subject and verb of the sentence. In this case, the subject is "you" (understood) and the verb is "burn". Step 2: Translate the object of the verb. In this case, the object is "incense splinters of aloewood" and "aloeswood itself". Step 3: Translate the modifiers of the verb. In this case, the modifiers are "in a quiet room" and "sitting in the northern end of the hall".
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