《北史·列传·卷五十七》
孝闵帝称帝建周，赵刚被晋升爵位为浮阳郡公，出为利州总管。
周孝闵帝践祚，进爵浮阳郡公，出为利州总管。
Emperor Xiaomin ascended to the throne and founded the Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Gang was promoted to the title of Duke of Fuyang County and became the general manager of Lizhou.
<s>[INST] Given the Classical Chinese text: 周孝闵帝践祚，进爵浮阳郡公，出为利州总管。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation. [/INST]
Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence and the meaning of each character:
- 周孝闵帝：Emperor Xiaomin of Zhou
- 践祚：ascend to the throne
- 进爵：promote to a higher rank
- 浮阳郡公：Duke of Fuyang County
- 出：leave, depart
- 为：to serve as
- 利州总管：general manager of Lizhou

Step 2: Combine the meanings of individual characters and phrases to form a sentence:
- Emperor Xiaomin of Zhou ascended to the throne.
- Zhao Gang (Zhou Xiaomin's courtesy name) was promoted to the title of Duke of Fuyang County.
- Zhao Gang left the capital and became the general manager of Lizhou.

Final English translation: Emperor Xiaomin ascended to the throne and founded the Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Gang was promoted to the title of Duke of Fuyang County and became the general manager of Lizhou.</s>
Given the Classical Chinese text: 周孝闵帝践祚，进爵浮阳郡公，出为利州总管。, provide a step-by-step translation process to arrive at the English translation.
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Step 1: Identify the grammatical structure of the sentence and the meaning of each character:
- 周孝闵帝：Emperor Xiaomin of Zhou
- 践祚：ascend to the throne
- 进爵：promote to a higher rank
- 浮阳郡公：Duke of Fuyang County
- 出：leave, depart
- 为：to serve as
- 利州总管：general manager of Lizhou

Step 2: Combine the meanings of individual characters and phrases to form a sentence:
- Emperor Xiaomin of Zhou ascended to the throne.
- Zhao Gang (Zhou Xiaomin's courtesy name) was promoted to the title of Duke of Fuyang County.
- Zhao Gang left the capital and became the general manager of Lizhou.

Final English translation: Emperor Xiaomin ascended to the throne and founded the Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Gang was promoted to the title of Duke of Fuyang County and became the general manager of Lizhou.
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