《论衡·卷十·非韩篇》
马被杀，不如保全它的性命；像这样，老百姓被杀，不如让他活着。
马之贼，则不若其全；然则，民之死，不若其生。
Killing the horse is not as good as preserving its life; similarly, killing the people is not as good as letting them live.
<s>[INST] Convert the following modern Chinese text into Classical Chinese: 马被杀，不如保全它的性命；像这样，老百姓被杀，不如让他活着。 [/INST] 马之贼，则不若其全；然则，民之死，不若其生。</s>
Convert the following modern Chinese text into Classical Chinese: 马被杀，不如保全它的性命；像这样，老百姓被杀，不如让他活着。
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马之贼，则不若其全；然则，民之死，不若其生。
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