《明史·列传·卷一百七十四》
弘治初，请求改为教谕，未准，于是辞官回家，这时才三十一岁。
弘治初，奏乞改教，不许。遂请致仕归，年才三十有一。
At the beginning of Hongzhi, he requested to change to Jiao Yu, but it was not approved, so he resigned from office and returned home, when he was only thirty-one years old. 
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 弘治初，奏乞改教，不许。遂请致仕归，年才三十有一。 [/INST] At the beginning of Hongzhi, he requested to change to Jiao Yu, but it was not approved, so he resigned from office and returned home, when he was only thirty-one years old. </s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 弘治初，奏乞改教，不许。遂请致仕归，年才三十有一。
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At the beginning of Hongzhi, he requested to change to Jiao Yu, but it was not approved, so he resigned from office and returned home, when he was only thirty-one years old.
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