《资治通鉴·后汉纪·后汉纪二》
为什么不能留下他一个，让每年的寒食节有一盂麦饭洒在明宗陵前呢！ 
何不留之，使每岁寒食，以一盂麦饭洒明宗陵乎！ 
“Why can’t we spare him a life, so that every year during the Cold Food Festival, a bowl of wheat rice can be sprinkled in front of the Great Ming Tomb!”
<s>[INST] 对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 何不留之，使每岁寒食，以一盂麦饭洒明宗陵乎！  现代汉语: 为什么不能留下他一个，让每年的寒食节有一盂麦饭洒在明宗陵前呢！  [/INST] “Why can’t we spare him a life, so that every year during the Cold Food Festival, a bowl of wheat rice can be sprinkled in front of the Great Ming Tomb!”</s>
对于下列每组文言文和现代汉语句子, 请提供一个能够准确表达两者本质的英语翻译: 文言文: 何不留之，使每岁寒食，以一盂麦饭洒明宗陵乎！  现代汉语: 为什么不能留下他一个，让每年的寒食节有一盂麦饭洒在明宗陵前呢！
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“Why can’t we spare him a life, so that every year during the Cold Food Festival, a bowl of wheat rice can be sprinkled in front of the Great Ming Tomb!”
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