《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪九》
东宫中死心踏地地与刘劭一同作恶的人，超不过三十个，除此而外都是被逼迫暂时屈从的，决不会为他效死力。
东宫同恶，不过三十人；此外屈逼，必不为用。
There were no more than thirty people in the Eastern Palace who were determined to follow Liu Shao to do evil. Apart from them, the others were forced to submit temporarily and would never fight to the death for him.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 东宫同恶，不过三十人；此外屈逼，必不为用。 [/INST] There were no more than thirty people in the Eastern Palace who were determined to follow Liu Shao to do evil. Apart from them, the others were forced to submit temporarily and would never fight to the death for him.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 东宫同恶，不过三十人；此外屈逼，必不为用。
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There were no more than thirty people in the Eastern Palace who were determined to follow Liu Shao to do evil. Apart from them, the others were forced to submit temporarily and would never fight to the death for him.
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