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甲午，高洋来到昭阳殿拜见孝静帝，身后跟着八千名披甲戴盔的士兵，登上宫殿台阶的就有二百多人，他们都捋着袖子按住刀剑，就象面对厉害的敌人一样。
甲午，入谒东魏主于昭阳殿，从甲士八千人，登阶者二百馀人，皆攘袂扣刃，若对严敌。
On jiawu, Gao Yang went to Zhaoyang Hall to bid farewell to Xiaojingdi. He had eight thousand helmeted and armored troops with him, and the several hundred who escorted him up the palace steps rolled up their sleeves and gripped their swords as if they expected to encounter a formidable foe.
<s>[INST] For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 甲午，入谒东魏主于昭阳殿，从甲士八千人，登阶者二百馀人，皆攘袂扣刃，若对严敌。 Modern: 甲午，高洋来到昭阳殿拜见孝静帝，身后跟着八千名披甲戴盔的士兵，登上宫殿台阶的就有二百多人，他们都捋着袖子按住刀剑，就象面对厉害的敌人一样。 [/INST] On jiawu, Gao Yang went to Zhaoyang Hall to bid farewell to Xiaojingdi. He had eight thousand helmeted and armored troops with him, and the several hundred who escorted him up the palace steps rolled up their sleeves and gripped their swords as if they expected to encounter a formidable foe.</s>
For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 甲午，入谒东魏主于昭阳殿，从甲士八千人，登阶者二百馀人，皆攘袂扣刃，若对严敌。 Modern: 甲午，高洋来到昭阳殿拜见孝静帝，身后跟着八千名披甲戴盔的士兵，登上宫殿台阶的就有二百多人，他们都捋着袖子按住刀剑，就象面对厉害的敌人一样。
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On jiawu, Gao Yang went to Zhaoyang Hall to bid farewell to Xiaojingdi. He had eight thousand helmeted and armored troops with him, and the several hundred who escorted him up the palace steps rolled up their sleeves and gripped their swords as if they expected to encounter a formidable foe.
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