《资治通鉴·宋纪·宋纪四》
所以如今让使节互相往来，劳民伤财，终究没有什么益处，因此不打算遣使回访。
今报使往来，徒为劳费，终无所益，欲不遣使。
Therefore, now that the envoys are visiting each other, it is a waste of manpower and money, and there is no benefit after all, so he did not plan to send envoys to return the visit.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 今报使往来，徒为劳费，终无所益，欲不遣使。 [/INST] Therefore, now that the envoys are visiting each other, it is a waste of manpower and money, and there is no benefit after all, so he did not plan to send envoys to return the visit.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 今报使往来，徒为劳费，终无所益，欲不遣使。
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Therefore, now that the envoys are visiting each other, it is a waste of manpower and money, and there is no benefit after all, so he did not plan to send envoys to return the visit.
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