《后汉书·列传·列女传》
文姬说 ：从前我父亲赐给我古书四千多卷，因流离逃难，生民涂炭，没有留下一点。
姑怪问其故。妻曰： 自伤居贫，使食有它肉。 
Wen Ji said: My father used to give me more than 4,000 volumes of ancient books, because of the displacement and escape, the people were suffering, and nothing was left behind.
<s>[INST] 对于下面每对文言文和现代汉语段落, 请创作一个能够体现核心信息的英语翻译: 文言文: 姑怪问其故。妻曰： 自伤居贫，使食有它肉。  现代汉语: 文姬说 ：从前我父亲赐给我古书四千多卷，因流离逃难，生民涂炭，没有留下一点。 [/INST] Wen Ji said: My father used to give me more than 4,000 volumes of ancient books, because of the displacement and escape, the people were suffering, and nothing was left behind.</s>
对于下面每对文言文和现代汉语段落, 请创作一个能够体现核心信息的英语翻译: 文言文: 姑怪问其故。妻曰： 自伤居贫，使食有它肉。  现代汉语: 文姬说 ：从前我父亲赐给我古书四千多卷，因流离逃难，生民涂炭，没有留下一点。
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Wen Ji said: My father used to give me more than 4,000 volumes of ancient books, because of the displacement and escape, the people were suffering, and nothing was left behind.
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