《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪四十》
当初，刘裕打算留在长安，继续征服西北，但是，东晋的各位将领都因长期征战，思念故土，大多数都不愿再留。
始，裕欲留长安经略西北，而诸将佐皆久役思归，多不欲留。
At first, Liu Yu intended to stay in Chang’an and continue to conquer the northwest, but the generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty all missed their hometown because of the long-term battle, and most of them were reluctant to stay.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 始，裕欲留长安经略西北，而诸将佐皆久役思归，多不欲留。 [/INST] At first, Liu Yu intended to stay in Chang’an and continue to conquer the northwest, but the generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty all missed their hometown because of the long-term battle, and most of them were reluctant to stay.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 始，裕欲留长安经略西北，而诸将佐皆久役思归，多不欲留。
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At first, Liu Yu intended to stay in Chang’an and continue to conquer the northwest, but the generals of the Eastern Jin Dynasty all missed their hometown because of the long-term battle, and most of them were reluctant to stay.
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