《元史·列传·卷六十九》
幼年时就聪明出众，童年时日夜攻读经史诸书，对书中的一字一句，都要达到融会贯通才罢。
自幼颖拔异群儿，既成童，聚经史穷日夜读之，句探字索，必通贯乃已。
He was brilliant in his early years. In his childhood, he studied scriptures and history books day and night. He had to understand every word and phrase in the book before he would stop.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 自幼颖拔异群儿，既成童，聚经史穷日夜读之，句探字索，必通贯乃已。 [/INST] He was brilliant in his early years. In his childhood, he studied scriptures and history books day and night. He had to understand every word and phrase in the book before he would stop.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 自幼颖拔异群儿，既成童，聚经史穷日夜读之，句探字索，必通贯乃已。
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He was brilliant in his early years. In his childhood, he studied scriptures and history books day and night. He had to understand every word and phrase in the book before he would stop.
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