《明史·列传·卷九十一》
阿房宫壮丽，古人以为是泥土瓦砾碎石，何况养豹呢？
阿房壮丽，古以为金块珠砾也，况养豹乎！
The Afang Palace is magnificent, ancients thought that it was made out of mud, tiles, and gravel, what's the point of raising leopards there?
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 阿房壮丽，古以为金块珠砾也，况养豹乎！ Updated: 阿房宫壮丽，古人以为是泥土瓦砾碎石，何况养豹呢？ [/INST] The Afang Palace is magnificent, ancients thought that it was made out of mud, tiles, and gravel, what's the point of raising leopards there?</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 阿房壮丽，古以为金块珠砾也，况养豹乎！ Updated: 阿房宫壮丽，古人以为是泥土瓦砾碎石，何况养豹呢？
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The Afang Palace is magnificent, ancients thought that it was made out of mud, tiles, and gravel, what's the point of raising leopards there?
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