《宋史·列传·卷一百三十三》
隆兴元年，迁任秘书少监、擢任起居郎，论述史官失职的情况有四点：一是记注不必进呈，使皇上有不观史之弊病；二是唐制两史立于殿前雕有螭头形的石阶之下，现在立在殿的东南角，皇上言行不能听到；三是两史官立于后殿，而前殿不立，请于前后殿都分别侍立；四是史官想到皇帝面前，而门以未曾预告通报，今日无班次推辞。
隆兴元年，迁秘书少监，擢起居郎，论史官失职者四：一谓记注不必进呈，庶人主有不观史之美；二谓唐制二史立螭头之下，今在殿东南隅，言动未尝得闻；三谓二史立后殿，而前殿不立，乞于前后殿皆分日侍立；四谓史官欲其直前，而阁门以未尝预牒，以今日无班次为辞。
In the first year of the Longxing era, he was promoted to the Assistant Director of the Imperial Secretariat and the Official of Imperial Record, and he pointed out four situations in which the historiographer failed to perform his duty: the first is that notes can be recorded without being submitted , which makes the emperor tend not to read the history; the second is that under the Tang Dynasty, two historiographers stand under the stone steps in front of the hall engraved with the head of a dragon; however, now they stay at the southeast corner of the hall, and therefore the emperor cannot hear what they say; the third is that two historiographers stay in the back hall without staying in the front hall; I request that people serve in both the front and the back halls; the fourth is that the historiographer thinks of going to the emperor, but the gatekeeper refuses to inform the emperor of his arrival in advance, and excuses it by saying that the historiographer is off duty today.
<s>[INST] Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 隆兴元年，迁秘书少监，擢起居郎，论史官失职者四：一谓记注不必进呈，庶人主有不观史之美；二谓唐制二史立螭头之下，今在殿东南隅，言动未尝得闻；三谓二史立后殿，而前殿不立，乞于前后殿皆分日侍立；四谓史官欲其直前，而阁门以未尝预牒，以今日无班次为辞。 [/INST] In the first year of the Longxing era, he was promoted to the Assistant Director of the Imperial Secretariat and the Official of Imperial Record, and he pointed out four situations in which the historiographer failed to perform his duty: the first is that notes can be recorded without being submitted , which makes the emperor tend not to read the history; the second is that under the Tang Dynasty, two historiographers stand under the stone steps in front of the hall engraved with the head of a dragon; however, now they stay at the southeast corner of the hall, and therefore the emperor cannot hear what they say; the third is that two historiographers stay in the back hall without staying in the front hall; I request that people serve in both the front and the back halls; the fourth is that the historiographer thinks of going to the emperor, but the gatekeeper refuses to inform the emperor of his arrival in advance, and excuses it by saying that the historiographer is off duty today.</s>
Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 隆兴元年，迁秘书少监，擢起居郎，论史官失职者四：一谓记注不必进呈，庶人主有不观史之美；二谓唐制二史立螭头之下，今在殿东南隅，言动未尝得闻；三谓二史立后殿，而前殿不立，乞于前后殿皆分日侍立；四谓史官欲其直前，而阁门以未尝预牒，以今日无班次为辞。
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In the first year of the Longxing era, he was promoted to the Assistant Director of the Imperial Secretariat and the Official of Imperial Record, and he pointed out four situations in which the historiographer failed to perform his duty: the first is that notes can be recorded without being submitted , which makes the emperor tend not to read the history; the second is that under the Tang Dynasty, two historiographers stand under the stone steps in front of the hall engraved with the head of a dragon; however, now they stay at the southeast corner of the hall, and therefore the emperor cannot hear what they say; the third is that two historiographers stay in the back hall without staying in the front hall; I request that people serve in both the front and the back halls; the fourth is that the historiographer thinks of going to the emperor, but the gatekeeper refuses to inform the emperor of his arrival in advance, and excuses it by saying that the historiographer is off duty today.
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