《资治通鉴·隋纪·隋纪四》
所以有谚语说： 老吏伏抱文案而死。 
故谚云： 老吏抱案死。 
Thus there is a saying: “Old officials die clutching their documents.” 
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 故谚云： 老吏抱案死。  Updated: 所以有谚语说： 老吏伏抱文案而死。  [/INST] Thus there is a saying: “Old officials die clutching their documents.” </s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 故谚云： 老吏抱案死。  Updated: 所以有谚语说： 老吏伏抱文案而死。
user
Thus there is a saying: “Old officials die clutching their documents.”
assistant