《三国志·蜀书·董刘马陈董吕传》
我认为有奸诈之意的，只需不去触犯罢了，想不到他还有苏秦、张仪那样出其不意之时，这事应该让孝起知道。 
吾以为鳞甲者但不当犯之耳，不图复有苏、张之事出於不意。
I thought that as long as we did not provoke him, his treachery could be avoided. I did not expect him to act unexpectedly like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Xiaoqi must be informed of this.
<s>[INST] For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 吾以为鳞甲者但不当犯之耳，不图复有苏、张之事出於不意。 Modern: 我认为有奸诈之意的，只需不去触犯罢了，想不到他还有苏秦、张仪那样出其不意之时，这事应该让孝起知道。  [/INST] I thought that as long as we did not provoke him, his treachery could be avoided. I did not expect him to act unexpectedly like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Xiaoqi must be informed of this.</s>
For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 吾以为鳞甲者但不当犯之耳，不图复有苏、张之事出於不意。 Modern: 我认为有奸诈之意的，只需不去触犯罢了，想不到他还有苏秦、张仪那样出其不意之时，这事应该让孝起知道。
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I thought that as long as we did not provoke him, his treachery could be avoided. I did not expect him to act unexpectedly like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Xiaoqi must be informed of this.
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