《左传·僖公·僖公八年》
冬季，周王室的使者来鲁国讣告丧事，由于发生祸难，所以讣告迟了。
冬，王人来告丧，难故也，是以缓。
In the winter, the envoy of the Zhou royal family came to the State of Lu to announce the news of the mourning, which was delayed due to the disaster.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 冬，王人来告丧，难故也，是以缓。 Updated: 冬季，周王室的使者来鲁国讣告丧事，由于发生祸难，所以讣告迟了。 [/INST] In the winter, the envoy of the Zhou royal family came to the State of Lu to announce the news of the mourning, which was delayed due to the disaster.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 冬，王人来告丧，难故也，是以缓。 Updated: 冬季，周王室的使者来鲁国讣告丧事，由于发生祸难，所以讣告迟了。
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In the winter, the envoy of the Zhou royal family came to the State of Lu to announce the news of the mourning, which was delayed due to the disaster.
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