《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪二十九》
死亡的人超过总人口的一半。吕光的西原太守康宁，自称为匈奴王，刺杀了湟河太守强禧后叛变。
吕光西平太守康宁自称匈奴王，杀河湟太守强禧以叛。
The number of dead people exceeded half of the total population. Lyu Guang’s Prefect of the Western Plain, Kang Ning, claimed himself as the king of the Xiongnu, and rebelled after killing the Prefect of the Huangs River, Qiang Xi.
<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: 吕光西平太守康宁自称匈奴王，杀河湟太守强禧以叛。 Modern: 死亡的人超过总人口的一半。吕光的西原太守康宁，自称为匈奴王，刺杀了湟河太守强禧后叛变。 [/INST] The number of dead people exceeded half of the total population. Lyu Guang’s Prefect of the Western Plain, Kang Ning, claimed himself as the king of the Xiongnu, and rebelled after killing the Prefect of the Huangs River, Qiang Xi.</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: 吕光西平太守康宁自称匈奴王，杀河湟太守强禧以叛。 Modern: 死亡的人超过总人口的一半。吕光的西原太守康宁，自称为匈奴王，刺杀了湟河太守强禧后叛变。
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The number of dead people exceeded half of the total population. Lyu Guang’s Prefect of the Western Plain, Kang Ning, claimed himself as the king of the Xiongnu, and rebelled after killing the Prefect of the Huangs River, Qiang Xi.
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