《左传·昭公·昭公二十三年》
从前梁国国君在公宫旁边挖沟而百姓溃散，百姓抛弃他们上边的人，不亡，还等什么？
昔梁伯沟其公宫而民溃。民弃其上，不亡何待？
In the past, the king of Liang dug a moat beside his palace, and the people fled. The people abandoned their superiors. If they did not perish, what else could happen?
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 昔梁伯沟其公宫而民溃。民弃其上，不亡何待？ Updated: 从前梁国国君在公宫旁边挖沟而百姓溃散，百姓抛弃他们上边的人，不亡，还等什么？ [/INST] In the past, the king of Liang dug a moat beside his palace, and the people fled. The people abandoned their superiors. If they did not perish, what else could happen?</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 昔梁伯沟其公宫而民溃。民弃其上，不亡何待？ Updated: 从前梁国国君在公宫旁边挖沟而百姓溃散，百姓抛弃他们上边的人，不亡，还等什么？
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In the past, the king of Liang dug a moat beside his palace, and the people fled. The people abandoned their superiors. If they did not perish, what else could happen?
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