《新唐书·列传·卷十二》
如萧铣力困计穷，用温言好语向部下自我解释，俘获至朝廷时，又抗言不屈，诡辩易尽，结果身首分离而死，高祖是圣人啊！ 
若铣力困计殚，以好言自释于下，系虏在廷，抗辞不屈，伪辩易穷，卒以殊死，高祖圣矣哉！
As Xiao Xi's strength is exhausted and his strategy is exhausted, he uses gentle words to explain to his subordinates, and when he is captured to the imperial court, he refuses to yield and argues sophistry. As a result, he is decapitated and killed. The Taizu is a saint!
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 若铣力困计殚，以好言自释于下，系虏在廷，抗辞不屈，伪辩易穷，卒以殊死，高祖圣矣哉！ [/INST] As Xiao Xi's strength is exhausted and his strategy is exhausted, he uses gentle words to explain to his subordinates, and when he is captured to the imperial court, he refuses to yield and argues sophistry. As a result, he is decapitated and killed. The Taizu is a saint!</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 若铣力困计殚，以好言自释于下，系虏在廷，抗辞不屈，伪辩易穷，卒以殊死，高祖圣矣哉！
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As Xiao Xi's strength is exhausted and his strategy is exhausted, he uses gentle words to explain to his subordinates, and when he is captured to the imperial court, he refuses to yield and argues sophistry. As a result, he is decapitated and killed. The Taizu is a saint!
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