《太平广记·卷三百二十四·鬼九》
孝子吓坏了，想打那怪物，但手边没有家伙，不大工夫，他父亲的尸体就只剩下了一架白骨，皮和肉都净光了，到底也不知道那怪物是什么鬼神。
孝子惧，欲击之，无兵杖。须臾，其父尸见白骨连续，而皮肉都尽。竟不测此物是何鬼神。
The filial son was terrified and wanted to fight the monster, but he had no tools at hand, and in no time at all, his father's body was nothing but a skeleton, its skin and flesh all gone, and he never found out what kind of ghost or god that monster was.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 孝子惧，欲击之，无兵杖。须臾，其父尸见白骨连续，而皮肉都尽。竟不测此物是何鬼神。 Updated: 孝子吓坏了，想打那怪物，但手边没有家伙，不大工夫，他父亲的尸体就只剩下了一架白骨，皮和肉都净光了，到底也不知道那怪物是什么鬼神。 [/INST] The filial son was terrified and wanted to fight the monster, but he had no tools at hand, and in no time at all, his father's body was nothing but a skeleton, its skin and flesh all gone, and he never found out what kind of ghost or god that monster was.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 孝子惧，欲击之，无兵杖。须臾，其父尸见白骨连续，而皮肉都尽。竟不测此物是何鬼神。 Updated: 孝子吓坏了，想打那怪物，但手边没有家伙，不大工夫，他父亲的尸体就只剩下了一架白骨，皮和肉都净光了，到底也不知道那怪物是什么鬼神。
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The filial son was terrified and wanted to fight the monster, but he had no tools at hand, and in no time at all, his father's body was nothing but a skeleton, its skin and flesh all gone, and he never found out what kind of ghost or god that monster was.
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