《宋史·列传·卷一百八十八》
没有多久，朝廷派他出任潭州知州，朱熹极力推辞。
未几，差知潭州，力辞。
It wasn't long before the court sent him to be the prefect of Tanzhou, which Zhu Xi strongly declined.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 未几，差知潭州，力辞。 Updated: 没有多久，朝廷派他出任潭州知州，朱熹极力推辞。 [/INST] It wasn't long before the court sent him to be the prefect of Tanzhou, which Zhu Xi strongly declined.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 未几，差知潭州，力辞。 Updated: 没有多久，朝廷派他出任潭州知州，朱熹极力推辞。
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It wasn't long before the court sent him to be the prefect of Tanzhou, which Zhu Xi strongly declined.
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