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北山高耸天外，犹如在背后立起的一道倚天屏障，我们的船背着它向东南方向行。向旁人询问、 三洞在哪里？  回答说： 在北面。 又问： 府城在何处？  却回答说： 在南面。 
则曰： 在北。 问： 郡城何在？ 则曰： 在南。 
To the north was a mountain soaring to the sky, like a screen of Heaven standing at my back; our boat passed it heading southeast. I asked the other passengers, “Where are the Three Caves?”—and they answered, “To the north”. I asked again, “Where is the prefectural city?”—and they answered, “To the south”.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 则曰： 在北。 问： 郡城何在？ 则曰： 在南。  [/INST] To the north was a mountain soaring to the sky, like a screen of Heaven standing at my back; our boat passed it heading southeast. I asked the other passengers, “Where are the Three Caves?”—and they answered, “To the north”. I asked again, “Where is the prefectural city?”—and they answered, “To the south”.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 则曰： 在北。 问： 郡城何在？ 则曰： 在南。
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To the north was a mountain soaring to the sky, like a screen of Heaven standing at my back; our boat passed it heading southeast. I asked the other passengers, “Where are the Three Caves?”—and they answered, “To the north”. I asked again, “Where is the prefectural city?”—and they answered, “To the south”.
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