《金史·列传·卷六十三》
土豪劣绅和狡猾的官吏趁机作恶，搜刮民财。王竞核实情况后，把要征收的费用几乎削减了一半。全县百姓编了谚语说 ：西山至河岸，县官两人半。 因为前任韩希甫与王竞相继治理河内县，都很有才干，而绛州正平县令张元也有些业绩，但比起两人则赶不上，所以谚语这样说。
盖以前政韩希甫与竞相继治县，皆有干能，绛州正平令张元亦有治绩而差不及，故云然。
The local tyrants, evil gentry and cunning officials took the opportunity to do evil and extort money from the people. After verifying the situation, Wang Jing almost halved the amount of money to be collected. The people of the whole county made up a proverb: From Xishan to river bank, two and a half county officials exist. Because his predecessor Han Xifu and Wang Jing successively governed Heyang County, both were very capable, while Zhang Yuan, the county magistrate of Zhengping County, Jiangzhou, had some achievements, but he was inferior to the two, so the proverb said so.
<s>[INST] Translate the following Classical Chinese text into English: 盖以前政韩希甫与竞相继治县，皆有干能，绛州正平令张元亦有治绩而差不及，故云然。 [/INST] The local tyrants, evil gentry and cunning officials took the opportunity to do evil and extort money from the people. After verifying the situation, Wang Jing almost halved the amount of money to be collected. The people of the whole county made up a proverb: From Xishan to river bank, two and a half county officials exist. Because his predecessor Han Xifu and Wang Jing successively governed Heyang County, both were very capable, while Zhang Yuan, the county magistrate of Zhengping County, Jiangzhou, had some achievements, but he was inferior to the two, so the proverb said so.</s>
Translate the following Classical Chinese text into English: 盖以前政韩希甫与竞相继治县，皆有干能，绛州正平令张元亦有治绩而差不及，故云然。
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The local tyrants, evil gentry and cunning officials took the opportunity to do evil and extort money from the people. After verifying the situation, Wang Jing almost halved the amount of money to be collected. The people of the whole county made up a proverb: From Xishan to river bank, two and a half county officials exist. Because his predecessor Han Xifu and Wang Jing successively governed Heyang County, both were very capable, while Zhang Yuan, the county magistrate of Zhengping County, Jiangzhou, had some achievements, but he was inferior to the two, so the proverb said so.
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