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开元时，中天竺三次派使者来，南天竺来人一次，献五色会说话的鸟，求兵讨伐大食、吐蕃，还请求为其军队赐名。
开元时，中天竺遣使者三至；南天竺一，献五色能言鸟，乞师讨大食、吐蕃，丐名其军。
During the Kaiyuan period, Zhong Tianzhu sent envoys three times, and Nan Tianzhu came once, offering a five-colored talking bird, asking for troops to attack Dashe and Tubo, and also asking for a name for their army.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 开元时，中天竺遣使者三至；南天竺一，献五色能言鸟，乞师讨大食、吐蕃，丐名其军。 Updated: 开元时，中天竺三次派使者来，南天竺来人一次，献五色会说话的鸟，求兵讨伐大食、吐蕃，还请求为其军队赐名。 [/INST] During the Kaiyuan period, Zhong Tianzhu sent envoys three times, and Nan Tianzhu came once, offering a five-colored talking bird, asking for troops to attack Dashe and Tubo, and also asking for a name for their army.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 开元时，中天竺遣使者三至；南天竺一，献五色能言鸟，乞师讨大食、吐蕃，丐名其军。 Updated: 开元时，中天竺三次派使者来，南天竺来人一次，献五色会说话的鸟，求兵讨伐大食、吐蕃，还请求为其军队赐名。
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During the Kaiyuan period, Zhong Tianzhu sent envoys three times, and Nan Tianzhu came once, offering a five-colored talking bird, asking for troops to attack Dashe and Tubo, and also asking for a name for their army.
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