《宋史·列传·卷一百四十八》
今天朋党的故交还在，台谏之官没正明纲纪，言路将又充满棘荆了。 
今朋党之旧尚在，台谏之官未正纪纲，言路将复荆榛矣。 
Nowadays, the friends from the clique are still around, the officials of the imperial censors do not define the principles, the path of speech is going to be full of thorns again.
<s>[INST] First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 今朋党之旧尚在，台谏之官未正纪纲，言路将复荆榛矣。  [/INST] 今天朋党的故交还在，台谏之官没正明纲纪，言路将又充满棘荆了。  Then, Nowadays, the friends from the clique are still around, the officials of the imperial censors do not define the principles, the path of speech is going to be full of thorns again.</s>
First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 今朋党之旧尚在，台谏之官未正纪纲，言路将复荆榛矣。
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今天朋党的故交还在，台谏之官没正明纲纪，言路将又充满棘荆了。  Then, Nowadays, the friends from the clique are still around, the officials of the imperial censors do not define the principles, the path of speech is going to be full of thorns again.
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