《太平广记·卷一百八十五·铨选一》
又有人说明家里住在江南，而且有老人，他就把他派到陕甘去。谁都不知道他为什么这样做。有一位信都人，希望到河北一带任职，就骗唐皎说：我愿意到江淮去。结果，唐皎把他派到河北某地担任县尉。
论者莫测其意。有一信都人希河朔，因绐云：愿得江淮，即注与河北一尉。
If someone said his family lived in the south and he had elderly dependents, he would send him to Shaanxi or Gansu. No one could figure out his logic. One person from Xindu wanted to be assigned to Hebei, but he lied to Tang Jiao and said, "I'd like to go to the Huai River region." Tang Jiao ended up sending him to a county in Hebei as a magistrate.
<s>[INST] Translate to English, please: 论者莫测其意。有一信都人希河朔，因绐云：愿得江淮，即注与河北一尉。 [/INST] If someone said his family lived in the south and he had elderly dependents, he would send him to Shaanxi or Gansu. No one could figure out his logic. One person from Xindu wanted to be assigned to Hebei, but he lied to Tang Jiao and said, "I'd like to go to the Huai River region." Tang Jiao ended up sending him to a county in Hebei as a magistrate.</s>
Translate to English, please: 论者莫测其意。有一信都人希河朔，因绐云：愿得江淮，即注与河北一尉。
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If someone said his family lived in the south and he had elderly dependents, he would send him to Shaanxi or Gansu. No one could figure out his logic. One person from Xindu wanted to be assigned to Hebei, but he lied to Tang Jiao and said, "I'd like to go to the Huai River region." Tang Jiao ended up sending him to a county in Hebei as a magistrate.
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