《太平广记·卷三百三十一·鬼十六》
薛直听到这些大吃一惊，急忙走下来拜了又拜，道歉说：我愚昧固执，不知道有神，神教诲我吧。
直闻之大惊，趋下再拜，谢曰：鄙人蒙固，不知有神，神其诲之。
When Xue Zhi heard this, he was astonished. He rushed down to bow and apologize. He said: I was ignorant and stubborn. I didn't know that there were gods. May the gods enlighten me.
<s>[INST] For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 直闻之大惊，趋下再拜，谢曰：鄙人蒙固，不知有神，神其诲之。 Modern: 薛直听到这些大吃一惊，急忙走下来拜了又拜，道歉说：我愚昧固执，不知道有神，神教诲我吧。 [/INST] When Xue Zhi heard this, he was astonished. He rushed down to bow and apologize. He said: I was ignorant and stubborn. I didn't know that there were gods. May the gods enlighten me.</s>
For each of the following sets of Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese sentences, provide an English translation that captures the essence of both: Classical: 直闻之大惊，趋下再拜，谢曰：鄙人蒙固，不知有神，神其诲之。 Modern: 薛直听到这些大吃一惊，急忙走下来拜了又拜，道歉说：我愚昧固执，不知道有神，神教诲我吧。
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When Xue Zhi heard this, he was astonished. He rushed down to bow and apologize. He said: I was ignorant and stubborn. I didn't know that there were gods. May the gods enlighten me.
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