《南史·列传·卷八十》
当初，宫门要关闭时，公卿们怕吃不上饭，无论男女贵贱都出来背米，积有四十万斛，收集各府中所藏钱帛五十亿万，都堆聚在德阳堂，鱼盐柴草准备得不够，这时就扒了尚书省的房子当柴烧，把坐垫剁碎喂马，吃完后又断了食物。
初，宫门之闭，公卿以食爲念，男女贵贱并出负米，得四十万斛，收诸府藏钱帛五十亿万，并聚德阳堂，鱼盐樵采所取盖寡。至是乃坏尚书省爲薪，撤荐锉以饲马，尽又食飰焉。
At that time, when the palace gate was about to close, the lords were afraid of not having enough food, so both men and women came out to carry rice, accumulating 400,000 bushels, and collected 500 million money and silk from the various governments, which were piled up in Deyang Hall. The fish, salt, firewood, and grass were not prepared enough, so the Shangshu Province's house was dismantled and used as firewood, and the cushions were chopped into pieces to feed the horses, and when they finished eating, the food was cut off again.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 初，宫门之闭，公卿以食爲念，男女贵贱并出负米，得四十万斛，收诸府藏钱帛五十亿万，并聚德阳堂，鱼盐樵采所取盖寡。至是乃坏尚书省爲薪，撤荐锉以饲马，尽又食飰焉。 [/INST] At that time, when the palace gate was about to close, the lords were afraid of not having enough food, so both men and women came out to carry rice, accumulating 400,000 bushels, and collected 500 million money and silk from the various governments, which were piled up in Deyang Hall. The fish, salt, firewood, and grass were not prepared enough, so the Shangshu Province's house was dismantled and used as firewood, and the cushions were chopped into pieces to feed the horses, and when they finished eating, the food was cut off again.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 初，宫门之闭，公卿以食爲念，男女贵贱并出负米，得四十万斛，收诸府藏钱帛五十亿万，并聚德阳堂，鱼盐樵采所取盖寡。至是乃坏尚书省爲薪，撤荐锉以饲马，尽又食飰焉。
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At that time, when the palace gate was about to close, the lords were afraid of not having enough food, so both men and women came out to carry rice, accumulating 400,000 bushels, and collected 500 million money and silk from the various governments, which were piled up in Deyang Hall. The fish, salt, firewood, and grass were not prepared enough, so the Shangshu Province's house was dismantled and used as firewood, and the cushions were chopped into pieces to feed the horses, and when they finished eating, the food was cut off again.
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