<p>以故使炳夏搜送刊行文集，</p>
<p>Expand the sentence:</p>
<p>[以此之故]<strong>致使</strong>(宋)炳夏<strong>搜尋並遞送</strong>刊行文集，[以此之故] = 源由於此 - 果有如言者之說，則其雅言豈有如此之理耶。</p>

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r13
<p>I am wondering if the following translation is correct?</p>
<p><strong>以故</strong>使炳夏搜送刊行文集，則歸報以不得，極可歎也。</p>
<p>This (以故) caused 炳夏搜 to pursue publication of the collected essays, thus there will be no payback, which is extremely pitiful.</p>
<p>(EDIT) Here is the sentence in a context:</p>
<p>...此文若出，必有一場紛紜，以增斯文之厄，不是小事也。再昨招宋炳夏商量, 又更審其祖考所撰行狀，則記先老爺雅言，以為孔子之後集群儒而大成者，朱子也。其功多於孟子云云。若於大學，果有如言者之說，則其雅言豈有如此之理耶。以故使炳夏搜送刊行文集，則歸報以不得，極可歎也。</p>
<p>The passage comes from a letter by Korean Conffucian 宋時烈.</p>

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2021-12-13T17:52:10.633Z
The text is inadequate for people to figure out what was going on (來龍去脈). As a minimum, please post the paragraph that contains this sentence.
r13
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You are right, sorry about that. I edited the post.
McCzajnik
<translation><classical-chinese>
以故 at the beginning of the sentence
# 以故 at the beginning of the sentence

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-13)

I am wondering if the following translation is correct?

**以故**使炳夏搜送刊行文集，則歸報以不得，極可歎也。

This (以故) caused 炳夏搜 to pursue publication of the collected essays, thus there will be no payback, which is extremely pitiful.

(EDIT) Here is the sentence in a context:

...此文若出，必有一場紛紜，以增斯文之厄，不是小事也。再昨招宋炳夏商量, 又更審其祖考所撰行狀，則記先老爺雅言，以為孔子之後集群儒而大成者，朱子也。其功多於孟子云云。若於大學，果有如言者之說，則其雅言豈有如此之理耶。以故使炳夏搜送刊行文集，則歸報以不得，極可歎也。

The passage comes from a letter by Korean Conffucian 宋時烈.

**Tags:** translation, classical-chinese

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The text is inadequate for people to figure out what was going on (來龍去脈). As a minimum, please post the paragraph that contains this sentence.  
> **username_0**: You are right, sorry about that. I edited the post.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

以故使炳夏搜送刊行文集，

Expand the sentence:

[以此之故]**致使**(宋)炳夏**搜尋並遞送**刊行文集，[以此之故] = 源由於此 - 果有如言者之說，則其雅言豈有如此之理耶。


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