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他本来不会接受这样一个不光彩的结局。

He wouldn't have accepted such an inglorious outcome.

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但是他也有一段不光彩的历史。

But he also has had a troubled history.

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This was a mark of great shame and disgrace.

这在当时是耻辱与不光彩的标志。

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Wouldn't a later writer have cleaned up this ancestral record if this were in fact something composed at a later period? Also, he notes that the representation of inter-ethnic relationships in the patriarchal stories does not accord with the reality of a later period.

后世的作者难道不会把祖先不光彩的记录抹去吗,如果事实上这故事是后来创作的话？同时，他还提出，宗族故事中所展示的种族间关系,与后世的现实是不相一致的。

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