可若不是我们家老爷 当差这么懒散
“if our Master had not been so negligent in his duties,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“is ultimately the Imperial Court's fault,”
可 若不是 我们家老爷 当差这么懒散
“if our Master had not been so negligent in his duties,”
“others would not have targeted him,”
“Do not just blame the imperial court; his own laziness gave them the perfect excuse to target him.”
In imperial bureaucracy, laziness or lack of diligence was perilous because political adversaries would seize on any flaw as pretext for attacks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it were not for
A formal and expressive conditional connective used to introduce counterfactual explanations.
to serve in an official post; to work on duty
Historical term referring to carrying out official or government duties.