但是 能煽动这些士子闹事的 怕也不多
“But those capable of stirring up scholars to cause this kind of trouble are few.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“There is no shortage of people who resent Yanyun.”
但是 能煽动这些士子 闹事 的 怕也不多
“But those capable of stirring up scholars to cause this kind of trouble are few.”
三爷 那厮招了
“Third Master, that fellow confessed.”
“Whoever is behind this has serious elite influence; that narrows down our suspects.”
In imperial China, Imperial Academy students and Confucian scholars wielded moral authority; incitement of student unrest was a potent, dangerous tool used in factional political warfare.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
instigate/incite ... to cause trouble
A negative collocation used to describe orchestrating riots or public disturbances from behind the scenes.
are probably not many
Here '怕' (pà) functions as an adverb meaning 'perhaps' or 'I suspect', softening a speculative deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“always acting up, do you think a school in the city can handle them?”
“Don't be stirred up by those with ill intentions.”
“There's another person who can cause turmoil”
“that it will incite a civil uprising?”
“They are inciting the people to smear the Three Judicial Offices.”
“The school decided to give those rumor-mongers”