The histories criticize him for unrestrained debauchery.
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history
Echoes the tradition of 杨恽's 《报孙会宗书》 of the Han dynasty, where unrestrained pleasure-seeking is condemned. Classical histories routinely use 荒淫无度 to explain the fall of decadent rulers.
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Strongly pejorative and formal - belongs in historical writing, moral condemnation, or literary prose, not casual speech.
