你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:此人乃是三大世家中的陈家家主陈鹤，曾拜在国师麾下习过儒道之术，平日一派儒生模样，今日，却是模样狰狞可怖。
翻译:
This person was Chen He, the head of the Chen Clan, one of the three major aristocratic families. He had studied the ways of Confucius under the Imperial Advisor and normally looked like a well-mannered scholar. But today, he looked threatening and terrifying.
此人乃是三大世家中的陈家家主陈鹤，曾拜在国师麾下习过儒道之术，平日一派儒生模样，今日，却是模样狰狞可怖。