子张问十世，可知也。子曰，殷因于夏礼，所损益，可知也，周因于殷礼，所损益，可知也，其或继周者，虽百世，可知也。
Modern Chinese Guide
子张问：十代以后的事，可以预先知道吗？孔子说：殷代沿袭夏代的礼制，它增减了什么，是可以知道的；周代沿袭殷代的礼制，它增减了什么，也是可以知道的。将来如果有继承周代的，即使过了一百代，也可以知道大概。
James Legge Translation
1. Tsze-chang asked whether the affairs of ten ages after could be known. 2. Confucius said, "The Yin dynasty followed the regulations of the Hsia: wherein it took from or added to them may be known. The Chau dynasty has followed the regulations of Yin: wherein it took from or added to them may be known. Some other may follow the Chau, but though it should be at the distance of a hundred ages, its affairs may be known."
Source: James Legge, public domain, 1893.
Notes
- 底本：Wikisource 整理的 James Legge《The Chinese Classics》公版中英文本（1893–1895）。
- 简体化：原文由繁体转为简体（OpenCC），与公版英译逐句对应。
- 白话参考底本：《白话论语读本》，张兆瑢、沈元起编译，上海广益书局1948 年新三版。