《论衡·卷二十八·正说篇》
《周礼》一度失传，就像古文《尚书》和《春秋左氏传》一度不流传一样。
其不传，犹古文《尚书》、《春秋》，《左氏》不兴矣。
The Book of Rites was once lost, just as the ancient texts of the Book of Documents and the Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals were once not circulated.