《论衡·卷十二·谢短篇》
问研究解释《仪礼》的儒生： 在孔子以前，周朝已经制定了礼，还有殷礼，夏礼，共经历三代，礼都根据当时的情况有增减，篇数有多有少，文字有增有减，不知道现在的《仪礼》，是周朝的，还是殷朝、夏朝的？ 
问《礼》家曰： 前孔子时，周已制礼，殷礼，夏礼，凡三王因时损益，篇有多少，文有增减。不知今《礼》，周乎？殷、夏也？ 
Ask scholars who study and interpret the Book of Rites: Before the time of Confucius, the Rites had already been formulated in the Zhou Dynasty, and there were also Rites of Yin, and Rites of Xia, so it experienced three generations, and the Rites were modified under the circumstances, and the number of chapters increased or decreased, some characters were added while others were removed. It is not known whether the current Book of Rites is of Zhou Dynasty, Yin Dynasty, or Xia Dynasty.
<s>[INST] 用英语解释这段文言文的意思: 问《礼》家曰： 前孔子时，周已制礼，殷礼，夏礼，凡三王因时损益，篇有多少，文有增减。不知今《礼》，周乎？殷、夏也？  [/INST] Ask scholars who study and interpret the Book of Rites: Before the time of Confucius, the Rites had already been formulated in the Zhou Dynasty, and there were also Rites of Yin, and Rites of Xia, so it experienced three generations, and the Rites were modified under the circumstances, and the number of chapters increased or decreased, some characters were added while others were removed. It is not known whether the current Book of Rites is of Zhou Dynasty, Yin Dynasty, or Xia Dynasty.</s>
用英语解释这段文言文的意思: 问《礼》家曰： 前孔子时，周已制礼，殷礼，夏礼，凡三王因时损益，篇有多少，文有增减。不知今《礼》，周乎？殷、夏也？
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Ask scholars who study and interpret the Book of Rites: Before the time of Confucius, the Rites had already been formulated in the Zhou Dynasty, and there were also Rites of Yin, and Rites of Xia, so it experienced three generations, and the Rites were modified under the circumstances, and the number of chapters increased or decreased, some characters were added while others were removed. It is not known whether the current Book of Rites is of Zhou Dynasty, Yin Dynasty, or Xia Dynasty.
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