《容斋随笔·卷五·三代书同文》
夏、商、周之时，天下文字大体相同，所以《左传》人名和字，不管哪个国家，大抵都相同。
三代之时，天下书同文，故《春秋左氏》所载人名字，不以何国，大抵皆同。
During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the writing in the world was roughly the same everywhere, so in the Zuozhuan, the personal names and given names, no matter which state, are mostly the same.
<s>[INST] Translate the following Classical Chinese text into English: 三代之时，天下书同文，故《春秋左氏》所载人名字，不以何国，大抵皆同。 [/INST] During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the writing in the world was roughly the same everywhere, so in the Zuozhuan, the personal names and given names, no matter which state, are mostly the same.</s>
Translate the following Classical Chinese text into English: 三代之时，天下书同文，故《春秋左氏》所载人名字，不以何国，大抵皆同。
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During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the writing in the world was roughly the same everywhere, so in the Zuozhuan, the personal names and given names, no matter which state, are mostly the same.
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