一孔录子张问：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。Tap any sentence of the original to copy it with its source.
常The common reading
（标题问）孔子能预知未来。
注Key words in the commentary
“王者易姓受命为一世”；“也，一作乎”（陆德明）。
家What other commentators say
马融“所因，谓三纲五常；所损益，谓文质三统”（朱熹沿用，非孔子原话）；胡寅“因往推来”；朱熹“非若后世谶纬术数之学也”。
读How Yikonglu reads it
看了两次交接，看哪些留下、哪些改了。
家Other commentaries
Our base text is Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries (above). Here are other commentaries side by side: for old commentaries, the first line of the sub-commentary with a link to the woodblock scan; for modern editions, one short quoted translation for comparison. The “compared with Zhu Xi” notes are written by Yikonglu, not quoted.
皇侃《论语义疏》Liang dynasty · Zhibuzu Zhai edition · juan 一
“云子張問十世可知也者，十世謂十代也。”……
Compared with Zhu Xi
| Commentary | Point | Relation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 钱穆《论语新解》 | differs | 钱主取三十年为一世，十世三百年；朱以易姓受命为一世。历史因革可推来世的大旨相近。 | |
| 杨伯峻《论语译注》 | 同一方向 | word sense | 均以历史因革推知未来；杨未对一世另立三十年之解，不把今译十代自动等同钱本。 |
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Every commentary line quoted in the video: the original wording, who said it, and the page in the base edition. “Paraphrase” marks our summary, not the commentator's words. About this edition
| Quoted text | Source | Page |
|---|---|---|
| “也，一作乎” | 朱注引陆氏 | page 33 |
| “王者易姓受命为一世。子张问自此以后十世之事，可前知乎” | Zhu Xi's commentary | page 34 |
| “所因，谓三纲五常；所损益，谓文质三统” | 朱注引马氏 | page 34 |
| “三纲五常，礼之大体……其所损益，不过文章制度小过不及之间（节引）” | Zhu Xi's own note | page 34 |
| “子张之问，盖欲知来，而圣人言其既往者以明之也” | 朱注引胡氏 | page 34 |
| “商不能改乎夏，周不能改乎商；制度文为，或太过则当损，或不足则当益；因往推来，虽百世之远，不过如此而已矣（三处节引）” | 朱注引胡氏 | page 34 |
| “圣人所以知来者盖如此，非若后世谶纬术数之学也” | Zhu Xi's own note | page 34 |
页Pages of the base edition
Yikonglu, Analects Wei zheng (Book 2) 2.23 “十世可知”, https://yikonglu.com/en/lunyu/wei-zheng/23.html, version 2026-11-04.Last checked: 2026-11-04. Changes are logged on theerrata page.
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