[the three cardinal guides (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and the five constant virtues (benevolence;righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity) as specified in the feudal ethical code] 封建礼教的道德准则。三纲:父为子纲、君为臣纲、夫为妻纲;五常:仁、义、礼、智、信
◎ 三皇 Sān-Huáng[the Three Emperors—Sui Ren,Fu Hsi, and Shen Nung; or Tian Huang, Ti Huang and Ren Huang] 中国传说中的古代三个帝王。通常指燧人伏羲、神农或者天皇、地皇、人皇 -----------------国语辞典:传说中上古的三个帝王。说法不一,或指天皇、地皇与泰皇;或指伏羲、神农与女娲;或指伏羲、神农与黄帝……。也称为「三家」。英语 Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC, usually listed as Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], trapping and writing, Shennong or Farmer God 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]法语 Les trois Augustes et les cinq Empereurs
◎ 纲常 gāngcháng[three main-stays and five constant virtues] 三纲五常的简称那一个欺心失礼仪,这一个变脸没纲常。——《西游记》必坚志气以守所学,谨几微以验所学,正纲常以励所学,用忠言以充所学。——《宋史·叶味道传》-----------------国语辞典:三纲,君臣、父子、夫妇。五常,仁、义、礼、智、信。纲常指三纲五常。《元史.卷一五八.许衡传》:「尝语人曰:『纲常不可一日而亡于天下。』」《儒林外史.第五回》:「我们念书的人,全在纲常上做功夫。」