三綱五常的解释

◎ 三纲五常 sāngāng-wǔcháng

[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

三纲，指君臣、父子、夫妇之道。五常，指仁、义、礼、智、信。三纲五常皆为旧时的伦理标准。后泛指一切的人伦大道。《五代史平话．梁史．卷上》：「小生惯读经史，教导乡里徒弟，无过是教他学习个孝、弟、忠、信的道理，识得个三纲五常。」

英语 three principles and five virtues (idiom)​, the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife)​ and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)​