三さん戒かい

noun

three lifetime commandments; three cautions

From the Analects of Confucius: youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, and old-age gain. A classical concept, rarely used in everyday conversation.

• 論ろん語ごにいう三さん戒かいとは、若わかい時ときは色いろを戒いましめ、壮そう年ねんでは闘たたかいを戒いましめ、老ろう年ねんでは得とくを戒いましめることである。

  The three cautions in the Analects are: in youth, guard against lust; in middle age, guard against strife; in old age, guard against greed.

noun

three categories of precepts; three sets of precepts

Buddhist term referring to the three categories of precepts: lay precepts, ordination precepts, and moral precepts. Technical usage.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの三さん戒かいは、在ざい家け戒かい・出しゅっ家け戒かい・道どう徳とく戒かいの三さん種しゅに分ぶん類るいされる。

  In Buddhism, the three categories of precepts are classified into lay precepts, ordination precepts, and moral precepts.