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.
The three cautions in the Analects are: in youth, guard against lust; in middle age, guard against strife; in old age, guard against greed.
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.
In Buddhism, the three categories of precepts are classified into lay precepts, ordination precepts, and moral precepts.