Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are the "three religions" in China. Confucianism prefers "three". Confucius's "gentlemen" have the "Three Precepts" (Less Precepts, Strong Precepts, and Old Precepts) and "Three Fears."

Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are the "three religions" of the mainland. Confucianism prefers "three". Confucius's "gentlemen" include the "Three Precepts" (Less Precepts, Strong Precepts, and Old Precepts), "Three Fears" (Fear of the Mandate of Heaven, Fear of the Great, fear of the Words of the Saints), "Three Changes" (Looking at the Truth, that is, Wen Ye, and Listening to His Words), "Three Friends" (Friends of Straightness, Forgiveness, and Hearing More are Beneficial Friends, Friends' Convenience, Kindness and Gentleness, and Ben Yu as Loss of Friends), "Three Fears" (In terms of words, and without saying, in terms of color, they are called mania, concealment, and blindness), "Taoism Three" (benevolent people are not worried, those who know are not confused, and those who are brave are not afraid), "Three Joys" (etiquette, Taoism is good, and multi-friend is beneficial; pleasure, pleasure, and pleasure are lossy. Mencius refers to: parents and brothers are present, worthy of heaven and man, and the world's talents are obtained), and others include "my three provinces and my body", "three people, there will be my teacher", "think twice and then act", Mencius's "three treasures of the princes" (land, people, and political affairs), "the three masters of the world" (lords, teeth, and virtues), "march without a monarch is hanging", "no filial piety has three, no queen is greater", and so on, all of which are inseparable from "three".