What does it mean that the three cardinal guides, the five permanent members, the four dimensions, the eight virtues and the ten virtues are useless?
Pronunciation sān gāng wǔ cháng
Interpretation of three cardinal guides: the monarch is the minister, the father is the child, and the husband is the wife; The five permanent members: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. The moral norms between people advocated by feudal ethics.
four dimensions and eight virtues
four dimensions are courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame. The eight virtues are loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith, righteousness, harmony and peace.
ten things are useless
first, parents are unfilial, and it is useless to serve God
second, they have bad intentions, and geomantic omen is useless
third, brothers are at odds, and making friends is useless
fourth, misconduct is useless, reading is useless
fifth, doing things perversely, being smart is useless
sixth, being arrogant and knowledgeable is useless <