成语“三教九流”是“三教”与“九流”的合称,如今用来泛指社会上各种行业和各色人等,因多指下层社会而略含贬义。但原来所指却是宗教上三个教派和学术上九个流派,并无贬义色彩,与各色人等更是完全无关的。以下先说“三教”。按辞书释义,三教所指是儒教、道教和佛教,形成于佛教传入我国的东汉时期。但“三教”一词却是佛教传入之前就已形成了的,初义与宗教也无关系。从文献记载看,为以下两个意思。第一个意思指夏商周三代不同的国教和礼仪制度,即夏教所尚 Idioms “Three religions and nine virtues ” is a combination of “Three religions ” and “Nine streams ”, now used to refer to a variety of industries and all kinds of people in society, due to more refers to the lower social slightly but derogatory. However, the original three religious denominations and nine academic schools are not derogatory. They are totally unrelated to all kinds of people. The following first say “Three religions ”. According to dictionary interpretation, the three religions refer to Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, which formed in the Eastern Han Dynasty when Buddhism was introduced into our country. However, the term “three religions” has been formed before the introduction of Buddhism. The origin and the religion are also irrelevant. From the literature, for the following two meanings. The first meaning refers to the Xia Shang Shang Dynasty three different state religion and etiquette system, namely the summer teachings still