sāngāng
the Three Cardinal Guides
- the Three Cardinal Guides
- (literary) The three traditional pillars of social order: the ruler guides the subject, the father guides the son, and the husband guides the wife.
- monastery administrators
- (Buddhism) The three primary administrative roles in a traditional Chinese Buddhist monastery: the Sthavira 上座 shàngzuò, the Vihārasvāmin 寺主 sìzhǔ, and the Karmadāna 维那 wéinà