Editing Three teachings (section)

{{short description|Confusianism, Taoism, and Buddhism collectively, considered as a harmonious aggregate}}
{{Hatnote|This article is about San Jiao in Chinese society. For a concept of San Jiao within the [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM), see [[San Jiao]].}}
[[File:Confucius Laozi Buddha.jpg|thumb|[[Confucius]] handing over an infant [[Gautama Buddha]] to an elderly [[Laozi]]]][[File:Huxisanxiaotu.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Three laughs at Tiger Brook]]'', a [[Song dynasty]] (12th century) painting portraying three men representing [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]] (Daoism), and [[Buddhism]] laughing together]]
[[File:Hanging Temple.jpg|thumb|[[Hanging Temple]], which contains Daoist, [[Buddhist deities|Buddhist]] and Confucian deities and halls]]
[[File:性命圭旨 三聖圖.png|thumb|The Three Sages (Confucius, Buddha, Laozi) 三聖圖, 1615 ''[[Xingming guizhi]]'']]
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In [[Chinese philosophy]], the '''''three teachings''''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:三|三]][[wikt:教|教]]|p=sān jiào}}; {{langx|vi|tam giáo}}, [[Chữ Hán]]: 三教) are [[Confucianism]], [[Taoism]], and [[Buddhism]]. The learning and the understanding of the three teachings are traditionally considered to be a harmonious aggregate within Chinese culture.<ref name=afe>{{Cite web|url=http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/cosmos/ort/teachings.htm|title=Living in the Chinese Cosmos: Understanding Religion in Late-Imperial China|website=afe.easia.columbia.edu}}</ref> Literary references to the "three teachings" by prominent Chinese scholars date back to the 6th century.<ref name=afe/>  The term may also refer to a non-religious philosophical grounds of aggregation as exemplified within traditional Chinese medicine.