Chuang Po-ho, a scholar of folk traditions, argues that Chinese have always been rather inclined to the number three. Just open up a Chinese dictionary and there are sayings using three or multiples thereof sprinkled everywhere.
民俗學家莊伯和認為，中國人對三頗有偏好，一打開中文大辭典，與三和三的倍數有關的語辭，洋洋灑灑。