 For Xu, as for Confucians more generally, creating confusion concerning names is most harmful because it impedes the process of moral cultivation and maintenance of social harmony. One important source of incorrect use of names is disputation by those seeking to gain a name for themselves rather than seeking the truth. When one’s goal is simply to look better than others in disputation, respecting the connection between names and actualities is not important. Those whose focus is on disputation for this reason are dangerous. Proper disputation, according to Xu, aims to attain truth so as to achieve individual and social moral development. Xu writes: