Kung Peng-cheng takes the view that although Confucianism has no heaven and no creator, it has a powerful religious consciousness and emotional content, so it is not too far removed from the system of deities and buddhas with which Daoism and Buddhism attempt to explain and regulate life.
龔鵬程認為，儒家雖無天堂、造物主，但有強烈的宗教意識、宗教情感，與佛、道展開神佛系統來解釋、安頓生命，沒有太大違背。