Pushing the blame onto tradition seems to be a way of deflecting doubts raised by the outside world as to whether the policy is reasonable. "Mencius never told anyone to abort pregnancies or kill newborn babies," says Chen Kuan-cheng.
恐怕是把罪過歸咎傳統，可以借此轉移外界對一胎化政策不合理的質疑，「孟子可沒要人去墮胎、溺嬰」，陳寬政說。