Kung, who regrets the apparent fact that "Zhu Xi could do it, but we can't," notes that the modern family differs from that of the past in terms of size and ideology, yet, he wonders: Who will create a new set of norms for ancestor worship?
頗有「朱熹能，我們不能！」感嘆的龔鵬程表示，今天的家庭規模、家族意識與過去不同，需要一套新的規範，但誰去創造一套祭祖方式？