Tung Chin-yu, a professor of Chinese Literature at National Chengchi University, is an expert on the ceremonial honoring of Confucius. He says that as Confucius was given the title of king in the Tang Dynasty, he is on the same level as an emperor and requires the same scale of ritual respect.
熟知祭孔禮儀的政大中文系教授董金裕指出，由於孔子被封為「文宣王」，位同天子，所以祭祀規格也需要相稱。