In his speech "Human Rights from a Confucian Perspective," he noted that in traditional Western class-based society, human rights were ignored and violated. This is why, he argues, human rights movements have taken hold there so vigorously.
他在大會專題講座「從儒家思想看人權問題」中也說道：西方是一階級社會，人權在階級制度之下受壓制，被剝奪，所以才激成如火如荼的人權運動。