Professor Kung Peng-cheng of the Department of History at National Chung Cheng University says that in Chinese society, "Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Parents, Teacher" symbolize the important elements in the development of a person's life.
中正大學歷史研究所教授龔鵬程指出，「天地君親師」在中國社會象徵一個人生命開展的要素。