Confucianism stresses the importance of rank and ethics, and Kuan-mao chairs were reserved solely for the use of elderly couples or refined scholars--not for servants and commoners.
以「儒」來說，儒家重尊卑、講倫理，傳統明式官帽椅都成雙出現，有資格坐上去的，必是年高德邵的夫妻、或是文人雅士的文友貴客，一般僕役庶民無法享用。而廳堂中座椅的排列，更是自內至外，由尊及卑，絲毫馬虎不得。