In this age of fading traditions, Kung Te-cheng does not believe that Confucianism is waning, because the spirit of Confucianism is the principle of good conduct, and good conduct is based on ren (benevolence), which comes from within and does not change with the times.
在傳統精神日益淡薄的今天，孔老先生並不認為儒學有式微的問題，因為儒學的精神就是做人的道理，而做人的道理基於「仁」，是不假外求的，並不隨時代而變易。