Except perhaps for one: Zhu Xi, who recently became the subject of controversy between new Taipei City Bureau of Cultural Affairs director Lung Ying-tai and some city councilors. Cognoscenti recognize that Zhu has had a profound impact on the Chinese world. Indeed, some might say that even today, virtually everyone in East Asian cultural circles is, to some extent at least, an heir to his spirit.
卻有一人例外，近來引起台北市文化局長龍應台與市議員爭議的宋朝理學家朱熹，不論在東方或西方，許多有識之士仍公認他深深影響著華人世界，甚至整個東亞文化圈也仍或深或淺的繼承著他的精神！