Tang feels that Confucian thought basically stresses obligations, but that in modern society the idea of obligations is no longer a straightforward matter: when person A neglects to fulfil his obligations, person B can be said to have been deprived of his rights.
湯梅英認為，儒家思想基本上講義務，但現代社會「義務論」發生問題，當一方不盡義務時，另一方的權利就被剝奪了。