If once a year at the time of the ceremony to honor Confucius people can take time out of their busy lives to reflect on his philosophies, study the ancient sage's values, and embody his vision of how humans should be, then perhaps that is the best gift he could receive.
祭禮既然貴在心誠意敬，那麼在每年行禮如儀的祭孔典禮舉行時，人們若能在忙碌步調中停下腳步，好好思索孔子一生的行誼，學習古聖先賢對於生命價值的追求，讓聖賢的典型重現於眼前，或許就是在至聖先師孔子誕辰之時，我們所能獻給孔子最可貴的禮物了！