Taipei-based teacher Liu Kuei-kuang, who has taught classical studies for nearly ten years, notes that materials for teaching classical studies at present focus on the traditional basis of Confucianism, the "Four Books and Five Classics," and the Taoist texts of Laozi and Zhuangzi.
如今我們要把孔子當作一個人，重新來理解他，」大陸推行兒童讀經運動最重要的學者之一，北京師範大學教育學院教授郭齊家指出。在台北縣市教導讀經已將近十年的劉桂光老師則指出，現在推廣的讀經教材，主要是儒家的四書五經，以及道家的老莊。