Wang Yi-chia, a doctor and writer, holds that Chinese society has revered Confucianism above all else for 2000 years. The concept that "Confucius has nothing to say about the strange, the violent, the immoral or the spiritual" has influenced many doctors, resulting in their approaching the supernatural with an attitude that differs sharply from the curiosity showed by most people.
醫師作家王溢嘉認為，中國社會兩千年來獨尊儒家，孔老夫子強調的「子不語怪力亂神」觀念，至今還影響了多數醫師，因而與民間的好奇風靡大相逕庭。