"In China, the teacher was the embodiment of truth. The doctrine was the teacher and the teacher was the doctrine," observes author Po Yang. Because of this, the Chinese also used to say that "to betray one's teacher is to destroy one's ancestors," and that "to rebel against the teacher is to betray morality."
「中國的教師與真理結合，道就是師，師就是道」，作家柏楊指出，因此中國人也說「欺師滅祖」、「逆師叛道」，背叛老師就是違背真理，更是大逆不道。