Qufu, the home town of Confucius in Shandong province, plans to send an instructor to each village in the area to promote Confucianism in grassroots communities. This decision is not in line with the times or the needs of farmers, and should not be implemented, says an article on guancha.gmw.cn. Excerpts:

The bureaucratic promotion of Confucianism is only a political show in response to the top leader Xi Jinping's high-profile speech at a recent academic meeting on Confucianism studies in Beijing.

The priority in today's villages is to look after the lonely elderly and children left behind by those who have migrated to the cities to work. The government should first meet the immediate demands of these disadvantaged groups of people.