Kong Old Master Q believes that although it is not so cruel to replace people with figurines, in Confucianism, this kind of statue symbolizing human martyrdom instead of real people is actually a manifestation of degrading and enslaving people from the heart, which is inhuman, just like a real person martyrdom pot calling the kettle black. Confucianism believes that being kind to others is barbaric and cruel.

But in the Qing Dynasty, Li Yu said at the end of a book (it was famous, but I couldn't beat it, so I searched it myself), "Is the initiator a saint?" That is to say, since the world can't be changed, isn't it a saint to be cruel in a flexible way? For the record, I actually prefer the latter.