Whether God will be downgraded to "being a man" or "being a man in Sri Lanka" has aroused heated debates among netizens. Some media reported that some netizens found the "Sri Lanka" version of the textbook. A netizen in Beijing exposed his child's Chinese textbook. The cover shows that this book is the second volume of the ninth grade Chinese textbook, published by Beijing Publishing Group, with 20 19 1 edition and 20 19 1 printing. In the textbook "Three Chapters of China Ancient Literature", it appears that "Heaven will descend and the great will be located in Sri Lanka".

654381On the afternoon of October 28th, the staff of the publishing management department of Beijing Publishing Group told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that this edition of the textbook was indeed published by Beijing Publishing Group, and the text used "four terms". The staff said that some schools in Beijing had used this version of the textbook, but after the preparation of the 20 19 autumn textbook, it was no longer used.

Some netizens found that in a primary school Chinese textbook published by Hebei Education Publishing House (the second volume of the fifth grade), the words "Heaven will demote to Sri Lanka" were written on page 85. In this regard, a staff member of the editor-in-chief of Hebei Education Publishing House told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that the publishing house independently developed the primary school textbooks of Hebei Education Edition. At that time, the Chinese textbook used "four benevolence" for Mencius' sentences, but after the national textbook was compiled, the publishing house stopped compiling Chinese textbooks.