Chen Baisha, a great Confucian scholar, was the only one person of Guangdong to be elevated to sainthood and thus be honored in the Confucian Temple.

大儒陈白沙是从祀孔庙的岭南第一人和唯一人，陈白沙从祀孔庙的成功为其“真儒”形象的确立奠定了基础。