PreviousHan Yu's Memorial to Buddhism
URL: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/hanyu.html
Submitted: Sat Sep 06 2003
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CT: Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Buddhism: Han Yu's Memorial to Buddhism
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One of the leaders in the Confucian counterattack on Buddhism was the classical prose stylist and poet Han Yu (768-824 CE), who in 819 CE composed this vitriolic polemic attacking Buddhism. A champion of rationalism, Han Yu wished to suppress Daoism as well as Buddhism.