Han Yu, a follower of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, rejected Buddhism and Taoism. Because he tried his best to remonstrate with Buddha's bones, he was demoted to Chaozhou secretariat. When Confucianism declined and Buddhism prevailed, Han Yu devoted himself to reviving Confucianism and achieved great success. The ancient prose movement advocated by him is actually an important means to revive Confucianism.
His artistic achievements in poetry are mainly manifested in artistic innovation, and Han Yu's poetry creation tends to be "strange and strange, taking literature as poetry". Han Yu's poems have high attainments in depicting objects, whether scenery, lyricism or concreteness, which not only makes the image of poems prominent and colorful, but also constitutes the unique artistic characteristics of Han Yu's poems.
Besides being a writer, Han Yu has a more widely known identity-a teacher. Han Yu served as Dr. imperial academy twice.
Imperial academy is actually the highest institution of higher learning and educational administration in ancient times, and Dr. imperial academy, served by Han Yu, is equivalent to a professor at the highest institution of higher learning. Being qualified for this position requires strict requirements in literary creation and academics, so it can also show Han Yu's literary accomplishment.
Regarding the role of education or teachers, Han Yu gave an incisive answer in his masterpiece "Teacher's Theory": "Teachers are teachers, so they preach, teach and dispel doubts." Han Yu believes that a teacher is not only imparting knowledge to students, but also full of his care, inculcation and high hopes for students.