He also made new explorations in poetry creation. The so-called "taking prose as poetry" is unique and uses rhyme to create a poetic style of "reasoning poetry school" Of course, his poems also have the shortcomings of scattered culture and discussion, which have a bad influence on future generations.
Han Yu is also an enthusiastic educator. He can go against the trend at that time and actively guide backward learning. He "accepted the call to learn" and "resisted the face and became a teacher" (Liu Zongyuan's Answer to Wei Zhongli's Book on Teacher's Way), paying special attention to education and training young writers.
He said in the article "Answering Li Yi's Book": "Those who have a strong root are actually ... those who have a strong spirit are suitable for those who have a short speech and a high voice." The so-called "root" or "qi" refers to the writer's ideological cultivation and personality cultivation, emphasizing the writer's moral cultivation and literary cultivation, which is important for doing a good job in creation. There are 4 volumes of Mr. Changli's Collection and 1 volumes of Waiji.
Han Yu, as a martial arts practitioner, has traveled to Baijiayan in the northern part of the county many times, where he wrote a long poem "Topic of Xibaijian", which made Xibaijian an an important scene of Baijiayan. Thought originated from Confucianism, but there are also deviant words. He pretends to be Confucian orthodoxy, opposes the purity and silence of Buddhism and the superstition of theocracy, but believes in the destiny of ghosts and gods; He praised Mencius for expelling Yang Zhu and Mozi, thinking that Yang and Mohism neglected the right path, but advocated the use of Confucius and Mohism. He advocated that Confucius should be a king, and that he should be humble and overbearing. But also praised the achievements of Guan Zhong and Shang Yang. He criticized the reform of Erwang Group, but he was no different from Erwang in opposing the separatist regime of the buffer region and the eunuch's authoritarian power. These complex and contradictory phenomena are reflected in his works.