Han Yu's Memorial to Buddhism - 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. acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/hanyu.html Society: Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Buddhism(16)