In the text of the Stele for Chaozhou's Han Wen Gong written by the Song dynasty literary master Su Dongpo, it is recorded that: "After Han Yu, the literati of Chaozhou all became more earnest in their pursuit of literary excellence."
宋代文豪蘇東坡所寫的〈潮州韓文公廟碑〉，就說「自是潮之士，皆篤於文行。」