But after the mid-Tang years, rebellions flared up, and "Confucianists like Han Yu who opposed Buddhism were bound to vehemently oppose plans to 'host ghosts and gods,'" adds Lin Ku-fang.
然而，中唐以後，亂象紛起，「像韓愈這樣反佛道的儒者，自然要大大反對迎鬼神的事，」林谷芳表示。