"Han Wen Gong's spirit and our Hakka spirit are very similar," local senior citizen Liu Jui-an explains. "Han Yu dared to advise against providing a home for the Buddha's relics at a time when the court was mesmerized by Buddhism. His fearlessness in the face of the threat of death is what we Hakka call 'hard-headed.'"
「韓文公的精神與阮客家人很像，」地方耆老劉閏安解釋，「韓愈膽敢在朝野沈迷於佛教當時，諫迎佛骨，不驚被殺頭，就係阮客家人的『硬頸精神』。」