Kan Yu (Han Yu) claimed in his book "Gen Do" that the 'way' of humanity and justice continually instructed from Gyo Shun to Koshi, Moshi was what should be replaced by the way of Buddhism and Taoism.
韓愈は著書『原道』で、尭舜から孔子・孟子まで絶えることなく伝授された仁義の「道」こそ仏教・道教の道に取って代わられるべきものだと主張している。