韩愈攻击当时盛极一时的道教和佛教，非常直率地批评了皇帝对所谓的佛骨舍利的尊敬；
He attacked Daoism and Buddhism , which were then at the height of their influence . So outspoken was he that he castigated the emperor for paying respect to the supposed finger bone of the Buddha ;
佛骨舍利